Joe Fafard is an award-winning sculptor from Saskatchewan who portrays rural Canadian life in his art. His retrospective exhibition will be at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, the Glenbow Museum and the Winnipeg Art Gallery in 2009.
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ADVICE FOR THE LIT-LORN Why doesn’t anyone in North America say barmy for balmy? According to my research, Barmy came first and still enjoys a jolly life. But most North American dictionaries don’t even mention the earlier Scots barmy. —Simon McGavin, Cyberspace |