http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/columnists/w_neville Most recent (7 days) columns en-gb Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:59:14 CDT The time comes to us all when we come to understand today's events in the wider context of the times through which we ourselves have lived. On the verge of the Liberal leadership decision, I find myself reflecting on an earlier chain of events which, for me, mark the trail to present ones. In... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 07:49:44 CDT In St. Paul's Cathedral, on the tomb of the great architect Sir Christopher Wren, are inscribed these words: "Reader, if you seek his monument, look around you." The words were appropriate: It was Wren who had recreated St Paul's and rebuilt much of east London following the Great Fire of Wed, 11 Jul 2012 08:56:51 CDT Brisk, assertive, commanding, he revived boldness, decisiveness and trenchant criticism... He restored to public affairs a sense that issues mattered, a sense long dulled by the former government's belief that the whole of government was administration. -- W. L. Morton, Manitoba: A History As Fri, 4 Jun 2010 12:02:13 CDT Sing lustily and with good courage. Beware of singing as if you were half dead, or half asleep; but lift up your voice with strength. -- John Wesley Many of the stories that have appeared in the print media and on the Internet reporting the death of Kate McGarrigle last month referred to Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:20:52 CST It has become increasingly clear that Prime Minister Stephen Harper's decision to prorogue Parliament in December was a serious miscalculation. The public, perhaps not normally attuned to such things, has clearly understood that Harper's decision smells: It smells of the all-consuming political Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:21:17 CST HAROLD Macdonald, who died on Dec. 14, will be remembered by many Winnipeggers as an Anglican clergyman and by others as a city councillor during the 1980s. In both roles, he was interesting, engaging and colourful. Born in Edmonton, he was educated on Vancouver Island and at the University of Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:20:46 CST When Gary Doer was re-elected to a third majority government in 2007, it was only the second time in the modern era that such a result had been achieved: the earlier example was provided by Duff Roblin and the Progressive Conservatives who, in 1959, had won a minority government followed by three Sat, 29 Aug 2009 03:22:25 CDT One quite positive development in Canada over the last 40 years has been our growing awareness of our significant built heritage. This has been reflected in our greater willingness to consider, pursue and confer heritage designations on sites and buildings right across the country. In Canada, the Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:21:03 CDT So, Canadians will not go to the polls this summer. There can't be many, inside Parliament or out, who will be unhappy with that. Given the polls, the Conservatives faced an election with the prospect of not enough votes and the Liberals with the prospect of not enough money. Happily, neither was Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:20:42 CDT If tragedy describes gifted and complex characters destroyed by a fatal flaw, Brian Mulroney may have at least some of the makings of a tragic hero. I was one of many long-time supporters of the old Progressive Conservative party who, repelled by sins of omission and commission and by Mulroney's Tue, 2 Jun 2009 09:54:02 CDT