The Link Online this week features Terry Haig and Carmel Kilkenny.
Quebec’s Haitian community are celebrating in the streets and parks of Montreal during Haiti en folie tthis weekend, The largest festival inspired by Haitian culture outside of Haiti, it’s attracting thousands of visitors and tourists. The perfect mix of music, dance, exotic food and handicrafts, it culminates Saturday evening with the giant parade, known as RARA. The woman behind it all is Fabienne Colas, a Montreal director, producer and actor. She began envisioning the event back in 2006. She tells Terry Haig how it all began, and what to expect in this, it’s 10 anniversary.
Canada’s only deep-water Arctic port, with railway access, is in Churchill, Manitoba. OmniTrax, the American company that owns it, announced it was closing. Trade union representatives, farmers and politicians were blindsided by news that the Port of Churchill will come to a standstill. Levon Sevunts spoke with Niki Ashton. She is the Member of Parliament for the opposition New Democratic Party and her constituency includes Churchill.
The Tragically Hip are described as “Canada’s band”. Lead singer and songwriter, Gord Downie, is referred to as our “unofficial poet laureate” for his lyrics about the people, places and experiences of this country. In May, he announced that he’d been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, and that the band’s summer tour would go ahead. Now Canadians are making pilgimages to see the five members they’ve seen so many times over the last 30 years, for the last time together. The CBC is simulcasting their final show on August 20th.
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