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* The end of an era in US news: Peter Jennings dies at 67 *
Jennings defined an era in news for Americans; for them, Peter Jennings was the elegant one.
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A Canadian way for Al-Jazeera *
There was a time when banning the importation of Al-Jazeera, the Arabic news channel, would have been consistent with Canadian values. Indeed, in the early 1930s, a principal rationale for regulating radio was to protect our sovereignty.
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A Soldier's Diary: 'This may be my last entry . . .' *
It is tiny. The size of a woman's hand. It had to be small, to carry into the trenches. Ragged soldiers were already loaded down with gear...
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A story to 'make your blood run cold' *
Pete Flett's last flight began from the tiny French aerodrome at Luxeuil-les-Bain in the early afternoon of April 14, 1917.
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Alert Bay: A child's eye view *
Not your typical school project: the kids of Alert Bay show what home means to them
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Am I Canadian (2)? *
KEN WIWA says these Canadians are an ambivalent lot: One minute they're peacekeepers, next minute they punch the hell out of each other on the ice rink.
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Am I Canadian? *
KAMAL AL-SOLAYLEE says a place where fringe, marginal or esoteric sensibilities come to stand for a whole country can't be that bad. Or can it?
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An unexpected nominee: George W. Bush *
When The Globe and Mail invited readers last week to e-mail us the names of individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the fabric of the nation, few expected the Texas Republican to receive such wide support...that's right, U.S. President George W. Bush as Canada's Nation Builder for 2003.
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And the laugh was still there *
John Doyle, well into his allotted 15 minutes south of the border, went toe-to-toe with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly and his ilk. Now he finds himself swamped with notes from sympathetic Americans who are frankly embarrassed for some of their countrymen.
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Arthur spinoff keeps Canadian content *
A new live-action and animation travelogue show is part of PBS's effort to offer more children's programming, PAUL WALDIE writes.
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As It Happens: Who can resist a ringing telephone? *
In the 1960s, a very simple idea was born for a CBC radio show. And the rest is As It Happens history, writes co-host BARBARA BUDD on the phenomenon's 35th anniversary.
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Being Canadian: FIRST MOMENTS *
For some, it's hearing their child speak English. For others, it's selling a painting. Seven recent immigrants describe when they realized they were Canadian
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Birth of a new ethnicity *
The Canadian identity has undergone a remarkable transformation in the past half a century, says MATTHEW MENDELSOHN
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Bitter root, sweet harvest *
Next week, the Governor-General officially acknowledges the Acadian expulsion of 1755. We Canadians have learned much from this tragedy, says political scientist DONALD SAVOIE.
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Bonjour, ethno-sovereigntists *
The new Quebeckers aren't pure laine -- but they identify with their province, not Canada, says journalist RIMA ELKOURI
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Book buying up 23 per cent, report says *
A new report, Who Buys Books In Canada?, based on 2001 Statistics Canada survey information, reveals that Canadians spent $1.13-billion on books that year -- up 23 per cent from 1997. . .
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Bring on the men in tights *
Some people think there are better uses for taxpayers' money than the Olympics. What, for instance, they ask, could be more pointless than the skeleton, an inexplicable sport that features men in tights hurling themselves headfirst down a chute of ice? These people are sourpusses...
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Bush lied to justify Iraq war, Canada right to stay out: poll *
Canadians overwhelmingly believe President George W. Bush lied to justify the Iraq war and their own government was wise to stay out of the conflict, a new poll suggests.
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Can we achieve World Idol domination? *
Tonight we'll find out what the rest of the world thinks of Canada. Let's hope they really, really like us.
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Canada Day celebrations at Granville Island *
Celebrate Canada's Birthday by visiting Granville Island and taking part in a wide assortment of culturally diverse activities.
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Canada is still small potatoes *
I remember visiting the German Embassy in Ottawa in 1990 while working on a dissertation on Canadian-German relations. At some point, my host noted that the new German chargé d'affaires in Ottawa had previously been the German ambassador in Libya. This person had taken a lower position in Ottawa because Canada ranked above Libya in the German diplomatic ranking system.
