Robert Lemay, Sudbury composer Update: Jan. 17, 2014 Contemporary and experimental music ensemble from New Brunswick in Sudbury for a performance. The Motion Trio will present the next concert in the 5-Penny New Music Concerts. The concert is on Saturday, Jan. 25, at St. Peter’s United Church at 8 pm. General admission is [...]
Thailand
Christmas by number
Christmas… by the numbers Information from Statistics Canada Shopping in December $36.8 billion – The amount of money Canadian shoppers spent in December 2005, up 6.6% from December 2004. $845 – The average amount each Canadian consumer spent in December 2005. This was almost $250 more than was spent on average during any other [...]
On the Thai/Burma border
Seated on the balcony outside one of the 13 cabins at the Mae Sai Guest House, a winter-weary Canadian can observe both sides of the Thai-Burmese border. The Mai Sai River, barely larger than Lily Creek in the spring, separates Mae Sai, Thailand’s most northerly city, from its Burmese twin, Tachilek. (Few apart from its [...]
Historical hot spot welcomes tourists
UPDATE: Watch for Graeme Mount’s travel story about Thailand and Burma in the Fall 2011 issue. It will be available at newsstands Sept. 15. Cambodia has recently rejoined the tourist circuit after an absence of 25 years. On April 17, 1975, forces of the Khmer Rouge (Cambodian Communist extremists) seized control of the capital city, [...]
A Tale of Two Cities
The times were the months of March and April this year, when my wife and I had the good fortune of experiencing two exotic cities of the Southeast Asia region.Fall 2008The times were the months of March and April this year, when my wife and I had the good fortune of experiencing two exotic cities [...]
Dreaming about travelling around the world?
This article appeared in the very first issue of Sudbury Living. [...]
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