April 1, 1972

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April 1, 1972

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THE BUSH LEAGUE COMPLEX
OUR TOWN

THE BUSH LEAGUE COMPLEX

By McKENZIE PORTER20 min
A FEAST OF PROVINCES
EXPLORE CANADA

A FEAST OF PROVINCES

By AL PURDY20 min
BACKING THE BETTER MOUSETRAP

BACKING THE BETTER MOUSETRAP

By ALEXANDER ROSS19 min
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THE BUSH LEAGUE COMPLEX 3031
OUR TOWN

THE BUSH LEAGUE COMPLEX

Toronto society, like the author, is WASPish, provincial and not easily amused By McKENZIE PORTER20 min
A FEAST OF PROVINCES 4849
EXPLORE CANADA

A FEAST OF PROVINCES

Five thousand miles for the eye and the mind to grasp and the memory to hold on to By AL PURDY20 min
BACKING THE BETTER MOUSETRAP 4647

BACKING THE BETTER MOUSETRAP

Man invents mousetrap. Mousetrap works. Inventor beats a path to his nearest Canadian venture capitalist By ALEXANDER ROSS19 min
20 THINGS YOU'D BETTER KNOW ABOUT THE NEW TAXES 4041

20 THINGS YOU'D BETTER KNOW ABOUT THE NEW TAXES

If you don’t want to lose your shirt By I. H. ASPER18 min
END OF THE ROAD 2829
BIG TOWN

END OF THE ROAD

Toronto (remember the Argos?) is the city of the highest-paid losers in Canada By BILL HOWELL17 min
THE SOUND OF MARIO BERNARDI 4445

THE SOUND OF MARIO BERNARDI

Outside Ottawa's Arts Centre is winter. Thank God for the maestro within By BARRIE HALE16 min
THE UNREAL DEREK IS UNREAL 3637

THE UNREAL DEREK IS UNREAL

“If people ever found out what I'm really like, Mom, I’d be finished” By JACK LUDWIG16 min
THE VIEW FROM OTTAWA 67

THE VIEW FROM OTTAWA

Central to Pierre Trudeau’s philosophy is the idea that the basis of political society is the individual human being, possessing “inalienable rights, over and above capital, the nation, tradition, the Church, and even the State.” The goals of government, Trudeau once told a parliamentary dinner in Australia that was expecting him to talk about the Commonwealth or trade, should be to realize “maximum human dignity, maximum human welfare, maximum environmental quality, and minimum violence in human relationships.” By BRUCE THORDARSON9 min
YOUR VIEW 2021

YOUR VIEW

Your mention of Champ Clark’s statement to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1911 that he hoped to see the day when the Stars and Stripes would float over America right to the North Pole — All Canada Wants For Christmas Is Itself (December) — was very interesting.
WELCOME TO THE MIDDLE-CLASS CAPITAL OF THE WORLD 3233
THEIR TOWN

WELCOME TO THE MIDDLE-CLASS CAPITAL OF THE WORLD

Bring to Toronto your upwardly mobile masses yearning to breathe free By BARRIE HALE7 min
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