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Canada ushers in new year (and celebrations around the world) *
New Year's Day -- a time for both new beginnings and echoes of the years gone by.
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Canada's kidding itself *
Whatever Stéphane Dion says, Canada shows little talent for dealing with separatist threats, says WILLIAM JOHNSON.
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Canada's UN ranking drops *
Just when Canadians started feeling good about themselves over winning the race to play host to the 2010 Winter Olympics, the United Nations has pulled Canada down a few notches on its annual quality-of-life ranking.
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Canadian-born ABC News' anchor Peter Jennings dies at 67 *
Peter Jennings, the suave, Canadian-born veteran broadcaster who delivered the news to Americans each night in five separate decades, died at age 67.
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Canadians all talk, pas d'action *
New research shows that Anglophones had a persistent love affair with the idea of speaking both of Canada's official two languages but seem entirely incapable of actually learning French.
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Canadians like U.S. but not its President *
As Prime Minister Paul Martin prepares for his meeting today with George W. Bush, a new poll suggests Canadians believe the U.S. President neither likes nor understands this country.
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Canadians optimistic about 2004: poll *
Residents of the Atlantic provinces and the Prairies were among the most upbeat in a poll of Canadians who were asked to compare 2004 with the year just gone.
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Canadians shouldn't be denied Fox News *
Canada made The New York Times last weekend, and that is never a good thing.
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Canadians' radio listening down over past decade *
Canadians are spending an average of 90 minutes less per week listening to the radio than a decade ago, says a report on radio listening habits released Friday by Statistics Canada.
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CBC Workers Launch CBC Unplugged and Studio Zero *
Imagine a bunch of locked-out auto workers standing outside the factory gates and saying, "All right, let's build our own cars."
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CN: I am (not) 'Canadian' *
Canadian National Railway Co. has removed the word "Canadian" from everyday company use, prompting NDP house leader Bill Blaikie to charge that a national institution is trying to separate itself from its history.
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Countdown to 2010: Maple Leaf flies high in new sports *
The 2010 Olympics will be the Games of Change, which should bode well for Canada.
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Cultural power play *
It's not just on the ice that the national pastime is capturing our imaginations. In theatres and in galleries, on bookshelves and on the stage, hockey continues to stickhandle its way into the soul of Canada, ROY MacGREGOR writes.
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Culture vultures rejoice (a Canada Day quiz) *
Where was Keanu born? In what war did Calixa fight? The Globe's writers have teamed to test your knowledge on this, the most Canuck of days. And hey -- no Googling allowed!
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Did Conan reveal our inner barbarian? *
Wow. Take a Valium, Canada.
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Doing Canada justice *
With its landmark decision on same-sex marriage in June, the Ontario Court of Appeal changed the Canadian social landscape. ERIN ANDERSSEN profiles the three bold jurists who have been named The Globe and Mail's Nation Builders of 2003.
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Empire Lite: Living with the big guy *
The U.S. is morphing from republic into empire -- at some cost to its own democracy. But it will only crush Canada if we let it, says political scientist JAMES LAXER
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Estates' rights in Canadian copyright re-examined *
MP seeks to strike controversial 'Lucy Maud Montgomery provision'
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G-G's trips are a very good thing *
As you read this, Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson is touring Moscow trailed by a delegation of 26 notable Canadians -- and the curses of various taxpayers and journalists. "Off with her head!" writes one Globe and Mail reader, while a National Post columnist complains that Michael Ondaatje is now eating beluga caviar at our expense.
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Getting back to Nature bites *
Down the road from our place in the country, the neighbours have thrown in the towel. I'll be sorry to see them go. They bought the house two falls ago because they liked the clean air and the splendid views. Nobody told them about the wind, which howls down from the northwest and peels the paint right off a place.
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Hall of fame honours Canada's songwriters *
Folk legend Gordon Lightfoot and Canadian country icon Hank Snow were among the first inductees into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame that was officially launched on Wednesday.
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High noon and hosers at the Parliament Hill corral *
Today is Canada Day, which should now be obvious since we aren't at work. It is one of our precious few national holidays and this year it falls on a Thursday, which is incredibly disorienting.
