MP Charlie Angus brings history of Cobalt, Ont. to Kingston with a new book – Kingston
Federal Member of Parliament Charlie Angus spent a few busy days in Kingston. The NDP MP for Timmins – James Bay was readily available to assist a few space provincial candidates operating within the upcoming election.
He performed a gig on the town on Friday night time together with his band often known as “Grievous Angels”. And on Saturday afternoon Angus spent a few hours at “Novel Concept” on Princess Road signing copies of his new guide — “Cobalt: Cradle of the Demon Metals, Delivery of a Mining Superpower.”
“We have now this factor in Canada the place we predict our historical past is good, quaint, one thing that possibly the native vacationers will come by and see”, Angus stated. “However we now have a really advanced, typically very wild and typically very darkish historical past and Cobalt the city matches that invoice a thousand per cent.”
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Angus, who lives in Cobalt, says the guide traces the historical past of the Northern Ontario city, a historical past not lots of Canadians find out about.
“This can be a place that was related to what was occurring in New York. There have been performs in New York about Cobalt,” stated Angus. “What was occurring in Paris with the artwork scene — that is occurring in Cobalt. This can be a place that was actually dancing on the stage of the world and when all of the wealth was taken out, this city was left by itself. That too is the story of Northern Canada.”
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That is guide quantity eight for Angus who was first elected to Parliament again in 2004.
