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1 day ago

Quebec's Iconic Old Montreal Just Got a Brand-new Hotel-and It's Like Staying in an Immersive Art Museum

Touting itself as a "contemporary art hotel," Sonolux has turned its eight floors into video art galleries, with handpicked works projected across hallway walls. Repurposed red movie theater seats allow you to sit down and contemplate the art. If you're not necessarily used to seeing immersive multimedia art in hotels, it can be a little jarring to step off an elevator into a dim space popping with raucous animation and sound effects, but one of Sonolux's goals is to provoke,
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4 months ago

This Vintage Canadian Wartime Cake Has No Eggs, Butter, Or Milk - Tasting Table

Canadian families creatively adapted recipes during wartime, notably the Eggless, Butterless, Milkless Cake, to cope with food shortages and rationing.
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fromThe Walrus
5 months ago

How I Solved the Century-Old Mystery of a Miraculous Shipwreck Survivor | The Walrus

The Empress of Ireland disaster resulted in more deaths than the Titanic but remains largely unrecognized in history.
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fromThe Walrus
7 months ago
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A 355-Year-Old Document That Helped Create Canada May Be Sold Off in Bankruptcy | The Walrus

The Royal Charter of the Hudson's Bay Company is a critical document for Canada's history and should be preserved rather than auctioned off.
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fromThe Walrus
5 months ago

There Was a Time Canada Really Did Build, Baby, Build | The Walrus

The author reflects on their feelings of excitement and responsibility during their first cabinet meeting and the significance of historical shipbuilding in Ashbridges Bay.
fromwww.cbc.ca
5 months ago

'It needs to be part of the Canadian fibre': Victims of 1985 Air India bombing honoured in online archive | CBC News

Anchanatt Alexander was a well-respected doctor, whose tragic loss in the Air India Flight 182 bombing exposes the need for recognition of this historical event.
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fromwww.standard.co.uk
6 months ago

Canadian man jailed for stealing famous Winston Churchill photograph that features on UK banknotes

A man was sentenced to nearly two years for stealing a famous photograph of Winston Churchill.
The theft highlights the importance of trust in preserving national artifacts.
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fromwww.cbc.ca
7 months ago

Ayami Sato makes Canadian baseball history becoming the first woman in a pro men's league | CBC News

Ayami Sato's debut as the first woman in a Canadian professional men's baseball league marks a historic moment for gender equality in sports.
fromwww.cbc.ca
7 months ago

Remembering the Canadian soldiers who died on a mission of mercy at the close of the Second World War | CBC News

"Honorary Captain Albert McCreery and Lt. Norman Goldie ventured into the German countryside on May 4, 1945, seeking to aid wounded enemy soldiers typically embodying Canadian values."
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