Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Brad Wheeler
Publication Date: August 19, 2025 - 17:00
Dulcimer player Rick Scott helped establish B.C.’s folk scene
August 19, 2025
As a boy, Rick Scott was taken by his father to the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway in 1954 to see the original production of Peter Pan, with Mary Martin in the lead role.
Sitting first row in the balcony, the wide-eyed child witnessed Ms. Martin floating toward him on a harness, staring at him as she sang, “Look at me way up high, suddenly here am I, I’m flying, I’m flying.”
It has been 100 days since Prime Minister Mark Carney named a new cabinet for what he called a generational challenge. His election campaign was built on the sense of a country in crisis, under threat from a U.S. president intent on levying punishing tariffs on Canada and undermining its sovereignty – and he promised speedy solutions to daunting problems.There was an initial whirlwind of activity: a stunted session of Parliament, a boost to military spending, Team Canada first-ministers’ meetings, a G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alta., and Mr. Carney’s travels to a pair of summits abroad.
August 22, 2025 - 13:57 | Globe Staff | The Globe and Mail
The next time humans fly to the moon, there will be a Canadian among the crew. Astronaut Jeremy Hansen has been chosen to fly on the Artemis II mission, slated for liftoff as early as next April.
But today, NASA announced the possible addition of another Canadian on the flight. Sort of. The space agency ran a contest this year called the
NASA Artemis II ZGI Design Challenge...
August 22, 2025 - 13:46 | Chris Knight | National Post
Canada has signed onto a multi-country statement that demands Israel stop banning foreign journalists from entering Gaza and that local journalists be protected in the Palestinian territories.Canada co-founded the Media Freedom Coalition in 2020 and has signed dozens of statements on issues in Hong Kong, Sudan and previously the West Bank.
August 22, 2025 - 13:04 | Dylan Robertson | The Globe and Mail
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