Nora Loreto
Quebec City
About Nora Loreto
Nora Loreto is a freelance writer based in Quebec City. She's the editor of the Canadian Association of Labour Media and her bylines appear regularly in magazines and online news sources. She also co-hosts a podcast with Sandy Hudson. Photo by Alex Tétreault
Do Catherine Dorion’s Doc Martens really matter?
Similar kinds of attacks on Quebec legislator Catherine Dorion and U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, both newly-elected young women, are meant to inhibit their audacity and to chill their ambitions, because they both represent a radical break from the status quo, writes columnist Nora Loreto.
Remembrance means committing ourselves to peace and justice
We would be wise to challenge Remembrance Day orthodoxy and learn from the mistakes of the past, writes Nora Loreto.
Are federalists dancing on an empty coffin?
After the Coalition Avenir Québec victory this week, many English pundits have declared that the sovereignty debate is dead. Is it really? Columnist Nora Loreto weighs in.
Naming and shaming scab labour
Debate about whether, when, and how to name scabs has never been an easy one.
Calling out Ford's chill on free speech
Ontario Premier Doug Ford's attempts to control, coerce, punish, eliminate or otherwise chill open and free expression need to be called out as such, writes columnist Nora Loreto.
How the writings of right-leaning pundits drove fear and hate after the Faisal Hussain tragedy
This type of commentary brings out the worst in those of us who fear the other, and who want Canada to remain a monolithic nation.
Bill Blair and the border
There is a crisis at Canada’s border crossings, though it’s not the one that some right-wing commentators and politicians would have you think it is, writes columnist Nora Loreto.
Would Canada rather move steaming piles of bitumen or people?
The contrast between how we fund moving people versus how we fund moving oil, is stark: if you can’t afford to fly and you have no car, you have a far better chance at traveling if you’re a steaming pile of bitumen.
Vulnerable patients were easy prey for Ontario serial killer
Last week, the public inquiry into how Elizabeth Wettlaufer got away with her crimes went on hiatus until mid-July. But the testimony so far paints a damning picture of the state of long-term care in Ontario’s old age and assisted living residences.
Deep cracks emerge in right-wing consensus following Ford victory
Ford isn’t a stable politician in a solid party, writes Nora Loreto. The party has deep divisions that can be exploited by progressive social activists.