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  • peter_black.jpg No panic with PQ victory

    This week, Quebec voters elected a PQ government for the third time, defeating Jean Charest's Liberals, who had held power since 2003, Peter Black writes.

    September 7, 2012 1 Photo

  • peter_black.jpg Stakes are high in upcoming Quebec election

    Next time you read this column, Quebec voters will have elected a new government, and, quite possibly, launched the province -- and the rest of Canada -- on an adventure into uncertainty, Canadian columnist Peter Black writes.

    August 24, 2012 1 Photo

  • peter_black.jpg Marilyn, Jack and Charles

    Columnist Peter Black writes about the 50th anniversary of the death of actress and pop culture icon Marilyn Monroe.

    August 10, 2012 1 Photo

  • peter_black.jpg The Crimson Route: Recovery and reminiscence

    The Crimson Route probably doesn't mean much to many people these days, writes Canadian columnist Peter Black. Yet, for a time early in World War II, the plan to build a network of airfields in eastern North America was seen as a primary line of defense of the continent against a Nazi juggernaut threatening to topple Great Britain.

    July 27, 2012 1 Photo

  • peter_black.jpg Les Rochers reflected the craggy bluffs

    Canada's first prime minister's 'lost weekend' the subject of folklore, Peter Black writes.

    July 13, 2012 1 Photo

  • peter_black.jpg O Canada, a bilingual duet

    Americans can thank their one and only war with Canada for inspiring the author of the U.S. national anthem, the Star-Spangled Banner, columnist Peter Black writes.

    June 29, 2012 1 Photo

  • peter_black.jpg Canada's link to the Los Angeles Kings

    The Los Angeles Kings won the Stanley Cup this week, and that made me think how Timmins, my home town in Northern Ontario, played a key role in making that happen, Canadian columnist Peter Black writes.

    June 15, 2012 1 Photo

  • peter_black.jpg The difficult job of leading Quebec

    Being the premier of Quebec is not for the faint of heart, writes Canadian columnist Peter Black.

    June 1, 2012 1 Photo

  • peter_black.jpg French voting in North America

    There are reminders out there that the world, or at least a certain stratum of the world, once operated in French, Canadian columnist Peter Black writes.

    May 18, 2012 1 Photo

  • peter_black.jpg Conrad Black returns home

    It's not just because we share a surname — though no known family connections — that I follow from a distance the life and times of Conrad Black (Lord Black of Crossharbour, actually), columnist Peter Black writes.

    May 4, 2012 1 Photo