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ÕNNISTATUD ÜLESTÕUSMISPÜHI! Me oleme päästetud lootuses Sest me oleme päästetud lootu ses. Ent juba nähtava lootmine ei ole lootus: kes siis loodab seda, mida ta näeb? Roomlaste 8.24 Hea pühadelehe lugeja ! Tahan Sulle soovida saabuvate Pühade rõõmusoojust ja pääst vat lootust! Kuid vase kumina ning heliseva kellukese sarnane oleks sõna, kui me koos viivuks mõttes ei peatuks ega mõtleks, millele või kellele on meil loota. Elame juba pikemat aega eri lises olukorras. Tänaseks pole enam maad ega rahvast, keda saladuslik võõrasõnaline tõbi poleks nakatanud. Ja see naka tamus pole mitte üksnes hir mutekitav, vaid tegelikkuses troostitu. Karm ja lootusetust sisendav näib olevat nende päevade sõnum, kus justkui vana Koguja kombel kuuluta takse meile embusest hoidumise aega, seni kehtinud avatuse ase mel manitsetakse oma kodude turvalisusse sulguma. Ometigi teame, et just selles kutses eral datusele peitub ettehooldus, inimliku päästeplaani lunastus täna. Omaette olles hoiame ter vena ligimest ja iseendki. Nii talitledes hoiame tegelikult ini mestena kokku. On inimlikult loomulik vai bumatu küsimus: „millal see eriline olukord küll lakata võiks, et harjumuspärasesse ellu naasta?“ Aga vastuseks napib maailma targematelgi tarkust. Ainus lahendus, nagu see ajast aega neil puhkudel, on ootami ses. Ometigi ei ole see elu omaette südamesuletuses ega loiduses. Me saame olla armas tuses muretsejad, tegusad kaa samõtlejad, inimelude päästjate tänajad, kõigile kurbadele kaa samõtlejad. Lootva südamega nähtamatule lootes, paludes. Ja kogedes, kuidas selles kannatu ses pole mitte keegi lõpuni omaette ega üksi. Vahest üksi olemises ja tegevusetuses on meile antud aega eluväärtustele, inimsidemete haprusele mõ telda, olemuslikule, püsivale keskenduda. See pole mitte meie aja usk matuse tõve vallandumise tun demärk, et neil saabuvail püha del jäävad kiriku uksed sule
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tuks. Tunnistagem, viirus on rahvuste ja uskude ülene. Aga see mõistuslik tõdemus ei pea sulgema inimese südameuksi. Nii pühendatul kui ka pühendu matul lugemishuvilisel on antud võimalus leida lugemisriiulilt üks Vana Raamat, millel Piibel nimeks. On aega, et seda Raa matut üksinduses või miks mitte tasasel häälel üksteisele ettegi lugeda. Just seda vana emade poolt pühaks peetud Raamatut, mille Sa kui üleliig sena kord aukartuses kodukiri
kule tagasi tõid. Ometigi just selles, esmapilgul elukauges paksus Raamatus on kätketud inimeste aastatuhandete elu kogemus ja elamise tarkus. Ka tõbedest ja üleelamistest, kan natustest ja nende võitmisest, lootusetusest ja lootusest on seal otsekoheselt kirjutatud. Ja nii Sa võid leida, et meis ja ümbritsevas polegi midagi era kordselt uut. Ei, mitte tundmatu tuleviku lootusetusest ei kõnelda Sinuga seal, vaid ülesehitava usu ja
päästva lootusega, et see ahistus kord möödub. Inimene pole maailmaruumis jumalatult ihuük si, vaid koos Lootusega. Jumala Poeg, keda siinne maailm Suure Reede sündmuses on käegalöö nult risti löömas, on ka ahistu ses ja kannatuses tõotanud olla inimesega, ka selles eraldatuses. Pühas Raamatus on kinnitanud, et seal, kus pelgalt kaks või kolm inimest Tema nimel koos, on Jumal ikka inimesega, mitte üks kord ja hetkeks, vaid iga vesti, selle maailma ajastu ot
sani. Ka siis, kui meie oma inimsilmaga Teda ei näe. „Kuid kes siis loodab seda, mida ta näeb,“ küsib kuulutaja Paulus kõnekunstiliselt tabavalt ja teravmeelselt. Pauluse sõnad kõlavad tänasesse aega, kuigi kuulutaud aastatuhandete taguse maailmalinna Rooma silmist lootust kaotanud kogukonnale. Tunnistagem, vaid nähtamatu lootus on see, mis meie seni vastuseta küsimuste kimbatusest tekkinud segaduse korrastaks. (Järgneb lk. 14)
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KID’S CORNER: ESTONIAN-THEMED ACTIVITIES FOR FAMILIES TO TRY AT HOME
