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    Newsmakers

    Newsmakers: Sept. 22-29

    Miley gets political, the Pope gets stung and Julian Assange gets an autobiography he doesn’t want

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    Today in the no-spin zone: Sheila Copps and the burqa-wearing oppressed

    “How genteel we Canadian women are. Just like our burka-loving sisters in Afghanistan, we are expected to carry out our work quietly in the shadows, because that is our place in politics and in life. Heaven forbid we should be noticed, feted or written about.”

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    This Week: Good news/Bad news

    Plus a week in the life of NHL commissioner Gary Bettman

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    Ducks, seals and polar bears first. Then women and children if there’s room.

    Must-reads: Chantal Hébert on Ottawa’s sorry state of affairs; Dan Gardner on official bilingualism; Rosie DiManno on the burqa in Afghanistan; Colby Cosh and Don Martin on the woebegone polar bears; Richard Gwyn on the responsibility to protect.