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Tu Thanh Ha @tuthanhha.bsky.social · 16h

Bring a shirt of the Australian national rugby team. Les Wallabies.
Or the comic album Astérix et les Goths. In French visigoth is spelled with a W.

Tu Thanh Ha @tuthanhha.bsky.social · 1d

Not his fault. Project approved under the Liberals and there were fraud allegations, lawsuits.

What to know about the hospital redevelopment at the centre of the Bondfield fraud case

Tu Thanh Ha @tuthanhha.bsky.social · 1d

When major renovations at Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital were announced, it was supposed to turn the facility into “the premier critical care hospital in Canada.”

Instead, the project is now 7 years late and two key figures were convicted of fraud today. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

A former executive at Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital and the former president of Bondfield Construction were convicted of fraud related to the $300-million project

Two men convicted of fraud in connection with St. Michael’s Hospital redevelopment

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Tu Thanh Ha @tuthanhha.bsky.social · 1d

Two men convicted of fraud over allegations from the $300-million redevelopment of Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital.

My colleagues first uncovered the procurement issues of this project a decade ago. Investigative journalism is a long-term commitment.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Verdict marks the culmination of a process that began in 2015, when Bondfield was awarded the $300-million project

US spirits exports tumble as drinkers shun American brands, industry warns

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Patrick White @patwhite7000.bsky.social · 2d

RIP Dennis Trudeau, ex présentateur de CBC News Montréal

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 2d

New ceremonial robes vs old ceremonial robes. #SCC

2026 photo of the Supreme Court of Canada, where the new robes are black with red piping.

2025 photo of the Supreme Court of Canada, with the red velvet and ermine robes.

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Tu Thanh Ha @tuthanhha.bsky.social · 2d

"Canada saw the most dramatic fall, with U.S. spirits exports plummeting 85% ..."

Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

US spirits exports tumble as drinkers shun American brands, industry warns reut.rs/4h7o2Ft

Exports of U.S. spirits fell 9% in the second quarter, according to a report by the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States published on Monday, which warned that trade tensions were hitting demand in key markets.

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Tu Thanh Ha @tuthanhha.bsky.social · 3d

Victoria Wong

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiwS...

VICTORIA WONG – first round (19th Chopin Competition, Warsaw)

RYAN WANG – first round (19th Chopin Competition, Warsaw)

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Tu Thanh Ha @tuthanhha.bsky.social · 3d

Ryan Wang

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8obr...

KEVIN CHEN – first round (19th Chopin Competition, Warsaw)

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Tu Thanh Ha @tuthanhha.bsky.social · 3d

Kevin Chen. Debut with the Abbotsford Youth Orchestra at the age of 7.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZAp...

ATHENA DENG – first round (19th Chopin Competition, Warsaw)

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Tu Thanh Ha @tuthanhha.bsky.social · 3d

Athena Deng. Made her debut with the Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra at age 11.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq-e...

ERIC GUO – first round (19th Chopin Competition, Warsaw)

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Tu Thanh Ha @tuthanhha.bsky.social · 3d

Nocturnes, etudes, waltzes, ballades.

Some of the Canadians in the first round
of this year's Chopin competition in Warsaw.

Eric Guo. Born in Toronto, started piano at 4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFtY...

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Tu Thanh Ha @tuthanhha.bsky.social · 4d

Coiteux is in the news again because he's the new chair of the National Political Commission of the Quebec Liberals. He's known as a staunch federalist and a proponent of govt austerity. The Quebec Liberals are expected to be the main foe against the poll-leading PQ in next year's election.

Fearing permanent exile, displaced Palestinians struggle to rebuild their lives in Egypt

Tu Thanh Ha @tuthanhha.bsky.social · 4d

#GoogleFail.
Martin Coiteux was a Quebec treasury board president, not at the federal level.

A good reminder that you always have to check primary, reliable sources, not just accept the first answer that a machine spits out at you.

Google summary inaccurately describes former Quebec treasury board president Martin Coiteux as having held the same portfolio at the federal level.

