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In February 1978, a conference was held at the University of Calgary’s MacEwan Hall Ballroom that brought together a who’s who of CanLit luminaries.
It was called The Conference of the Canadian Novel. Mordecai Richler was there. So were Margaret Laurence and Gabrielle Roy. Poet Earle Birney showed up. Novelists Brian Moore and W.O. Mitchell were on hand, as was legendary publisher Jack McClelland.
Loukes leads Lumberjack boys to D4 championship, Patriots take second
Lin-Wood senior wins slalom and giant slalom titles
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The Lin-Wood alpine boys captured the Division IV championship last Monday at Crotched Mountain. (Photo by Joshua Spaulding) (
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February 17, 2021BENNINGTON While one of the southernmost mountains in New Hampshire played host to the Division IV boys alpine ski championships on Monday, Feb. 8, it was the northern teams that controlled the action.
The Lin-Wood boys dominated the field, led by wins from Charles Loukes in both the giant slalom and slalom, to claim the Division IV championship, with Profile finishing as the runners-up. The Patriots edged third place Sunapee by three points, with host Derryfield just three points behind that. Littleton finished in sixth place and Woodsville finished in seventh place.
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Yes. @OttawaHealth will be holding a COVID-19 rapid testing clinic this weekend in @barrhaven for any student, staff and parents who attend school in Barrhaven. Feb. 13-15 at Ecole Sec. Catholic Pierre Savard @BarrhavenEastCA@ottawacity Carol Anne Meehan (@MeehanCarolAnne) February 9, 2021
Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce promised a province-wide program of testing asymptomatic people connected with schools, saying it’s a key initiative to make them safer as students return to in-person classes.
When it’s fully rolled out, 50,000 tests could be conducted at schools each week, with about half of them rapid tests, Lecce has said.
Some epidemiologists and doctors as well as education unions have called on the government to introduce more widespread and regular asymptomatic testing for school staff and the estimated 1.5 million students attending classes in person to help contain the spread of COVID-19 as more contagious variants of the virus take hold.
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