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ID card sticker shock *
Robert Marleau, the interim privacy commissioner, did taxpayers a service last week, though hardly anyone took notice. In testimony to the House of Commons citizenship and immigration committee, he put forward a cogent, thoughtful analysis on the merits of Immigration Minister Denis Coderre's idea to make Canadians carry a national identity card.
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Immigrants are not a problem *
Over the past few weeks, The Globe and Mail brought us various facets and faces of The New Canada: the country's 20-somethings, their achievements, and their diversity created by immigration. Last week, Daniel Stoffman commented on the "underside" of immigration, arguing that Canada has "too much, too soon." I disagree.
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It's time of year when optimism sweeps country *
National Hockey League training camps open next week and, as usual, optimism abounds wherever you turn in Canada
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Janet Jackson tops 2005 Google search terms *
In a year of devastating natural disasters and terrorist attacks, Janet Jackson was the most popular search on Google.ca.
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Jeani Read, 60 *
Jeani started her career at The Province in 1973, and her socially conscious column immediately became a must-read. In 1985, her columns were collected into a book called Endless Summers and Other Shared Hallucinations.
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Lightfoot and Bolduc among first inductees *
Gordon Lightfoot, along with his song If You Could Read My Mind, was among the first round of inductees into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame yesterday -- an honour conferred not just because of the popularity of certain composers and their songs, but for their importance to the country's identity.
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Listen up, Canada: Message from Canadian Youth *
Government policy is out of whack with the demands of young Canadians, says social scientist MATTHEW MENDELSOHN. Policymakers better wake up and get with it
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Macho, macho mags *
For years, U.S. men's magazines have served up a testosterone-packed diet of fast cars, cool gadgets, sophomoric humour and barely clad babes, ALEXANDRA GILL writes. Canadian men could only watch with envy. Until now...
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Majority of Canadians believe quality of life better than U.S. *
An overwhelming majority of Canadians believe their country offers a better quality of life than the United States because many respondents directly benefit from this country's more aggressive redistribution of income, a new report says.
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Martin descends on Washington *
Prime Minister Paul Martin headed to Washington Wednesday to begin a round of talks with congressional leaders and U.S. President George W. Bush—amid some signs of growing antagonism from the United States.
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May I come to your ranch? *
The PM-to-be wants better relations with the U.S., but must not squander his foreign-policy inheritance just to please the Americans, warn LLOYD AXWORTHY and MICHAEL BYERS.
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My Canada includes ... *
Today, members of Parliament will vote on a Canadian Alliance motion to restrict marriage to opposite-sex couples only. At stake is more than whether same-sex couples have the right to celebrate their relationships through marriage. At stake are the very values that define us as Canadians.
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Myers, Fox, BNL join Conan's Canuck lineup *
Comedians Mike Myers, Adam Sandler and Ron James, actors Michael J. Fox and Eric McCormack (Will and Grace), and the popular rock bands Nickelback and Barenaked Ladies are among the high-profile names signed to appear as guests on Late Night with Conan O'Brien during its four-night run in Toronto next month.
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New Canadian design history-theory online course planned *
A new Canadian design history-theory course, soon to be available from Emily Carr Institute. A fascinating trip through Canada's past.
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No smiling! We're Canadian *
The Government of Canada says passport photos are no laughing matter: In fact, you're not even supposed to crack a smile.
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Not many tourists escape criticism -- even Canadians *
Most countries have had their tourists cast in unpleasant, often unfair stereotypes. Americans have been called loud and uncultured; Britain and Australia have been criticized for exporting lager louts; and Chinese are accused of being ill-mannered. Even Canadians have been cast as rude cheapskates.
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Nothing More Comforting (Garber review) ****
Dorothy Duncan's ode to Canada's Heritage Food wins kudos . . .and four stars from Anne Garber.
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O Canada *
For the first time since 1982, all of the National Hockey League's major player awards are presented to homegrown products.
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Oh, Canada! Canada's holiday hot spots revealed *
Celebrate Canada this July 1 in a different fashion -- travel Canada!
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On becoming Canadian *
The tests of citizenship in a new land are many and sometimes strange, says NALO HOPKINSON, who recalls her early days in Canada.
