CityNews: Top Stories (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
The woman who brought down a cabinet minister reveals she's not what people think she is.
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Maxime Bernier may have thought he was through the most awkward phase of his career, having resigned his cabinet position as minister of foreign affairs after admitting that he left sensitive government documents at the home of his ex-girlfriend, Julie Couillard, a woman with ties to biker gangs.
Books, Inq. (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
. . . a veritable feast from west to east (including a fresh look at Montaigne's Essays, the Tattle-Tale-Tell-All from Julie Couillard, and yet another interview with that allegedly original "spy-guy," John Le Carré). Also, Elizabeth Renzetti at her best , proves writers aren't crazy, scribes are simply nuts (and, it's because juries — from the Man Booker to the Giller — are either agenda-driven or...
Quillblog (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Over at Maclean’s, national affairs correspondent Charlie Gillis is performing a public service of sorts by reading Julie Couillard’s tell-all memoir My Story, which hits stores today, and live-blogging his impressions. The verdict so far (Gillis is about halfway through): It’s a surprisingly entertaining read and even at times “heartfelt.” The juiciest bits are about Couillard’s [...]
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Julie Couillard said she was hired by a real-estate firm after its owners learned she was acquainted with a senior Conservative official overseeing a major federal development project in Quebec City.
montreal city weblog (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
New author Julie Couillard's going to dominate the news for the next few days as her book My Story hits the shelves tomorrow. Even so, she complains that she can't get work or a new boyfriend and that her life is destroyed. The Journal has a dossier .
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Julie Couillard says her tell-all memoir painting a scathing portrayal of ex-boyfriend Maxime Bernier is about re-establishing her credibility, but adds she isn't surprised the former cabinet minister is calling her allegations crazy.
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Portrayed in the press, Julie Couillard says, as a whore, she was dressed like a virgin yesterday, in a demure white sweater top that tied at the neck, a slim skirted suit, minimal makeup.
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Conservative officials and friends of Maxime Bernier launched a counterattack yesterday against Julie Couillard's allegations that the former minister was a sloppy and scornful politician.Mr. Bernier took to the airwaves in his riding of Beauce, where he was elected with a huge majority in 2006 and is looking for a second mandate on Oct. 14 despite his public falling-out with his ex-girlfriend.
Making Sense with Nicholls (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Infamous biker chick Julie Couillard's much-anticipated and imaginatively titled book, My Story, will be hitting the book shelves this Monday. But the media is already reviewing its contents. And according to one CBC review , "'Couillard also contends that (Maxime) Bernier, an active runner, was constantly concerned about his own physical appearance and frequently criticized the physical shape of his...
Morton's Musings (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
What an amazing co-incidence! The very day of the French language debate, La Press publishes extracts from Julie Couillard's upcoming book -- see below. In the book, Couillard an ex-girlfriend of former Conservative Cabinet Minister Bernier says he was careless with secret documents, expressed no concerns over the possible secession of French-speaking Quebec and was opposed to sending Canadian troops...
CalgaryGrit (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
That, and other shocking revelations , can be read in Julie Couillard's new book.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Maxime Bernier complained regularly about Prime Minister Stephen Harper and once asked his girlfriend to dispose of confidential NATO briefing papers on trash day, Julie Couillard writes in her highly anticipated autobiography.
David Akin's On the Hill (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Julie Couillard's book My Story will be published and in bookstores on Oct. 6, just before Canadians go to the polls on Oct. 14. Having written about the Couillard-Bernier affair several times for the Canwest chain of papers and then watched with interest how each paper played the whole affair, ...
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Maxime Bernier frequently bad-mouthed Conservative Leader Stephen Harper and sloppily handled confidential papers, once asking his girlfriend to put secret NATO briefing documents in her trashcan, according to a new book by Julie Couillard.
