All heroes have feet of clay. Or, in the case of a lot of male heroes, it’s not their feet that are a problem, it’s…
Guy Maddin made a film called My Winnipeg. Not your Winnipeg, My Winnipeg. Winnipeg from his point of view. None of this, Our Collective Winnipeg,…
Paul Gottskalkson (he changed his last name to Olson) and his sister, Guðrun Fridrikka Gottskalksdóttir, in Fridrikka´s front yard on First Avenue in…
In the time leading up to Remembrance Day, I think often of my grandfather, William John Smith. He left Ireland for Canada. He went to…
For two years, I was the editor of the bi-weekly newspaper called L ögberg -Heimskringla. It’s the oldest continually published ethnic paper in Canada. Once…
The Icelandic immigrants called it Ameríka. It wasn’t a place. It was a direction. It was a dream. It was hope for the future. Immigrants…
Left: from top to bottom, left to right): Hangikjöt, Hrútspungar, Lifrarpylsa, Blóðmör, Hákarl, Svið. Right: Rúgbrauð, Flatbrauð (courtesy Wickipedia) Ethnic food. What is it really? Nostalgia…
This year’s Thorrablot has come and gone. It was a great success. Thorrablots are all about food. They are midwinter feasts, originally, to celebrate the…
No destination is as important to North Americans of Icelandic descent as that of the farm on which their ancestors lived. In article after article,…
STEAM BETWEEN LEITH AND ICELAND NOTICE TO TOURISTS, ANGLERS, AND SPORTSMEN. The First-Class Steam-Ship “CAMOENS,” 1054 Tons register, 170 Horse-power, will leave Leith for Iccland once a…