[NEWS] Five Canadian culture links: Ontario, French's, Sealfest, Beauty in a Box, oilpatch & drugs

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• Jamie Bradburn takes a look at the early 1980s genesis of the Ontario slogan "Yours to discover".


• CBC examines how French's ketchup managed to take a lead over Heinz thanks to good marketing use of Canadian patriotism.


• CBC reports on the east coast culinary festival of Sealfest, making use of seal products.


• NOW Toronto praises Beauty in a Box, the new Cheryl Thompson book examining the African-Canadian beauty industry in all of its many facets through history.


• This Toronto Star exposé takes a look at the disturbingly high rates of substance abuse among Alberta oilpatch workers.