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VINCENT TEETSOV Welcome to the Lastenurk (Kid’s Corner)! We know that there are many households across Canada with children at home at the moment. Your children may be utilizing e-learning tools at home, but what about hands-on cultural education? Here are three fun Estonian-themed activities that you can do with your kids: 1) Famous Landmarks Colouring Activity Pikk Herman. St. Olaf’s Church. You can probably think of a few different famous Esto nian landmarks off the top of your head. Now, you and your kids can get to know them even better through their design, shape, and colours. First, find an image online that you want to colour in. Generally speaking, the simpler and more defined the lines are in the image, the better quality the final product will be. Once you download the image you like to your comput er’s desktop, visit scrapcoloring. com and select “Color your photos and drawings” from the top menu (http://scrapcoloring. com/convert-images-to-color ing-pages). On this page, click “choose file.” Select the image you downloaded and click “Submit.” The website will up load the image and convert it into a black and white drawing. Once the black and white drawing appears, go ahead and click the icon of the printer in the bottom left corner of the web page. If you want to colour in a way that accurately rep resents the original image, you might want to print out the original as a reference. Other wise, colour with any wacky colours you like and see who makes the coolest picture. Some Estonian landmarks you can colour include: • Hermann Castle in Narva • Kõpu Lighthouse in Hiiumaa • Tartu Raekoda (Tartu Town Hall) This is much better than kids getting bored and drawing on the walls! 2) Make a Tissue Box Kannel (Estonian Harp) The kannel is an Estonian stringed instrument with close parallels to the Finnish kantele and other regional variations of
Arvo Pärt receives distinguished honor from Spanish foundation ERR, March 2020 Estonian composer Arvo Pärt has been announced as the winner of the BBVA Foun dation Frontiers of Know ledge Award in Music and Opera. Due to the public health cri sis caused by the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, the inter national committee deciding the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Music and
zithers. While chromatic zithers became more common through out the 20th century, the ori ginal kannel usually had five strings. Which is convenient for you, because you can replicate the sound with a tissue box and some rubber bands. You will need: • An empty tissue box • Five long rubber bands, to fit around the tissue box lengthwise • pencils, erasers, and other small objects, to slide under the rubber bands and create tension • tape, to hold the ob jects in place • a digital tuner, piano/key board, or other tuned instru ment, to find the right notes First, take a tissue box and wrap five long rubber bands across the length of the box. Make sure that the rubber bands cross over the hole of the box so that sound can reverberate inside. You can even try to tune the kannel by taking pencils, erasers, and other small objects and se curing them with tape under neath the rubber bands, either on the front of the box or on the sides. This helps you change the pitch of each string. There are numerous possible tunings, but you could try the following: D – E – F# - G – A. You can use a piano/keyboard, digital tuner, or an already tuned guitar to find these notes. Below is a diagram to help you find them on a piano. Be careful when adjusting the rubber bands, so as not to snap them! 3) Estonian “Mad Libs” Create your own Estonian language word replacement game with these Estonian words: Verbs 1. jooksma = to run 2. ujuma = to swim 3. keetma = to cook/boil
Opera assessed the 31 nominees by remote means, and resolved to bestow the award in this twelfth edition on Pärt “for cul tivating an original language, which has led to the creation of a unique sound world; a fresh approach to spiritual music, especially in his choral oeuvre, that reduces the musical ma terial to the essence.” On hearing of the award, Pärt – who was nominated by the director of the Pau Casals Foundation, Jordi Pardo – declared himself “delighted and grateful.” The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards are an international award pro
