The Globe and Mail

The Globe and Mail has outsold the National Post throughout the so-called "national newspaper war" and has begun to regain some of the lost ground as the Post's new owner, CanWest, has been reluctant to invest in expansion. In a referendum on July 6, 2003, a narrow majority of Corsican voters opposed a project from the government of Jean-Pierre Raffarin and Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy that would have suppressed the two départements of the island and granted greater autonomy to the territorial collectivity of Corsica. Needham. However, the plans for increased autonomy were opposed by the Gaullist opposition in the French National Assembly, who feared that they would lead to calls for autonomy from other régions (such as Brittany or Alsace), eventually threatening France's unity as a country. Other satirical nicknames for the paper include Mop and Pail or Grope and Flail, both of which were coined by longtime Globe and Mail humour columnist Richard J. According to the UNESCO classification, the Corsican language is currently in danger of becoming extinct. For this reason, critics sometimes refer to the paper as the Toronto Globe and Mail or as Toronto's National Newspaper. The proposed autonomy for Corsica would have included greater protection for the Corsican language (Corsu), the island's traditional language (which is also considered to be a dialect of Italian), whose practice and teaching, like other regional or minority languages in France, had in the past been discouraged.

(A similar criticism is sometimes applied to The New York Times). In 2000, Prime Minister Lionel Jospin agreed to grant increased autonomy to Corsica in exchange for an end to violence. As such it is sometimes popularly ridiculed as being too focused on the GTA, which could be seen as part of a wider humourous notion of Torontonians sometimes being blind to the wider concerns of the nation. It is sometimes suggested that such behavior could be directly related to longstanding cultural traditions of banditry in the rugged interior of the island. Though promoted as a national paper and sold throughout Canada, The Globe and Mail also serves as a Toronto metropolitan paper, publishing several special sections in its Toronto edition which are not included in the national edition. Prosecutions are made difficult by a pervasive "law of silence". Possibly due to this competition the paper has made other changes such as the introduction of colour photographs and the creation of the Review section on arts, entertainment and culture. Journalists writing articles critical of the armed groups have sometimes been threatened.

In the 2006 Canadian election, the Globe and Mail endorsed the Conservative Party, endorsing a different party for the first time since 1988. Non-Corsican homeowners may be threatened with the destruction of their home, able to be avoided only through paying a ransom. Following the tenure of chief editor Edward Greenspon in 2002, The Globe and Mail has been criticized for returning to its conservative tradition; its editorial cartoonist Brian Gable has mocked it as sensationalistic, and its columnist Lawrence Martin has called for the creation of a new national newspaper [1]. Some of the independence groups are known to practice extortion and other intimidatory tactics, not dissimilar from mafia activity in Sicily and southern Italy. Since the 1998 launch of rival conservative paper the National Post, the Globe has been seen as increasingly centrist or even liberal; however, no media studies have yet examined whether the editorial thrust of the paper has actually changed (as opposed to the zeitgeist changing around it) and recent anecdotal observations are typically made in comparison to the Post. Recent attacks on Muslims have reinforced this opinion. After 1993, the paper moved its electoral support to the Liberals. However, events such as the murder of préfet Claude Érignac on February 6, 1998 (for which Yvan Colonna was arrested five years later) have only served to convince many in Corsica, as well as in the French government and the general French public, that Corsican nationalists cannot be trusted with more autonomy.

The paper was an ardent supporter of the now defunct Progressive Conservative party, being most pronounced in its many pro-free trade editorials during the election in 1988. The peaceful occupation of a pied-noir vineyard in Aléria in 1975 marked a turning point when the French government responded with overwhelming force, generating sympathy for the independence groups among the Corsican population. Editorially, The Globe and Mail has historically been seen as a conservative and business-oriented paper. Some groups who claim to support Corsican independence have carried out a violent campaign since the 1970s that includes bombings and a few assassination attempts, usually targeting pieds-noirs and other non-Corsicans, or buildings and officials representing the French government. The network and paper are now owned by Bell Globemedia, of which the Thomson Corporation is the majority shareholder with 40%, while Bell, Torstar and the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan control 20% each. There is support on the island for proposals of greater autonomy, but polls show that a large majority of Corsican are opposed to full independence. Long owned by Kenneth Thomson and his family, in 2001 control of the paper was sold to BCE Inc., also owners of the CTV network. The French government is opposed to full independence, as it would threaten France's unity, but has at times shown support for some level of autonomy.

Report on Business Magazine, published by and carried in the newspaper, would follow, as would the specialty channel Report on Business Television. Generally speaking, autonomist proposals focus on the promotion of the Corsican language, more power for local governments, and some exemptions from national taxes in addition to those already applying to Corsica. In 1962, the paper added its popular Report on Business section. There are several movements on the island calling for some degree of Corsican autonomy from France, or even full independence. As The Globe and Mail lost ground to the Star locally, the newspaper began to circulate nationally in search of subscribers, adopting the masthead slogan "Canada's National Newspaper" in the process. Corsica is currently governed almost as any other région of France, as explained in the introduction. Macdonald), the Globe became The Globe and Mail. Tourism is particularly concentrated in the area around Porto Vecchio and Bonifacio in the south of the island and Calvi in the northwest.

