Posts Tagged ‘Fredericton’
Robbie Burns returns to New Brunswick
Great news out of New Brunswick. The Scots in those parts are set to unveil a gloriously refurbished Robbie Burns Statue on September 10. Guests will include J.K. and Jean Irving and the lieutenant-governor of the province. There will be a reception and a dinner. There will be singing and sundry pipe bands. Would you…
Read MoreRobbie Burns inspires righteous double-whammy
The Fredericton Daily Gleaner is all over this story. . . and quite rightly. City making ‘grievous mistake’ with statue Daily Gleaner Ken McGoogan of Toronto said he’s shocked the city is refusing to fund the restoration of the statue’s base along the banks of the St. John River near the … Funding refusal is…
Read MoreRobbie Burns mistreated in Fredericton
Open Letter from Ken McGoogan, author of How the Scots Invented Canada I was shocked to learn that the City of Fredericton is refusing to fund the restoration of its statue of Robbie Burns. I vividly remember that memorial from my sojourn in that city as writer-in-residence at the University of New Brunswick. I can’t…
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