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Originally Posted by VANRIDERFAN
I'm still surprised that people are amazed at the amount of French names for regions and towns on the Prairies. Do history courses in Quebec touch on the subject of New France and its exploration of the interior of North America? Or is it like the rest of Canada and kind of glossed over?
Dunrea, a small farming community close to where I grew up is/was predominately French-Canadian. It seems there was a small flood of settlers from Quebec that dried up quite quickly. Was that a result of the Manitoba Schools Question? (Thank you Orangemen...not!)
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Dunrea is actually the hometown of a global francophonie superstar: Daniel Lavoie. He's sold millions of records, and though he has slowed down as he approaches the age of 70, in the 80s and 90s he was a household name in Quebec, France and the francophone world. His biggest single, Ils s'aiment, sold around 3 million copies in France and 7-8 million worldwide. He redid the song in multiple languages. He's won countless Félix (Quebec) music awards and twice won the Victoire trophy (France's equivalent to the Grammys) for best francophone album.
Ils s'aiment is a good song, but my favourite of his is Jours de Plaine. The song is extremely soulful and real, and the animated video, which is stunningly beautiful in how it evokes the Canadian Prairies, has won many awards.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjaAZFJen6c