We visited Le Pays de la Sagouine on the weekend. It’s an Acadian heritage park with dramas, live music, cooking demonstrations, kids activities, tours and historic buildings. It is located in Bouctouche on the east coast of New Brunswick. Our tour began with a ½ hour account of the history of the Acadians complete with … [Read more…]
I was just exploring some music that a friend exposed me to a few months back and came upon this website of the choir Scala. They are a girls choir from Belgium who have traditionally sung pop songs a cappella / just piano accompanied. Great sound and great arrangements. So the website offers their latest album as … [Read more…]
On April 26, I paid a lot of money to see a 74-year-old Leonard Cohen sing for 3 hours. I’ve seen some good concerts in my lifetime: U2, Barenaked Ladies, Bob Dylan, La Bottine Souriante, Audio Adrenaline, Switchfoot, dc Talk, Sam Roberts, Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings, Burlap to Cashmere, Habib Koité to note … [Read more…]
We finally went to the zoo last weekend. 4 1/2 hours of the zoo. It was awesome, though we were pretty exhausted at the end. Acadia has been on a giraffe kick for the past couple months. She continually asks to see the giraffe video we have on an episode of the Rick Mercer Report … [Read more…]
I heard this story on the radio coming home this afternoon. A woman was murdered in Delburne, east of Red Deer, allegedly by her estranged spouse last week. Not too long ago, the man is alleged to have sexually assaulted the same woman while holding a gun. An emergency protection order had been placed against … [Read more…]
I haven’t blogged in ages. This, I can’t pass up. I studied political science and government a bit in university when I got my B.A. in history. I understand the Canadian political system and how it works. Because of this, it is so painful for me to listen to Steven Harper speak about the his … [Read more…]
I did a survey about a year ago among 26 friends using the Political Compass. If I were to predict their choice of political party I would say that they would likely vote in the following manner: 10 Conservative 4 Liberal 5 NDP 1 Bloc Québequois 6 Green BUT after taking the Political Compass quiz, … [Read more…]
Amber borrowed a Raffi Concert DVD for our kids from the local library. She grew up listening to his songs like Baby Beluga and Little Toy Trains – I didn’t. I have to admit, his gentleness, meaningful (though sometimes silly) songs, and the way he has promoted his music really impresses me. Born in Egypt … [Read more…]
As penance for having complained to my wife for the past few weeks about having to live in the world’s largest horizontal apartment building (NW Calgary) and about the high cost of living, I’ve decided to force myself to come up with a list of positive things about living in Calgary, AB. 1. Calgary is … [Read more…]
I haven’t been too taken in by these Olympic games. I always enjoy watching different events and this is what I want to comment on. Where I’m staying, there are three channels that offer coverage of the games: CBC, Radio Canada, and NBC. I’ve noted that neither NBC nor CBC so far doesn’t stick to … [Read more…]