Former Jesuit Priest Became a Montreal Talk Show Legend
Neil McKenty liked to argue just for the hell of it and he made a career doing it. The irreverent Jesuit who left…
Father Jim Webb, S.J.
Died on August 9, 2012 at René Goupil House (Jesuit Infirmary), Pickering, Ontario. He was 68 years of age and in his 48th year of…
Sooke Woman Lived with Passion
Louise Lemire-Elmore had a passion for making things beautiful. That passion took shape in the music she sang and composed, her gardening, her eye…
Richard Rohr’s Lineage
Some people do not like the fact that I quote the Swiss psychologist C. G. Jung. I must admit that he’s had a major…
A Marriage of Heaven and Hellman’s…Satire
Playwright Harold Pinter often talks in his play about the necessary and the possible. I seem chained to the necessary, as my friends will…
Issue 17 of the Pacific Rim Review of Books
Issue 17 of the Pacific Rim Review of Books will be available soon. This upcoming issue features a reminiscence of Irving Layton by Doug Beardsley,…
BOOK REVIEW – Poems Prickle the Political
Something Small to Carry Home A Book Review by Allan Brown
BOOK REVIEW – Courageous Writing – The ‘Vindication’ of Remi De Roo
IN THE FIRST CHAPTER of Remi De Roo’s 1986 book Cries of Victims – Voice of God these words appear: Jesus dedicated his ministry to…
Blue
BLUE A carny clatters into a rainforest town and from the mouths of madmen and babies far tides are shorn clean in a bald twirl…
‘Oasis of Peace’ to Mark Special Anniversary
Since 1987, the property at 2371 Arbot St. in Nanaimo has been an oasis of peace, allowing visitors time for some quiet thoughtful reflection.…