In 1936, after a merger with The Mail and Empire (ironically, the Mail was the paper of Brown's arch-rival, Sir John A. However, the island has not had the same level of intensive development as other parts of the Mediterranean and is thus relatively unspoiled. Through the late 19th and early 20th centuries the newspaper was strictly a Toronto-oriented daily, competing with the Toronto Star in a heated newspaper war. The island's pleasant climate, beautiful mountains and breathtaking coastlines make it a popular destination among the French and other Western Europeans. Brown selected as the motto for the editorial page a quotation from Junius, "The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures." The quotation is carried on the editorial page daily to this day. Tourism plays a major role in the Corsican economy. The paper was founded as The Globe in 1844 by George Brown, who was later a Father of Confederation. A local referendum held in 2003, aimed at disbanding the départements and leaving only the territorial collectivity with extended powers, was voted down by a narrow margin.

. Recent attempts to gain greater autonomy for the territorial collectivity of Corsica have failed. It bills itself as the newspaper of record in Canada. These two départements were created on September 15, 1975 by splitting the hitherto united département of Corse. The Globe and Mail is a large Canadian English language national newspaper based in Toronto. The territorial collectivity is divided in two départements: Corse-du-Sud and Haute-Corse. Ken Wiwa. The capital of the territorial collectivity of Corsica is Ajaccio (Corsican: Aiacciu).

Jan Wong. In an attempt to do so, Napoleon's parents travelled to court in France, and, like many other Corsican nobles, sent their son to school there. Hugh Winsor. Corsica was under French control at the time, and Corsican nobles were offered the ability to gain French titles if they could prove their genealogy sufficiently. Margaret Wente. Corsica is also the birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte, who was born in Ajaccio, into minor Corsican nobility. Bob Weeks. It was essentially with him that the Moor's head ("Testa Maura") became Corsica's emblem in 1760, hearking back to the period when Corsica had been controlled by Moors (850 to 1034).

William Thorsell. An important figure in Corsican history is Pasquale Paoli (1725-1807), the Corsican general and patriot who struggled for Corsican independence, first against Genoa, then against France. Norman Spector. The city state of Genoa held sway over the island for centuries before ceding Corsica to France in 1768 to help pay off a debt. Russell Smith. During those times, possible unification with the neighbouring island of Sardinia was seen as a dangerous eventuality by many European states, because it would have given the ruler of the islands a dominant position in the Mediterranean Sea. Jeffrey Simpson. Because of the strategic position it occupies in the Mediterranean, Corsica has long been considered significant as a platform for military operations, particularly during the several centuries of violent conflict between Italy and France.

Rick Salutin. Two endangered subspecies of hoofed mammals, the mouflon (Ovis aries musimon) and Corsican red deer (Cervus elaphus corsicanus) inhabit the island; the Corsican red deer is endemic. Lorne Rubenstein. This park is protected and cannot be reached on foot, but sumptuous sails are available in order to discover unique landscapes. Eric Reguly. The park was created in 1972 and includes the Golfe de Porto, the Réserve Naturelle de Scandola (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), and some of the highest mountains on the island. Rex Murphy. The island has a natural park (Parc Naturel Régional de Corse), which protects thousands of rare animal and plant species.

Leah McLaren. Much of the coastal lowlands has been cleared for agriculture, and grazing and logging have reduced the mountain forests considerably. Heather Mallick. The mountains are cooler and wetter, and home to the Corsican montane broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion, which support diverse forests of oak, pine, and broadleaf deciduous trees, with vegetation more typical of northern Europe on the slopes of the highest peaks. Lawrence Martin. The coastal lowlands are part of the Tyrrhenian-Adriatic sclerophyllous and mixed forests ecoregion, in which forests and woodlands of evergreen sclerophyll oaks predominate, chiefly Holm Oak (Quercus ilex) and Cork Oak (Quercus suber). John Ibbitson. The natural vegetation was Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and shrub.

Marcus Gee. The island has a Mediterranean climate, with hot, dry summers and mild, rainy winters. John Doyle. Other towns and villages:. Scott Colbourne. Main towns: (Corsican names). John Barber. The island is separated from Sardinia by the Strait of Bonifacio.

Christie Blatchford. Corsica has 1,000km of coastline and more than 200 beaches, as well as being largely mountainous, with Monte Cinto as the highest peak at 2706m and 50 other summits of more than 2000m. . Corsica is famed as the birthplace of Napoléon Bonaparte. Although the island is separated from the continental mainland by the Ligurian Sea, politically Corsica is considered part of Metropolitan France.

Corsica is referred to as a "région" in common speech, and is almost always listed among the other régions of France. As a territorial collectivity, it enjoys powers slightly more important than other French régions, but for the most part its status is quite similar to the status of the other French régions. Corsica is one of the 26 régions of France, although strictly speaking Corsica is called a "territorial collectivity" (collectivité territoriale) by law. It is located west of Italy, southeast of France, and north of the island of Sardinia.

Corsica (French: Corse; Corsican: Corsica) is the fourth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily, Sardinia, and Cyprus).