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  Canada - LoveToKnow 1911
In Canada the isotherms by no means follow parallels of latitude, especially in summer when in the western half of the country they run nearly north-west and south-east; so that the average temperature of 55° is found about on the Arctic circle in the Mackenzie river valley, in lat.
The several kinds of geeseincluding the Canada goose, the Arctic goose or wavey, the laughing goose, the brant and others-all breed in the northern regions, but are found in great numbers throughout the several provinces, passing north in the spring and south in the autumn.
Her splendid lakes and rivers, the development of her canal system, and the growth of railways have made the interprovincial traffic of Canada far greater than her foreign, and the portfolio of railways and canals is one of the most important in the cabinet.
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  Parliament of Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Parliament of Canada (French: Parlement du Canada) is Canada's legislative branch, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario.
The Parliament of Canada was granted limited power to amend the constitution by a British Act of Parliament in 1949, but it was not permitted to affect the powers of provincial governments, the official positions of the English and French languages, or the five-year term of Parliament.
The Parliament of Canada last requested the Parliament of the United Kingdom to enact a constitutional amendment in 1982, when the Canada Act 1982 was requested and passed.
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 The Ultimate Canada - American History Information Guide and Reference
Canada is a federation of ten provinces and three territories, governed as a parliamentary representative democracy.
Canada is a technologically advanced and industrialized nation, largely self-sufficient in energy due to its relatively large deposits of fossil fuels, nuclear energy generation, and hydroelectric power capabilities.
Canada is known for its vast forests and mountain ranges (including the Rocky Mountains of Alberta and British Columbia) and the wild animals that reside within them, such as moose, caribou, beavers, polar bears, and grizzly bears.
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 Definition of Canada - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Canada is a technologically advanced and industrialized nation, self-sufficient in energy due to its large fossil fuel deposits, nuclear energy generation, and hydroelectric power capacity.
Parliament may legislate in areas assigned to it or, through its residual power, not at all assigned to it or to the provinces in the constitution.
Canada is known for its vast forests and mountain ranges (including the Rocky Mountains of Alberta and British Columbia) and the animals that reside within them, such as moose, caribou, beavers, polar bears, grizzly bears, and the common loon.
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 Early Canada Historical Narratives -- The 1st Parliament of Upper Canada
Earlier in Kingston on the 8th of July, 1792 Simcoe, dressed in the regiment's scarlet and gold rather than green and silver of the Queen's Rangers, arrived at St. George's Church for the swearing-in ceremonies.
Simcoe arranged the opening of the first parliament in the tiny clearing on the sloping banks of the Niagara River with all the pageantry and pomp he could manage.
Upper Canada's first parliament was convened during perilous times.
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 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Canadas were merged into a single colony, the United Province of Canada, with the Act of Union (1840) in an attempt to assimilate the French Canadians.
This heightened Western Canada's distrust in the federal government, as many, especially in Alberta, saw this is as a move to decisively strip away the province's natural wealth and an unnecessary obtrusion into an area of provincial jurisdiction.
Canada is known for its vast forests and mountain ranges (including the Rocky Mountains) and the animals that reside within them, such as moose, caribou, beavers, polar bears, grizzly bears, and the common loon.
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 Upper Canada People
Governor-general of Canada (as Marquis of Lorne), 1878-1883.
Educated at Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto; studied law and called to the oar, 1853; made Q C., 1867; Bencher of the Iaw Society, 1871.
In 1879 consecrated bishop of Montreal; in 1901 archbishop; and in 1904 primate of all Canada.
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 Early Canada Historical Narratives -- Simcoe and the Birth of Upper Canada
John Graves Simcoe was a Member of Parliament when debate on the bill took place and as he listened to the illustrious statesmen and their spirited discussions, little did he realize that his name and fame would be forever linked to one of the colonies to be created by the Act.
A sixth daughter, Katharine, was born in Canada at Newark on the 16th of January, 1793.
Loyalists heard with astonishment that some of those granted townships in Upper Canada were the same individuals they had encountered on the field of battle fighting under the banners of rebellion or who had been otherwise notoriously active in promoting the American revolution.
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 Cities and Towns - Hometown Canada
Both the Governor General of Canada, who exercises the prerogatives of the head of state (the monarch), and the Prime Minister, who is the head of government, have official residences in Ottawa.
Canada's head of state is the monarch, currently Elizabeth II who is styled "Queen of Canada." The day-to-day duties of the head of state are exercised by the Governor General, who is generally a retired politician or other prominent Canadian.
