Louis Riel
The real challenges of reviving a Louis Riel opera
The Canadian Opera Company has reworked a problematic opera about the story of Louis Riel. Does it succeed, all the same?
What Thomas Mulcair said in 2010 about envelopes and the mayor of Laval
Notes from a news conference about Louis Riel
Been there, won that: Inglorious battles of 1812
Missing from history lessons on the Canada-U.S. war: Treason, revenge and guerrilla combat.
How Laurier’s stirring speech defending Riel forged his reputation
An exclusive excerpt from André Pratte’s biography of Wilfrid Laurier
Was Louis Riel insane?
Though the Metis leader didn’t agree, madness seemed the best defence against charges of high treason
In other news
A week into his summer tour, Michael Ignatieff is more or less on the record about the Cornwall border crossing, flooding in Manitoba, farm insurance, Louis Riel, firefighters, the census, the proposed Pickering airport, Afghanistan, Richard Fadden, foreign investment, affordable housing, contraband cigarettes, fighter jets, a Peterborough rail link, election timing, overseas travel, our politics and prison farms.
As to the historical legacy of Louis Riel
Conservative MP Peter Goldring has managed today the rare feat of uniting the Liberal party and the Prime Minister’s Office in scorn.
‘If he says no then we have contempt of Parliament’
The Canadian Press, Globe, Star, CBC and CTV report from today’s unofficial hearings of the Afghanistan committee. The Star’s Allan Woods wraps the day’s discussion thusly.
Sir John, Eh?
Today (Monday) is the 195th birthday of our first and greatest prime minister, the man who, in the title of Richard Gwyn’s terrific biography, “made us.” In any self-respecting country, this would be a national holiday, but as this is Canada, it isn’t — though it has, since 2002, been officially designated Sir John A. Macdonald Day, which at least puts him one step ahead of Louis Riel.
Appeal of the Day
Pat Martin uses his members’ statement to appeal on Louis Riel’s behalf.