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In Our Opinion More Than 100 Years of Great Canadian Newspaper Editorials

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ISBN-10: 1550419870

ISBN-13: 9781550419870

Edition: 2006

Authors: Don Sellar

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New York Post columnist Murray Kempton described the writers behind them as ""the people who come down from the hills after the battle to shoot the wounded."" Newspaper editorials are as sober, passionate, insightful, witty and often as nutty as the writers who pen them, says veteran journalist Don Sellar in his introduction to this entertaining and thought-provoking collection of 175 editorials published in Canadian newspapers since the early 1890s. Whether railing against taxes and the horrors of war, mourning the death of Queen Victoria, lecturing the government of the day, pondering the future of lacrosse in 1895, or celebrating Brad Richards, "the pride of Murray Harbour," when the…    
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List price: $9.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Limited
Publication date: 9/26/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.968

Don Sellar's 40-year career as a newspaperman includes a stint as political writer for the Calgary Herald, and later as a Parliament Hill correspondent and Washington bureau chief for Southam News Services. From 1984 until 1992, he wrote thousands of Toronto Star editorials, for a time serving as editorial page editor. He became that paper's ombudsman in 1992.

Introduction
Acknowledgments
An Anniversary Medley
The Nineteenth Century, The Regina Leader, December 27, 1900
The New Century and its Problems, The Toronto Globe, January 1, 1901
Dieppe, August 19, The Winnipeg Tribune, August 18, 1945
Expo - A Chance to See the Whole World, The Montreal Gazette, April 28, 1967
The Canadian Spirit, The Toronto Telegram, July 1, 1967
Ready for Viking 1000?, The St. John's Evening Telegram, July 5, 1997
The Millennium Dawns, The Edmonton Journal, December 31, 1999
Brave New World of Cyberspace, The Toronto Star, April 27, 2003
Canada in 2020: A Changed Nation, The Toronto Star, July 1, 2005
Farewells
Death of the Queen, The Regina Leader, January 24, 1901
Sir Frederick Banting, The Ottawa Evening Citizen, February 26, 1941
Nellie McClung, The Winnipeg Tribune, September 4, 1951
Miss Jennie Webster, O.B.E., The Montreal Gazette, October 17, 1952
Farewell, Charlotte, The Ottawa Citizen, January 27, 1975
Terry Fox, The Vancouver Sun, June 29, 1981
Glenn Gould, The Globe and Mail, October 5, 1982
Margaret Laurence, Literary Giant, The Peterborough Examiner, January 7, 1987
Harold Ballard, The Toronto Star, April 12, 1990
Bill Reid's Vision, The Toronto Star, March 18, 1998
Richard's Legacy, The Montreal Gazette, May 31, 2000
Pierre Trudeau, 1919-2000, The Montreal Gazette, September 29, 2000
Rosemary Brown Made History, The Toronto Star, April 29, 2003
True North
Canada is All Right, The Windsor Evening Record, July 11, 1900
The Statute of Westminster, The Toronto Daily Star, November 30, 1931
The Flag, The Calgary Herald, May 22, 1965
Feelings of Mixed Peoples, The Montreal Gazette, November 19, 1976
From Sea unto Sea, The Edmonton Journal, May 21, 1980
Our Arctic, The Edmonton Journal, August 3, 1984
The Myth of Canadian Diversity, The Globe and Mail, June 13, 1994
Don't Let It Crumble, The National Post, September 10, 2001
Not Our Proudest Moments
The Chinamen, The Calgary Daily Herald, August 5, 1892
Keep the Tricolour Off It, The Toronto Evening Star, July 3, 1895
Ottawa and the Eskimo Tribes, The Toronto Evening Star, November 6, 1923
Are General Morals Relaxing?, The Montreal Gazette, Januray 24, 1950
