 Charlie (Chuck) Angus (born November 14, 1962 in Timmins, Ontario) is a Canadian writer, broadcaster and musician, who entered electoral politics in 2004 as the successful New Democratic Party of Canada candidate in the Ontario riding of Timmins—James Bay. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining. ...
1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Timmins, with a population of 43,686 (2001), is a city in northeastern Ontario, Canada on the Mattagami River. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English, French (in some areas) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 106 24 Area - Total - % water Ranked 4th 1,076,395...
TimminsâJames Bay is the name of a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. ...
Angus began his career as community activist in Toronto, and as a musician in the punk rock band L'Étranger (with Andrew Cash), and later in the more folk-oriented Grievous Angels. He and his wife also ran a homeless shelter in the city. Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength City of Toronto, Ontario, Canadas Location. ...
Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ...
LÃtranger was a Canadian punk rock band in the early 1980s. ...
Andrew Cash (born 1962 in Canadian singer-songwriter. ...
Folk can refer to a number of different things: It can be short for folk music, or, for folksong, or, for folklore; it may be a word for a specific people, tribe, or nation, especially one of the Germanic peoples; it might even be a calque on the related German...
Grievous Angels are a Canadian alternative country band. ...
Homelessness in Canada is viewed as a serious social problem. ...
Homeless shelters are places for people to stay temporarily when they otherwise would have to sleep on the street, similar to emergency shelters. ...
In 1990, he moved to Cobalt, Ontario with his family. Grievous Angels continued as a band, and quickly became a cultural institution in Northern Ontario. In 1995, Angus and his wife Brit Griffin also launched HighGrader, a magazine devoted to Northern Ontario life and culture. He has also authored a number of books, notably on regional history, and made a name for himself as an activist in the controversy around shipping Toronto's garbage to Adams Mine, a plan to which Angus and many residents of the area were opposed. As well, he was a correspondent for CBC Radio One's Northern Ontario station, CBCS. This article is about the year. ...
Cobalt is a town in the district of Timiskaming, province of Ontario, Canada, with a population of 1,221, and an area of 2. ...
Northern Ontario is the part of the province of Ontario, Canada, which lies north of Lake Huron, Georgian Bay, the French River and Lake Nipissing. ...
1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
HighGrader is a Canadian magazine. ...
Adams Mine is an abandoned open pit mine in Boston Township near Kirkland Lake, Ontario, which was the cornerstone of a controversial waste management plan in the 1990s. ...
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a Canadian crown corporation, is the countrys national radio and television broadcaster. ...
CBCS is a Canadian radio station. ...
In 1999, he was given a special award by the Northern Lights Festival Boréal in Sudbury for his outstanding contributions to Northern Ontario culture. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
Northern Lights Festival Boréal is an annual folk festival in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. ...
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In 2004, Angus sought and won the NDP nomination in Timmins—James Bay, and won election to the Canadian House of Commons in the 2004 federal election. In the NDP's shadow cabinet, Angus is Critic for Agriculture and Canadian Heritage. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The House of Commons (French: Chambre des communes) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, which also includes the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate. ...
A Canadian federal election (more formally, the 38th general election) was held on June 28, 2004 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. ...
The Shadow Cabinet (also called the Opposition Front Bench) is a senior group of opposition spokespeople in the Westminster System of government who together under the leadership of the Leader of the Opposition (or the leader of other smaller opposition parties) form an alternative cabinet to the governments, whose...
Angus is a progressive, social justice-oriented member of the Roman Catholic Church and supporter of the Catholic Worker Movement. Until his federal election, he was a separate school board trustee. He was also a longtime columnist for the Catholic New Times. Angus and his family chose to live in a form of voluntary poverty. Angus even wrote an admiring biography of Father Les Costello, the celebrated Toronto Maple Leafs player who left professional hockey to become a Catholic priest in Northern Ontario. In 2005, Angus' own priest confronted him, and threatened to deny him Holy Communion if he voted with the government and his party to legalize same-sex marriage by Act of Parliament. [1] Angus responded that he had been elected to represent all the people of Timmins—James Bay, and he would have to stand his ground. The exclusion of Angus from the church he had supported so devoutly elicited national controversy. The Roman Catholic Church, (also known as the Catholic Church), is the ancient Christian Church led by the Bishop of Rome (commonly called the Pope). ...
Logo of Catholic Worker The Catholic Worker Movement was founded by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in 1933. ...
A separate school is a publicly funded school which includes religious education in its curriculum, as opposed to a private school or public school. ...
Voluntary simplicity is a lifestyle considered by its adherents to be a sustainable, ecologically sensitive alternative to the typical, western consumerist lifestyle. ...
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The Toronto Maple Leafs are a National Hockey League (NHL) team based in Toronto, Ontario. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Roman Catholic priest LCDR Allen R. Kuss (USN) aboard USS Enterprise A priest or priestess is a holy man or woman who takes an officiating role in worship of any religion, with the distinguishing characteristic of offering sacrifices. ...
Communion, more widely known as the Eucharist, is the rite that Christians perform in fulfillment of Jesuss instruction, as recounted in the New Testament (Luke 22:19; 1 Corinthians 11:24-25), to do in memory of him what at his Last Supper he did when he gave his...
Same-sex marriage was legalized across Canada by the Civil Marriage Act enacted on July 20, 2005. ...
Preceded by: Réginald Bélair | Member of Parliament for Timmins—James Bay 2004–present | Succeeded by: incumbent | Réginald Bélair (born June 4, 1949 in Hearst, Ontario) is a Canadian politician. ...
TimminsâJames Bay is the name of a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
External links
- Official site
- How'd They Vote?: Charlie Angus' voting history and quotes
- Timmins--James Bay section of the Digital Copyright Canada forum
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