ArtsThe real challenges of reviving a Louis Riel operaThe Canadian Opera Company has reworked a problematic opera about the story of Louis Riel. Does it succeed, all the same?
OttawaWhat Thomas Mulcair said in 2010 about envelopes and the mayor of LavalNotes from a news conference about Louis Riel
CanadaBeen there, won that: Inglorious battles of 1812Missing from history lessons on the Canada-U.S. war: Treason, revenge and guerrilla combat.
CanadaHow Laurier’s stirring speech defending Riel forged his reputationAn exclusive excerpt from André Pratte’s biography of Wilfrid Laurier
CultureWas Louis Riel insane?Though the Metis leader didn’t agree, madness seemed the best defence against charges of high treason
OttawaIn other newsA week into his summer tour, Michael Ignatieff is more or less on the record about the Cornwall border crossing , flooding in...
UncategorizedAs to the historical legacy of Louis RielConservative MP Peter Goldring has managed today the rare feat of uniting the Liberal party and the Prime Minister’s Office in...
Uncategorized’If he says no then we have contempt of Parliament’The Canadian Press , Globe , Star , CBC and CTV report from today’s unofficial hearings of the Afghanistan committee. The Star’s...
OttawaSir John, Eh?Today (Monday) is the 195th birthday of our first and greatest prime minister , the man who, in the title of Richard Gwyn’s...
UncategorizedAppeal of the DayPat Martin uses his members’ statement to appeal on Louis Riel’s behalf.