Fotheringham's World Remembrance and Baseball Note
An obituary style column recalls John Kenneth Galbraith, famed Canadian economist, at 97, from his Ontario roots to international influence. It also notes Barry Bonds chasing Babe Ruth 714, with a digressional aside on a Vancouver Sun columnists and a veteran writer’s pension tale.
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John Kenneth Galbraith
Marshall McLuhan
America
Iona Station
Ontario
Lake Erie
Gal
Time Magazine
Jack Kennedy
India
Vancouver
Victoria
Vancouver Sun
Pat Carney
Gulf Islands
Vancouver Island
Patricia
Galbraith
Barry Bonds
Babe Ruth
Bonds
Hank Aaron
Electronic news leaps oceans as tablets reach farflung readers
An editor reflects on the internet shrinking distances from rural Spain to London Times coverage. The author notes the rapid electronic revolution allowing up-to-the-minute access to national profiles like Canada’s Stephen Harper, contrasting it with past delays of three days by post.
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Canada
Stephen Harper
London Times
Los Boondocks
Spain
The
Globe and Mail
National Post
New York Times
Erin North York
Yonkers
Ottawa firm launches world newspaper kiosks for instant read
An Ottawa based company International Newspaper Kiosks Ltd expands access to 135 newspapers via automated vending kiosks linked to Satellite Newspaper Corporation. Readers swipe cards and receive any paper locally or globally anytime without logins or passwords.
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Otawa
International Newspaper Kiosks Ltd
Satelite Newspaper Corporation
Marshall McLuhan
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