November 2011 Blog Posts (5)

Discovering Sibelius through the ears of an expert

Classical music specialist Rick Phillips presented a seminar on Sibelius focusing on his Violin concerto and the Tempest. Seminar was a third one Phillips has done for CFF.

Music writer, musical tour guide, concert host and former CBC classical radio host is accustomed lecturer on several composers. He tells that he has a specific interest and love for Sibelius…

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Added by Kanadan Sanomat on November 29, 2011 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Singer-songwriter Laura Repo goes back to her roots



“A three inch stack of photographs, think I should put ´em back, but I feel the old life creeping fast...”

Laura Repo´s new album is made of old photographs and ambient memories.

According to well known torontonian bluegrass and country singer Laura Repo that music genre is doing well in Toronto. She is thankful for the support for the scene and also for the…

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Added by Kanadan Sanomat on November 22, 2011 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Olympic medalist is coaching in the Florida sun now

Rough looking Osmo “Osku” Kanerva is one of the icons of the Finnish community in Florida. Despite not necessarily famous for the public, Kanerva is one of the biggest names in Finnish boxing. Olympic bronze from Tokio and a long international career without knock-out defeats tell their own story of the success.

Kanerva´s career as an athlete, after a brief…

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Added by Kanadan Sanomat on November 15, 2011 at 4:05pm — No Comments

Books show Finland through the eyes of two Canadians





Canadians Michael Child and André Noël Chaker have both recently published a book where they present Finland as they see it. The first through the eyes of a teacher and a family man, the other as a business man looking for success.



Michael Child is a Canadian who has lived in Finland since 1998 with his wife who has Finnish roots. They came to the…

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Added by Kanadan Sanomat on November 8, 2011 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Splatter gone bad





Self-taught film director Teemu Nikki faced his abashment and turned

his ruined effort of making a big time movie into an enlightening

document.



– I grew up in the countryside, basically in the forest, and there was

not that much to do. When my family got a VCR player my life got a new

direction. I would spend my days watching movies… Continue

Added by Kanadan Sanomat on November 6, 2011 at 11:08am — No Comments

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FinnGoods Introduction 1 Reply

With so many new followers here on Social Media, we would love to (re)introduce ourselves!FinnGoods is a family operated small business (est. 2012) located in Langley BC, Canada. We were both born…Continue

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Hi everyone! Is there possibly any occupational therapists here who work in Canada? Or do you know one? I'm an occupational therapy student looking for a work practise place from Canada.

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Genealogy going on with me. I'm looking for information about a person: Name: Jenny Ojalehto Luonua. b.10 Jun 1903. Pennsylvania. Parents: Herman Luonua and Maria Rapinoja Luonua.Continue

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