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Order of Canada gains 79 new members *
David Crombie and Mark Starowicz have been appointed officers of the Order of Canada, among 79 new appointments announced Thursday.
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Pierre Berton dies at 84 *
Canadian author and broadcaster Pierre Berton, one of the country's most recognizable and beloved media personalities, has died at age 84.
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Pierre Berton obituary *
Journalist, author, pundit, personality — for more than 30 years Pierre Berton dominated print and broadcast media in Canada.
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Prime Minister Gross, I presume? *
Perhaps Canada's most famous Mountie, the actor is now shooting a political drama with Ottawa as his backdrop and Leslie Hope as his love interest.
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Profs untangle mystery of Frobisher gold scam *
A team of professors from Laval University think they have finally solved some of the mystery surrounding Canada's first great gold scandal.
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Readers, please scour your attics *
By now, everyone must realize that something powerful and paradoxical has transpired in recent years in the realm of Canadian nationalism.
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Ready for their close-up *
Can Canadians fall in love with Canadian films, so they capture 5 per cent of our box office? Hopes are high, but the hurdles are too.
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Richler makes it into McGill *
Author's works don't get the academic study they deserve, symposium organizers say.
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Sense of alienation sweeps the West *
The federal government was told Western alienation had reached disturbing levels just after Canada ratified the Kyoto protocol, with almost a quarter of one Prairie province saying it wouldn't care if they joined the United States.
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Sex on a Zamboni? *
If you've ever dreamed about scoring on an ice-cleaning machine, you're not alone, MURRAY CAMPBELL discovers in his annual statistical portrait of Canadians. But if you're looking for someone to indulge your fantasy, try east of the Rockies. Apparently, British Columbians already have enough fun in their lives.
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Shop True North, Air Canada *
If the new Air Canada doesn't buy Canadian, it will be a slap in the face to this country, says BUZZ HARGROVE.
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Sir Wilfrid Laurier: A 'most distinguished son' *
Our first French Canadian prime minister, Laurier led us through rancorous division and war. A salute to Canada's Abe Lincoln from MP JOHN GODFREY and historian J.D.M. STEWART.
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Split-run TV ads could boost Canadian industry *
Give the man a proper hearing and Kevin Shea may prove himself to be the white knight of Canadian broadcasting.
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Telefilm move irks union *
A move by Telefilm Canada to hire Hollywood's famous Creative Artists Agency to find material for Canadian movies is encountering vociferous opposition from organizations representing Canadian talent.
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The Broadcast Act needs teeth *
Canadians want a more effective national broadcast system, says heritage committee chairman CLIFFORD LINCOLN
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The Chan Legacy on CBC Newsworld *
Todd Wong to be featured in CBC Generations July 4, 2007.
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The Ides of March are upon us! (a personal reminiscence) *
This date -- and Julius Caesar's untimely demise -- are forever linked to one singer-comedienne, Carol Robinson.
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The Man behind the pictures: Stuart Thomson -- Vancouver archivist (profile) *
Aren't we all lucky that an early Vancouver immigrant didn't hold back on capturing images...?
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These road thrills show why Canada is the best place on earth for a summer's drive *
"It's the greatest drive in Canada," the waitress was saying to the German couple three tables over as she poured a second round of morning coffee.
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Trailer trash: Oh FKUC -- The Boys are back *
The air may be thick with obscenities, but that hasn't stopped fans of TV's Trailer Park Boys, on both sides of the border, from making it a cult hit, SHAWNA RICHER writes.
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Treasuring our complaints and questioning our values: It's what makes us Canadian *
We most assuredly are, as the Prime Minister said on Parliament Hill during the Canada Day celebrations, "a people like no other."
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Vancouver 2010 selects traditional Inuit design *
A design representing a traditional Inuit directional marker which steers people away from danger and symbolizes the hospitality of a country was unveiled Saturday night as the official logo for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
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Vancouver, Vienna and Melbourne top city list *
Vienna, Vancouver and Melbourne are the best places for expatriates to live, according to a "hardship survey" by Britain's Economist Intelligence Unit.
