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First Watch by Martin Patriquin – November 13, 2003

First Watch: City litter

Saturday night’s St-Laurent Street looked like it had been wallpapered. Hanging off car windshields and littering the sidewalk and gutters were these ubiquitous, glossy poster-sized flyers, about as big as ...Read more →

The poppy mafia

First Watch by Martin Patriquin – November 6, 2003

First Watch: The poppy mafia

Being beyond reproach works well for teachers and firemen. Indeed, in our polite and hero-obsessed society, both have an inherent aura of infallibility: The former keep your children from being ...Read more →

All about my mother’s tongue

First Watch by Martin Patriquin – October 30, 2003

First Watch: All about my mother’s tongue

Anywhere else in the world, the issue of municipal mergers would long be in the dustbin of history, where it belongs. Amalgamating a city is a hot-button issue, no doubt, ...Read more →

Ain’t it rich?

First Watch by Martin Patriquin – October 23, 2003

First Watch: Ain’t it rich?

News item: Former PQ language minister Louise Beaudoin to teach (among other things) Canadian federalism at the Université Jean Moulin in Lyon, France. Hardcore separatists are as annoying as hardcore ...Read more →

Izzy, I knew ye too well

First Watch by Martin Patriquin – October 16, 2003

First Watch: Izzy, I knew ye too well

"Oh my God, Mr. Burns is dead! Why do the good always die so young?" -Waylon Smithers Granted, Israel Harold Asper wasn’t all that old when he checked out of ...Read more →

First Watch by Martin Patriquin – October 2, 2003

First Watch: Pimped

There’s this hooker down the street who sticks out more than most. This woman, we’ll call her Shannon, has long arms and short hair and these sleepless, crazy eyes that ...Read more →

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