Follow ups: Shevchenko and Park Avenue

Shevchenko Update number 1

I am pleased to report that Andriy Shevchanko scored twice in a game last week - hopefully shaking the slump that he has been in with Chelsea all year.

Shevchenko Update Number 2

In a follow-up to this story, a man has been charged after a bronze statue of famed Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko was chopped off at the feet from its pedestal and carted away from a park in Oakville, Ont.

Curtis Raae, 36, of Oakville faces charges of possessing stolen property over $5,000. He was released from custody and was scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 30.

The massive two-tonne bronze figure was a likeness of 19th-century Ukrainian poet and artist Taras Shevchenko, who is credited with establishing the modern Ukrainian literary language. The head of the statue was recovered at a Burlington metal recycler.

If only investigations of beheadings of journalists in Ukraine during the Kuchma regime could be brought to justice this quickly.

Park Avenue Update

Park Avenue is saved, and Park Extention does not have an existential crisis. The Globe reports this morning that Park Avenue will not be renamed after Robert Bourassa. Mayor Tremblay credited the about face to a
public uproar and a grassroots campaign.