The Trap, a movie by Lina Verchery

In a Cape Breton village, Buddhist monks and nuns pray in their abbey, while French-speaking fishermen put out to sea to haul in their lobster traps. Seemingly divided by language, culture and religion, these people share more than meets the eye. The film delicately weaves . . . Read More.

Ajahn Kusalo in Nova Scotia

From the Nova News: http://www.novanewsnow.com/section/2011-09-28/article-2762691/Monk-visits-meditation-group/1

Ellen Page on life and growing up Buddhist in Halifax

From Back Stage magazine, March 31, 2011:

http://www.backstage.com/bso/news-and-features-features/super-trouper-1005104312.story

Canada’s new Vajra Princess

Shambhala’s Sakyong Mipham and his wife the Sakyong Wangmo are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Drukmo Yeshe Sarasvati Ziji Mukpo, in Halifax on August 11.

For full details, visit the Shambhala Community News link…

http://www.shambhala.org/community/sns/index.php?id=558

Moncton Buddhist Centre

Buddhist Centres aren’t springing up like mushrooms these days, so it was inspiring to see that Montreal’s Tibetan Buddhist Temple has opened a sister centre in Moncton, New Brunswick. http://zawatulku.org/index.htm

Here’s a news story too, about this week-end’s inauguration ceremony: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2009/08/14/buddhist-centre.html

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