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Category Archives: Culture
Chapels of rest and cemeteries
(March 24, 2005) A new tendency has appeared over the last few years to the detriment of the garden cemeteries. Large cemetery parks have been set up outside towns in rural areas. Continue reading
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Problem solved
(March 5, 2005) It doesn’t add up. A private school in Toronto where whites feel lucky to have their children accepted in classes dominated by Asians and Indians. Where girls are the equal of boys in math. Where five and six-year-olds, as a matter of course, solve problems that befuddle kids many grades higher in conventional schools, public or private. Continue reading
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The lesson lost on Rae
(February 16, 2005) Ontario universities and colleges like the provincial government’s Rae Report on education. They’re even planning a media campaign to make sure the provincial government in its spring budget begins to spend the $1.3-billion in additional funding that former NDP premier Bob Rae recommends they get by 2007. Continue reading
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Artist as benefactor
(February 5, 2005) Christo and Jeanne-Claude, the breathtaking artists whose cloth projects have graced many miles of countryside and, in cities, wrapped entire buildings will next week add to their trademark feats with another monumental work, this one in New York City’s Central Park. Continue reading
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How to pack for a Cuban vacation
(December 18, 2004) Although Cuba welcomes more tourists from Canada than from any other country, some of us don’t know what to expect when we travel to the island paradise. Continue reading
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Urban Renaissance Institute 