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  • peter_black.jpg Mark Carney, banking superstar

    When he retires at some distant date, Mark Carney may reflect on his legacy, Canadian columnist Peter Black writes.

    December 2, 2011 1 Photo

  • peter_black.jpg New Quebec party looks to the future

    Francois Legault was once the go-to guy for a group of Quebec entrepreneurs putting together a charter air service from the remnants of a couple of failing companies, Canadian columnist Peter Black writes.

    November 18, 2011 1 Photo

  • peter_black.jpg Gilles Lamontagne's War

    As Remembrance Day approaches, I inevitably think of my dad, Canadian columnist Peter Black writes. He was a veteran of the Royal Canadian Air Force, and although he never faced enemy fire, he signed up knowing such a terrible thing was a possibility.

    November 4, 2011 1 Photo

  • peter_black.jpg When Prime Minister King met Hitler

    I've been in the grip of Philip Kerr's "Berlin Noir" trilogy for the past few weeks, Canadian columnist Peter Black writes.

    October 21, 2011 1 Photo

  • peter_black.jpg Canada has history of construction scandals

    Quebec has been gripped for the past several weeks by allegations of deeply entrenched collusion and corruption in the construction industry, Canadian columnist Peter Black writes.

    October 7, 2011 1 Photo

  • peter_black.jpg Revisiting the War of 1812

    Were it not for Johnny Horton's classic ditty, "The Battle of New Orleans,"  it seems Plattsburgh could easily lay claim to the title of most famous American city of the War of 1812, Canadian columnist Peter Black writes.

    September 23, 2011 1 Photo

  • peter_black.jpg View from Canada, 10 years after 9/11

    We thought a wayward private plane had crashed into the tower, Canadian columnist Peter Black recalls. Watching CNN from my desk in the newsroom at about 8:30 that morning, we quickly realized that this was no small plane and this was no small accident.

    September 9, 2011 1 Photo

  • peter_black.jpg Quebec has low fees for higher education

    A few years ago, we used to joke, my wife and I, that the fees for our younger son's hockey program at his public high school were more than those for our older son's term at our local university, Canadian columnist Peter Black says.

    August 26, 2011 1 Photo

  • peter_black.jpg Canada's version of John Adams

    Quebec columnist Peter Black finds interesting parallels between our John Adams and one of Canada's early advocates of confederation.

    August 12, 2011 1 Photo

  • peter_black.jpg Canadian leader fighting cancer

    Not too many people saw this coming, says Canadian columnist Peter Black. Parliamentary reporters, though, were beginning to ask where Jack Layton had vanished in the depths of summer.

    July 29, 2011 1 Photo