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Laura Secord became a hero of the War of 1812 when she warned the British of an American attack.
But it took decades for her to receive recognition for her actions.
This is the story of one of Canada's most famous historical figures.
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Interesting piece on my recent @MLInstitute report: "In the case of my report, and again now with MLI’s “The Equity Excellence Trade-Off,” Usher didn’t fact-check the report. He fact-checked the room — and the room agreed with him."
via @nationalpost
I reread this every year.
I cry like a baby every year.
Todd Beamer died a father, husband, and hero.
Todd: Hello… Operator… listen to me. I can’t speak very loud. This is an emergency. I’m a passenger on a United flight to San Francisco. Our plane has been hijacked.
Lisa:
A powerful, persuasive piece by an indigenous language lover about the damage done by turning written indigenous languages into a divisive political tool.
"So when I see these new signs sprouting up with complicated, contradictory at times, tongue-twisting orthographies — when I
On the eve of the 25th anniversary of 9/11, I remember as surely anyone who is of an age to do so where I was, with the same bright horror I felt then. I owned a little restaurant then, and customers in varying degrees of shock wandered in all day long for tea and sympathy on the
Only the @globeandmail could print such drivel about our “internal bias” causing us to “struggle” with pronouns. The only thing that we struggle with is what Amy Hamm succinctly describes as our society’s flight from reality.