Weekly Newsletter - Nov 28 - Dec 4, 2024

I just picked up my Finnish Independence Day ticket for the dinner and music event at the Scandinavian Centre on December 6. Call 778-686-5657 to reserve your ticket before Dec 1. Join us!

The Scandinavian Christmas Fair was a busy event. Thank you to the Finns who helped me unload my car! We sold raffle tickets and made close to $300 - we  had three lucky winners. 

Don’t forget to get your donation to the West Coast News - it is a great way to support the paper, send out family greetings, or give a unique Christmas greeting for someone special.

Keep reading for headline news and a survey about Finnish names in Canada. I hope to see you at the dinner event on Friday, Dec 6th!

Kiitos, Dianne

Reserve Your Dinner Ticket by Dec 1, 2024

 

Come and enjoy a wonderful buffet dinner and celebrate the 107th year of Finnish Independence. Tom Nyberg, Honorary Consul of Finland, will make welcoming remarks, there will be a performance by the Vancouver Chamber Choir, during and after dinner enjoy music with the Alan Matheson Trio and dance to DJ music. The event will be held at the Scandinavian centre. Tickets are $85 each.  Doors open at 6:30 PM. They can can be purchased until Dec 1. Call 778-686-5657.

News from Finland - YLE

Click here (https://yle.fi/news) to be taken to the YLE website to 

explore the news below the latest headlines.

1. Business confidence up in November, but not for retailers

2. Eco-grief: Snowless Finns suffer 'eco-grief'

3. Finland approves separate law banning female genital mutilation

4. Checking thousands of foreign students' residence permits

5. Finland's median income nudges above €3,500

6. Aluminium exports to Russia double

7. Pushing for tighter conditions for obtaining Finnish citizenship

8. Government's proposed changes to asylum law sent for comments

9. Helsinki police preparing for Independence Day far-right protests

10. Henna Virkkunen confirmed as EU Executive VP for Tech-Sovereignty, Security and Democracy.

11. Industrial Union issues sixth strike warning for December

12. Comedian Ismo Leikola sells out Sydney Opera House, 2,700 seats

13. Finns abroad may soon lose national pension payments

14. Less meat/booze, more veg/berries are in new dietary guidelines

15. Mother of non-religious pupil demands $$ after city backtracks

16. Russians' attitudes about Finland 'contradictory',  survey finds

17. Unemployment rate nears 9 percent

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Your Finnish Name in Canada

If you have a Finnish name and would like to participate in a survey about Finnish names 

in Canada please click here. 

The questionnaire has been created for a Finnish language master’s 
thesis at the University of Jyväskylä. The study investigates Finnish 
personal names used in Canada, reasons behind naming, and how names have
possibly changed.

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