Reflections on aging, optimism, and changing times
A narrator recalls his father’s optimistic view of work and success, contrasting postwar hardship with today’s comfort. He muses on intergenerational perspectives, economic changes, and whether society is truly deteriorating or simply evolving. The piece contrasts past rationing with present abundance and questions if conditions are worsening or different.
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Turner
U.S
Bessie's Amblings and News Bits From Space to Politics
A humorous Medley notes a bees aboard the shuttle Columbus reporting a near normal comb and 35 eggs laid by the queen. Also cites Mike Taczynski critiquing Mulroney and Turner while pondering islanders chasing a sixth Stanley Cup as Rene Levesque comments Trudeau’s departure shifting political power to Anglophones.
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U.S
Columbus
Quebec
Rene Levesque
Trudeau
Canadian Opera Company gains first permanent home in Toronto
Paul Hellyer notes the Canadian Opera Company's March 30 acquisition of the Dalton Building on Front Street East, Toronto, as its new permanent home. The move funds two rehearsal halls and space for ensembles, coaching, wardrobes, storage, and administration, marking a major milestone for the COC's growth and national cultural contribution.
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Canadian Opera Company
Dalton Building
Toronto
Front Street
COC
John Carson
Ed Mahoney
Lotfi Mansouri
Arnold Walter
Ginny Lippert
Nicholas Goldschmidt
Niki
Lorna Holmes
P.d.g
U of T
Jan Rubes
Amy MacMillan
Alexander Gray
Patricia Rideout
Opera Festival Association
Contem
Porary Opera
Herman Geiger-Torel
Niki Goldschmidt
Venice
The
National Ballet
Ballet
CDC
Canada
Noted Canadian voices in a 1971 column
Columnist Walter Stewart muses on Canadian identity, noting Trudeau's Anglo-Saxon vocabulary versus Stanfield's French phrase noblesse oblige, illustrating national language tensions in 1971.
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Trudeau
Stanfield
Noblesse Oblige
Walter Stewart
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