EDIT – Reposted form earlier in the week, because it’s longer now, and with some updated local content. Enjoy!
Because I get a kick out of these things, I’m going to slap together a post with the best year-end reviews from the last few and next few days. The best ones tend to be the ‘look ahead to 2012’ – for no other reason than they come off reading like satire about two months into the year, regardless of whether they were written that way or not.
As a side-note – if you haven’t, check out a copy of the Economist’s 2012 special issue. Awesome as always, and a chance to read what some of the leaders have to say about the upcoming year.
St. Catharines Standard: The Great Mogambo reveals all
St. Catharines Standard: The Year in quotes
St. Catharines Standard: Rick Dykstra’s look ahead
St. Catharines Standard: Jim Bradley’s look ahead
St. Catharines Standard: Top Newsmaker of 2011
Susan Riley in the Times-Colonist (and wow, is she angry)
Harper isn’t changing Canada. He’s demonstrating that Canada has changed – NatPost
NatPost: George Jonas 2012 Predictions
NatPost: Conrad Black, sunny as always with a look ahead
I’ll add them as they start rolling in. I find they’re usually a pretty interesting footnote to history.
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Well done Matt, great read. Some better than others but a great cross section.