Denis Villeneuve, the acclaimed Quebec director is going to the 68th annual Cannes Film Festival next month in competition with his star-studded latest film, ‘Sicario‘. The Oscar-nominated film maker will vie for the Palme d’Or against 16 other films, including… »
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Cirque du Soleil soon to be under new management
Cirque du Soleil‘s Guy Laliberté informed staff on Thursday they would be the first to know when the company is sold. The legendary Montreal-based entertainment enterprise is reportedly in talks with American equity firm TPG and China’s FOSUN. Professor Patrick Leroux… »
Sabine Venturelli: The Highs and Lows of Practising Refugee Law
Sabine Venturelli was born in France, the daughter of an Italian immigrant. She remembers feeling ostracized because of her father’s immigrant status. When Sabine immigrated to Montreal, she originally wanted to practice international law. Then she met a refugee from… »
Opposition to Canada Post’s end of home mail delivery grows
From individual acts of protest to municipalities fighting back, opposition to the end of home delivery of mail is growing slowly across Canada. Canada Post, the federal government agency that has always delivered mail announced in December 2013 it would… »
What happens after the diamond mines close?
When you look at aerial photographs of the Ekati and Diavik diamond mines in the Northwest Territories, the first thing you notice are these enormous circular craters. They look as if they were bored into the tundra by a giant… »
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Tatiana Maslany has a street named for her in hometown Regina, Saskatchewan
Tatiana Maslany is delighted with the honour of a street bearing her name. In an interview on CBC Radio today, Tatiana said she learned of the development in a text from her father. Maslany stars in the clone-conspiracy drama, Orphan… »
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World Uranium Symposium ends in Quebec City: Film Fest begins
The World Uranium Symposium brought together over 200 experts and delegates from around the world, including indegenous people from Mongolia, India, South Africa and representatives from the Navajo and the Cree from North America, to talk over the biggest threat… »
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Air India Memorial the final stop on Narendra Modi’s visit to Toronto
Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid his respects at the Air India Memorial on Toronto’s Lake Shore this morning. Accompanied by Prime Minister Harper, the Indian leader made his way along a pathway, through the butterfly sanctuary, to the stone sundial and… »
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Geography, geomatics, and new Canadian learning technology.
A new concept in teaching geography and related subjects such as social studies is being unveiled today The Geoliteracy Project is designed to make the subjects more interactive and as such much more interesting for young students. The made-in-Canada 3-D… »
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More drilling on critical caribou land: scientist
Drilling for oil and gas wells continues on critical caribou habitat in the western province of Alberta, even though that province is supposed to develop a plan to restore those ranges by 2017. The iconic animals are in steep decline… »
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