Bring Back the Reindeer, The Montreal Gazette, October 31, 1952
The Lost People, The Toronto Telegram, December 18, 1962
Trial Exposes Hate Law, The Calgary Herald, July 21, 1985
Making Amends, The Toronto Star, January 17, 1992
Rob Anders Shamed Himself, The Edmonton Journal, June 9, 2001
The Welcome Mat
Valuable Settlers, The Windsor Evening Record, May 15, 1900
The East India Question, The Vancouver Sun, May 30, 1912
The Plight of Japanese-Canadians, The Toronto Daily Star, August 7, 1945
Unrestricted Movement for All, The Montreal Gazette, November 26, 1976
Don't Nix Nannies, The Vancouver Sun, December 21, 1991
We Can't Let our Population Stagnate, The Charlottetown Guardian, March 16, 2002
Opening Our Eyes - Slowly
The Mormons, The Calgary Daily Herald, January 19, 1898
Northern Example, The Toronto Globe, August 19, 1935
Pardon, M'sieur, The Toronto Telegram, December 3, 1962
Racism: It's Time it was Confronted, The Toronto Star, January 17, 1989
Colour-Blind Justice, The Vancouver Sun, December 27, 1991
Remember What You Fought For, The Globe and Mail, June 2, 1994
Same-Sex, Same Old Story, The Globe and Mail, June 10, 1994
Canada's Top Ranking Conceals Hardship, The Toronto Star, July 13, 1999
Let the People Go, The Winnipeg Free Press, November 6, 2005
On The Subject Of Women
Women Enfranchised, The Winnipeg Evening Tribune, January 28, 1916
The "Persons" Case, The Toronto Evening Star, October 22, 1929
Varied Roles, The Toronto Daily Star, July 19, 1937
Employed and Married, The Hamilton Spectator, November 10, 1938
"How I am Stuck on it All", The Montreal Gazette, October 3, 1952
A Public Act of Violence, The Toronto Star, September 18, 1986
Equal Exposure, The Toronto Star, November 25, 1991
A Twinkle in the Sky, The Edmonton Journal, January 23, 1992
A Judicious Appointment, The Vancouver Sun, November 5, 1999
Slow News Day
The Nuisance of Tips, The Toronto Evening Star, August 10, 1895
Cattle and Customs, The Regina Leader, May 23, 1901
How to Address Royalty, The Regina Leader, September 26, 1901
The Age of Cake and Cackle, The Halifax Herald, March 24, 1920
He Ran with the Ball, The Toronto Evening Star, November 19, 1923
Mystery Upon Mystery, The Victoria Daily Times, May 4, 1929
Silk Hats, etc., The Regina Leader, November 3, 1932
Leave the Rooster Alone, The Toronto Globe, July 30, 1935
Jeeves, Will You Please Carry On, The Montreal Gazette, October 15, 1952
A Sneer for Mona, The Toronto Telegram, December 15, 1962
Ingathering Time, The Saint John Telegraph Journal, October 19, 1981
The Next Generation
Air Guns, The Windsor Evening Record, April 6, 1900
A Public Bathing Place, The Windsor Evening Record, May 15, 1900
Happiness and Success, The Victoria Daily Times, May 3, 1929
The Magnetic Quintuplets, The Toronto Globe, July 30, 1935
Unfair to Themselves, The Hamilton Spectator, November 5, 1938
Young Canadians and the U.S.?, The Montreal Gazette, October 8, 1952
There Should be More Halloweens, The Montreal Gazette, October 28, 1952
Don't be an "Academic Dumpling", The London Free Press, September 27, 1958
Barring the Beatles, The Calgary Herald, May 28, 1965
Teach, Don't Preach, The Edmonton Journal, May 31, 1980
Dealing with Young Offenders, The Globe and Mail, June 3, 1994
Searching for Education, The St. John's Evening Telegram, July 16, 1997
Good Behaviour in the Stands, The Charlottetown Guardian, March 5, 2002
War
The Bayonet, The Hamilton Spectator, February 8, 1900
Canada and Conscription, The Victoria Daily Times, May 6, 1929
A Chance for Hitler?, The Regina Leader, November 25, 1932
War in Art, The Ottawa Evening Citizen, February 24, 1941
Crusade Berlin, The Vancouver Sun, June 6, 1944
Victories of Peace, The Toronto Telegram, October 15, 1957
