July 1, 2008 Canada Day celebrations are underway today
throughout Canada. This year’s national holiday carries
additional significance, as the 400th anniversary of Quebec
City’s founding is celebrated. In his first visit to the
provincial capital, Paul McCartney is scheduled to play at the
Plains of Abraham in a free concert on July 20 to mark the
anniversary. Musically, Canada has brought us Bryan Adams, Inuit
singer Susan Aglukark, heartthrob Paul Anka, Barenaked Ladies,
Michael Bublé, Leonard Cohen, Céline Dion (sorry about that!),
the Cowboy Junkies, Maynard Ferguson, Nellie Furtado, Robert
Goulet, the Guess Who, bluesman extraordinaire Jeff Healey,
flutist Paul Horn, k. d. lang, Avril Lavigne, Gordon Lightfoot,
Natalie MacMaster, Sarah McLachlan, Joni Mitchell, Alanis
Morissette, Anne Murray, the Rankin Family, Buffy Sainte-Marie,
rocker Neil Sedaka, Paul Shaffer from the David Letterman Show,
Steppenwolf, Shania Twain, Stompin’ Tom Connors and Neil Young.
Canada has also blessed us with: basketball (So