Politics

By Andrew Macdonald Chef Labi Kousoulis: Cooking In The Kitchen Christmas Day! A Notebook source reports that jolly old Santa Claus will touch down at the Kousoulis household on Christmas Eve - this is a really reliable source - not 'fake news'. You see, Labi...

By Andrew Macdonald Back in the winter blahs of January 2020, we had a terse letter to the editor suggesting our description of Max St. Pierre as 'handsome' was totally politically incorrect journalism in modern-day society. It touched off a storm - and mostly other...

MacPolitics: NDP Chieftain Gary Burrill Pens His Own Poem For His Holiday Greeting By Andrew Macdonald I think the ‘20 Holiday greeting card from NS NDP chieftain and leader Gary Burrill, is worth his own news story, in this Holiday edition of The Notebook’s look at...

By Andrew Macdonald Thanks to dedicated politico readers, in this Holiday edition of The Notebook we feature some of the annual holiday greeting cards of our men in women in the honourable industry of public office. We’ve received a ton of cards from political readers...

MacPolitics: OK, The Holiday Card From Kody Blois is Pretty Neat - His Bernese Dog Featured. By Andrew Macdonald Kody Blois, the first term Liberal MP for Kings Hants, is a loving master to a Bernese Mountain Dog named Sully. His pet is featured in his Holiday card....

MacPolitics: Tim Houston’s Holiday Card Shows A Pandemic Hair Style By Andrew Macdonald The ‘20 Holiday card from NS Progressive Conservative leader, Tim Houston, captures him in what is a new normal for Nova Scotians: Aa pandemic hairstyle. Pretty much in pre-COVID...

MacPolitics: Andy Fillmore Celebrates ‘The Four Sisters’ With Holiday Card By Andrew Macdonald The Holiday card issued by two-term Liberal MP Andy Fillmore, I’d say, is worth its own separate story in this edition of The Notebook’s look at the Season’s Greeting cards...

By Andrew Macdonald MacPolitics: The Mulroney Kids Today - Accomplished Careers in Adulthood The 1984 Mulroney family Christmas card, in the above story, captures the children of Brian & Mila as kids. Today, members of the family have gone on to their own...

Politico Christmas/Holiday Cards: How About Historical Cards? By Andrew Macdonald After my annual begging of politico Holiday & in some circles, they are called Christmas cards, my readers responded in spades. We will publish the more contemporary Season’s...

By Andrew Macdonald MacPolitics: A Historical Holiday Card From Joe, Maureen & Catherine Clark In this story, I present the year 2000 greeting card of Joe Clark, his wife Maureen, and their now 43-year old daughter Catherine. Joe Clark was prime minister for nine...