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- History rich, but we'd never know
it
- The Province, 29 June 1998. Canadians could
use a remedial course in history just to brush up on the
basics according to results of a simplified Canadian pop
quiz. Older respondents were wiser than their youthful
counterparts. However, younger respondents did much better
when questions focused on Canadian heroes and
celebrities.
- Making the rounds at the Toronto Film
Festival
- By Bill Meyer (aka Ron Sheldon), People's
Weekly World, 4 October 1997. Toronto International
Film Festival is quickly becoming one of the most
impressive film events in the Western Hemisphere, friendly
Toronto offers excitement and entertainment for all kinds
of movie lovers.
- Canadian Position on Culture in MAI
Clear—Chief Negotiator Tells CCA
- Canadian Conference of the Arts, 26 February 1998. The
recent round of high level negotiations in Paris saw no
progress to the resolution of the cultural question within
the MAI.
- American Ultra-Right Wingers in Toronto
Friday
- By Veronica Wylie, 9 July 1998. Yesterday, about one
hundred extremist anti-choice demonstrators staged an
event in Kingston, Ontario. The extremists did their best
to try and provoke a violent reaction from the pro-choice
protesters by reciting right-wing dogma and anti-Canadian
slurs.
- Not Black Like Me
- By Vernon Clement Jones, The Globe and
Mail, 19 February 2001. Black Entertainment
Television came to Canada vowing to showcase black
culture. But disillusioned viewers say what it delivered
was mainly nasty stereotypes and explicit videos. Where,
they wonder, is the Canadian content?