Posts Tagged ‘Canadian Geographic’
Our Hero is just some Joseph looking for love on Global TV
Our Hero looks a tad wary. Probably not a bad thing, given that, with the help of The Morning Show on Global TV, he was launching an air campaign. That’s how I have come to think of it, the media blitz that ensues — if you are lucky — with the publication of a…
Read MoreCanadian Geographic celebrates the discovery of Franklin’s Erebus
The December issue of Canadian Geographic is billed as a “special collector’s edition,” and rightly so. It is built around the recent discovery of Erebus, the long-lost ship of Sir John Franklin, pictured above on the right. Contributors include John Geiger, Wade Davis, Leona Aglukkaq, Fergus Fleming, Noah Richler, Russell Potter and yours truly. Put…
Read MoreThe TLS is hip to Toronto . . .
Turns out the TLS has a soft spot for Toronto. In an upbeat review of How the Scots Invented Canada, the London-based journal (Dec. 10) — no stranger to acerbic commentary — encapsulates my take on an early governor-general. It then says that John Buchan’s words, “as McGoogan notes in this enjoyable book, show that…
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