6 d. ago Mississauga man sings Canadian national anthem at Blue Jays’ spring training game – and he nails it!

You can’t make this up: A group of 15 Canadians recently bought tickets for the Blue Jays spring training game Friday in West Palm Beach against the Houston Astros when a most unusual question was asked by the sales representative on the phone. “Can you sing the Canadian national anthem at our game?” Linda Guertin […]

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6 d. ago SIMMONS: Mississauga man sings Canadian national anthem at Blue Jays’ spring training game – and he nails it!

You can’t make this up: A group of 15 Canadians recently bought tickets for the Blue Jays spring training game Friday in West Palm Beach against the Houston Astros when a most unusual question was asked by the sales representative on the phone. “Can you sing the Canadian national anthem at our game?” Linda Guertin […]

Society

2 w. ago Colby Cosh: Yes, you should boo the American national anthem

Americans need to hear our displeasure directly, if only to be convinced that our governments are acting with our approval

Society

2 w. ago Trudeau, Carney defend Canadians who boo American anthem as Joly says ‘we’re angry’

Poilievre said the focus should be on 'cheering on Canadians.' Meanwhile, Ford recently said, 'Boo the referee. Boo the players if you want. Do not boo the American national anthem'

Politics

2 w. ago ‘Don’t take it out on the American people’: Ford joins calls not to boo U.S. anthem

A trade battle between Canada and the United States has been brewing since before President Donald Trump was sworn in with the threat of massive tariffs.

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2 w. ago WWE’s Pat McAfee calls Canada ‘terrible country’ after fans boo U.S. anthem

'Anytime I've ever heard somebody boo our national anthem my natural reaction is 'Let's fight,' Pat McAfee said after booing at a Toronto WWE event.

Sport

3 w. ago Colby Cosh: A CBC head tax — the next big Liberal idea that no one asked for

Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge would nearly double the broadcaster's federal funding under her proposed model

Economics

3 w. ago LEAFS NOTES: Scotiabank crowd gets into the boos for U.S. anthem

Scotiabank Arena was a little late flocking to the boo-bird nest, but made itself heard when the Star-Spangled Banner started up Saturday’s 6-3 Toronto win. The Maple Leafs had not played at home since Jan. 29, before Donald Trump ratcheted up the trade war and his rhetoric about the 51st state. However, after the Bell […]

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4 w. ago Three to See Edmonton Events: Mother Mother, Paper Birch café launch and Taste of Africa at Arden

Mother Mother: Sister and brother Molly and Ryan Guldemond bring their high-energy electro-folk band from B.C. into a nice week of Canadiana Downtown arena shows where Our Lady Peace just stopped the show Thursday to sing the national anthem after Connor McDavid scored that sweet sudden-death goal. MM’s set list could include Verbatim, Burning Pile, […]

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4 w. ago Chantal Kreviazuk changes Canadian anthem lyric to protest Trump remarks

Publicist Adam Gonshor in an email to The Associated Press confirmed Chantal Kreviazuk changed the lyric from 'in all of us command' to 'that only us command.'

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4 w. ago ’O Canada’ booed in Boston as Kreviazuk alters anthem to protest Trump

Jeers rang out at the 4 Nations Face-Off final when Chantal Kreviazuk began the Canadian anthem, despite an announcement to show respect

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4 w. ago WARMINGTON: For once, perhaps, the booing of our national anthem was justified

There was booing of O Canada, but perhaps not for the reason Canadians thought. Even most Canadians who loath the idea of disrespecting a national anthem were surrendering to the notion that perhaps this time the booing was justified. At least of the singer. “That was the absolute worst butchering of the Canadian National Anthem […]

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