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He was a man who carried with him the quiet burden of survival. In the Omarska concentration camp, h...

The movie is best of all a showcase for Dyrholm’s full-fledged interpretation of Nico.

Dee Hepburn and John Gordon Sinclair in 1981s Gregorys Girl Credit: Alamy “The British are coming!”. With these infamous words at the 1982 Oscars, Colin Welland collected his trophy for the Chariots of Fire screenplay. Perhaps surprisingly, though, he lost the Bafta that year to a proudly Scottish success story. That film was Gregory’s Girl, the tale of a shy, lanky schoolboy (John Gordon Sinclair) and his hapless attempts to woo the girl (Dee Hepburn) who has taken his place on the foot...

Article content On Saturday, Jim Watson will become the longest-serving mayor in the history of Ottawa, which officially began in 1855. The milestone will be greeted with pride — and, possibly, horror — politics being a fairly vicious enterprise and longevity the sure way to accumulate hordes of friends and enemies, sometimes the very same people. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Egan: The longest Worship — Watson to set mayoral re...

Radio and television personality Dick Smyth, whose booming commentary filled Canadian airwaves for decades with hot takes on the day’s topics, has died at 86. His daughter Tracy Smyth said he died Saturday afternoon in Huntsville, Ont. “He was a mentor to many, many people in the business, and I know that he’s left a […]

TORONTO - Radio and television personality Dick Smyth, whose booming commentary filled Canadian airwaves for decades with hot takes on the day's topics,...

Radio and television personality Dick Smyth, whose booming commentary filled Canadian airwaves for decades with hot takes on the day's topics, has died at 86.

"He was a mentor to many, many people in the business, and I know that hes left a hole in many peoples hearts with his passing," she said by phone from Nova Scotia. The veteran broadcaster was a familiar voice to radio listeners who tuned in for his trademark introduction: "Heres how things look to Dick Smyth this morning." His career spanned an array of influential stations, such as CKLW-AM in Windsor, Ont., when it was known as "the Big 8," and 1050 CHUM in Toronto. And his face was known to...

Radio and television personality Dick Smyth, whose booming commentary filled Canadian airwaves for decades with hot takes on the day’s topics, has died at 86. His daughter Tracy Smyth said he died Saturday afternoon in Huntsville, Ont. “He was a mentor to many, many people in the business, and I know that he’s left a […]

Biscoe’s Kashmir 1935 Tyndale Biscoe (1863–1949) was a key player in pushing Kashmir to modern education and a better understanding of the world around them. This first-hand narrative by a Canadian writer, Gordon Sinclair , offers an idea of the situation in which the British padre fought ignorance, and backwardness by using his school as the main change-maker in a society devastated by deceit, dogmas and discrimination. Between the lines, it tells the story about who mattered in th...