Unpublished Newswire
“Why isn’t the Yes vote collapsing?” my editor asked.
It was Wednesday, October 4, 1995. I was twenty-nine and had been at the Montreal Gazette for six years. Jacques Parizeau was Quebec’s premier. He had called a referendum on Quebec sovereignty for October 30, and while everyone had known for years the vote might come, the formal referendum campaign, with its rules and restrictions, was in only its first week.
My boss, the Gazette’s national editor, was Brian Kappler, strawberry blond and in his forties, viewed with suspicion among my fellow Serious Young Reporters because he was...
October 29, 2025 - 06:30 | Paul Wells | Walrus
Change Your Tune
While raising several important points, Luc Rinaldi’s “The Death of the Middle-Class Musician” (July/August) suffers by putting a misplaced emphasis on reforming a broken system rather than existing outside of it. As an independent musician myself, I understand railing against paltry Spotify payouts, SiriusXM gutting CBC royalties, and so on. But the only two prospective solutions Rinaldi explores—universal basic income and celebrities advocating for fair pay from streamers—are broadly insufficient and politically uninspired. I’m more drawn to the idea of success that...
October 29, 2025 - 06:29 | Readers | Walrus
Ontario Liberal MPP John Fraser claimed the process appears to be a 'scheme.'
October 29, 2025 - 06:01 | Colin D’Mello | Global News - Ottawa
The tell-tale signs of trouble were already there. Read More
October 29, 2025 - 06:00 | Alex Robinson | Ottawa Citizen
It’s just past the 12th inning when Chris Kulman looks down from the big-screen TVs illuminating the near-empty bar and proclaims, “This is the longest I’ve stayed up in years.”At 1:03 a.m., his wife calls to ask where he is.
October 29, 2025 - 06:00 | Patrick White | The Globe and Mail
FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE Read More
October 29, 2025 - 05:00 | Doug Menary, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Sun
