We Enjoyed It But Have Some Questions
Hockey is to Canada what baseball and football are to the U.S. It’s a cultural touchstone and a massive revenue source for the sports industry.… [Read More]
Category: Only in Canada
Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt, photo By NASA – NASA Astrobiology Institute Library of Resources: Sulfur biogeochemistry of the Early Earth at the Wayback Machine, Public Domain, Link
Rocks found in Quebec are possibly the oldest on earth, formed around 4.16 billion years ago during the first days of Earth’s geologic formation (you know, back when the planet was all volcano-y and melty and stuff).… [Read More]
A lot has happened since last I wrote here. These are some of the stand-out stories of the past six months:
There’s a new Prime Minister of Canada, for one.… [Read More]
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A Day in Brockville
For Sylvain’s birthday, Manon organized a day-trip to Brockville, Ontario, “City of the Thousand Islands” — a historic town on the Saint Lawrence.
Some of the 1000 IslandsWe took the train from Montreal, a two hour journey, arriving mid-morning.… [Read More]
“Try not to let moose lick your car.”
–Parks Canada
(…or anyone really, regardless of the season, but that’s just my non-delicious-vehicle-owner opinion).
Happy New Year. We’ll be back in Montréal in May, if all goes according to plan.… [Read More]
Canada’s not only putting explicit health-harm warnings on cigarette packages, but printing them on each cigarette’s rolling paper too–in English and in French. I suppose if you’re going to suck in nicotine and tobacco particulates, ya might as well huff that fine, fine, toxic burnt ink residue too.… [Read More]
At approximately 3 pm today Canada’s population reached 40 million people (according to Canada’s population clock, which really looks more like test tubes….disturbingly).
By comparison, California has a population of about 39 million packed into a lot less geographical space–lookee here**:
This is one of the many reasons we’re in Canada.… [Read More]
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Protecting the Language
Canada is constitutionally a bilingual nation, and there are laws to protect that status. For example, all prepackaged food products sold in Canada must be properly labeled in both official languages.… [Read More]
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A Maple Rain’s Gonna Fall
Manon has already shown you the fluffy snows of June. But that’s not the only weird weather, what with the winds and the … rains?
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Maple Report #10
Truffettes of France
Cocoa Truffles Dusted with Maple Sugar
Do you want the good news or the bad news first? Okay, here comes the good news: these cocoa truffles with a maple sugar dusting by Trufettes of France are phenomenally delicious.… [Read More]