4. kraapima = to scrape/scratch 5. heegeldama = to crochet 6. aevastama = to sneeze 7. põrgatama = to bounce 8. libisema = to slip/slide Adjectives 1. erutatud = excited 2. loid = sluggish/slow 3. soolane = salty 4. terav = sharp/pointy 5. kivine = rocky 6. sügelev = itchy 7. veniv = stretchy/elastic 8. kolmnurkne = triangular Nouns 1. homaar = lobster 2. lõug = chin 3. sõnaraamat = dictionary 4. söögitool = high chair 5. võrkpall = volleyball 6. dirigent = conductor 7. hambaork = toothpick 8. pilvelõhkuja = skyscraper How to play: Write down three to four paragraphs (in either Estonian or English) about what you do when you’re out running errands, when you’re sightseeing, or another interesting activity that involves travelling around and meeting people. Your paragraphs need to include eight verbs, eight adjec tives, and eight nouns. Once the first player writes down their story paragraphs, they have to erase those eight verbs, eight adjectives, and eight nouns from the paragraphs they wrote. All the other players have to copy down the paragraphs, mi nus the erased words, and then use the above list of Estonian words to fill in the blanks. These words can be conjugated and adjusted to different forms accordingly, and this is a good chance to practice Estonian grammar. Whoever can put the correct word types into the blank spaces and make the funniest story wins. Stay tuned for the next installment of family activities here in the Lastenurk!
gramme recognizing significant contributions in the areas of scientific research and cultural creation. There are eight award cate gories: basic science, biology and biomedicine, climate change, ecology and conservation biolo gy, information and communi cations technologies, econo mics, finance and management, music and opera, humanities and social sciences. Each BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge laureate receives a commemorative art work, a diploma and a cash prize of 400,000 euros per cate gory.
The above diagram was edited from the original, created by “Tlogmer”, and is used through a Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 license. Numbering and indicating dots were added.
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been forced to close down – at great personal and financial cost. People are finding loop holes and taking advantage of them. Two specific retail outlets being placed in the essential category make one wonder. The provincial alcohol monopoly LCBO remains open because officials are concerned about those who cannot survive without their daily bottle. And many, even working from home welcome the ease that a drink brings during very stressful times. Well, OK, perhaps. But Dollarama? Just because they have a few food items on their shelves? Really? Churchillian statesmanship
can hardly be expected. Leader ship however is. The Brits knew well that the social fabric de pends on the individual. Thus it is up to each and every one of us to practice common sense and follow the example of the British. It is a common goal that we have. COVID-19 will be around for some time, no one can say for how long. The likelihood of each and every one of us coming into contact with the virus is almost a cer tainty. None of us is immortal, some may have better resis tance. Sad to say, Darwin’s sur vival of the fittest applies. If we continue in our spoiled First World expectation way, this pandemic will have more vic tims in a world that has been changed forever. TÕNU NAELAPEA
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mine what information is real vs. fake and combat the spread of online manipulation. This is part of a program facilitated by Canadian NGO Journalists for Human Rights to strengthen digital and news literacy skills of people in Canada. Find more information at jhr.ca Apr 14, 2020 04:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada) Registration mandatory: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/ WN_3470VqeaTUGEi1qJRFiTvQ Email Molly Grove molly. grove@jhr.ca for more informa tion.
