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Don Macdonald’s humble goodbye

Don Macdonald holds an iPod Touch to his ear, not knowing that (a) it's still in its box, and (b) it's not an iPhone.

Don Macdonald holds his retirement gift to his ear, not knowing that (a) it's still in its box, and (b) it's an iPod Touch, not an iPhone.

Business reporter and markets columnist Don Macdonald, whose last day at the Gazette was March 6, had his final goodbye column published on Monday. In it, he notes that if this whole market situation has taught us anything, it’s that slow and steady wins the race, and convoluted market get-rich-quick schemes always eventually fail.

Macdonald left the paper to take a job at the Business Development Bank of Canada.

Don Macdonald leaving The Gazette

Don MacDonald a.k.a. DonMacDon

Don Macdonald a.k.a. DonMacDon

Word got out today that Gazette business columnist Don Macdonald will be leaving the paper in two weeks to take a job at the Business Development Bank of Canada. Macdonald writes a weekly column on the markets and spends the rest of his time as a general business reporter. He’s been with the paper since 1997, and previously worked at the Winnipeg Free Press and Canadian Press.

He’s also very tall, yet soft-spoken.

His departure leaves the number of columnists named “MacDonald” at two, both of whom have the given name “Ian”.