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ScheduleAnglopheniaWonderstruck Anglophenia British Icon of the Week: Sir David Attenborough, the Godfather of Nature DocumentariesBy Nick Levine | May 7, 2021 The great Sir David Attenborough turns 95 tomorrow (May 8), so were marking his milestone birthday by making him our British Icon of the Week. If you fancy celebrating his big day by watching some of his landmark nature documentaries such as Planet Earth and Blue Planet, BBC America is showing a whole host of them Saturday, plus a pro...

Zimbabwe Woman Defies Odds to Become Pilot 2 hours ago Share share MARYLAND —  A 35-year-old Zimbabwean woman, Precious Sibalo, who disliked mathematics, had insufficient money to purchase clothes for an interview, worked as a waitress, model, and air hostess, is now a champion of the skies, after obtaining an Airline Transport Pilots (ATP) license, the highest level of pilot certification. The Bulawayo native, whose grandparents originate from rural Plumtree in the country’s Matabeleland ...

Timmons talks this, that, tuther . . . By Tim Timmons, Publisher Like most of you, I was astounded watching the images last Wednesday from Washington, D.C. Like most of you, I never thought I’d see that sort of thing in these United States of America. And then came the aftermath. The questions. The deaths. The ugly rearing of impeachment again. The finger pointing. By Thursday, I had jotted down enough notes for 10 columns. By Saturday morning, both sides . . . check that, all sides, had tur...

by The Narwhal on Wednesday Dec 30 2020 Forester and ecologist Sybille Haeussler is searching for ways to save the whitebark pine, Western Canada’s only endangered tree, from extinction. Photo: Marty Clemens / The Narwhal A surprising thing happened at The Narwhal during the very-bad-not-at-all-good year of 2020: we wrote more good news and solutions-focused stories than ever before You don’t need me to tell you what the seven years of 2020 have been like.  But ...

  MONTREAL -- The Montreal literary community has lost a talent, as Joel Yanofsky has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 65 years old. His wife Cynthia Davis spoke of Yanofsky being a kind and pleasant person to be around.  "I am very grateful for the 23 years I was lucky enough to share with Joel," she said. "He was completely devoted and always kind to those of us blessed to be loved by him. I cannot imagine a better husband or father to our son. Joel made everything fun for ...

December 20, 2020 Dr Ajaz Anwar fondly remembers his school friends, chiefly Manzar Amin, for whom it was “more important to accept the challenge and give the opponent a tough time than to win” The sketch appeared in The Pakistan Times, on October 7, 1955. — Image: Supplied Normally, our activities at the Joan McDonald Junior Cambridge School were peaceful because of it being a co-educational institute. Children in such schools often behave better, say psychologists. Our sports instructor...