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What do these two things have in common? *
In time for Canada Day, 11 of Canada's design gurus pick the country's iconic objects, from a cookie to a felt bag
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Who made Canada so cool? Fifty-two questions, just for fun *
'Unless we remember,' E.M. Forster observed, 'we cannot understand.' To determine just how well you understood the momentous events of 2003, test your powers of recall with the annual FOCUS QUIZ -- one question for each week of the year, courtesy of your ever-helpful editors (answers at bottom).
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Wipe that silly grin off your official face *
In response to public concern about our new "No smiling" ruling for passport photos (okay, people smiling too much on their passport photos wasn't really a big problem to begin with, we admit, but since Canadians are rarely seen smiling in public, we're not sure what the fuss is all about), we at the Canada Passport Office are pleased to announce some minor -- but yet significant -- amendments to our policies...
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'One from our family is plenty' *
If you have no one specific to mourn this Nov. 11, spare a moment of remembrance for Private Jay Batiste Moyer.
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The Beaver puts on a new face *
Canada's oldest history magazine is staying up to date with a redesign.
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A mere 15 examples for Paul Martin's consideration *
Learn from your mistakes, the wise man said. Paul Martin, the PM in waiting, would do well to heed the advice. The governing Liberals have so many transgressions to learn from that they might want to start a registry program to keep track -- cost overruns hopefully not to exceed those on guns
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Anita Kunz: Drawing satirical conclusions *
Canadian illustrator Anita Kunz, being honoured with a Library of Congress exhibit, talks to SARAH MILROY about the change in climate artists are facing in the U.S.
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Arcand carries off the Oscar for best foreign film *
Canada's premier director, Denys Arcand, showed his usual self-effacing irony last night after winning his Oscar for The Barbarian Invasions when he waived the opportunity to make the usual acceptance speech. Known as a critic of American culture and its excesses, he made the ultimate statement by not making one at all.
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Better a flow than a flood *
Some Canadians seem to think that a preference for moderate immigration levels reflects hostility toward immigrants. This is absurd. Many immigrants themselves would prefer lower immigration levels, yet when Canadians make this point, we are attacked.
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By the look of things, this land isn't my land *
Last month, I received with my daily newspaper the premiere issue of the Canadian Tourism Commission's Canadian travel magazine, PureCanada -- 160 pages of bright, glossy features, photographs and maps designed to encourage Canadians to be tourists within our own borders.
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Can we Democrats be your next province? *
Having endured the outrages of the 2000 presidential "election" and the 9/11-empowered Republicans' reactionary policies, progressive Democrats, Greens and Independents across the United States are smouldering. Especially in the 20 states that went for Al Gore in the Northeast, Midwest, and West, more and more of us are appalled by the combination of dishonest rhetoric, regressive tax giveaways, international adventurism, environmental degradation and unprecedented arrogance spewing from the President and his congressional cohorts.
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Canada as Europe's model? It's an excellent joke *
Believe it or not, there are serious and influential people on the other side of the ocean who want their governments and societies to be modeled after Canada's.
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Canada Day's bizarre lineup *
It's Canada Day, up Canada way, and what do we have to celebrate? Well, gay marriage and more lenient pot-possession laws, I suppose. Not going to war, perhaps. Surviving SARS is another one. Never mind -- we can just have a party for the heck of it.
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Canada snares No. 1 spot in business survey *
A survey has ranked Canada as the No. 1 country in which to conduct business over the next five years, pointing to tax cuts, a Liberal victory in Quebec and a strong infrastructure.
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Canadian election coverage, 2006 *
Looking for a quick guide? All the polls? Handy links, right here. . .
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Canadian films still struggling at home, Statscan says *
Canadian films and videos continued to struggle on their home turf, with foreign entertainment grabbing the lion's share of this country's market in fiscal 2000-2001, Statistics Canada said Friday.
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Canadian musicians honoured at SOCAN awards *
There was a time, just a few months ago, when Avril Lavigne's
Complicated seemed to dominate the country's airwaves. So it should come as no surprise that the song was among those heard most often on the radio in 2002
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CBC banks on Hanomansing to mine after-hours gold in B.C. *
The CBC's Ian Hanomansing will be stick-handling past the news department on weekends to indulge in a bit of jock talk.
