Month: December 2024

Several climbing-related items which police believe belonged to the trio found, as bad weather will likely delay search efforts until Thursday

Rescue teams looking for three climbers who went missing on New Zealand’s highest mountain have expressed “grave concerns” over the party’s welfare in the rugged terrain, as bad weather hampers search efforts for the second day in a row.

US nationals Kurt Blair, 56, and Carlos Romero, 50, and a Canadian man flew by helicopter on Saturday to a camp on Aoraki Mount Cook with plans to summit the 3,724 metre (12,218 ft) mountain. Continue reading…
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West Block, one of three buildings forming Parliamentary Precinct in Ottawa, was recently illuminated by Lightemotion.

The post Ottawa’s heritage building brought to life with lighting project appeared first on Construction Canada.
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ICYMI: As good on toast as it is stirred through pasta * The 20 best easy Christmas party recipes – in full This little crostino packs a good flavour punch. The peppery rocket and earthy walnuts make a far more robust combination than basil and pine nuts, the more traditional ingredients in pesto. The sauce is […]
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Canadian government scrambles to ward off tariffs as prime minister briefs politicians on meeting with Trump

Canada’s federal government has redoubled its efforts to ward off potentially disastrous tariffs from its closest ally, but provincial leaders have hinted at divergent strategies in response to the protectionist threat from president-elect Donald Trump.

Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, convened a rare, in-person meeting with his political rivals on Tuesday to brief them on a surprise meeting with Trump at his Florida resort over the weekend. Continue reading…
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ICYMI: Debut director Harley Chamandy shows promise with a skilfully constructed portrait of a former music producer searching for simplicity and solace

Shot when director Harley Chamandy was 22, making him the youngest recipient of the Munich film festival’s Werner Herzog award for “special achievement in innovation, courage and vision”, this short Canadian drama digs into the peaceable Kaspar Hauser rather than the megalomaniac Aguirre end of the Herzog spectrum. Starring Vincent Leclerc as the eponymous former music producer taking refuge in a lakeside house, it has a disarming simplicity and aura of benevolence.

Allen Sunshine is a man who seems to have successfully decluttered his life. Accompanied by his great dane, Sully, he spends his time recording nature sounds in the surrounding woods and tweaking his electronica music indoors. He is, though, in recovery from trauma; an unannounced visit from his brother prises open his past in the music industry. And when he meets a couple of local kids called Dustin (Miles Phoenix Foley) and Kevin (Liam Quiring-Nkindi), they already know he was the husband and svengali of big-time singer Eloise Hayes. But she is nowhere to be seen. Continue reading…
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