What They Died for in Normandy, The Globe and Mail, June 7, 1994
Canada's Iraq Policy: Inconsistency, Ho!, The Globe and Mail, March 19, 2003
Afghanistan 2006, The Globe and Mail, May 19, 2006
War Memorial Outrage, The Toronto Star, July 5, 2006
Havoc, Home and Away
The Great Fire, The Hamilton Spectator, April 27, 1900
Halifax Will Rise Again!, The Halifax Herald, December 12, 1917
The Blast Heard Around the World, The Winnipeg Tribune, August 7, 1945
Taking Care of Our Own, The Toronto Daily Star, May 10, 1950
Who Will Help Rwanda?, The Globe and Mail, June 8, 1994
Death in the Morning, The National Post, September 12, 2001
Workers of the World Unite
The Irrepressible Conflict, The Toronto Globe, March 14, 1892
Punch Clock Absurdity, The Vancouver Sun, June 30, 1912
The Winnipeg Dispute, The Ottawa Citizen, May 20, 1919
Letter Carriers Threaten, The Halifax Herald, January 28, 1920
Insurance for Jobless, The Regina Leader, November 17, 1932
Settlement or Strife, The Toronto Globe, July 3, 1935
The Forgotten Unemployed, The Toronto Globe, August 5, 1935
"On-to-Ottawa", The Toronto Globe, August 12, 1935
Labour Day, 1981, The Saint John Telegraph Journal, September 7, 1981
Big Mac Attack, The Montreal Gazette, March 24, 1998
Ensuring Safety on Our Farms, The Charlottetown Guardian, March 6, 2002
Balancing the Scales of Justice
Education and Crime, The Toronto Globe, February 10, 1892
To Check Suicide, The Toronto Evening Star, July 29, 1895
Carrying Concealed Weapons, The Vancouver Sun, May 16, 1912
A Too Expensive Legal System, The London Free Press, February 1, 1919
Too Many Guns, The Toronto Telegram, December 6, 1962
Punishment and Crime, The Toronto Telegram, December 11, 1962
Prison Reform, The Ottawa Citizen, July 9, 1976
Shattering the Silence, The Globe and Mail, September 23, 1992
Is It Just?, The Hamilton Spectator, July 8, 1993
Sad Death of Discretion, The National Post, September 1, 2001
Doing Justice, The Winnipeg Free Press, February 23, 2004
Sport
The Future of Lacrosse, The Toronto Evening Star, August 7, 1895
Bluenose: "Her Honours Gathered, Her Duty Done", The Halifax Herald, February 1, 1946
The Old Western Spirit Still Lives, The Calgary Herald, November 29, 1948
The Champion, The Toronto Telegram, June 22, 1964
That's Our Nancy, The Ottawa Citizen, February 16, 1968
Team Canada Win brings National Joy, The Windsor Star, September 27, 1972
Goodbye Wayne Gretzky, The Edmonton Journal, August 10, 1988
Champion Jays Make History, The Toronto Star, October 26, 1992
Weekend of Champions, The Globe and Mail, April 15, 2003
Bringing the Cup Back Home, The Charlottetown Guardian, August 4, 2004
The Great Outdoors
Tree Planting, The Regina Leader, May 2, 1901
In Defiance of Authority, The Toronto Evening Star, November 2, 1923
Unchanging Weather, The Regina Leader, December 12, 1932
Great Dog, The Toronto Daily Star, August 3, 1945
Will Five Wrongs Make a Right?, The Montreal Gazette, October 29, 1952
Smog over Metro, The Toronto Telegram, December 7, 1962
On Wings Of Sound, The Toronto Telegram, December 12, 1962
Nuclear Waste, The Montreal Star, September 21, 1979
Golden Day, The Saint John Telegraph Journal, September 14, 1981
No Time for Atmospheric Idleness, The Regina Leader-Post, February 16, 1989
Another Cod Disaster in the Making?, The St. John's Evening Telegraph, July 12, 1997
Kyoto Deal Fragile, The Edmonton Journal, December 12, 1997
Across This Great Land
The Baggage Smasher, The Toronto Evening Star, August 7, 1895
Calgary's Possibilities, The Calgary Daily Herald, January 15, 1898
Danger for the Bicyclist, The Hamilton Spectator, April 23, 1900
A Giant Canal Scheme, The London Free Press, March 31, 1919
Suggestions for Establishing Aerodromes, The Halifax Herald, February 28, 1920
