THE FACE ON THE TEN DOLLAR BILL
The Winter Olympics arrived in Vancouver with fanfare and celebration as well as an influx of international tourists. As I was standing in a check-out line the couple a few places ahead of me, who were quite obviously tourists, were examining Canadian money. One asked the other, “Who’s this old guy on the ten dollar bill?” “I don’t know,” was the reply. “Some old politician I guess. He must have done something important to be on the money.”
It’s Burns Season and many of will attend celebrations and listen intently to the Toast to the Immortal Memory. Speakers will praise Burns for words, wit and wisdom yet few will remark upon his remarkable connection to our nation. For there is one poem, The Address of Beelzebub, that ties Burns to Canada, to our formation and history.
The Sons of Scotland are pleased to announce that the Governor General becomes patron of the Ottawa Pipe Band...