Bringing the Stanley Cup back to Edmonton

Bringing the Stanley Cup back to Edmonton

Jim Algie reminisces about the last time he saw the Stanley Cup celebrations in person and how they stacked up against the bedlam in Barcelona after a football victory by Barca against their chief nemeses from Real Madrid.  The Oilers’ overtime winner to...
5 Canadian Teams Make the NHL Playoffs

5 Canadian Teams Make the NHL Playoffs

It’s great to see five Canadian teams make the NHL playoffs this year, but nostalgic or sentimental allegiances can make it the thorny task of untangling the winners from the losers and the roses from the pricks all the more difficult, writes Jim Algie. ...
The Tribulations of the Trial by Franz Kafka

The Tribulations of the Trial by Franz Kafka

The Trial by Franz Kafka is one of those books that continues to bewilder many readers even a century after it was written. As a student and critic of existential lit and philosophy, Jim Algie makes a case for the novel’s ongoing relevance.  Among the dwindling...
Another Farewell to Another Fine Friend

Another Farewell to Another Fine Friend

For what would have been Melanie Klimchuk’s 60th birthday this year, which was commemorated by an event in Toronto, I wrote this appreciation of her and our four decades of friendship.  In the early 1980s, I was hosting a music-comedy show on the University of...