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CBC to face $10-million shortfall *
The CBC will have to get through the next six months without the $10-million that Heritage Minister Sheila Copps earlier said would be available to it.
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Celebrate CANADA DAY on Granville Island with Fresh Hours and Fun Festivities *
Granville Island celebrates Canada Day with an island-wide family event, and a celebration of fresh hours at the Public Market and Net Loft "Open `til 7, seven days a week beginning July 1."
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Exhausted and infuriated *
Toronto's Lola Magazine and Vancouver's Blinding Light Cinema were two of Canada's richest cultural voices. Their demise says a lot about cultural burnout
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First Nations Land Claims: It looked great on paper *
Today, an Ottawa conference looks at what it will take for those much-trumpeted land-claims agreements to finally benefit First Nations, says Inuit activist CATHY TOWTONGIE.
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Foolproof... box-office hit? Doesn't look that way *
Despite the biggest and most aggressive marketing blitz in Canadian film history, the caper flick Foolproof got off to a disappointing start at the box office on the weekend. evalu8.org's John T.D. Keyes didn't like this film much, either.
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For lovin' him *
Top Canadian artists sing the praises of Gordon Lightfoot to PETER FENIAK and pay tribute to the singer-songwriter extraordinaire on the newly released CD Beautiful
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France's language guardians eye Quebec for Internet terms *
Quebec has come to the rescue of its linguistic cousins in France, where the heirs of Molière have been left lost for words in the hunt for Gallic versions of some common terms on the Internet.
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Gay activists dispute Statscan survey *
For the first time in its history, Statistics Canada has released a survey on the sexual orientation of Canadians, but some members of the gay community contend that the numbers are dramatically lower than the truth.
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Get along, governments -- or get out of the way *
When the premiers met last week to breathe life into their proposed Council of the Federation, several suggested that Canada was on the edge of a new era of intergovernmental co-operation. It's in their interest to be right.
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Granville Island shouts Happy Birthday, Canada *
A day of fun at Granville Island planned for July 1.
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Hands off my Bible! *
Today as Parliament reconvenes, MPs face a bill that could redefine biblical teachings on homosexuality as hate literature. Smite it, says LORNA DUECK
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Hector Fraser Dougall: Tales of derring-do *
In a senseless war that lasted four years and took millions of lives, it was rare for individuals to stand out amid the carnage. But some managed.
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Hockey and music: the score stands at one all *
A centre in Parry Sound, Ont., containing both the Bobby Orr Hall of Fame and an impressive concert hall for playing classical music is the latest in a list of strange compromises in Canadian culture
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Indie music and beyond *
CBC Radio 3 has been hailed as a model for the future of broadcasting. But many Canadians have never even heard of the award-winning virtual network, ALEXANDRA GILL reports.
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Inuit talk the talk *
Inuktitut remains widely understood in Canada's North, a new report finds. Statistics Canada researchers found that 90 per cent of all off-reserve Inuit say that they can speak or understand Inuktitut.
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It went to hell and back *
Ninety years on, it still has the power to move.
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Jeffrey Kofman -- He's, gasp, Canadian *
When an ABC reporter recently broadcast a story from Iraq that infuriated the Bush administration, White House officials scrambled to find the best way to hit back, says NPR ombudsman JEFFREY DVORKIN
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Letter to the editor by Louis Riel unveiled in Regina *
It's a few lines on a small piece of paper but its significance is large.
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Liberals haven't been so united in a long time *
When Lester Pearson won the Liberal Party leadership in 1958, Jean Chrétien was present as a student delegate from Laval University. He voted for Paul Martin Sr. at that convention because he saw Mr. Martin looking lonely and forlorn as he stood in the Chateau Laurier hotel. "I felt sorry for him," he later said.
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Low points in Cancon *
Waving the white flag for cheesy TV, Celine Dion and navel-gazing Canadian writers
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Manley bows out of Liberal leadership race *
Liberal leadership candidate John Manley bowed out of the race Tuesday, saying he did not have the necessary support to defeat front-runner Paul Martin.