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A current solution for church-going needs – a personal computer and a personable communicator Andres Raudsepp At the beginning of this time of trial and physical dis tancing, I, as a semi-regular churchgoer, did not know how I would fulfill my need for devotional services, since all churches were suddenly closed. Having moved to Trenton (Quinte West) 15 years ago, while retaining my Lutheran church membership in Toronto, I found it conve nient to follow my ecumenical bent and often attend services at Trenton United Church or St. George’s Anglican. Now both are closed. About three weeks ago, I received an e-mail from St George’s, advising me of a somewhat new opportunity. I could join a service provided by a minister I had gotten to know and do it via one of my personal computers. I hoped that this would work for me since I am not drawn to either radio or television religious broadcasts. My first requirement was that I did need to know the minister. That would create a more personal contact. Se condly, he or she had to be able to communicate directly to me, so that I could at least close my eyes and we could recite the Lord’s Prayer together. For tunately, I found the right per son in the Rev. Lynn Mitchell, the relatively new Anglican minister in Trenton. I also dis covered that she was able to exude sincerity and personal warmth even via YouTube, which is for me the most effec tive o nline visual info provider. So far, I have “attended” three of her recorded services, and as a result I haven’t missed church three Sundays in a row. Recently, I developed the urge to share my experience with readers of Eesti Elu, some of whom are personal friends. Having recently contributed five articles in Estonian for the newspaper, I decided to opt for English and Estonian Life this time. I basically wanted readers to meet this wonderful Anglican pastor, who, in one of her services before Christmas, used a Lutheran Eucharist prayer which was clearly indicated in the printed worship folder. And I wanted to ask her about that. So I invited the Rev. Lynn Mitchell to join me for the fol lowing interview which was done online. I understand that you were ordained as an Anglican Church Minister in 1988, having received your Master’s of Divinity from Trinity College, University of Toron to. Where have you served prior to coming to Trenton in 2017, I believe? I was ordained to the transi tional Diaconate in 1988 at St. George’s Cathedral, Kingston and to the Priesthood in 1989 at
St. Peter’s in Brockville. My former husband, ordained at the same time, and I were the first clergy couple in the Anglican Church of Canada east and west of the GTA. I served five years in the Diocese of Ontario and then 25 years in the Diocese of Huron, my last position being at St. James in Stratford. You have a strong and beautiful singing voice plus being proficient as a pianist. As a graduate of the Faculty of Music at U. of T., who were your music and voice teachers? I have a Mus. Bac. Degree in Music History and Literature with a minor in languages – French, Italian and German – and was a flute major. I studied piano up to RCM grade 10 be fore University. My teacher was Anne Gray, who was blind. I’ve never studied voice but have had the good fortune of singing in several excellent choirs. You mentioned prior to your recent Palm Sunday ser mon on youtube that your favourite church hymn was “All Glory, Laud and Honour” which you sang for your listeners in full voice. You said that you first sang it when you were 8 years of age. Is there a connection between church hymns and your later decision to become a minister in the Anglican Church? I have always loved church music. My formative years were spent at St. Peter’s Church in Brockville. When I was growing up we had a world-class or ganist and an amazing men’s and boys’ choir. It was a musi cal feast every Sunday. At the time, it didn’t bother me that I couldn’t be part of it… officially. I just sang along with every thing. Many parts of the service were sung and with so much of the core of Anglican theology being present in the liturgy, the music certainly had an impact on me and was a foundation stone of my experience of call to the Anglican Priesthood. What was the main in spi ration which led you to becoming a member of the Christian clergy? I grew up in a family that was very active in the Church. My mother, a teacher by profes sion, did Christian education for children and adults at the Parish, Diocesan and National Church levels; in those days she was often the only woman and the only lay person in a room full of clergy. My father was Church War den for several terms over the years and was involved in and Chair of many Diocesan com mittees and boards. We were at church every Sunday from about 8 am until 1 pm. It’s just the way it was. I continued this participation in Church as a young adult in Toronto when I
