Press-Republican

Black

Black
  • 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

  • peter_black.jpg Tainted birthday for Canadian charter

    There's a stain on the Canadian Constitution —- literally, and some say figuratively, as well, writes Canadian columnist Peter Black.

    April 20, 2012 1 Photo

  • peter_black.jpg Caisse: the people's conglomerate

    It's been many years since I've been to Miami, so I don't recall the Mary Brickell Village area, which apparently is now one of the most popular destinations for shopping, dining and drinking in the bustling city's downtown, writes Canadian columnist Peter Black.

    April 6, 2012 1 Photo

  • peter_black.jpg Opposition battles for the center

    If Thomas Mulcair is elected leader of the New Democratic Party this weekend, as most observers say he will be, it will create one of the more ironic situations in modern Canadian politics — this in a country created by a seemingly contradictory Liberal-Conservative Party, Canadian columnist Peter Black writes.

    March 23, 2012 1 Photo

  • peter_black.jpg Climate change threatens rinks

    This morning, as I do most mornings once the city puts up the boards for my local outdoor rink, usually in late November, I checked the condition of the ice, Canadian columnist Peter Black writes.

    March 9, 2012 1 Photo

  • peter_black.jpg The town the colonel built

    My wife's grandfather was a newspaperman in Montreal who accumulated a mountain of books during his career, Canadian columnist Peter Black writes.

    February 24, 2012 1 Photo

  • peter_black.jpg Madonna returns to roots

    "The Super Bowl was the rehearsal for her Quebec show," the mayor of Quebec City joked this week. Regis Labeaume was referring to news that global megastar Madonna was coming to his city to work it out musically on Labor Day on the Plains of Abraham, Canadian columnist Peter Black writes.

    February 10, 2012 1 Photo