Canada is known for its vast forests and mountain ranges (including the Rocky Mountains) and the animals that reside within them, such as moose, caribou, beavers, polar bears, grizzly bears, and the common loon.
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 History of the County of Bruce Ontario Canada
Prior to this, as related in a previous chapter, the appellation of the "Queen's Bush" was commonly applied to the unsettled lands lying north of the Huron District, the larger portion of which ultimately comprised the county of Bruce.
The earliest form of local government that existed in Upper Canada was that administered by the Quarter Sessions, held in the several district towns, the members of which were the justices of the peace within the district.
This was acceded to and Parliament passed an Act on May 16th, 1856, [19 Vic, Chap 19.] authorizing the formation of the provisional County Council of Bruce, the preliminary step towards a separation from Huron.
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 Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Canada, the second largest country in the world by area, extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, and northward into the Arctic Ocean with claims extending to the North Pole.
Since 1925, Canada has claimed the portion of the Arctic between 60° and 141° W longitude ([4]); this claim is not universally recognized.
Canada's head of state is the monarch, currently Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and commonly referred to as the Queen of Canada.
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 Province of Canada
The Province of Canada was a British colony in North America, created by the fusion of the Canadas into one province by the Act of Union (1840).
The former Lower Canada became known as Canada East and Upper Canada as Canada West.
The Province of Canada ceased to exist upon Confederation, when it joined with the British North American colonies of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to form the Dominion of Canada.
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 Cities and Towns - Hometown Canada
Canada is a country in northern North America bordered on the south by the United States and extending through the Arctic Ocean to the North Pole, making it the northernmost country in the world.
Much of Canada lies in Arctic regions, however, and thus Canada has only the fourth-most arable land area behind Russia, China, and the U.S. The population density of 3.5 people per square kilometre is among the lowest in the world: Canada has a larger area than the U.S. but only one-ninth of its population.
Canada's head of state is the monarch, currently Elizabeth II who is styled "Queen of Canada." The day-to-day duties of the head of state are exercised by the Governor General, who is generally a retired politician or other prominent Canadian.
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 GlobaLex - Researching Canadian Law
Canada is a constitutional monarchy, which means that we recognize Her Majesty Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, as the head of state.
The federal Parliament of Canada, modeled after the British Parliament, has two “chambers”: (i) the House of Commons, comprising 308 elected politicians, and (ii) the Senate, comprising 105 unelected Senators, appointed by the Prime Minister.
Judges in Canada are appointed by the government and generally must have been a member of the Bar for at least 10 years prior to his or her appointment.
www.nyulawglobal.org /globalex/Canada.htm   (5463 words)

  
 History of the 8th Light
The lack of frontline action was frustrating to many officers of the 8th Regiment who saw their opportunities for glory and promotion ruined by their isolation from the main theaters of the war.
Nevertheless, the service performed by the officers and men of the 8th by holding the Great Lakes for Britain was a major addition to the war effort and helped ensure the preservation of Canada during the peace negotiations in 1783.
It was not until 1785 that the men of the 8th Regiment of Foot were finally released from their long exile on the Great Lakes when Lieutenant Colonel DePeyster received orders to lead his troops to Quebec as soon as they were relieved by soldiers of the 29th Regiment of Foot.
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 Lower Canada and the British Regime
Canada is finally separated in two; Upper Canada (now Ontario, about 10,000 inhabitants) and Lower Canada (now Québec, 150,000 "habitants").
The Lower Canada assembly is composed of 35 elected Canadiens and 15 elected English (despite the fact that the population is 95% Canadien).
The main parties of Canada East were the Bleus led by George-Étienne Cartier and the nationalist Rouges led by Antoine-Aimé Dorion.
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 Freemasonry / canada
But further north, in Canada, over the course of time they were also associated with similar changes, even though there was never any such constitutional conference.
Canada still honors a group of men known as the Fathers of Confederation.
By its terms, the Dominion of Canada came into existence on July 1, 1867, as a self governing country in the British Commonwealth of Nations.
www.masonicworld.com /education/files/freemasonryincandademocracy.htm   (1250 words)

  
 Canada in Nigeria - About Canada
1837/8 - Armed rebellions in Upper and Lower Canada, caused by disaffection with the ruling elites, poverty and social divisions.
Canada adopts a new constitution, which includes a Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
It is the first territory in Canada to have a majority indigenous population.
www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca /nigeria/canada-timeline-en.asp   (1040 words)

  
 Queen Marie Collection
The next stop was Hamilton, Ontario in Canada, where she spoke to a crowd from the rear of her train.
