Pot Advertising, Leonard Cohen and Chimps: The Canada Letter
Read: Ready or Not, Recreational Marijuana Use Is Coming to Canada Andrea Kannapell, an editor at The Times, made the pilgrimage from New York to Montreal for the tribute concert for one the city’s best known native sons, the musician
and poet Leonard Cohen, who died a year ago this month.
In a news release, the group said that marijuana ads are "vital for the legal industry to have the tools necessary to push back against Canada’s thriving illegal market, while at the same time educating adult consumers about various product strains, responsible use,
and how to differentiate between high and low quality cannabis product." Most of the medical community and experts on drug abuse oppose widespread pot advertising.
In an appreciation, Tyler Kepner, who interviewed Halladay for a book about pitching this spring, wrote
that his "legacy, to me, is powerful and instructive in any field: The purity of the effort matters most." A native of Windsor, Ontario, Ian Austen was educated in Toronto, lives in Ottawa and has reported about Canada for The New York Times for over a decade.
Read: Sensations of Sound: On Deafness and Music Watch: 360 Video: Sensations of Sound Two filmmakers from Vancouver, British Columbia,
have gained access to what is perhaps the most mysterious hockey venue in the world: the Pyongyang Ice Rink in North Korea.
As a fellow tour-taker, Ute Egle from central Germany, told me later, "If church would be like this, I would go more often." Here’s a review
and a few clips from the tribute concert, which will be televised by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in January, featuring Sting, k.d.