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  • Macleans

    Homolka Cross-examined

    At various points in his cross-examination, defence lawyer John Rosen rolled his eyes and shrugged his shoulders. He was openly skeptical and downright sarcastic. He bellowed in a surly voice and pointed an accusing finger at the slender, ashen-faced witness.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on July 17, 1995

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  • Macleans

    Homolka's Cross-examination Ends

    It was a battle of wits and wills, filled with startling accusations, blunt denials and heated exchanges. For seven days, defence lawyer John Rosen, a shrewd and tenacious courtroom performer, relentlessly attacked the icy, impenetrable woman in the witness stand, 25-year-old Karla Homolka.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on July 24, 1995

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  • Macleans

    Homolka's Plea Bargain Revealed

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on July 10, 1995. Partner content is not updated. She spends her days locked in a cell at the Prison For Women in Kingston, Ont., isolated from other inmates for her own protection.

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  • Macleans

    Homolka's Testimony

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on July 1, 1995. Partner content is not updated. The revelations - startling, sensational and occasionally sickening - flowed from the slender, blond witness with an icy detachment.

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    Honoré Mercier

    Honoré Mercier, lawyer, politician, premier of Québec (b at St-Athanase, Qué 15 Oct 1840; d at Montréal 30 Oct 1894).

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  • Macleans

    How the control freak lost control

    As a five-alarm gong show threatens to swallow Stephen Harper’s Conservatives whole, party faithful wonder if he’ll ever regain his gripThis article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on July 8, 2013

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    Howard Adams

    Howard Joseph Adams, academic, educator, author, Indigenous rights advocate (born 8 September 1921 in St. Louis, SK; died 8 September 2001 in Vancouver, BC). Howard Adams was a renowned academic and Indigenous rights advocate who was the first Métis person in Canada to earn a PhD.

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    Howard Charles Green

    Howard Charles Green, lawyer, politician (b at Kaslo, BC 5 Nov 1895; d at Vancouver 26 July 1989). Appointed minister of public works in the first DIEFENBAKER government, Green assumed the Dept of External Affairs portfolio in 1959 after Sidney SMITH's sudden death.

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    Howard Ferguson

    George Howard Ferguson, lawyer, Conservative politician, premier of Ontario 1923-30 (b at Kemptville, Ont 18 June 1870; d at Toronto 21 Feb 1946). He personified Ontario in the 1920s: a mix of 19th-century values and 20th-century ambitions.

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    Howard Graham

    Howard Douglas Graham, lawyer, army officer (b at Buffalo, NY 15 July 1898; d at Oakville, Ont 28 Sept 1986). A WWI veteran, having enlisted at age 17, Graham rose to become chief of the general staff 1955-58. He practised law in Trenton, Ont, 1922-39, and was mayor in 1933.

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    Howard Pawley

    Pawley led his party to victory in the Nov 1981 and March 1986 elections. The most controversial action by the Pawley government during its first term was the introduction of a resolution entrenching French language rights.

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    Hugh Burnett

    Hugh Burnett, civil rights activist, carpenter (born 14 July 1918 in Dresden, ON; died 29 September 1991 in London, ON). Burnett was a key figure in the fight for anti-discrimination legislation in Ontario. Through the 1940s and early 1950s, he organized tirelessly against racial discrimination in public service in his hometown of Dresden, Ontario, rising to prominence as a leader and organizer of the National Unity Association (NUA), a coalition of Black community members pushing for equal rights in Dresden and the surrounding area. He was instrumental to in bringing about legislative and legal victories for civil rights at the provincial level related to the 1954 Fair Accommodation Practices Act, an early anti-discrimination law in Ontario.

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    Hugh John Flemming

    Hugh John Flemming, lumberman, politician, premier of NB (b at Peel, NB 5 Jan 1899; d at Fredericton 16 Oct 1982). Elected in 1921 as a municipal councillor for Carleton, Flemming became Conservative Member of Legislative Assembly for Carleton in 1944.

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    Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside

    Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside, academic, public servant, diplomat (b at Toronto 7 July 1898; d 27 Sept 1992). Only 7 months after joining the Dept. of External Affairs in September 1928, Keenleyside was posted to Tokyo 1929-36, where he assisted in opening Canada's first legation in Japan.

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    Hugh Richardson

    Hugh Richardson, lawyer, judge, chief justice of NWT (b at London, Eng 31 July 1826; d at Ottawa 15 July 1913).

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