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  Wednesday, 4 September 2002

 < 11:32:53 PM>.

Review - Where the Words Come From: Canadian Poets in Conversation: "This is an important book, not just for Canadian poets and poetry readers, but particularly for students and studies (both historical and critical) of Canadian literature; there aren't enough such collections."

Reviewed in The Danforth review by Geoffrey Cook.Geoffrey Cook.


 < 5:21:10 PM>.

Pot less harmful than alcohol: Senate report
Marijuana is less harmful than alcohol and should be governed by the same sort of regulations, says a Senate committee. F U L L   S T O R Y
[CBC News]
Duh . . .


 < 12:28:05 PM>.

New interview show for CBC Radio One Toronto -- Broadcaster Jane Hawtin, who hosted and produced her own cable-TV talk show, Jane Hawtin Live, is returning to radio this weekend with a new national interview program on CBC Radio One called Stranded.  FULL STORY [The Globe and Mail: Arts]

 < 12:26:18 PM>.

Melting pot gets a Creole flavour Big cities are a magnet for many cultures. How they interact, RAY CONLOGUE writes, is a key dimension for researchers who are studying what makes a big city tick

By RAY CONLOGUE

TORONTO -- In a little office on Bloor Street, sociologists from York University lurk close to their unsuspecting subject: the seething multiracial, many-cultured downtown of a modern Canadian city. Their object is to strip away the polite jargon of multiculturalism and find out exactly what is happening in big cities trying to absorb far more immigrants, from more places, than cities have ever had to do before.  FULL STORY [The Globe and Mail: Arts]




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