The Telegram Saturday edition with huge attention paid to the 60th anniversary of Confederation.
1. Before and after, the front pager which, in the online version includes links to George Baker’s 1970s era vinyl of some bits of the National Convention debates. Not quite Jim Kirk does Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds but still worth the listen.
2. A couple of retired reporters talk about covering the National Convention.
3. A series of columns:
- Brian Jones – “Looking forward to 60 more years”
- Russell Wangersky - “Who put the con in Confederation?” Incidentally, how come the awesomely amazing “balance sheet’ on Confederation the Spindy pumped out in 2004 disappeared from the now-twice-defunct newspaper’s website a long time ago?
- Pam Frampton - “Life in Canada: a work in progress”
- Lana Payne - “Staying true to ourselves”
The editorial is worth checking out as well, not for the editorial itself but for the series of pseudonymous comments from someone or several people all of which repeat the same myths Wangersky mentions in his column. perhaps some people hadn’t read that far when they made comments.
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