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Marriage divides the House *
The same-sex vote: The tally is 137-132 as the government's controversial plan survives a key test
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Mi'kmaq Paddy-whack: Skeletons in the closet *
This month in St. John's the Newfoundland Supreme Court made a ruling on a land-claims battle between the Mi'kmaq and the provincial government that dates back to 1996.
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On the Iraq war, we made a declaration of national integrity *
Words such as "epic" or "vindication" don't readily fit into the Canadian context. But the two years since 9/11 have constituted a landmark period in Canada-U.S. relations, and the decision on whether to go to war was about as epic as Canadian decisions get.
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Post-Arar, the 'big idea' goes south *
Maher Arar's horrifying story will have many repercussions in Canadian politics. It casts a frightening shadow over Jean Chrétien's last days in office.
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Prescription for stress: Take time to smell the dollars *
A Statistics Canada study on job stress, reported last week in the journal Canadian Social Trends, ought to rivet the attention of Canadian economic and political leaders.
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Remembrance: He was the world to someone *
The young pilot who smiles out of an old photograph, dead long years, has slowly slipped into anonymity, says JONATHAN VANCE. That's regrettable.
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Standing up for notwithstanding *
It's been called the forbidden fruit of the Canadian Constitution, but politicians need not be afraid of the notwithstanding clause, says Charter scholar TSVI KAHANA
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Surfers beware: surveillance ahead *
Bell Sympatico says Federal government expected to revive Internet monitoring bill -- e-mail privacy at issue.
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The Ant and the Grasshopper, reinterpreted *
A moral tale: We're not quite sure if it loses something in the translation to "Canadian" -- or not.
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The Daily Show: Bee dazzled *
'It was very crazy and unexpected' to be whisked from Toronto to New York to make news that amuses, The Daily Show's Canadian component tells SIMON HOUPT.
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The little network that could, and did *
It may be located on the nosebleed end of the dial, but native broadcaster APTN's delivery of a nightly newscast has boosted its numbers and its reputation, GRAEME SMITH writes
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The sound of a Canadian identity *
Two exhibits set out to document the relationship between music and art in Canada, but end up doing much more, writes SARAH MILROY
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Tracking threatened cultures *
Half of humanity's cultural legacy could soon disappear, Wade Davis and Chris Rainier say. So they're doing something about it
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Tragically Hip announces front-of-line feature *
When The Tragically Hip are/is touring, as a benefit and perk to registered users of www.thehip.com, an allotment of tickets for most North American shows will be available for purchase before the tickets are available to the public.
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U.S. adviser criticizes PM's failure to help U.S. *
A leading architect of the U.S. war in Iraq says he expects an improvement in Canada-U.S. relations under a Paul Martin government, since they could hardly get worse than under Jean Chrétien's leadership.
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U.S. history book prize awarded to Canadians *
A U.S. children's book prize intended to celebrate American history has been won by a pair of Canadians. Author Peter Busby of Vancouver and illustrator David Craig of Mississauga, Ont., received the $10,000 (U.S.) prize for their book First to Fly: How Wilbur & Orville Wright Invented the Airplane.
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Vive la différence! *
Quebec films are beating out Hollywood blockbusters at the province's box office. KONRAD YAKABUSKI reports the recent renaissance in local movies may be more about quality than nationalism
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We're forgetting someone *
Canada's issues with Quebec and aboriginals both date back several centuries, says WILLIAM JOHNSON. The Council of the Federation resolves neither one
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Why millions idolize a guy named Ryan *
So maybe you thought it was silly: the schmaltzy songs that inspired stalkers, the fierce hometown rivalries that fuelled billboards and commemorative calendar days, the frenzied -- yet organized -- voting that politicians wish they could harness, the quasi-famous host who infamously dropped his pants.
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Why Thailand takes a dim view of Canadian justice *
I have faced many strange questions about Canada in my travels, ranging from whether we all live in igloos to what can be done when a grizzly bear attacks. But this past week in Thailand, there was one that left me temporarily speechless: Is the Canadian justice system corrupt?
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Will The Walrus float? *
The newest, and arguably richest, kid on Canada's magazine rack will need its namesake's thick skin to survive. Others ventured where The Walrus wants to go, MICHAEL POSNER writes, but few have made it and none got rich trying
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