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Outraged priest returns Order of Canada medal
A priest in Coquitlam, BC has returned his Order of Canada (in the Canadain post no less) because he says that the appointment of abortion activist Henry Morgentaler 'degrades the order'."Lucien Larre, a Coquitlam... Happy 400, Quebec City!
Celebrations are underway in Quebec City and across Canada to celebrate the city's 400th anniversary."French explorer Samuel de Champlain landed in what is now la vieille capitale on July 3, 1608. To mark the... Poor O Canada -- will no one ever learn the words?
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public Contributor It's not a French or English thing! It is a Canadian I am too busy with my own selfish little world to bother to learn the words thing. That is only a small... Frenchman Charged With Plotting to Sell Stolen Monet Painting
"Frenchman Charged With Plotting to Sell Stolen Monet Painting A Frenchman living in Florida was charged with attempting to sell a Claude Monet painting and three other artworks stolen at gunpoint last year from the...African Union: "Unite or Starve"
I can't really argue with this: if it means bargaining with a collective continental market in order to get a better deal on necessities, then so be it. SInce the various AU nations have such different agendas, both with the West and with each other, it's hard to predict how...Holiday Briton dies as 'food bug' strikes four-star Italian hotel
A British man staying at the Grand Hotel Gardone on Lake Garda, near Brescia in northern Italy, has died from a food bug. 30 other British guests at the hotel have also fallen ill, though only one has died. The rest are suffering severe comiting and diarrhoea. "A...Baby crocodiles talk to each other in their eggs
"Baby crocodiles "talk" to their mothers and their unborn siblings even before they hatch, perhaps indicating that they are ready to leave the egg, according to new research.French scientists Amelie Vergne and...Midsummer Day & Saint Jean Baptiste Day
June 24th marks Saint Jean Baptiste Day as well as Midsummer’s Day. Midsummer’s Day is not to be confused with the summer solstice, which is the longest day of the year. Midsummer’s Day happens to...French Filmmaker Jean Delannoy Dies at 100
Renowned French filmmaker Jean Delannoy has died at the age of 100."Classic French filmmaker Jean Delannoy, who adapted novels by Victor Hugo and Andre Gide and won the Cannes Film Festival's top prize in 1946, has died at age 100, officials said Thursday.Delannoy died...Black Monday, all eyes on Western markets « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog
"Some have interpreted remarks by the European Central Bank chief Jean Paul Trichet last week about raising interest rates as similar to comments from the Bundesbank which triggered the 1987 dollar and equity crash. Last Friday’s oil price surge has echoes of the 1970s and...Murder, Drugs, Terrorism, Intrigue: Canadian Actor on the Run from Police
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWhat reads more like a Tom Clancy Crime Novel or Movie of the Week, has Montreal Actor Bruno Diquinzio who played in the hit series Omerta, playing the...Brazil's Sandra Corveloni wins Cannes best actress prize
"CANNES, France (AFP) — Sandra Corveloni won the best actress prize Sunday at the Cannes film festival for a performance as a pregnant single mother of four in the Brazilian megalopolis Sao Paulo in "Line of...La Maison Tropicale, Jean Prouvé
cool video of the assembly of the Maison Tropicale by Jean Prouvé at the Tate in London. The iconic, lightweight metal building was purchased last year at auction by New York hotelier Andre Balazs."Andre Balazs" Rappers, R&B Stars Linked to Steroid Use
It's not just athletes who need a little 'performance enhancement'. Ah steroids, for when Auto-Tune just isn't enough."A number of entertainers were named in connection with an Albany-based steroid investigation, but... Nouvel's 53rd St. tower design unveiled
Dezeen has several renderings of this very tall and spiky tower designed by the french architect for midtown manhattan. "Hines, the international real estate firm, announced today the formal selection of Paris-based architect Jean Nouvel as the designer of a new...
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