Tim Harper leaving Star after three decades, ‘it’s a hell of a job’

Tim Harper is leaving The Star, but he'll keep writing: 'I suspect I’ll be writing something for somebody when they come with a box to carry me out.’

Toronto Star national affairs columnist is leaving Ottawa and the paper at the end of May, and said he's looking forward to moving back to Toronto full time. The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

May 23, 2016

He's one of the best national affairs columnists in the country and for the first time in more than 30 years, on May 30, Toronto Star columnist Tim Harper will wake up without the pressure of a deadline looming large. He’s set leave the paper and the Parliamentary Press Gallery at the en...

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