was at university and then in Florence, Italy (American Epis copal Church), where I lived for two years before returning to study theology. My “decision” was some thing which seemed to evolve slowly and naturally out of my lived experience; there was no one “moment”. At the time I was ordained, women had been ordained to the Priesthood in the Diocese of Ontario for only two years, although women had been ordained elsewhere in the Anglican Church of Canada for over a decade. I see you as an excellent communicator. Are there any contributing factors in the development of that skill? I’m an extrovert and a talker, so some of it comes naturally. Most of it comes from 32 years of experience in a wide variety of settings. I marvel at the direct way that you are communicating with your congregation on line. Who provides you with the technical support that makes your presentation so natural but effective? No tech suppport… just a music stand and a new iPhone. What helps me is a strongly developed sense of liturgical movement and what works and how to move from one element of liturgy to another. And I play around with things. But right now, I am choosing to do this on my own, following the “stay home” directive. So you’re your own techni cian and totally in control of your iPhone. And you’re also able to choose the location of your service on YouTube. But besides being the pastor and priest for the congregation at St. George’s Anglican Church in Trenton, what are your connections to Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Frank ford, which is nearby and Christ Church Anglican in Glen Miller, which is even closer. You recorded your first two YouTube services from those locations. I am pastor and priest for all three congregations; my re lationship with each congrega tion is the same. Being a Lutheran and aware of the full communion partnership between our churches, I was nevertheless taken by surprise by some thing in your printed worship folder at a service before Christmas. And it really warmed my heart. I noticed a reference to Evangelical Lutheran Worship in connec tion to the Eucharistic Prayer in your folder. How common is that reference? Was it your decision to insert it in the folder? Was this part of your being a progressive Christian? I lived in Kitchener Waterloo (Lutheran central!) for 11 years
Rev. Lynn Mitchell, Incumbent, Priest and Pastor of the Anglican Churches of Quinte West, holding palm leaves in her hand, is seen addressing viewers from St. George’s Anglican Church in Trenton for the Palm Sunday service. Two previous services were recorded from Holy Trinity in Frankford and Christ Church in Glen Miller. As a result, she has recently performed three complete services on YouTube. These have included hymns rendered by her beautiful singing voice, for which she has provided her own accompaniment on organ and piano. Photo taken directly from computer screen by Andres Raudsepp
and was very involved in Anglican-Lutheran dialogue. At that time I also did graduate work in homiletics (the art of preaching or writing sermons – AR) at Waterloo Lutheran Seminary (now Luther College). I am on the executive for a liturgical organization called Liturgy Canada which includes Anglicans and Evangelical Lutherans. I own all the ELCIC (Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada/AR) worship books and make frequent use of their resources, as do many of my colleagues. I am always looking for new/different liturgical re sources – Evangelical Lutheran, Celtic (Iona), Anglican tra
ditions from around the International communion, etc. I think that this is part of being a progressive and current Christian and helps us to con nect with and experience people and liturgy in new and exciting ways. I’m truly impressed with your descriptions regarding the connection between our churches, Anglican and Lu theran. This has been a learn ing experience for me. And I’ll certainly keep looking for ward to your services on YouTube. I’m finally becom ing a regular churchgoer. May God give you strength to carry on. I thank you, Lynn, for the interview.
