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Two Love Letters to the Queen

James Porteous 31 May 2022 0 Comment

View Post As the Queen celebrates her Platinum Jubilee, a Canadian artist and a Canadian writer look back on ‘growing up’ with the Queen. Photo: Platinum Jubilee: Queen images projected onto Stonehenge and Marble...

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ClipperMusic: Mama’s Broke (Narrow Line)

James Porteous 16 May 2022 0 Comment

Mama’s Broke’s ‘dark, fiery folk-without-borders sound’ absorbs traditions from their maritime home in Eastern Canada all the way to Ireland and Indonesia. Photo: Canadian folk duo Mama’s Broke (Amy Lou and Lisa Marie) live at Sidmouth Folk...

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Canada’s truckers’ revolt has exposed the left’s class hatred

James Porteous 17 February 2022 0 Comment

Here we see Trudeau’s Canada following the example of Biden’s America, a ‘liberal’ government blithely casting dissenting citizens as a domestic-terrorist threat Photo: Getty 17 February 2022 | TOM SLATER | Spiked We need new...

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Canada: Parliament to debate Emergency Act

James Porteous 17 February 2022 0 Comment

The Canadian Parliament will meet today (17 Feb – 10:00 AM local time) to begin debate on the Emergency Act. See page for details and links to the streamed version of the proceedings. Photo:...

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Justin Trudeau: a liberal despot

James Porteous 16 February 2022 0 Comment

Invoking the Emergency Act now, in response to peaceful Canadians engaging in legal protest, is a stretch of epic and frightening proportions 16 February 2022 | MEGHAN MURPHY | Spiked (UK) On Monday prime...

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Ontario: Senior government employee fired for donating $100 to ‘Freedom Convoy’

James Porteous 16 February 2022 0 Comment

Details including names, email addresses and postal codes of almost 100,000 donors to the GiveSendGo fundraiser were leaked online. The Canadian government wants to freeze all contributions made via the site via the Emergency...

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Canada: Justin Trudeau’s ‘Emergency Act’ explained

James Porteous 16 February 2022 0 Comment

Canadian PM surprised Canadians – and everyone else in the world – when he invoked a never-before-used act, sparking world-wide coverage – and then protests against the Act around the world. Photo: Protesters began...

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Canada invokes Emergency Act to deal with ‘urgent and critical situation’

James Porteous 15 February 2022 0 Comment

Mr Trudeau, who seems to be unaware that similar protests are taking place all over the world on a daily basis, is taking these steps days after the border crossings were re-opened. His father,...

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Obituary: Rosalie Trombley – radio hitmaker (82)

James Porteous 19 December 2021 0 Comment

As music director for CKLW-AM in Windsor, Ontario, she furthered the careers of Alice Cooper, Bob Seger, the Temptations in Detroit and beyond. Photo: Rosalie Trombley of the radio station CKLW in an undated...

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Obituary: Marie-Claire Blais – Author (82)

James Porteous 1 December 2021 0 Comment

The Quebecois author was revolutionary in so many ways, she remained a nomad and a devoted advocate for the Francophonie. 30 November 2021 | Staff | Canadian Press | With Additional material MONTREAL —...

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Quebec: Court upholds fines to theatres where stage actors smoked during performances

James Porteous 14 November 2021 0 Comment

They argued Quebec’s ban on indoor smoking goes too far, because it forbids actors seeking to capture a play’s essence from smoking even prop cigarettes onstage. 10 November 2021 | Jacob Serebrin | The...

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Obituary: Ian Adams – Journalist (84)

James Porteous 13 November 2021 0 Comment

In 1967, Canadian journalist wrote about Indigenous boy named Chanie “Charlie” Wenjack who ran away from a residential school and died trying to get home. Gord Downie based one of his final projects on...