Word: canadianism
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...does not place its stock in the casual fan, but in the devoted diehard. The number of Newfoundland flags being waved in the crowd reflected the fact that Great Big Sea is possibly the most popular band in eastern Canada. The crowd must have been at leastd three quarters Canadian, with locals in a definite minority...
...Kirkus flips over "The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits: Stories" by Emma Donoghue (Harcourt; May), giving it a starred review. "Seventeen stories by the Irish-born Canadian author ransack what Donoghue calls 'the flotsam and jetsam of the last seven hundred years of British and Irish life' for razor-sharp vignettes of the fates of women in judgmental male-dominated societies...These jewel-like stories vibrate with thickly textured detail and vigorous period language. Donoghue's colorful, confrontational historically based fiction is making something entirely new and captivating out of gender issues. One of the best books...
...DIED. DON HAIG, 68, film producer and editor regarded as the godfather of Canadian movies for his willingness to assist and nurture aspiring talent; in Toronto. Haig rose from humble beginnings?cutting commercials into the The Ed Sullivan Show for the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. in the '50s?to become a prominent figure in Canadian cinema. He is best known for his work on the Oscar-winning documentary Artie Shaw: Time...
With the Crimson clearly dominating play but seeing its shots turned away time and time again by Danis—a bona fide French-Canadian puck-stopping machine—Moore took matters into his own hands. But of course, it didn’t come easy...
Kooky for a Canadian in Kirkland