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Join Globe and Mail columnist Roy MacGregor as he travels This Country. The idea is to bring together a journalist with a great eye and insights with the strengths of the digital world, particularly immediacy and interactivity.
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<title><![CDATA[Watch out for a case of the Wednesdays
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<title><![CDATA[Pricey paintings by artist as a (forever) young man]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Tom Thomson holds his own in a world where dollars are hard to come by &ndash; which, no doubt, would shock him]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[It's Canada's turn in the Twitter revolution]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[It's time to use this powerful information-sharing service to make a difference. But, this being Canada, what is there to rise up against?]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mourning Michael as spectator sport]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[When dying becomes a good career move]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Northern Nation turns 142, fearful of summer&rsquo;s slow exit
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<title><![CDATA[One nation, under a canoe]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Happy National Canoe Day, Canada; take one for a spin, and you too can be, as Trudeau put it, 'a child of nature']]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:28 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Clear your worries with a click of the mouse]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[In feudal age of pensions, renaissance must come]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Modern serfs are struggling to save for their retirements, says pension guru Bill Tufts, who calls for a libertarian solution]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The death of privacy: See Mario celebrate]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[As more cellphones are held up to eyes than ears, an athlete's guarded inner-sanctum is a thing of the past ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:24 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Father&rsquo;s Day is just a Hallmark holiday]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The difference between Mother&rsquo;s Day and Father&rsquo;s Day isn&rsquo;t just the sex]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:42 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Balsillie&rsquo;s dream not all about Canada]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Owning a sports team is about ego, and making money &ndash; just as it always has been]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Do we need not-so-new Olympic sports?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Olympics has an appallingly long history of simply adding sports and non-sports that often don&rsquo;t even meet any sensible criterion]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:33 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ignatieff shows some common sense]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Leader of the Opposition opens a door to the Prime Minister that could, rather simply, prevent a summer election no one wants]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Detroit, mock city? Potemkin would agree]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[To stand on the Detroit waterfront this week is to enter the Fantasyland of the North American economy]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[People are not amused (See: N.S. election)]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Anger's brewing across the country - politicians, public servants and corporate executives are all lightning rods for public dissent - and the winds of change are blowing]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:17 -0400</pubDate>
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