A bunch of different things about Canada you probably don't know!

Toronto's greatest disaster

Hey any older fella's in toronto or the gta remember this??

Flashback

It was 50 years ago this took place... watch the vid by clicking the above link...
It's at cbc.ca it's a clean link...

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One man's doodle became the nations flag

Watch

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Avro Arrow

Spying on Iraq? broadcast Jan. 6, 1999

Clip summary: Iraq claims that United Nations weapons inspectors are actually spies.

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A long awaited agreement

After 'getting an earful' from Canada, the new Bush administration signs a bilateral agreement to stop acid rain.
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Legalize pot smoking, senators say



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40 year timeline of pot controversy

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The Road to Bilingualism


Laurendeau
The father of bilinguaism, didn't know it would work...
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Canada drops its export tax

After five years of voluntarily taxing its own wood, Canada says "enough"
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Liberal resurgence on the rock broadcast April 20, 1989

After 17 years of Conservative rule, a Liberal majority is elected. But for leader Clyde Wells, it's a bittersweet victory.

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Proclamation of the Constitution broadcast April 17, 1982

"The constitution of Canada has finally come home," announces Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.

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Americans intervene in Achille Lauro crisis
President Reagan intervenes in the Achille Lauro cruise ship hostage-taking.

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Bre-X bubble bursts
Breaking news: a Bre-X geologist is dead, and there may be no gold in Busang.click
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Premier Robert Bourassa pays a price for invoking the notwithstanding clause.
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want more?
go to: www.cba.ca... (archives)

Cool links. Thanks for posting them!!!

Originally posted by krt1967
Cool links. Thanks for posting them!!!

It's cool... It's good to know about other countries besides your own...
Alittle edumacation never hurt anybody.

Great things about Canada that I know -

-Beautiful Rocky Mountains.
-Great (cold, but great) beaches.
-NORTHERN LIGHTS.
-Beer! Excellent beer.
-Appreciative of HOCKEY! (even though American teams
are better, Canada appreciates hockey more)

Originally posted by FlyersFan

-Appreciative of HOCKEY! (even though American teams
are better, Canada appreciates hockey more)

One day... just you wait we'll have our crown back

Originally posted by FlyersFan
Great things about Canada that I know -

-Beautiful Rocky Mountains.
-Great (cold, but great) beaches.
-NORTHERN LIGHTS.
-Beer! Excellent beer.
-Appreciative of HOCKEY! (even though American teams
are better, Canada appreciates hockey more)

Rockies I've driven through. Truely breathtaking.
Beaches? Yeah but you have to wait until almost July to get into them. Unless you're on the West coast.
Northern Lights. I saw them for the first time 3 weeks ago. Amazing.
Beer? That's a given.
Hockey, that's Canadiana. BTW, over 60% of ALL players in the NHL are Canadian.

Gotta say this, I'm a Brit and I've never been to Canada but I always get the impression it's got it sussed and is a great place to live (that's not to dis other countries by comparison BTW). I'd love to go there one day but cost and my irrational fear of flying (8 hrs onplane????) are conspiring against me.

I have family in the Lake District. Maybe we could work out an exchange program.

Originally posted by intrepid
BTW, over 60% of ALL players in the NHL are Canadian.

Ahhhhhh yes, but they play FOR American cities.
And we have STANLEY. In FLORIDA of all places!
Instead of Home Ice advantage, it was Home SLUSH advantage.
The word is that the ice would melt from the humidity 10 minutes
into each period.

(I heard that CBA is talking again. Doubt anything will come
of it. I think this year won't happen. Next year??? Dunno
about that either. The players are being greedy and killing
the game. Since you said 60% are Canadian ... guess that
means this lockout can be blamed MOSTLY on Canada! )

Unless you side with the players. Betman is American.

Originally posted by intrepid
I have family in the Lake District. Maybe we could work out an exchange program.

Sure, provide enough tranqs to knock out an elephant for my journey though!

The Lakes, Cumbria, now that's a beautiful part of the world.

Originally posted by intrepid
Unless you side with the players.

Can't side with the players. The cost of tickets is
already outrageous. We go to the AHL games
which were not effected by the lockout, so we
still get to smell the ice, eat the nachos and fake
cheese (nothing like arena fake cheese!!), and
we still get to duck when pucks come flying at
us ...

BUT ... can't back the players. The cost is too much
as it is. This lockout is killing the game. All the
advertisers have gone away and they won't be
back anytime soon. DISASTER!

My 8 year old daughter was named 'Fan of the Game'
last week at the Philadelphia Phantoms game. She was
on the big screen, and won a prize. She was all smiles
for a week! My hubby was so proud! Every year on her
birthday she gets to ride the Zamboni. We arrange it
ahead of time. The AHL is still family friendly and fun ...
you afford it and can do the 'hockey fan' stuff that can't
be done (and can't be afforded) at the NHL level.

Originally posted by Linux
One day... just you wait we'll have our crown back

It won't be this year! It probably won't be next year either.
This lockout is killing the game! It'll be a looooooooooong
time before NHL hockey recovers.

Well except for Texas, Vancover BC is almost heaven. I love that place even if it was in France, I would love that place. Well maybe not if it was in france........but its still cool