Journalist and reformer Rosemary Speirs has died, leaving a legacy of leadership in her field as a reporter and columnist. She also effectively promoted the advancement of women in politics and, as the first female Ottawa bureau chief for the Toronto Star, continued the long battle for acceptance of women Read more…
In 1965, as the November 8 federal election drew to a close, reporters covering the campaign of Conservative leader John Diefenbaker gathered in Prince Albert to await the results. Dief believed he could repeat the miracle of his landslide victory in 1957 while Liberal Lester Pearson sought the majority government Read more…
In 1938, DePoe left the University of British Columbia and signed up with the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals. He left for Europe as a wireless officer. Excerpt: …Service in Europe was a turning point. The action in Italy and Holland brought him face to face with death. In one Read more…
They are much more controlled now than in the 1970s when reporters gathered in Ottawa outside 24 Sussex Drive to question Ontario premier Bill Davis (above). Now, if politicians even deign to talk to reporters in an unscripted setting, they do so with the wretches of the press behind ropes Read more…