"We ve been celebrating Journée nationale des Patriotes for 20 years, but it s been more than 185 years since the Patriotes fought for us," said the head of the Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Montréal.
You may have caught clips of the elaborate ritual over the weekend in which a man in robes got a funny new hat, signifying his symbolic control over a big chunk of the Earth's surface. The coronation of King Charles III has ruffled feathers, both in the pastel fascinators placed delicately on the têtes of ladies in attendance at Westminster Abbey and politically abroad.