War Requiem
June 6th, 1944, D-Day, Canadian Troops land at Juno Beach.
Et Tu Tutu?
![Archbishop Desmond Tutu, travelled to Fort McMurray and added his voice to the growing international opposition to Alberta oilsands development, calling the industry "filth". [but he didn't cycle there from South Africa]](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/1502201404062014.jpg)
Archbishop Desmond Tutu travelled to Fort McMurray and added his voice to the growing international opposition to Alberta oilsands development, calling the industry “filth”.
[but he didn’t cycle there from South Africa!]
Wherefore art thou Roméo?
Roméo Dallaire, Lieutenant General, humanitarian, author and retired general who, while serving as Force Commander of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Rwanda, tried to stop the genocide; and who has been described as the “conscience of Canada” retires from the Canadian Senate
“Otter” Rubinstein?
A video shows otters in the Smithsonian National Zoo playing an electric keyboard with “wild” enthusiasm. The instrument was provided as part of the zoo’s “animal enrichment program”.
“Cad”bury
Muslims have declared jihad on the British Chocolate company after traces of Pork were found in “Dairy Milk” chocolate bars.
Big Sissi!
Egyptian former military chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, who ousted Egypt’s first freely elected president last year, is hoping for a landslide victory in Monday’s election.
“Fast” Sloths
Speed-dating? Vets at the London Zoo were astonished to discover that their Two-Toed Sloth, “Marilyn”, had become pregnant a mere 6 months after being introduced to a male. Sloths can take up to 10 years to bond and breed
Hell’s Kitchen?
Giving a new meaning to “Slow food”: fried noodle -wrapped whole prawns, whole crab, strir-fried crickets and fried Tarantulas are now all on the menu for adventurous foodies!
Tuft In the Pink
Canadian Cyclist Svein Tuft leads his Orica team to victory in the Giro d’Italia Time trial and claims the coveted Pink Jersey on his 37th Birthday
Lupine Lamentations for Farley Mowat
Famous Canadian Farley Mowat, a passionate and out-spoken environmentalist, adventurer and author of the internationally acclaimed book “Never Cry Wolf”, has died at age 92.
