St. Lawrence Seaway celebrates 50th anniversary
Jim Coke was a fresh-faced and freshly minted engineering student out of McGill University when he signed up to work on the largest construction project on Earth in 1954. To be involved in the creation of the St. Lawrence Seaway was exhilarating for the 23-year-old electric engineer, but other considerations played a part as well. "I had another job offer, but the seaway people were offering ... +>>
Rene Bruemmer - National Post

La guerre des blagues, or how I violated Freed's Law
Canada Day is almost here but I still have a hangover from the Fête de la St.Jean. I've spent some of the last week writing letters to francophone readers who were puzzled, or upset, by last week's column. It was a satirical column about the St. Jean festivities and a few nationalist zealots who tried to stop anglo bands from playing. But I threw in an anglo "jeu de mots" - by saying the whole fuss was reminiscent of the old days of the ... +>>
Josh Freed - Montreal Gazette

Between the 1850s and the 1950s, American culture saw profound change and enrichment. Under the influence of European trends, the countryÍs art gradually turned from literal depiction of its environment to abstract interpretation of universal ideas. Over the course of this formative century, American art matured. The more than 70 works in the exhibition illustrate the major movements of the period. They include ...

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