Canada

Lights shines bright
By Chris Ballard
January 29, 2012 - 8:33am
Review: Canadian pop star Lights mesmerizes a giddy crowd at the Lost Horizon Saturday night.

Lights fans aren’t your typical mild-mannered concertgoers.

The Canadian pop star's fans shouted impulsive marriage proposals, exclamations of jealousy and showed excessive giddiness at the Lost Horizon during her set Saturday night.

E-mail Exchange Suggests Potential Pipeline Bias
By Micki Fahner
October 4, 2011 - 9:39am
Messages show a friendly relationship between a Washington lobbyist and an employee of the State Department

The State Department released a series of e-mails Monday that show a friendly relationship between a TransCanada lobbyist and an employee of the State Department working in Ottawa, according to The Washington Post.

Great Big Sea draw a wave of diehards
By Leah Rankin
September 22, 2010 - 2:25pm
The folk-rock stand-bys ranted and roared to an adoring crowd at yesterday's Westcott Theater performance.

Let’s get something out in the open right now: the accordion is sexy.  I thought so before last night’s performance of Canada’s Great Big Sea, and now I’m ready to challenge anyone who tells me otherwise.  It’s the one instrument that rock bands avoid, and the one instrument that can get people on the dance floor without any persuading.

Effective today, CENTRO will cut services
By Jordan Harrison
March 1, 2010 - 10:24am
Plus, Seaworld trainer is put to rest and the legacy of Crosby continues to grow.

According to the Syracuse Post-Standard, CENTRO will today nix at least two routes and cut down on other routes across the city.

A Very Snowy Syracuse
By Erika Wachter
February 26, 2010 - 10:26am
Plus,Two Canadian Teachers Perform Lap Dance and Students Move Into the Dome.

The winter storm that hit Central New York yesterday left massive amounts of snow, another day off from school and some without power.

According to the National Weather Service, by 10:30pm Thursday, Syracuse accumulated 14.4 inches.The storm continued through Friday morning and unofficial estimates reported 22.4 inches at 7 a.m. for Syracuse suburbs.

Artist to Watch: Parlovr
By Trevor Jett Wells
October 12, 2009 - 12:31pm
Canada is quickly becoming the next great country for hot music, like Sweden has proven over the years, and Parlovr is Canada's latest contender.

With gust-busting drumming, seismic crashing hooks and addictive melodies, Parlovr is my latest Canadian crush.

So many great bands are bursting out of Canada now and have been for years, like Tokyo Police Club, Crystal Castles and Metric, just to name a few. It's also no wonder Parlovr sounds a lot like the next coming of Canada-great, Arcade Fire...

Piping 101
By Matthew Ehalt
April 27, 2009 - 9:43pm
Syracuse University senior Eric Ouellette is an active member of the Oran Mor Pipe Band, teaching aspiring players in his free time and aspiring to be a member of the best pipe band in the world.

Nearly every Sunday, Syracuse University senior Eric Ouellette makes the familiar trip to Albany. Since 2005, the biomedical engineering major has been trekking over two hours to New York’s capital for practice. Except, this isn’t your average activity. Ouellette’s honing his skills as a bagpipe player.