1,000 defense volunteers aiding authorities in emergency situation BNS, April 2020 Around a thousand Defense League (Kaitseliit) and Women’s Voluntary Defense Organization (Naiskodukait se) volunteers have already put in around 15,000 working hours in the coronavirus pan demic emergency situation, Baltic News Service reports. The two organizations have been working with the Health Board (Terviseamet), the emer gency call center and the Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) in the two-and-a-half weeks since the emergency situation was declared, with 40 Defense League volunteers recently join ing PPA patrols on Saaremaa, the worst-hit region of Estonia in the pandemic so far. “The state and communities continue to need our help in implementing measures that the government and public authori ties have established for curbing the outbreak, and stopping the spread, of the virus,” said De fense League commander Brig.Gen. Riho Ühtegi said. “It is our duty to provide this help also when others are be ginning to tire.” he continued. The Women’s Voluntary De
fense Organization has a varied mandate, participating at border inspection points and on Estonia’s southeastern border, answering coronavirus hotline (1247) calls, and attending COVID-19 carside testing sta tions. The Health Board’s crisis headquarters and hospitals have also seen Naistekodukaitse in volvement, as has distributing information leaflets to the public. The women’s defense league have also launched a free smart phone app called “Be prepared” (Estonian: “Ole valmis”). The app contains information on the emergency situation in Esto nian, Russian and English. The 40 Defense League volun teers involved in activies on Saaremaa come from the Defense League’s Saaremaa district itself. President Kersti Kaljulaid signed off on their deployment at the weekend; they will be aiding the PPA in checking compliance with the restrictions, stricter on Saare maa than on the mainland. The Defense League is back ing up the PPA with 150 volun teers, performing border con trol.
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Suusaliit on teinud otsused seoses eelmise aasta dopinguskandaaliga
Tartu College’i teade Seoses vajadusega piirata COVID-19 viiruse levikut otsustas Tartu College’i nõukogu, et Tartu College’i G-korrus (seal asu vad saal, korporatsioonide toad ning raamatukogu) on publiku le suletud alates 14. märtsist kuni vähemalt 1. maini 2020. Sel ajavahemikul seal toimuma pidanud üritused on tühistatud või edasi lükatud.
Eesti Elu teade Eesti Elu kontor Tartu College’i hoones ei ole praegu külasta jatele avatud. Palun kasutage lehe kontoriga suhtlemiseks tele foni: 416-733-4550 või emaili: eetalitus@eestielu.ca Lehe kontor on suletud ülestõusmispühadel reedel, 10. ja esmaspäeval, 13. aprillil. Pakume praegusel keerulisel ajal kõigile soovijaile Eesti Elu digilehte üheks kuuks tasuta. Selleks saatke e-kiri eetalitus@ eestielu.ca või digi@eestielu.ca, et korraldada Teil lehele juurdepääs. EESTI ELU TOIMETUS
Rahvusvahelise Suusaliidu (FIS) Seefeldi dopinguskan daaliga seoses langetatud otsustest selgub, et endine suusatreener Mati Alaver võt tis kõik talle esitatud süüdis tused omaks. Austrias Seefeldis eelmisel aastal peetud suusaalade MM-il viis Austria politsei läbi operat siooni, mille käigus peeti kinni mitmed murdmaasuusatajad. Samaaegselt otsis Saksamaa politsei läbi spordiarst dopingu vahendamise kahtlustuse saanud Mark Schmidti kontori Sak samaal Erfurdis. Kriminaaluuri mist alustati Saksamaal, Aust rias ja Eestis. Kolm dopingut tarvitanud Eesti suusatajat kuu lusid Team Haanja võistkonda, mille oli 2015. a loonud Mati Alaver. Alaver tunnistas, et oli loo nud kontaktivõrgustiku, mille käigus edestas osadele hoole alustele Mark Schmidti kontakti ja korraldas osade Eesti sport laste veredopingu protseduuride aja ja koha ning palus Schmidti varustada sportlasi ka kasvuhor mooniga. FIS määras Alaverile karis tusena nelja-aastase tegutsemis keelu, mis lõpeb 27. augustil 2023. Skandaali segatud Eesti suu satajad Andreas Veerpalu ja Karel Tammjärv kasutasid lisaks veredopingule ka kasvuhormoo ni. Andreas Veerpalule ja Karel Tammjärvele määratud võist luskeelud kehtivad 28. veebrua rini 2023. Algo Kärp tunnistas veredo pingu tarvitamist omal initsia tiivil 4. märtsil 2019. Temale määratud võistluskeeld kehtib 5. septembrini, 2021. (ERR/EE)
New Yorgi loomaaias tuvastati tiigril koroonaviirus
Lumikellukesed on kindlad kevadekuulutajad. Kui Eestis sel aastal oli lumikellukesi õitsemas juba isegi veebruarikuus, siis pildil olevad kaunid ja õrnad õied rõõmustasid veel eelmisel nädalal Kanada pealinna Ottawa elanikke. Foto: ©Ülle Baum
Suur tänu Toronto EAK / Ehatarele, kelle lahke toetus võimaldas tänase lehe tuua teieni värvitrükis.
