Arthur Milnes

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Recent work

• Alberta's first day in Canada: Sept. 1, 1905Opinion · Calgary Herald · Aug 29, 2026
• Milnes: King's impact on Ottawa inescapable, even 75 years after his deathOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jul 22, 2025
• From Macdonald to Trudeau: A look back at Citizen commentaryOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 28, 2025
• Milnes: Mark Carney's ascent — What's old can be new againOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 14, 2025
• Opinion: Mark Carney's ascent — What's old can be new againOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Mar 13, 2025
• Milnes: Jimmy Carter — farewell to a friend and heroOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Dec 30, 2024
• Milnes: How I came to love former prime minister Brian MulroneyOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 1, 2024
• Milnes: How I came to love former prime minister Brian MulroneyOpinion · Calgary Herald · Feb 29, 2024
• Opinion: How I came to love former prime minister Brian MulroneyOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Feb 29, 2024
• Milnes: Hugh Segal's optimism for Canada was undiminished to the endOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Aug 10, 2023
• Milnes: Rosalynn Carter supported my family in darker times. Now we support herOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jun 9, 2023
• Milnes: Emergencies Act — Another Prime Minister Trudeau faces history’s testOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Feb 14, 2022
• Milnes: Don't think twice — at 80, Dylan's all rightOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · May 23, 2021
• Milnes: Trudeau's meeting with Biden on Tuesday is 'worth its weight in gold'Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Feb 21, 2021
• Milnes: U.S. presidential inaugurations can be weird. Try this trivia quizOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jan 19, 2021
• Milnes: Mobs have stormed the capital of Canada, tooOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jan 17, 2021
• Milnes: John Turner always told me, 'Get involved. Canada is worth it.'Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Sep 19, 2020
• Milnes: John Turner always told me, 'Get involved. Canada is worth it.'Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Sep 19, 2020
• Milnes: What modern Conservatives should learn from Sir John A. MacdonaldOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jan 10, 2020
• Milnes: 2019, the year of prime ministers pastOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jan 10, 2019
• Milnes: 2019, the year of prime ministers pastOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jan 10, 2019
• Milnes: George H.W. Bush – a friendship born of fishingOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Nov 30, 2018
• Opinion: George H.W. Bush — a friendship born of fishingOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Nov 30, 2018
• Milnes: Sir John Thompson's Hollywood momentOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Dec 9, 2017
• O Canada: A nation, a journey and a sesquicentennial time capsule to be proud ofOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Dec 8, 2017
• Milnes: A library, its architect and a Canada 150 time capsuleOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Oct 13, 2017
• Milnes: Canada 150 time capsule a reminder of the people behind our politicsOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Oct 5, 2017
• Milnes: How Watertown, N.Y., connects Canada, WashingtonOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Sep 30, 2017
• Milnes: How a 150 Time Capsule made me long for the view from Taber HillOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Sep 21, 2017
• Milnes: Pearson's real legacy transcends the peacekeeping mythsOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Sep 15, 2017
• Arthur Milnes: The "noble building" rose again after fire razed ParliamentOpinion · Calgary Herald · Feb 1, 2016
• Arthur Milnes: The "noble building" rose again after fire razed ParliamentOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Feb 1, 2016
• Arthur Milnes: The "noble building" rose again after fire razed ParliamentOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Feb 1, 2016
• Arthur Milnes: The "noble building" rose again after fire razed ParliamentOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Feb 1, 2016
• Who needs Tweets? How the Star used rockets to announce an election resultOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 24, 2015
• Let’s give R.B. Bennett his dueOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 19, 2015
• Let’s give R.B. Bennett his dueOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 19, 2015
• Sir John A. Macdonald: ‘What a very great man he was’Opinion · Toronto Star · Jan 11, 2011
• Sir John A. Macdonald: ‘What a very great man he was’Opinion · Toronto Star · Jan 10, 2011
• Diefenbaker’s Bill of Rights an act worth rememberingOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 9, 2010
• Have we found our next Governor General?Opinion · Toronto Star · May 5, 2010
• Have we found our next Governor General?Opinion · Toronto Star · May 4, 2010
• Old hands can help in HaitiOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 22, 2010
• Old hands can help in HaitiOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 21, 2010
• Sir John A.‘s birthday a day to celebrate our great PMsOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 11, 2010
• Michael Ignatieff would do well to learn from Sir Wilfrid LaurierOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 20, 2009
• As the wall fell, Mulroney and Bush manoeuvredOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Nov 7, 2009
• Harper and Ignatieff flub their medicare momentOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 18, 2009
• Harper and Ignatieff flub their medicare momentOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 17, 2009
• A good news story about newsOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 28, 2009
• Renewing our commitment to historyOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 9, 2009
• Despite what you’ve heard, a vice-president can be usefulOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 27, 2008
• Small-town librarian and heroOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 11, 2008
• Public duty versus private livesOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 26, 2008
• My Canada includes ScarboroughOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 18, 2008
• Diefenbaker gave Canada a dream worth followingOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 7, 2007
• Happy birthday, Sir John, ehOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 10, 2007
• Happy birthday, Sir John, ehOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 10, 2007