Meeting of the minds
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The Congress of Learned Societies annual meeting was held in St John's, Newfoundland. Around 5000 scholars from a wide diversity of fields attended the conference. They discussed esoteric topics in linguistics, music and the social sciences. Author E Annie Proulx gave a humorous talk.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1997
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Sad land of broken dreams
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There are almost 100,000 annual visitors to Grand Pre, which was a center of Arcadian life before the mass deportation of 1755 to 1763. The epic poem 'Evangeline' is responsible for much of the interest in Grand Pre.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1997
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