New Yorgis asuvas Bronxi loomaaias tuvastati sel näda lal koroonaviirus nelja-aasta sel malai tiiger Nadial. Tegemist on esimese koroona haige tiigriga. Tiigril oli kuiv köha, mistõt tu otsustati teda testida, kirjutab CNN. Lisaks Nadiale köhisid loomaaias veel viis lõvi ja tiig rit. Loomad said nakkuse loomaaia töötajalt, kellel endal sümptomeid ei esinenud. Loo maaed on alates 16. märtsist külastajatele suletud.
Suurlaager PIKKSILM on edasi lükatud Üle maailma elame rasketel aegadel COVID-19 tõttu. Pikk silma suurlaagri staap tegi otsuse tühistada selle suve suur laager. Isegi, kui olukorrad parane vad enne augustikuud, praegu sed olukorrad väldivad regist reerimisi, eriti USA ja Eesti külaliste poolt, kuna pii ride lahti olemine ja rahvusvahelised transpordivõimalused on tõesti ebaselged. Ja kui teistest maa dest puuduvad osalejad, siis pole see tõepoolest suurlaager. USA malevatel oli kavatsus järgmisel aastal oma suurlaager
korraldada, aga oleme saanud neilt ,,luba“, et oma suurlaager 2021.a peale lükata … USAs toimub siis 2022.a.. Saame aru, et suurlaager, mis lükatud edasi 2021.a suvele, võib tekitada konflikte, sest meie suurlaager, ESÜ suurlaager ja võimalikult EGL suurlaager (mis pidi toimuma sel suvel) toimuks kõik samal suvel. ESÜ suurlaager on välja kuulutatud 12.-18. juulini 2021. Pikksilm 2021 toimuks keset augustit nagu varasematel aastatel.
Kuidas taotleda ajutist sissetulekutoetust – Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB)
Bernie Sanders ei jätka presidendi kandidaadiks pürgimist
Teatavasti on väga paljud kanadalased praegu seisus, kus ollakse COVID-19 tõttu kaota nud töö ja seega sissetuleku. Valitsus on astunud samme, et inimesi praeguses keerulises olukorras aidata. Canada Emer gency Response Benefit (CERB) võib anda inimesele ajutist sis setulekutoetust – $500 nädalas kuni 16 nädalaks. Vastavate taotluste portaal avati esmas päeval, 6. aprillil ja juba enne keskpäeva oli taotluse esitanute arv 240.000, nagu peaminister Justin Trudeau oma igapäevases pöördumises märkis. CERB on võimalik tööta jatele, kes elavad Kanadas ja on vähemalt 15 aastat vanad; kelle töötus on seotud COVID-19 pandeemiaga ja kes eelmisel aastal või 12 kuud enne taotluse esitamist teenisid vähemalt $5000. On veel teisigi tingimu si, millega saab täpsemalt tut vuda valitsuse veebilehel www. canada.ca Sealtkaudu saab lisaks igakülgsele infole ka taotlusi esitada.
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Kolmapäeval tuli teade, et USA senaator Bernie Sanders (78) loobus demokraatide presiden dikandidaadiks pürgimisest, va hendasid erinevad meediakana lid. Sandersi loobumine avab suuremad eduvõimalused endise asepresidendi Joe Bideni kandi datuurile novembris toimuvatel presidendivalimistel.
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