Contrarian reader PC responds to our annoyance at our future king's mispronunciation of the name of Canada's 10th province: I am more troubled by the many Canadians west of the Atlantic Provinces who use the same mispronunciation, including Carol Off on As It Happens just a few nights ago.  How can someone who works for the CBC, where every national program announcement finishes with "half an hour later in ...

08 November, 2009

As the final chord of "Paint it Black," opening number in the Rolling Stones' 2006 Halifax Commons concert, faded into the distance, Mick Jagger thanked the crowd for coming out despite foul weather. "We hear there's even a group that came all the way from Newfoundland," he said. The remarkable thing is that Jagger, the consummate professional, took the trouble to pronounce the name of Canada's 10th province correctly. So after 60 years as heir to the throne, is it too much to ask the presumed future King of Canada to show the same care and respect? [Update] Contrarian readers have leapt to...

03 November, 2009