[NEWS] Five links about Canada, from #Canada150 travel to cultural visibilities

[rfmcdonald]

• In The Globe and Mail, Ian Brown and Nam Phi Dang's photo essay tracking the adventures of a bus of Chinese tourists who went from Toronto to the Island and back is insightful and amusing.
  
• Alex Ballingall's account in the Toronto Star of his week-long trek along the Trans-Canada Trail from Niagara to Toronto is enlightening. Would I could do this ...


• Mark Milke in MacLean's argues that, regrettable excesses aside, Canadians should be proud of our British heritage.


• The Montreal Gazette's Brendan Kelly wonders why a supposedly Canadian music compilation does not include any French-language songs.


• In the Toronto Star, Emma Teitel points out that visibility, including corporate visibility, is hugely important in Pride.

Comments

[redbird]

Re that Star column: this middle-aged bi woman has been glad to see the politicians march since it first started happening, because 20 years ago, the message "this person wants our votes more than they fear losing the bigots'" meant quite a bit. Another thing about the corporatization is that it means Pride doesn't need me to be out there marching, which is just as well since I don't deal with the heat very well these days.