Canada Soup

Brighten up your Friday with Canada Soup, a weekly news roundup on Canadian history, identity, and fun and bizarre developments around the country. Find a news story that’s perfect for Canada Soup? Email the link to dchoy@historica-dominion.ca

Canada Soup: Molson Makes Us Ask, Who Are We?

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This week, de Havilland’s Mosquito buzzes once more, Molson makes us question our national identity, and we consider whether Leonard Cohen looks good as Al Pacino.

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Canada Soup: Lobsters, Child Prodigies & the Underground Railroad

The American lobster is the only species in Canadian waters and is one of Canada's most valuable crustacean resources (artwork by Kendall Morris).

This week, discover the pint-sized piano prodigy from B.C., the underground railroad on the Pacific frontier and some rare photos of Louis Riel.

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Canada Soup: Stompin’ Tom, Colouring Books & Mountains of Sand

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This week we say goodbye to a folk hero, discover a feast of historical sand sculptures, and chuckle over a charmingly politically-loaded colouring book. It’s Canada Soup!

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Canada Soup: Space Jams, A-Frames and Black History Month

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This week brings us a song from space, a new commemorative stamp, confirmation that King Richard III was buried beneath a parking lot, celebrations for Black History Month and much more!

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Canada Soup: A Penniless Canada

Penny Phaseout (Image by Davina Choy, 2013).

With the end of the penny, this week’s Canada Soup bids farewell with a roundup of news and opinion on the diminutive, soon-to-be-extinct one-cent piece.

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Canada Soup: Awards, QR Codes & the Price of History

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This week, the Grammys and the Oscars give nods to Canadian achievements, light returns to Inuvik, N.W.T., and the federal government gives the gift of more Heritage Minutes!

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Canada Soup: “A Land of Mounties and Maple Syrup”

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Enjoy a tasty morsel of Canadian news stories from around the web, curated for your reading enjoyment. It’s Canada Soup!

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Canada Soup: Minutes, Saints and a Passing

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In this week’s Canadian news roundup, a beloved politician passes, a minute launches, and Lily of the Mohawks gets canonized in Rome. It’s Canada Soup!

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Canada Soup: Snoop on the Royals

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This week’s news roundup: Queen Victoria’s journals available to the masses, a primer on the War of 1812, and the Calgary Stampede turns 100!

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Canada Soup: The Tip of the Iceberg

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In this week’s news, Paul Martin says we need more Canadian history, the Supreme Court rules that colonial history matters, and Canada Post debuts new Titanic stamps!

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Canada Soup: A Revolutionary Passes

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This week, the original CanCon revolutionary passes away, the legendary Bluenose gets a remake, and our colleagues at HDI pen a wonderful editorial on the War of 1812!

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Canada Soup: Joe Fortes, the Queen and the Primacy of Soccer

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This week, take a stroll down memory lane with the Queen, census data is released, the Canada Reads winner is announced, and hockey is compared to a comic book.

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Canada Soup: Spies, Swagger and Cohen

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This week a music icon debuts a much-anticipated single, a Canadian athlete of enormous talents passes away, and we may have spies among us!

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Canada Soup: “A Delicious Gallimaufry”

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This week, we celebrated Sir John A.’s birthday, The Walrus launched a new TV series, Canadian publishing giant McClelland & Stewart was taken over, and Dave Broadfoot wisecracks about history.

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Canada Soup: History Isn’t Entirely Dead

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This week: Americans are urged to abandon their presidential candidates for “Canadacy,” John Diefenbaker might be a father, and survey says Canadians are unaware of their own history – mostly.

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