Posts Tagged ‘how the scots invented canada’
Opinionated? Moi? Q&A turns up in Celtic Life International
[The following is a shortened version of the original article.] Prolific, profound, witty, and opinionated, Canadian author Ken McGoogan made waves recently when he suggested that Canada adopt Scotland as a new territory. Celtic Life International recently spoke with the scribe about his Celtic connections. What are your own roots? My roots are Scottish,…
Read More‘Obscure’ Canadian writer declines to don kilt for CTV appearance
Ken McGoogan, identified recently by the BBC as an “obscure Canadian writer,” has declined to don his kilt to appear on CTV’s Your Morning show. McGoogan, who recently caused an international ruckus by suggesting that Canada invite Scotland to become this country’s 11th province, was quick to add that nobody at the flagship TV show…
Read MoreAuthor’s “previously unthinkable” ideas surface in the UK’s Independent
The U.K.-based Independent has served up a slick, professional rewrite of the BBC piece on my “previously unthinkable” ideas, drawing also on my column in the Globe and Mail. Gotta love it! But does anybody know how to monetize this kind of thing? Newfoundlanders, especially, will enjoy the newspaper’s situating of the city of St.…
Read MoreLet’s invite Scotland to join Canada
Let’s invite Scotland to join Canada. The time to act is now. The Scots aren’t happy with the Rest of Britain. They aren’t happy politically with Britain’s shift to the right. They aren’t happy with Brexit, and with being piped out of a multinational alliance they don’t wish to leave. The Scots want to hold…
Read MoreOur Hero goes public on Franklin, the Scots, and the Irish
The hue and cry is deafening. Where can we see Our Hero? Where is he appearing next? Last night, Ken entertained the Canadian chapter of The Explorers Club. He talked about Chasing John Franklin into the Northwest Passage. You missed that? Not to worry. On the evening of March 4, Ken will give a presentation…
Read MoreJohn Diefenbaker becomes Kildonan’s Kennedy
In the north of Scotland, they’re calling him Kildonan’s Kennedy. They’re referring to John Diefenbaker, Canadian prime minister from 1957 to 1963. And, yes, they do mean John F. Kennedy, the most charismatic of American presidents, and one who was famously attached to his Irish roots. Not only that, but in the Timespan Museum in…
Read MoreScots to Elora, coals to Newcastle?
Our hero brought the Scots to Elora . . . and found they were already there.
Read MoreScotland’s First Minister proves a discerning reader
Rumour has it that Alex Salmond, an aficionado of the poetry of Robbie Burns, knows a good book when he sees one. As Scotland’s First Minister and leader of the Scottish National Party, he has provided this appreciation of Our Hero’s latest book: “In ‘How the Scots Invented Canada’, Ken McGoogan has delivered a celebration…
Read MoreExpedition to Mount McGoogan
A couple of years back, Our Hero led a two-person expedition in an attempt to climb Mount McGoogan (Cruach Mhic Gougain) in Kintyre, Scotland. On that occasion, he failed — a story he tells in the epilogue to How the Scots Invented Canada. Late next month, after voyaging around Scotland with Adventure Canada, Ken will…
Read MoreRobbie Burns inspires righteous double-whammy
The Fredericton Daily Gleaner is all over this story. . . and quite rightly. City making ‘grievous mistake’ with statue Daily Gleaner Ken McGoogan of Toronto said he’s shocked the city is refusing to fund the restoration of the statue’s base along the banks of the St. John River near the … Funding refusal is…
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