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Tell us something about your background and your connection to Europe.  Do you ever visit to get ideas or to keep in touch? My parents, of mostly German origin, left Latvia before the communists went there, and were given land in Poland by Germany. I was born in 1942 on …

  For those who can’t “see” jpegs on their computers, this Open House event takes place on Tuesday, April 28th, at 4:30 pm at the Carnarvon School on 3400 Balaclava St. www.vwgs.org 1.  Meet the principal and learn about their program 2. Open class rooms 3.  Kaffee und Kuchen (by …

Written by Deutsche Welle Deutsche Welle will launch its new English TV channel on June 22. The news and information channel will officially go on air during DW’s annual media conference, Global Media Forum. The global competition of values plays out primarily in the English language, says DW Director General …

The German Canadian Business Association has changed in the last 52 years of its existence, yet one thing remains the same:  it is still there to allow entrepreneurs and business owners to network, to exchange ideas and give feedback and to allows its members to publicize their products and sell their …

“Winter Castle at Christmas!” We got the results back from Grouse for the Gingerbread Village competition and the German Winter Castle at Christmas created by the Metropolitan Hotel and sponsored by the German Canadian Business Association came in second place! Here is what our contact at Grouse wrote: It was …

Part II There is more than one way to skin a fish. So, when I needed a Sitemap according to the next item on my to-do list, I went to plugins and downloaded a “XML Sitemap Feed” to help Google know what pages to crawl. Then I realized that I …

About the concert tour: As an ambassador of its university, the UNICHOR (university choir) of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany, is undertaking a concert tour of Canada in the summer of 2014. The choir will perform in Vancouver, Victoria and several other locations with a cappella works of German-speaking composers …

Layout Basics This is what we were given.  In case it is too small, the red circle is where the Metis Tent will be.  To the right of the Metis is a small stage with some seats and on the other side is the Featured German Tent!  Next to the …

Please empty your Piggy Bank! Let’s say you are a family of 4 with children under the age of 12 Admission: $30 for mom and dad (or $15 each for any combination of adults) Food:  $32 for 4 juicy delicious Bratwursts; $32 for 4 pieces of Apfelstrudl Snacks:  Will it …

Public Schools have a problem, because they have essentially made a deal:  take Canadian’s tax dollars and they will offer every Canadian child who wants it an education. Private schools often have the right to refuse entry:  public schools have to take them all. So now what? You have quite …