Canadian MP Launches Petition to Stop Federal Funding of Planned Parenthood By Patrick B. Craine OTTAWA, Ontario, November 2, 2009 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - "We, the undersigned residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to stop all funding of International Planned Parenthood Federation," reads a new petition being circulated by Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Brad Trost...
GRANVILLE ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, accompanied by Dr. Daniel J. Caron, Librarian and Archivist of Canada, today announced the upcoming installation of Portraits in the Street: Vancouver 2010. Developed by Library and Archives Canada's portrait gallery program, this installation will help celebrate the Olympic...
I will unfortunately not be able to see Their Royal Highnesses on this trip. I leave for Oz soon for the wedding of a dear friend . I wish them a wonderful homecoming. God Bless the Prince of Wales. God Bless The Duchess of Cornwall. God Save the Queen I hope many of you get a chance to see and hear TRH! Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, arrive in St. John's tonight for an 11-day tour...
The Department of Canadian Heritage says it is aiming to bring the magazine industry a Christmas gift in the form of details on the Canada Periodical Fund. A spokesperson has said that they are working hard on the details and expect to make an announcement before the holidays. “We're very aware that PAP funding ceases as of March 31st, and that we need to keep the period between the cessation...
One of the things I love about going to the movie theatre is looking for new posters, and the moment I saw the above poster for Gunless I was intrigued. A western, called Gunless . Starring Paul Gross. Can you get more Canadian? Yes, yes you can! It's written & directed by William Phillips (Foolproof, Treed Murray) and here's the story: "A hardened American gunslinger is repeatedly thwarted...
Canadian Heritage has officially named November 15th, 2009, National Philanthropy Day in Canada. There are celebratory events planned all over the country (and beyond). Read all about them. If you are in the Metro Vancouver area, a Philanthropy Day lunch will take place on November 10th at the Westin Bayshore. Tickets and details can be found [...]
Oshawa: amazing. Photo by Carnotzet from the Torontoist Flickr Pool . Oshawa, you big, adorable, patriotic lug, your heart really is in the right place. But seriously, calm down or you're going to pull something. You'd think that complaining shoppers at the Five Points Mall—all one of them, or possibly two, as the Star reported this morning —had walked in on a ritual flag burning, or some...
To be a Canadian or an American is a predicament Robin contends with in "Duel Citizenship" the fifth episode of How I Met Your Mother 's fifth season. Robin has always been loyal to her Canadian heritage since the beginning of the show and it has given the writers a lot of material for Barney, Ted, Marshall and Lily to poke fun at. This time, however, Robin is forced to leave her roots once...
Quick spoilers for tonight's "How I Met Your Mother" coming up just as soon as I bar the door handles with my hockey stick... "I'm a Canadian. I was born there. My family's there. It's who I am." -Robin "Yeah, I know. And it's provided us with a lot of laughs." -Barney While Robin's Canadian heritage has, indeed, provided us with a lot of laughs, to my amazement I found...
MONTREAL, QUEBEC (MARKET WIRE) Today, the Department of Canadian Heritage announced that it would provide stable funding to Canada's leading national youth service program for 3 years starting in 2010 for a total investment of 45 million dollars. This decision follows several months of discussions between Canadian Heritage and senior Katimavik officials. For the last three years Katimavik had been...
The head of Her Majesty's Canadian government reminds the Governor General of who really is the boss : Prime Minister Stephen Harper has sent a clear message to Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean that she should not call herself Canada's head of state. "Queen Elizabeth II is Queen of Canada and Head of State," the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement issued to Canwest News Service on Thursday....
Fall has brought out my need to bake. Last week I made Old Fashioned Gingerbread but this week I made bread. On a trip to the Bulk Barn, I discovered Red Fife flour made from a Canadian heritage wheat. It's also an organic product. I loved the idea of baking bread with the same flour my ancestors may have, so I bought some. Then I had to figure out how to use it! I decided to use it like whole wheat...
The Globe’s James Bradshaw checks James Moore’s math. The Conservative government backed away from a plan to house the Portrait Gallery of Canada in the former U.S. embassy because the price tag was going to grow to more than $100-million, Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore said last week, but government documents show the estimated cost of [...]
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, announced funding for the Federation de la jeunesse canadienne-francaise (FJCF) while speaking during the 14th Ministerial Conference on the Canadian Francophonie, which took place on September 23 and 24.
I am a sucker for site visitors, not. But, I could not but help noticing that my blog stats as they relate to visitors searching for particular material and visiting certain pages highlighted that there are a lot of people out there searching for Maria Ozawa and Miyabi. It is also worth noting that the majority of these are from Indonesian IPs. It seems that Mari Ozawa, the Japanese porn star with...
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