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Operative Words

Behind the campaign curtain

Snuffed Torch

Can the Olympic myth survive?

Lax Americana

What happens if Donald Trump returns to the White House?

Patrick Brethour

Patrick Brethour is the British Columbia editor for The Globe and Mail; previously he reported on the Alberta oil sector.

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Patrick Brethour

Oil Patch Heresy

An Albertan petro-history helps make the case for a new national energy program. October 2005

A Slippery Debate

Black-and-white moralizing about the oil sands slides too easily into caricature October 2010
I first met Ezra Levant in the depths of CTV’s Calgary studios, a hallway encounter that only lasted a few seconds, just long enough for the pugilist-conservative to grin and to flash a thumbs-up in my direction. My thumb-worthy deed? I had made an offhand remark on air a few minutes earlier that Albertans remained unhappy about the National Energy…

Who's Stupid?

A Montreal writer tries to blame Albertans for all our environmental sins January–February 2008