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Justin Trudeau’s Dad and Me

Posted on October 22, 2015 by ronbase — 8 Comments

In Donald Brittain’s powerful 1978 television documentary The Champions, about the lifelong battle for Canada’s destiny between Pierre Trudeau and René Lévesque, there is a shot of Trudeau being interviewed in the midst of the 1968 Liberal leadership convention. Days away from becoming…

Remembering Farley Mowat

Posted on May 7, 2014 by ronbase — Leave a comment

Many years ago, a young reporter trundled off to Port Hope, Ontario outside Toronto to interview Farley Mowat. The best-selling author of such ground-breaking Canadian non-fiction as People of the Deer and Never Cry Wolf was deathly ill with the flu…

Taking Trudeau’s Picture

Posted on April 4, 2013 by ronbase — 2 Comments

In Donald Brittain’s powerful 1978 television documentary The Champions, about the lifelong battle between Pierre Trudeau and René Lévesque for Canada’s destiny, there is a shot of Trudeau being interviewed in the midst of the 1968 Liberal leadership convention. Trudeau, days away…