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Quotes are from the article. This is not the full article. Original article written by Thomas Laberge of The Canadian Press on the 28th of May, 2025.

"He says the legislation will relegate Canadian multiculturalism to the 'dustbin of history.'

'Multiculturalism no longer applies on Quebec soil, finally! (…) It’s a model that has always been harmful to Quebec,' Roberge declared Wednesday at the National Assembly.

According to him, under that model, the state takes it upon itself to allow newcomers to retain their culture and language of origin.

'That’s Canadian multiculturalism. We live alongside one another,' he explained.

His new law — inspired by interculturalism — aims to signal to immigrants that they are 'arriving in a state with its own model of integration' and that they must accept Quebec’s social contract, which is based on values such as democracy, the French language, gender equality, and secularism.'

'Otherwise, well, it’s not a good idea to come here,' Roberge said. "

Scott Pilgrim (1998) is perhaps one of the most over the top teenage angst punk bands I've ever heard -- perhaps precisely because the original band members were young teenagers when it was created. Plumtree was formed in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1993 and disbanded in 2000.

Lynette Gillis and Carla Gillis still play for the rock band Overnight and occasionally Bells Blanging. Catriona Sturton lives in Ottawa and teaches harmonica inbetween making blues music.

Amanda Bidnall went on to become an accomplished academic in history and is now a freelance editor.

Nina Martin went on to become a professor of Geography with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The song is most well known for inspiring the famous graphic novel series Scott Pilgrim (2004-2010) by also fellow Canadian Bryan Lee O'Malley. The Scott Pilgrim franchise would end up taking up much more cultural real estate than the band or song itself.

Ben Caplan is a folk musician from Halifax, Nova Scotia (but born & raised in Hamilton, Ontario). His music seeks to redine what folk music can sound like in the modern world. He has won numerous awards for his music, and has been touring Canada and parts of the world since 2006.

From Elisapie's Inuktitut (2023) Album which was a nominee for the 2025 JUNO Album of the Year award. The album features Inukitut language covers of various classic songs that Elisapie described as having significant personal memory related to. She viewed this project as an opportunity for building bridges between Inuit and non-inuit cultures.

This song in particular is a cover of the famous (and my personal favourite) Leonard Cohen Song Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye (1967).

Leonard Cohen needs no introduction. Perhaps one of the greatest Canadian artists and an pillar of immense pride for the city of Montreal.

Dance me to the End of Love (1984) is one of my favourite less popular (but still insanely popular) Leonard Cohen songs.

Quotes are from the article. Written by Trevor Wilhelm of the Windsor Star, on the 29th of May, 2025.

"Ward 9 Coun. Kieran McKenzie is calling for a review of hiring and firing practices at city hall after the controversial recruitment of Mayor Drew Dilkens’ wife over hundreds of other applicants.

'The optics of this is one thing,' said McKenzie, who has been in touch with city staff on the issue.

'But there are also reasonable questions to be asked around to what extent did strong mayor powers have any impact on any of those processes, including the one that involved the mayor’s wife?'

A public outcry erupted this week, with concerns about potential nepotism, after Dilkens confirmed his wife has been hired for a newly created project manager job in the parks, recreation and facilities department.

McKenzie said he wants administration to create a report clarifying hiring policies and rules, if those rules were followed, and whether they’re still appropriate under the strong mayor framework.

He [Dilkens] said the new position was created during recent reorganization in the parks department, when the city 'got rid of some people, created some new jobs.'"

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Below are my personal opinions.

Wild. Is she going to be leading the same parks department that insisted on purchasing several $100ks of American made park furnishing without even consulting for locally sourced options/pricing? It sounds like they never even gave serious consideration to the other 230 or so applicants.

Even if she truly was hired without any influence by the Mayor (which I think is impossible to NOT influence the hiring decision), this should absolutely be investigated. I think this reeks of corruption, we just need to figure out to what degree of severity.

Quoted from the article, written by Robert Lothian of CTV News.

"A judicial recount for the riding of Windsor-Tecumseh-Lakeshore confirmed that Conservative Kathy Borrelli has won the seat.

A representative for Elections Canada confirmed to CTV News late Thursday evening Borrelli beat former Liberal MP Irek Kusmierczyk by a margin of four votes.

This follows a judicial recount requested by Kusmierczyk."

Your vote always matter. Always vote. There must be 4 conservative voters who are really glad that they voted, and 4 liberal voters who are very upset they stayed home instead.

Quoted from the article, written by Taylor Campbell of the Windsor Star.

"The court heard that the American travelled from the U.S. to see a Belle River woman he’d been communicating with online. On Dec. 23, 2023, the pair fought over the contents of the woman’s cellphone, and Coulston-Hawkins choked her with his hands. Hours later, he followed her to downtown Windsor and struck her with a vehicle, resulting in “traumatic injuries” to the victim."

"The footage shows the woman running from a car in a lot on Ferry Street. The car then accelerates and veers towards her, hitting her and sending her limp body flying through the air and onto the ground."

"The woman, who was 21 at the time of the incident, woke up in a Windsor hospital with injuries that included broken teeth. She said she’s undergone two surgeries so far, including a bone graft, and has one more surgery to go.

She told the court she’s been diagnosed with post-concussion syndrome, post-traumatic cognitive impairment, and post-traumatic migraines, and has been unable to work or attend school as a result."

The defence is seeking a prison sentence of two to three years.

“'He acknowledged that he made a very brief, momentary bad decision,' defence lawyer Evan Weber told the Star outside court."

"'The fact is, he wants to move on with his life as well. But of course, he wants to take responsibility for his really bad judgment back on that day.'"

Attempting to murder someone in a foreign country? Good way to ruin your life. Absolutely despicable that this woman is now going to be suffering with these injuries for possibly the rest of her life. I wish her all the best moving on with her life and for the full brunt of the law to fall on him. Don't go into other peoples countries and run over their citizens.

Quoted from the article, written by Julie Kotsis of the Windsor Star.

"Windsor pianist Mike Karloff will lead a 100th anniversary celebration of Canadian jazz great Oscar Peterson on Sunday, May 25, at Mackenzie Hall.

The Windsor Jazz Concert Series performance will feature jazz standards from Peterson, who was born in 1925 and died in 2007.

Playing along with Karloff will be Michigan musicians Paul Keller on bass, Randy Napoleon on guitar and Pete Siers on drums. Article content

The quartet will perform originals from Peterson’s Canadiana Suite, his classic Hymn to Freedom and arrangements of his riffs with guitar legends Herb Ellis and Joe Pass.

Sunday’s performance begins at 2:30 p.m. at Mackenzie Hall, 3277 Sandwich St. "

Big fan of jazz music and of Oscar Peterson's work in particular. I highly recommend you give some of his music a listen. Ain't nothing better to have playing while taking a bath or reading a good book.

The Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie were a Albertan band active from 1987-2005 and feature comedy songs parodying historical events and Canadian culture in general. One of the most famous songs is "The Toronto Song", in which their Albertan roots show through in a playful banter about the rest of the country (particularly Toronto though).