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Lisa Fitterman

Lisa Fitterman is a National Newspaper Award winner and the author of two children’s books.
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Society

How Canada Day Got Its Name

July 1, 2017April 5, 2020 - by Lisa Fitterman

The history behind our national holiday

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Justice

The Summer of Our Discontent

June 20, 2013June 19, 2020 - by Lisa Fitterman

The Charbonneau Commission on corruption in Quebec’s construction industry ends its spring session

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Justice

Et tu, Applebaum?

June 17, 2013October 8, 2020 - by Lisa Fitterman

Montreal’s incumbent mayor joins the lengthy list of politicians charged by Quebec’s anti-corruption squad

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Justice

The Collector

May 22, 2013October 16, 2019 - by Lisa Fitterman

Retired bagman Roger Desbois takes his turn in the Charbonneau Commission’s hot seat

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Justice

Gangland, QC

May 9, 2013January 18, 2019 - by Lisa Fitterman

As the Charbonneau Commission probes deeper into corruption in Quebec, police arrest former Laval mayor Gilles Vaillancourt and thirty-six others

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Photograph by Benoit Aquin
Feature / May 2013

The Avenger

April 15, 2013April 13, 2020 - by Lisa Fitterman

Justice France Charbonneau is the steely calm at the helm of Quebec’s corruption inquiry

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November 2004 / Society

The Brain Trainer

November 12, 2004May 1, 2020 - by Lisa Fitterman

How to focus, focus, focus

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