And five bands who should have played Canada’s closing ceremonies

PHOTO by FRED VAN DIEM
ScrapArtsMusic—five Canadian drummers who play over 140 instruments sculpted out of discarded industrial junk—arrive in Long Beach this weekend on the heels of their performance at the closing ceremonies of the Vancouver winter Olympics. Also onstage at that show? Avril Lavigne, Nickelback [...]

The view from the north
Following the U.S.’s recent pro-kidnapping embarrassment in a British court, comes a fresh embarrassment in a Canadian court. From ABC’s The Blotter we learn:
Because of the U.S. government’s policies on torture and refugees, Canada can no longer turn away refugees coming from the United States, a Canadian judge has ruled.