Hitting a milestone prompts a reflection

The benefits of technology, of the new economy, and the concern for our environment have transformed us as a country. We are rich in a way no one could imagine in 1952.

Andrew Caddell, left, is pictured in 1969, the same year Trudeaumania and Beatlemania collided when then-Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, right, met John Lennon and Yoko Ono in Ottawa—among the many moments in Canadian history to which Caddell has borne witness over the past 70 years.Photographs courtesy of Andrew Caddell and Library and Archives Canada

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

April 6, 2022

KAMOURASKA, QUE.—Montreal Canadiens great Jean Béliveau compared aging to driving a car: “When you’re young, the days go slowly: at 20 you are going 20 miles an hour, but as you age things speed up so at 50, it’s 50 miles per hour, and so on.” On Friday, I will be travelling at 70. It nat...

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