Canuck

  Thursday, 14 March 2002

 < 9:24:03 PM>.

Feeling down now that the Winter Olympics are over? Try this on for size . . .

From March 17-25, the Arctic Winter Games invade the North.

Each day, CBC will present highlights, results, gala performances and more from Iqaluit, Nunavut and Nuuk, Greenland. The games kick off on Sunday, March 17 with opening ceremonies broadcast live at 10 a.m. MT. And, weeknights on Canada Now at 6:30 p.m. MT, viewers can catch results and highlights from the day's games. Paul Brandt provides a bookend to the games on Tuesday, April 16 with Voices of the North, a one-hour special.

 < 12:13:05 AM>.

'Bad boy' of art world, Jean-Paul Riopelle dies
Canada has lost one of its most recognized artists. Jean-Paul Riopelle died late Tuesday at his home near Quebec City. F U L L   S T O R Y
[CBC News]

I watched a segment on Riopelle on The National. There was a brief interview with Montreal jazz great Vic Vogel. He was a friend of Riopelle's. Vogel was asked if he and Riopelle ever talked about art.

'Never! We drank! I don't talk about music. I do it. He didn't talk about art. He did it.'