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Voyage to Vilkaviskis | echenblog
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This essay was written a number of years ago, and has appeared in print. I’m posting it online for the first time today, on Yom Ha’Shoah. July 1995. The road from Kaunas, in central Lithuania, to Vilkaviskis, a town near the western border with Russia, looks like Vermont. Pastoral farmland, dairy cows, woods of birch and pine. One of these twentysomethings – a pony-tailed Vilnius entrepreneur – runs an agency for foreign tourists. He arranged for a car, a driver and a tour guide to meet m...Our guide is ...
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Ontario election: All bets are in | echenblog
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Ontario election: All bets are in. Don’t just take the word of the polls. If you are a savvy betting. Elector, you will already know that. Election prediction / seat projection website is forecasting not only a Liberal majority in tomorrow’s Ontario election, but also a bigger – or just slightly smaller – majority than the Grits won in 2003. If that happens, Dalton McGuinty will become the first Liberal Premier of Ontario in 70 years to win back-to-back majorities. And John Tory may be toast. Splotches o...
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Demo Reel | echenblog
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Highlights from my 16-year career as a producer, journalist and Parliamentary Bureau Chief at TVOntario (TVO). The demo reel was edited by the very talented Derek Thacker of CTV’s Parliament Hill bureau, who was also the first editor I worked with 16 years ago. The clips in the demo reel are grouped into the following chapters:. Public Affairs and News Documentaries. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public).
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The Blue Wave | echenblog
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This month’s federal election results seemed to herald many dramatic changes in Canadian politics. Some of the obvious ones: Canadians elected a majority Conservative government for the first time in a generation; The NDP became the Official Opposition for the first time ever; The Bloc Quebecois was reduced to four seats; and voters handed the Liberal Party its worst drubbing in history, and an existential crisis to Liberal loyalists. Much has been written including by me. 8211; about the Conservatives’ ...
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Ontario: No Political Hat Trick | echenblog
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Ontario: No Political Hat Trick. Back in the middle of the summer, when politics and elections were the furthest things from most people’s minds, Toronto mayor Rob Ford hosted a barbecue. For 800 of his closest friends. It was a special event honoring federal finance minister Jim Flaherty for his work helping Toronto-area candidates make historic breakthroughs during the federal election earlier this year. When Harper made those remarks in early August, it seemed likely that Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak.
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the cutting room floor: Psychic's proximity to PM made Christians queasy
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The cutting room floor. Wednesday, September 21, 2011. Psychic's proximity to PM made Christians queasy. The cutting room floor. The presence of a psychic who claims to commune with angels. And the dead in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's entourage has caused concern in some Christian circles. While the prime minister has made light of the issue in the House of Commons, the spiritual activities of his image consultant has made those who take the unseen world seriously a bit queasy. Charles McVety, preside...
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the cutting room floor: September 2011
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The cutting room floor. Wednesday, September 21, 2011. Psychic's proximity to PM made Christians queasy. The cutting room floor. The presence of a psychic who claims to commune with angels. And the dead in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's entourage has caused concern in some Christian circles. While the prime minister has made light of the issue in the House of Commons, the spiritual activities of his image consultant has made those who take the unseen world seriously a bit queasy. Charles McVety, preside...
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the cutting room floor: November 2009
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The cutting room floor. Friday, November 20, 2009. They tortured him, they stomped on him'. Bashir Makthal in undated photo. Don't really know why this particular story never made it. There have been others about Bashir.). By Jorge Barrera (2009). The cutting room floor. Makhtal’s 29-year-old niece, however, said the government should work faster to free him because his life faces increased danger the longer he remains in prison. Hassan Ahmed Makhtal, in his late 50s, died from various complications caus...
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the cutting room floor: the revolution
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The cutting room floor. Thursday, September 20, 2007. Will now be f. Posted by Jorge Barrera. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The ultimate sports blog. The Latino Swede (for just a little while). A final yarn for Sun Media. Jorge Barrera is a journalist currently working for Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. The postings on this blog are his own and have no connection to his work for APTN. View my complete profile. They are going to shoot. What to make of this. Stonechild murdered over gun deal?
