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Unconventional quartet Syrene Saxofoonkwartet jazz up classical music
This year’s Chamberfest is, as usual, full of different themes ranging from a focus on Bach to Canada’s Ukrainian community, to performances highlighting the cello. Another major theme is the presence of female performers in large numbers. From the Swedish a cappella quartet Kongero to Jane Bunnett and Maqueque, women are getting...
Kilford: What Canada can do about Turkey
These days, even the most forgiving observer of Turkish politics is having a difficult time glossing over the disturbing news coming out of Turkey. Certainly, the recent aborted coup attempt is important enough. But well before this, journalists, academics and civil society activists critical of the government found themselves under arrest and...
@Kady’s Watchlist for July 19 – Justin Trudeau takes to Twitter for Q&A on Prime Minister’s Youth Council
Heads up, Twitterverse: @JustinTrudeau will be holding a virtual Q&A session later this afternoon following an “online announcement” on his election pledge to set up a Prime Minister’s Youth Council. According to the platform, the PMYC will “[consist] of young Canadians aged 16-24,” and will “provide non-partisan advice to the Prime...
Ukrainian killed in Nice attack could be missing Canadian student
The Ukrainian embassy in Ottawa has confirmed the death of a Ukrainian citizen in the attack but would not say if the victim was a missing student from Alberta. …read more Source: Toronto...
Ukrainian embassy confirms death in Nice attack; no word on missing student
OTTAWA — The Ukrainian embassy in Ottawa says one of its citizens died in a deadly truck attack in France last week. But Kostiantyn Kostenko says it’s not clear whether the victim is a missing student who was studying in Canada. Mykhaylo (Misha) Bazelevskyy, who was 22, has permanent resident status in Canada, but was travelling on a...
Chamberfest shows to see
The world’s largest chamber music festival features about 100 concerts performed by between 300 and 400 musicians starting Thursday, July 21, and running until Aug. 3. Peter Robb and Natasha Gauthier suggest some concerts well worth checking out. Peter Robb 1. Mark the 125th anniversary of Ukrainian settlement in Canada with a concert...
Ukrainian student who studied in Alberta killed in Nice attack
A Ukrainian citizen who had been studying in Alberta was killed in last week’s terrorist attack in Nice, France, the Embassy of Ukraine in Ottawa confirmed. …read more Source: Global...
Western Propaganda for a New Cold War
Photo by Day Donaldson Western propaganda portrays Russia as the aggressor and NATO as the victim, but the reality looks almost opposite from the ground level, Rick Sterling found on a recent fact-finding trip. Recently I went on a 15-day visit to Russia organized by the Center for Citizen Initiatives. The group visited Moscow, the Crimean...
Your letters for Saturday July 16: The Tenors, Pride and Trudeau abroad
No need to even sing the anthem at sporting events Setting aside the fact that The Tenors are not the only ones who have changed the lyrics of O Canada for political reasons recently, one wonders why national anthems must be sung at events such as the MLB All-Star Game at all. The two teams involved were playing for their respective baseball...
Edmonton student missing as Trudeau pledges solidarity with France following truck attack
EDMONTON — A university student remained missing Friday while a second felt lucky to have survived after a deadly truck attack in France. “There is nothing worse than the possibility that you might lose a student, because all of the future and all of the promise that goes with that is no longer there,” said the president of MacEwan...
