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Cuban musicians are legal in Canada.  < 3:06:04 PM>.Prosecution wraps up at 'friendly-fire' hearing 
The government side wrapped up its case Thursday at the military hearing into the so-called "friendly-fire" bombing in Afghanistan that killed four Canadian soldiers last April. [CBC News] < 3:00:24 PM>.Canada endorses 'old Europe' on Iraq
U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld lashed out at Germany and France on Wednesday, dismissing their opposition to a war in Iraq and calling them "old Europe." [CBC News] < 2:41:38 AM>.Census shows Canada truly multicultural 
The newest figures from Statistics Canada show that Canada is one of the most multicultural countries in the world. Since the 1990s Canada has had its highest proportion of immigrants since 1931, just before the Great Depression hit. [CBC News] < 1:22:01 AM>.Another Day in Yukon Paradise "The good news is that chopping wood at -35 is like slicing butter. " [Janet's Radio Weblog] Beautiful. And I was whining about -18. < 1:06:13 AM>.Pilots can't escape testimony 'Instead of taking at least three opportunities to fly away to safety, two F-16 pilots violated basic combat rules that caused the accidental bombing of Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan, killing four and wounding eight, a U.S. Air Force general testified yesterday.' Like I said the day I heard about it, these guys are cowboys. < 12:50:39 AM>.Immigration shifts population kaleidoscope 'Canada has confirmed its standing as one of the most diverse nations in the world -- a kaleidoscope, according to the national census, of cultures, languages and nationalities that amount to more than 200 different ethnic groups and a foreign-born population second only to Australia's.' This country rocks. < 12:50:10 AM>.Nagano touted to lead Montreal symphony 'The name game at l'Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal got a lot hotter on Monday, as Kent Nagano was outed as the top contender for the music director post abandoned last spring by Charles Dutoit.' < 12:47:03 AM>.Toronto most ethnically diverse in North America 'Toronto is the most ethnically diverse big city in North America and probably in the world, data from the 2001 census released yesterday suggest' This town rocks. < 12:04:18 AM>.CBC News: It's Canada and it's cold! 'In Nova Scotia it's so cold salt won't melt the ice on the roads.' Wow. Bloody cold here in TO, too. |
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