Sharry Wilson 🇨🇦
@sharryw
Author, “Young Neil: The Sugar Mountain Years,” released by ECW Press of Toronto in 2014. My book is about Neil Young’s early years in Canada.
Publicity photo of the Squires taken at the CKRC studios in Winnipeg, Manitoba, late Sept. 1964. Clockwise from left: NEIL YOUNG (holding his 6120 Gretsch electric guitar), Bill Edmondson (drums), Ken Koblun (bass), Jeff Wuckert (piano). [Coutesy of Ken Koblun] #NeilYoung #music #musicians
Posed in front of “Mort,” Neil’s first hearse, in Fort William, Ontario, April 1965. Left to right: Ken Koblun (bass), NEIL YOUNG (guitar) and Bob Clark (drums). This was during the period when Neil Young and the Squires were a trio. [Courtesy of Ken Koblun] #NeilYoung #music #musicians
The continuing saga of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, which spans the Detroit River and links Windsor, Ontario to Detroit, Michigan. (Editorial cartoon by Graeme MacKay for the Hamilton Spectator & shared with the Toronto Star, Sun. July 26, 2026.) #GordieHoweInternationalBridge #Canada #US
The Esquires, Patterson’s Ranch House, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Feb. 1961. Clockwise (l-r): Garry Reid (lead guitar), Jim Atkin (bongos), Don Marshall (drums), NEIL YOUNG (rhythm guitar), Ken Johnson (vocals). This is the earliest known photo of Neil Young playing in a band. #NeilYoung #music #musicians
Happy Canada Day, fellow Canadians! 🇨🇦 It’s Canada’s 159th birthday. Much cause for celebration. Party on! #HappyCanadaDay2026 #CanadaDay #Canada
Class dismissed! School’s out for summer. NEIL YOUNG, standing in back row, third from left, Grade 1 (1951), Omemee P.S., Omemee, Ontario. 33 King St. W., Omemee, Ontario. The Young family home from Aug. 1949 to late spring 1953. #NeilYoung #ClassPhotos #music #musicians
Summer reading suggestion for the music lover! 🎶🎸🎹🥁🎶 “Young Neil: The Sugar Mountain Years,” my book about Neil Young’s early years in Canada. Published by ECW Press of Toronto in 2014. Thanks for your support! #NeilYoung #MusicBiographies #music #musicians #reading #books #biographies
Editorial cartoon by Graeme MacKay for the Hamilton Spectator. Shared in the Toronto Star, June 14, 2026. #Canada #Ukraine #CanadaUkraineDroneDeal #Trump #Putin
Celebrating environmentalist David Suzuki’s 90th birthday. From today’s edition of the Toronto Star. #DavidSuzuki
I saw Courtney Barnett perform at History in Toronto on May 22, 2026. Fabulous show! I love her new songs from “Creature of Habit.” #CourtneyBarnett
Happy Victoria Day long weekend, fellow Canadians! 🇨🇦 #HappyVictoriaDay
We successfully completed the 2026 Census sent by Statistics Canada 🇨🇦. We had 70 questions to answer! We received the long-form (vs. the short-form) version. The long-form questionnaire is sent to 25% of households vs. 75% of households receiving the short-form version. #Canada
From the Sun. April 26, 2026 edition of the Toronto Star, p. A11. Go, Canada! 🇨🇦
Editorial cartoon by Bruce MacKinnon for the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, March 23, 2026.
Editorial cartoon by Michael de Adder for the Contrarian. Feb. 28, 2026.
Editorial cartoon by Bill Bramhall for the New York Daily News, February 19, 2026.
Editorial cartoon by Bruce MacKinnon for the Halifax Chronicle Herald, Feb. 19, 2026.
Editorial cartoon by Bruce MacKinnon for the Chronicle Herald, Feb. 10, 2026.
Editorial cartoon by Graeme MacKay for the Hamilton Spectator. Also appears in the Sun. Feb. 8, 2026 edition of the Toronto Star. HINT: Read the fine print on the hegemonster.
Editorial cartoon by Barry Blitt for The New Yorker, January 28, 2026.
Editorial cartoon by Michael de Adder for the Globe and Mail, January 24, 2026.
Editorial cartoon by Ben Jennings for the Guardian, January 23, 2026.
Spot on! Editorial cartoon from the ”Süddeutsche Zeitung“ (22.01.2026).
Editorial cartoon by Mike Luckovich for the Atlanta Journal Constitution, January 21, 2026.
Jason Stanley is the author of “How Fascism Works” and “Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future.” He & his family left the US, where he was a professor at Yale University, to teach at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy at the University of Toronto.