Culture

The Honorable Jonathan Wilkinson, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, has announced the designation of the Cape George Lighthouse in Nova Scotia and the Annandale Rear Range Lighthouse in Prince Edward Island as heritage lighthouses under Canada’s Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act. The Cape George Lighthouse, located at St. Peter’s in Nova Scotia, is ...

In October, Canadians celebrate German Heritage Month and the nine-day Oktoberfest period, beginning the Friday before Thanksgiving. In Canada, the biggest Oktoberfest festival is celebrated in Kitchener Waterloo, Ontario. There are more than 3 million Canadians of German origin, which makes this one of the country’s largest cultural communities. German Canadians have played, and continue to play, a vital role ...

The Heritage Park Society has appointed Mr. Lindsey Galloway as its new President and Chief Executive Officer of the Heritage Park Historical Village in Calgary, Alberta. Mr. Galloway is a former journalist. After working at Calgary Zoo for 7 years, he has led Edmonton Valley Zoo for the past 18 months, where he served as the company’s Senior Director of ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra (RSK) located near Raj Ghat, Delhi on Saturday (August 8). It will be an interactive experience centre on the Swachh Bharat Mission. The Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra (RSK) is a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi and it was first announced by the prime minister on April 10, 2017, on the occasion of ...

Ahead of the ground-breaking ceremony of the foundation stone-laying of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on Wednesday, the temple trust, Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra on Tuesday shared images of the proposed model of the grand temple. In a Twitter post, the Trust described the temple as “a unique example of Indian architecture”. Chandrakant Sompura, the architect of the grand temple, ...

The conservation and improvement work that started with the centenary celebrations of the Jallianwala Bagh (जलियांवाला बाग) massacre of 13 April 1919 is almost complete. The Jallianwala Bagh complex is being restored into a magnificent memorial by the Union Cultural Ministry at an estimated expense of 20 crore rupees. The complex which was closed for the general public for about ...

Within hours of the offer from Pakistan foreign office, sources here pointed out that the Indian side will decide on the re-opening of Kartarpur Corridor after consulting health authorities and other stakeholders. Cross-border travel continues to be temporarily suspended as part of measures to prevent and contain the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic. The Corridor was temporarily closed on March ...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be speaking at Global Pride 2020 Event on June 27. Global Pride will be streamed on its website and via YouTube, with more streaming partners being added. Trudeau is known for being the first sitting Canadian Prime Minister to march in a Pride Parade and raised the Pride Flag on Parliament Hill for the first ...

To celebrate International Day of Yoga in Canada this year, the High Commission of India in Ottawa, in partnership with Consulate General of India in Vancouver and Consulate General of India in Toronto with support of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations and Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India has planned series of virtual yoga sessions. The theme being “Yoga ...

The Brazilian cowboy, Filipe Masetti Leite will be the honorary Calgary Stampede Parade Marshal for 2020 as per official press release by Calgary Stampede President Dana Peers. “The choice of Masetti Leite for the role of parade marshal has been many years in the making and was finalized long before our world changed this spring,” said Dana Peers. The Stampede ...