A very sad political history anniversary to mark today. It was on Sept. 13, 2012, that former Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed died. A proud Albertan who profoundly and positively shaped his province, he was an equally proud Canadian who played a leading role in the Constitutional debates leading up to our reformed Constitution in 1981-82.  Respected by partisans of all stripes, Mr. Lougheed was a true giant of Canadian politics. Long after leaving politics, he became Chancellor of Queen's University and it was my honour to have been able to interview Mr. Lougheed a few times here in Kingston. He always joked with me about how his family was very much in debt to Sir John A. Macdonald as his grandfather, James, was placed in the Senate by John A. at age 35. Those were lifetime appointments back then. So, let's all salute a great past leader and his impacts on our history, in Mr. Lougheed, today. Today is also, sadly, the anniversary of the death of Aline Chrétien, wife of former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, who died on this date in 2020. She was a remarkable partner to our 20^th Prime Minister and was his most important advisor and best friend. Theirs was a love story for the ages and I know partisans of all views can come together and salute Mrs. Chrétien for her own devoted service to Canada. caption id="attachment_583598" align="alignleft" width="274" Peter Lougheed (L)/caption Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist.  He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy.  A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.