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Performers possibly set a world record [The Globe and Mail: Arts] 'Fergus Hambleton, a 54-year-old Toronto musician who was among the participants, said he's been playing saxophone for four decades and has never witnessed such camaraderie among lovers of the instrument.'A beaver and an eagle walk into...  < 11:45:28 PM>.
Canadian identity is an endlessly variable sort of thing, so why shouldn't our national ditty occasionally stretch its wings too? [The Globe and Mail: Arts] 'Living in New York City tends to transform people into more acute versions of themselves. Whalley has become a fiercer Canadian.
"Being Canadian is the money I have in my creative bank account," she said. "Coming to New York has made me really conscious of that, so when I go back in the summers, I have confidence in that. I feel my personal reality I draw on has value."' In Canada, Tourism Is Easing Its Way Back < 3:20:02 AM>.Tourism in Canada is recovering only gradually after a difficult 2003, but travel experts say it could take another year or so to rebound fully. [New York Times: Travel] 'Americans, by far the biggest group that comes here, made 35.5 million trips to Canada in 2003 - from one-day excursions to Niagara Falls to longer hiking trips through the Canadian Rockies - about a 13 percent drop from the year before.' |
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