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    $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing goes to Richard Gwyn

    Columnist Richard Gwyn took home the $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing for his book Nation Maker: Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Times; Volume Two: 1867–1891. The prize was awarded by the Writers’ Trust at the Politics and the Pen gala held in the ballroom of the Fairmont Château Laurier.

    Conservatives celebrate 5 years in power

    Tories turned out at the Hard Rock Cafe for a party in honour of staying in power for five years. (L-R) Val Day, Treasury Board President Stockwell Day, Laureen Harper.

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    Mitchel Raphael on Harper’s hairstylist

    And the ‘Slumdog’ star’s opinion of Calgary