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Gus Logie Appointed Canada Cricket Team Coach
Former Bermuda National Cricket Coach Gus Logie has been appointed the new head coach of Canada’s Men’s national team. This will be Logie’s second tenure with Cricket Canada having previously coached the national team during the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup in South Africa. Since his Bermuda departure, Mr Logie has served as a coach in Jamaica. On... Read more of this article
DeSilva Speaks At Niagara College Graduation
On Friday June 22nd the Minister of Health Zane DeSilva attended the Niagara College Convocation in Ontario, Canada where he delivered the convocation address. During the ceremony Minister DeSilva was awarded an Honorary Degree in International Commerce and Global Development in recognition of his “strong leadership and many accomplishments.” Graduating... Read more of this article
Local Entertainers Perform In Canada
Two local entertainers have spread their wings in Toronto for two weeks. Jason Clarke [pictured], who is known as Kombat in the hip hop scene, arrived in Toronto on Friday [May 11] with Maurico “Mariore” Atkins and performed that night at a club in the city. The two artists, signed with Spotlight Talent Agency, will spend quality time at the Rehearsal... Read more of this article
New Foster Play To Have Bermuda Premiere
Award-winning Canadian playwright Norm Foster– a regular fixture on Bermuda’s theatrical scene in recent years — is back to the island with a brand new play which will have its premiere at the Bermuda Musical & Dramatic Society’s Daylesford Theatre. This professional production of “On A First Name Basis” will... Read more of this article
Bermudian Puppeteer’s Major London Show
Well, shiver me timbers … acclaimed Bermudian writer/performer Alexander Winfield’s creations and short plays will be featured in London’s experimental “Pirate Puppet Cabaret” in London next week [Apr. 12] Former West End resident Alexander Winfield is an internationally experienced writer, film director, performer and... Read more of this article
Cricket: Canada Defeat Bermuda In UAE
The Bermuda National Cricket team lost their fourth consecutive game in the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier today [Mar.16], with Canada winning by 72 runs. For the fourth game in a row, David Hemp won the toss at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in the United Arab Emirates. Hemp sent fellow Americas Region opponents Canada to bat, Canada had an... Read more of this article
Basking Shark Tracked To Bermuda
New Brunswick researchers are tracking Canada’s largest fish from the Bay of Fundy to the seas around Bermuda and Cuba, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reports today [Mar. 5] The basking shark can range in size from 22 to 39 feet, making them the largest fish in Canada. However, little is known about the giant fish. The basking sharks are also... Read more of this article
Lawyer Disbarred For Bermuda Fraud
A disgraced Canadian lawyer who was convicted of fraud in Bermuda has been disbarred by the Law Society of Upper Canada. “Canadian Lawyer” magazine reports this week [Feb.29] that a jury found Robert Martyn guilty of conspiring to fraudulently obtain Bermudian status. Doctored birth and marriage certificates falsely tracing the family’s... Read more of this article
CIBC Role At Butterfield Queried
A Bermuda-based investment group has raised concerns about the corporate role played by the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce [CIBC] role in the ongoing restructuring of Bermuda’s Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son. Ltd. Dark Knight Strategies, which leads a group that has a major shareholding in the bank, made its concerns public in Canada’s... Read more of this article
Brookfield Reports Jump In Revenue
Bermuda’s Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners L.P. today [Feb.13] reported an increase in both revenue and funds from operations for the year ended Demember 31 compared with 2010. Backed by Canadian interests, Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners L.P. is a Bermuda-based limited partnership that is treated as a partnership for US and Canadian... Read more of this article
Law Firm: Stock Market Consolidation
The ongoing battle for control of TMX Group Inc. — which itself recently bought a 16 percent stake in the Bermuda Stock Exchange [BSX] — is indicative of a global wave of consolidation in the stock exchange sector, says one of Canada’s preeminent business law firms.. An aborted merger between Canada’s TMX and the London Stock... Read more of this article
Canadian Academic On BSX Deal
A Canadian academic who has written a highly-critical book about offshore financial centres today [Jan. 23] derided the recent decision by that country’s TMX Group’s to buy a stake in the Bermuda Stock Exchange. University of Quebec sociologist Alain Deneault — author of 2011′s “Offshore: Tax Havens and the Rule of Global... Read more of this article
