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Don Gillmor

Don Gillmor (@dongillmor) published his latest novel, Long Change, in 2015.
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Feature / July/August 2016

Stuck

July 20, 2016April 1, 2020 - by Don Gillmor

Traffic is ruining our lives—but we can be saved

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Photograph by Heather Elton
March 2016 / Memoir

A Poet Self-Destructs

February 19, 2016April 22, 2020 - by Don Gillmor

The tormented life of my friend Murdoch Burnett

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Photograph by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images
December 2015 / Memoir

The Roughneck Diaries

November 25, 2015April 8, 2020 - by Don Gillmor

Remembering when the oil sands were young

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Photograph by Jaime Hogge
Feature / January/February 2012

The Invention of Waterloo

January 12, 2012April 14, 2020 - by Don Gillmor

Canada’s Technology Triangle has spawned more than 450 high-tech companies, including BlackBerry pioneer Research in Motion. But it didn’t just happen: an upstart university had the brains to embrace mathematics

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Photograph courtesy of Diamond+Schmitt Architects/Cicada Design
Arts & Culture / May 2010

Red Tape

May 12, 2010April 14, 2020 - by Don Gillmor

For Diamond+Schmitt, winning an international competition to design a cultural centre in St. Petersburg was a blessing and a curse

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Feature / May 2009

That Old Flame

May 12, 2009April 15, 2020 - by Don Gillmor

After sixty years, Harlequin Romance books are still enslaving readers. What’s their secret?

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July/August 2008 / Memoir

Shelter from the Storm

July 12, 2008October 15, 2019 - by Don Gillmor

Fathers and sons, architecture as refuge, and a family’s great loss

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Books / June 2008

Review: Toronto Noir

June 12, 2008June 30, 2017 - by Don Gillmor

What seethes beneath T.O.’s cool politeness

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Cities / January/February 2008

The Events Leading Up to Sir Norman Foster

January 12, 2008October 15, 2019 - by Don Gillmor

A famous British architect, oil barons, an urban vision, and creeping liberalism all meet in Calgary’s downtown. What is the future for Cowtown?

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Fiction / October 2007

What a Season It Could Be…

October 12, 2007October 15, 2019 - by Don Gillmor

No one was more surprised than yours truly when nhl Commissioner Gary Bettman’s crazy plan worked, more or less. We all knew that hockey was in trouble. We all thought …

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