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May Day!: 3,900 Public Employees lose jobs today

May First, The heavy fist of the Harper Government comes down on Public Employees. 12,000 given notice since March Budget

Falcons won’t fly in Vancouver Opera’s “Aida’

a little Verdi told me... A city bylaw prohibits birds of prey on stage

Garage Sale purchase possibly a valuable Tom Thomson

"Not a Tom Thomson in my opinion. perhaps a Dick Dickson or Harry Harrison?"

Roger Bricoux, cellist who perished on the Titanic

A survivor described one last view of the musician dragging his cello up the sinking ship's deck after he had helped a passenger into a lifeboat.

“The Band Played On”: Remembering the Musicians of the Titanic

Musicians Wallace Hartley, John Woodward, George Krins, John Clarke, Percy Taylor, Roger Bricoux, Theo Bailey, John Hume continued to play as the Titanic sank

CBC takes $115 million-dollar-hit from Conservatives

Heritage Minister James Moore takes aim at CBC, defends cuts

Into the deep: Camera on Cameron

"Titanic" director James Cameron descends 35,000 feet into Mariana Trench

Jenna Talackova trumps Trump

Trump back-tracks on decision to ban Talackova from Pageant

You CAN take the ‘hood out of hoodie: [Don’t judge a bloke by his cover]

Canadian judge rules that hoodies are "commonplace attire" and can no longer constitute "suspicious or nefarious attire"