Getting Out of Town, The Toronto Evening Star, November 28, 1923
The New Air Service, The Calgary Herald, March 5, 1938
Driving Tests a Good Idea, The Montreal Gazette, October 6, 1952
Flying Saucers, Chunks of Sputnik, and Radio-Active Fallout, The London Free Press, September 15, 1958
Cabinet Makes Wise Decision on Avro Air Defence, The London Free Press, September 25, 1958
Trans-Canada Not Enough, The Calgary Herald, September 5, 1962
Walking Weather, The Saint John Telegraph Journal, September 21, 1981
Vanishing Railways, The Saint John Telegraph Journal, October 5, 1981
Good Old Days of Flu, Cholera, and Hasty Burials
The Grip, The Toronto Globe, January 16, 1892
Preventable Disease in Toronto, The Toronto Globe, February 24, 1892
Danger!, The Calgary Daily Herald, April 5, 1898
Are People Buried Alive?, The Hamilton Spectator, January 22, 1900
Government Quaratine, The Windsor Evening Record, April 21, 1900
The Milk Supply, The Vancouver Sun, June 12, 1912
Here's to Better Health
Cleaner Paper Money, The Vancouver Sun, May 13, 1912
State Insurance, The Toronto Evening Star, November 13, 1923
Smoking Ban, The Calgary Herald, December 22, 1965
Saving Medicare, The Montreal Star, September 19, 1979
E. Coli Tragedy was Preventable, The Toronto Star, May 26, 2000
Toronto Can Curb SARS Damage, The Toronto Star, April 24, 2003
Sober Advice
Manitoba Prohibition, The Windsor Evening Record, June 4, 1900
The "Art of Drinking", The Regina Leader, December 10, 1932
Penalties for Drug Peddlers, The Winnipeg Tribune, September 3, 1951
Who Poisoned the Highball?, The Vancouver Sun, May 3, 1955
The Spirit is Fine, but the Law Won't Work, The Globe and Mail, April 22, 1967
Prescription for Alcoholism, The Saint John Telegraph Journal, September 9, 1981
Transplants without Prejudice, The Toronto Star, May 27, 1990
Decriminalize Marijuana, The Toronto Star, April 18, 1993
Roadside Checks Still Have Their Place, The Peterborough Examiner, January 3, 1995
Getting Close to Home
The Latest in Red Tape, The Toronto Evening Star, July 3, 1895
A Busy City, The Calgary Daily Herald, April 4, 1898
Write It, Alberta, The Calgary Daily Herald, April 23, 1898
Hardships of Hawker's By-Law, The Windsor Evening Record, June 15, 1900
A Mayor's Manners, The Toronto Globe, July 30, 1935
Why was the Home Closed?, The Saint John Telegraph Journal, September 16, 1981
Heart of a City, The Saint John Telegraph Journal, October 21, 1981
Disclosure Rules, The Peterborough Examiner, January 9, 1995
Taking a Stand
An Asylum for Eastern Harlots?, The Calgary Herald, March 5, 1884
Out of Joint, The Calgary Daily Herald, May 28, 1898
Ugly Toronto, The London Free Press, September 9, 1958
End the Sunday Sham, The Globe and Mail, December 1, 1938
Sinners All, The Toronto Telegram, December 7, 1962
Stop Sniggering, The Toronto Telegram, December 17, 1962
Hardship? Humbug, The Toronto Telegram, December 20, 1962
You Must!, The Calgary Herald, May 13, 1969
The Lottery Drug, The Montreal Star, September 17, 1979
Even Those Who Err Must Have Their Say, The Regina Leader-Post, February 17, 1989
Alberta's Gamble, The Globe and Mail, March 10, 1998
Inside The Fourth Estate
Yellow Journalism, The Calgary Daily Herald, April 15, 1898
The Fogogram, The Toronto Evening Star, November 6, 1923
Newspapermen, The Toronto Globe, August 31, 1935
Douglas Social Credit, The Calgary Herald, October 5, 1937
Star Continues to See Red, The Globe and Mail, December 9, 1938
Abuse and Neglect of Duty, The Vancouver Sun, May 14, 1955
Is a Story Itself the News?, The Vancouver Sun, June 29, 1981
Earnest Press, The Toronto Star, March 9, 1983
Let the Public Judge, The Globe and Mail, October 10, 1991
Improved Journalism is in National Interest, The Toronto Star, June 25, 2006