The Referee Ultimatum

The Referee Ultimatum

THE TWO SENIOR KGB OFFICERS masquerading as Soviet hockey officials flinched as shattered glass and ice hit the walls and floor of the cramped, colourless ante-room of Moscow’s otherwise stately Palace of Sports. It was late morning of Thursday, September 28, 1972.…

Vie de rêve

Vie de rêve

Many years ago in a galaxy far away (aka: my first posting, in Mexico) had what might have been described as the consular job from hell — there were two of us with over 230,000 Canadian tourists a year in the country,…

Canadians Born Abroad

Canadians Born Abroad

Recently foreign service children born abroad have been in the news because of proposed legislation which would deprive their children of Canadian citizenship, if the latter were also born abroad. It made me think of my own children, four of whom were…