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Thulin exhibits in Toronto
The Toronto Estonian House and Tartu College will host the first Toronto exhibition of Swedish artist Karl Gustav Thulin.
 
Canada's second class citizens (3)
Naturalized Canadians can be deported, without trial, by Cabinet mandate, in camera, without appeal for wrongs not even proved, just by allegation, ...
 
Ask Congress to include Baltics in Visa Waiver Program (3)
WASHINGTON, DC (JBANC) — The citizens of twenty-two European countries enjoy visa-free travel privileges to the United States. Notable exceptions ...
 
Chipmunk DHC-1, Wings and Wheels
A 60th birthday party for a small Toronto designed and built basic military trainer, the DeHavilland Chipmunk DHC-1, will be held by the Toronto ...
 
Arbeit macht frei - (II) (10)
(A translated synopsis of a recent article by Eerik Niiles Kross)

On the eve of February 24th, 1989 (Independence Day of the Estonian Republic ...
 
The White Book: A summary with observations (4)
By October 1944, 15, 000 Estonian men had been concentrated in Germany in the Neuhammer training camp, and the 20th Estonian SS-Division was formed. ...
 
“Names in marble” in Toronto
The European Film Festival has included the epic film from Estonia “Names in marble" (Nimed marmortahvlil) in this year's programme. ...
 
Canadian inquiry into body parts harvesting
Former Liberal Secretary of State (Asia Pacific) David Kilgour and human rights lawyer David Matas have launched a four to six week investigation ...
 
Estonians in North America Music Fund
We are all familiar with the assertion that Estonians are an artistically inclined group of people. Who of us does not feel a surge of pride when ...
 
Nagu siga ja kägu (5)

If two things make an unusual pair, Estonians say that they are nagu siga ja kägu ­– like a pig and a cuckoo bird. For instance, this ...
 
Arbeit macht frei
Eerik Niiles Kross on an engrossing and endless debate

(A translated synopsis of a recent article by Kross)

The public debate in Germany on ...
 
Kalev baseball
 
Avoiding Maginot line thinking about Estonian energy security
TALLINN —  When Russian President Vladimir Putin and then German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder announced plans to build a gas pipeline bypassing ...
 
The White Book: A summary with observations (3)
After the death of Stalin, the repression decreased somewhat, and in 1955 the so-called “period of thaw” began. Political prisoners were set ...
 
Estonian Orthodox Church ordination (41)
On April 8th an Estonian Orthodox Church ordination ceremony for Toronto's new Priest, Johannes Järvalt, was held in Vancouver, a ceremony last ...
 
A humane request for a lady in need (2)
When phoning Toronto City Councillor Jane Pitfield, her constituency office manager Vanessa Rose asked to speak of a personal matter. "My ...
 
You can play an influential part in the Estonian Central Council elections in Canada
Every four years, Canadians of Estonian heritage elect a national organization – the Estonian Central Council in Canada. The Council, established ...
 
The White Book: A summary with observations (2) (6)
On Aug. 6th, 1940, the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union “legalized” this annexation of Estonia by the Soviet Union. Now in power, the puppet ...
 
Bird Droppings from Estonia
We are pleased to introduce a new contributor to our pages - Hilary Bird. The following excerpts, in her own words, are from the very first Bird ...
 
Darkness before dawn
n the pursuit of literacy in Estonia during Swedish rule (beginning in 1645) the challenge was to take our oral language and put it into a written ...
 
Liberal leadership race, phase III (2)
The number of the Liberal leadership contenders has grown to eight, with another two expected to join as well and that is with one who has already ...
 
Unions hope to use KGB veterans to organize Russian firms
VIENNA – Trade union leaders in Volgograd plan to use retired KGB and FSB officers to seek work in non-unionized firms in order to gather ...
 
Occupation costs must be recovered from Russia (3)
STOCKHOLM (EE) - After Estonia was illegally yet without much international response annexed into the Soviet Union all foreign diplomats who were ...
 
Russians urged to reflect on Soviet collaborationism with Nazis (34)
VIENNA – As Russians prepare to mark the 61st anniversary of the Soviet victory in what they call the Great Fatherland War, a Moscow scholar has ...
 
The White Book: A summary with observations
The Estonian State Commission on Examination of the Policies of Repression. The White Book— losses inflicted on the Estonian nation by the ...
 
On May 16th tell Census Canada of your Estonian heritage (7)
The Estonian Central Council in Canada urges all, who feel ethnically so inclined, to acknowledge their Estonian heritage in the Canadian population ...
 
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