Scandinavian Community Centre

Kor­sukuoro and Mari Pet­znek will per­form. Rin­ta­malta Län­sir­an­nikolle Trailer.

Date: Sat­ur­day, April 28, 2012
Time: 2pm
Loca­tion: Scan­di­na­vian Com­mu­nity Cen­tre
Cost: admis­sion by donation

Refresh­ments. Here is a flyer in Finnish.…

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Come and Cel­e­brate Finnish style Vappu with us
Valko­lakit mukaan päähän / Put on your “White Cap”!!!!!!!!!!

“ Hei rul­laati, rul­laati, tul­laati, tul­laa
rul­laati, tul­laati, tul­lal­lan­lei,
Hei rul­laati, rul­laati, rul­laati, rul­laa,
rul­laati, tul­laati rul­lal­lan­lei.”
(no Eng­lish trans­la­tion for this)

Date: Fri­day, April 27, 2012
Time: Doors open 6:30pm; Food served from 7:00pm
Place: Scan­di­na­vian Com­mu­nity Cen­tre
Cost: $10 for meal (meatball …

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Did you know that the word   “äiti” is not of Finnish ori­gin, but that it is a bor­rowed word? But from where was it bor­rowed, and when? Aija Elg, will dis­cuss (in Eng­lish) loan words in Finnish and the rela­tion­ship of Finnish to other languages.

Date: Sun­day, April 22, 2012
Time: 2pm
Loca­tion: Scan­di­na­vian Com­mu­nity Cen­tre
Cost: Admis­sion $10 includes …

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Cana­dian Friends of Fin­land presents a Jörn Don­ner film based on the true story of Kerttu Nuorteva (Minna Haap­kylä), an American-born Finn raised in Soviet Kare­lia. She oper­ated as a Russ­ian spy in Fin­land before being caught and arrested in 1942. Read more  about it.

Date: Sun­day, March 18, 2012
Time: 2pm; runs 110 min­utes
Loca­tion: Scan­di­na­vian Com­mu­nity Cen­tre
Cost: Admis­sion By …

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An evening to raise funds for the doc­u­men­tary film Rin­ta­malta Län­sir­an­nikolle, From the Front to the West Coast

Date: Fri­day, Feb­ru­ary 10, 2012
Time: 6:30pm
Loca­tion: Scan­di­na­vian Com­mu­nity Cen­tre
Con­tact: To donate items for the silent auc­tion please con­tact Leena at the office or Satu Bell at 604–506‑3670.

“From the Front to the West Coast” depicts the mem­o­ries of the Finnish …

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