Sadness and hope on a defining evening for the next Canada

Trudeau being at the last Hip concert is in keeping with his approach, connecting with young Canadians.

Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie, left, embraces Prime Minister Justin Trudeau before last Saturday night’s concert in Kingston, Ont., broadcast live on CBC to 11.7 million viewers. The show closed the Hip’s Man Machine Poem tour, possibly its last given Mr. Downie’s terminal cancer diagnosis.The Tragically Hip photograph by David Bastedo

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

August 24, 2016

OTTAWA—Could Gord Downie and company ever have chosen a more ironic band name than the one they came up with? On Saturday, the tragedy, courage, and artistic majesty was abundantly evident as the group pulled Canada together in a national outpouring of pride, appreciation, and grief unlike anythi...

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