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Tu Thanh Ha @tuthanhha.bsky.social · 4d

There are 9 million refugees, asylum seekers, economic migrants and evacuees, mostly from Sudan, Syria, Yemen and Libya, now in Egypt.
Among them between 100,000 and 200,000 Palestinians from Gaza since the war started.

Eric Robert Reguly @ereguly.bsky.social · 4d

A people without a home: My piece on the thousands of Palestinians from #Gaza trying to build a new life in #Egypt
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Separated from their homeland and unsure whether they will ever be able to return, tens of thousands of Palestinian refugees rely on each other

The Fryderyk Chopin Institute is the greatest Chopin centre in the world, which fully and comprehensively promotes, protects and popularizes the heritage of Fryderyk Chopin. The Institute is also the...

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Tu Thanh Ha @tuthanhha.bsky.social · 8d

In case you don't already know, I expect it will be streamed here. Videos from the past competitions are online there.
www.youtube.com/@chopininsti...

Chopin Institute

Five Canadian pianists taking part in elite piano competition in Warsaw

Tu Thanh Ha @tuthanhha.bsky.social · 8d

Chopin piano competition opens with 84 participants, including five Canadians hoping to find the same success as previous winner Bruce Liu from Montreal.

The Canadians are Kevin Chen, Athena Deng, Eric Guo, Ryan Wang and Victoria Wong.

www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

The Chopin competition, held every five years, is considered by many to be the piano Olympics

JOHN COLTRANE, WYNTON KELLY, PAUL CHAMBERS, JIMMY COBB, STAN GETZ, OSCAR PETERSON (JATP 8.27.60)

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Tu Thanh Ha @tuthanhha.bsky.social · 11d

Pretty amazing jazz lineup in Dusseldorf on Aug. 27, 1960.

John Coltrane, Stan Getz, Oscar Peterson

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G9m...

YouTube video by swingyoucats

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dwayneadd.bsky.social @dwayneadd.bsky.social · 11d

Much like the "Dutch angles" used in the filming, Harry Lime's circle of friends are a tad touch crooked.
#TheThirdMan
#TCMParty

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Tu Thanh Ha @tuthanhha.bsky.social · 11d

Read all these posts about an episode most of us probably only know from David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia.

World War I As It Happened (1918) @warhappened.bsky.social · 11d

Lawrence and the other British officers did not, in fact, order the execution of enemy prisoners. Still, rather than admitting they had lost control of their Arab troops, they claim responsibility for their unlawful executions of prisoners.

World War I As It Happened (1918) @warhappened.bsky.social · 11d

The Arab forces, outraged over the slaughter at Tafas, show no mercy to any enemy they catch up to outside of the village. 250 Ottoman and German prisoners are mowed down. After the fact, Lawrence reports: "We ordered 'no prisoners' and the men obeyed."

Tu Thanh Ha @tuthanhha.bsky.social · 11d

Seeing people eating together sitting on the floor reminded me of university days in Montreal, with fellow Vietnamese students sharing a meal sitting on the apartment floor, with newspapers spread out on the ground for tablecloth.
Helps that Asians don't wear their outside shoes inside their homes.

Tu Thanh Ha @tuthanhha.bsky.social · 11d

At 6:45 you see women cleaning and drying banana leaves and at 25:00 they use the leaves to make elaborate wraps for the cakes that go into a steamer.

NẤU ĐÁM ở xóm nhà sàn bí ẩn giữa rừng - Tết Miền Tây Việt Nam

Tu Thanh Ha @tuthanhha.bsky.social · 11d

The English subtitles are not auto-generated so accurate.
At 5:00 when they say he's a "western" person, it means he's from southwest Vietnam (Miền Tây) aka the Delta.
And at 9:55 the "lumpy skin cake" is Bánh da lợn, lit. pig skin cake, because it's chewy and has layers, but there's no pork.

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Tu Thanh Ha @tuthanhha.bsky.social · 11d

And now for something a bit different, a video about life in a part of Vietnam's Mekong delta, where people need a boat to get around because it's all canals, mangrove trees and houses on stilts.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR62...

YouTube video by Khoai Lang Thang