After dinner, she went to the Parliament House and seated on a throne, received Romanian delegates and children in Romanian costumes gave her flowers.
On the upper deck of the ship, Marie told reporters she was sorry to leave America, since she enjoyed her visit.
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 Parliament Blog Entries // Blog Post Tag Search // BlogCatalog
Activists met at the Houses of Parliament to call for a reduction in the upper time limit for abortion.
October 11th 2007 by Aaron Z. I don't know whether it's the fact that the weekend is approaching rapidly or that I don't have to work tonight, but I am in the mood for some funk.
President Musharraf of Pakistan was elected one again to the office of president by obtaining 252 of 257 votes cast in parliament.
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 A peep at the western world; being an account of a visit to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Canada, : a machine-readable ...
For about thirty years Canada was known as the province of Quebec, but to facilitate the management of so extensive a country it was deemed advisable to separate it into two sections, the eastern being called Lower and the western Upper Canada.
The Parliament House and its Library were unfortunately totally destroyed by fire during the political riots of 1849, but the Theatre, the Barracks, the Hospital, and the New Prison are all conspicuous structures.
Indeed such was the prostration of trade in Upper Canada at the time I was there, owing to the complete failure of the grain crops (on which, as I have before stated, Canada mainly depends) that it will require several years of prosperity to bring her round again.
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 History of Canada (Part 2 of 2)
The British usually had the upper hand in the fighting in Canada, because of their superior navy, greater financial resources, and the fact that they controlled territory both to the North (in the Hudson Bay) and to the South (in the 13 Colonies) of the French-controlled areas.
The union was achieved in 1840, and in 1867 a Canadian federation was formed, the Dominion of Canada.
Canada became a key member of the western alliance, joining NATO, sending troops to fight in the Korean War (1950 to 1953), and participating in a joint air defense system with the United States (NORAD).
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 The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents Volume 36   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
They propose that this bishop be selected from the Jesuit order, their choice being Charles Lalemant, now superior of the Jesuit residence at Paris; they urge the father general to accept their nomination.
The fire, which broke out in their bakery, had almost reached the upper part of the house before they noticed it.
They were very fortunate in being able to escape from the midst of the flames, and to throw themselves into the snow; and it was almost a miracle that their little Savage and French boarders were not burned to death.
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 KUNSAN AIR BASE: How It Was - 8th FW (2002)
The opinions expressed are those of the author and in no way represents any official statement of Kunsan AB or the USAF.
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Australia was 100 percent behind Bush, but Canada stated that it would have to be convinced further.
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 The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents Volume 41   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
All the upper tribes prefer, also, to trade with the French rather than with the Dutch, since the route to the former is far easier.
The governor of Canada, De Lauson, grants to the Jesuits a tract of land, ten leagues square, in the Onondaga country.
They declared, in a word, that all the four Nations of the upper Iroquois were on fire; that they were leaguing together, and arming to repulse this enemy; and that all this compelled them earnestly to seek for Peace with us, even though they might not have had any such thoughts before.
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 THE MASSES ARE ASSES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Once again, we have the upper middle class politicians, military officers, merchants, and demagogues attempting to bring the country's economy to a standstill in protest of Chavez's social and geopolitical strategies, strategies that challenge the U.S.' idea of a model South American strongman.
Canada's Globe and Mail went with 'revealed by Canada' in their title, but would come clean in the opening paragraph -- about getting Canada's news from the Washington Post.
B'nai Brith Canada announced that because the government has included Hezbollah in the list of banned organizations, they would withdraw their threat of legal action.
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 Aboriginal Law and Legislation Online
After the case proceeded over the course of 7 years through the BC Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, the actual decision of the Court is that there must be a new trial.
The government of Canada did not intervene in this case at any level on the meaning and construction to be given to the 1923 Treaty.
This decision created problems, still unresolved in some parts of Canada, in terms of establishing reserves pursuant to a treaty promise and dealing with them for the benefit of the Indians if they are later surrendered for sale: see, e.g.
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 Sketches of Canada and the United States. By William L. Mackenzie. : a machine-readable transcription.
I have not written of Canada in the manner of a traveller taking a passing glance at scenes he never more expects to visit, but as a person deeply interested concerning the home of his future years, the country of his adoption, the birth-place of his children.
We of Canada are less anxious to encourage, by specious misrepresentations, a vast influx of settlers from Europe, ignorant of the situation of the country, and therefore too apt to be careless of its true interests, than we are to obtain the blessings of self-government and freedom for those who now constitute the settled population.
In Canada he is entitled to all the privileges of a citizen, such as they are, the moment he enters the river St. Lawrence.
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