As all Canadians will acknowledge -- even those who roll their eyes at CBC's recent history of TV movies and miniseries -- René Lévesque is not just another dead white politician. Still, it's unlikely ...

The rumpled, chain-smoking former broadcaster who held a gun to Canada`s head for years is leaving public office. And with him is passing one of the most tumultuous periods in Canada`s history. The ...

More than 30 years after his death, René Lévesque remains a towering figure in Québec politics and history. The journalist-turned-politician-turned-premier’s legacy is evident in numerous aspects of ...

1:36 New mural pays tribute to former Quebec Premier René Lévesque A new, five-storey portrait of René Lévesque is in its final stages of production. According to the René Lévesque Foundation, the aim ...

With his charisma, his energy, his integrity - but also his faults - René Lévesque left an indelible mark in the collective imagination of Quebecers: that of a hero of a people. But how can we measure ...

Flawed yet romantic, "Extraordinary Canadian" René Lévesque embodied our bedrock values René Lévesque an “extraordinary Canadian”? Even the suggestion will make many in this country, not to mention ...

Prime Minister Trudeau, left, and Quebec Premier René Lévesque arrive for dinner at Government House in Ottawa on Jan. 4, 1979. (Peter Bregg/The Canadian Press) In China, it’s the Year of the Tiger.

There was never any middling opinion with Rene Levesque. The legendary French-Canadian politician was a fiery orator and a feared debater, particularly when it came to expressing the views of the ...