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  Canadian Beer - Uncyclopedia
The first documented test of Canadian Beer resulted in the destruction of 2 square kilometers of forest, reportedly pushed down by a group of drunks.
Canadian Beer is the official liquid of TriCanada.
Pale Al is known for making homemade beer, and every time he is finished making a batch, it is stolen by his drunken buddy Alexander Keith, since he is a mooch.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Canadian_Beer   (605 words)

  
 Canadian pale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In vexillology and heraldry, a Canadian pale is the centre of a flag (or a charge in heraldry) that is a square or rectangle covering half the length of a flag rather than a rectangle covering a third as in a tricolour.
The most widely known proposed flag of Taiwan is a green flag with a Canadian pale charged with four red hearts arranged to form a flower.
By this looser description, the flag of Norfolk Island and the flag of Iowa are sometimes considered to have a Canadian Pale.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canadian_pale   (253 words)

  
 Flag of Canada
The national flag of Canada, popularly known as the Maple Leaf Flag (French: l'Unifolié "the one-leaved"), is a base red flag with a white square in its centre, featuring a red stylised 11-pointed maple leaf.
Although the idea of a new design for the national flag had been discussed for decades in 1900s, it was the 1960s that the debate intensified and it became a subject of considerable controversy.
The white centre is a device unique to Canada, blazoned a Canadian pale, being a pale 1/2 the width of the field rather than 1/3.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ma/Maple_leaf_flag.html   (291 words)

  
 Emblems of Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Its blazon is "Gules on a Canadian pale argent a maple leaf of the first." The proportions of the flag are 2 by length and one by width, with a white square in the centre the width of the flag.
The Red Ensign was later carried by Canadian athletes at the Olympics and by Canadian troops in WWII.
To many Canadians the Red Ensign was the national flag, and this led to intense feeling when Parliament proposed to replace it with a new design.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1SEC819969   (288 words)

  
 Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Canadian National Flag was adopted by the Canadian Parliament on October 22, 1964 and was proclaimed into law by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (the Queen of Canada) on February 15, 1965.
The Canadian Flag (colloquially known as The Maple Leaf Flag) is a red flag of the proportions two by length and one by width, containing in its centre a white square, with a single red stylized eleven-point maple leaf centred in the white square.
The heraldic description of the Canadian National Flag is: Gules on a Canadian pale argent a maple leaf of the first.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ca.html   (3011 words)

  
 Canadian Football Teams   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
All the CFL (Canadian Football League) teams receive funding from Ottawa to stick a maple leaf on the back of the helmet - I wonder if the Baltimore team did the year it was in the CFL.
This came into play with the "Canadian content" rules of the game, which stated that teams had to have a certain number of Canadians on the roster, and of those, a certain number had to be in play at any given moment.
You will notice that the flag is in Canadian pale (ie a 1:2 flag with a 1:1 square in the middle), I'm almost positive this is deliberate, to show it is a Canadian team.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ca_cfl.html   (557 words)

  
 Archived Beer Club Newsletter: Volume 2, Number 2
Generally speaking, pale ales are golden to copper in color, have high hop bitterness in both the flavor and aroma, and are low to medium in maltiness.
Pale ales tend to have a rather broad interpretation range which is why we've elected to choose that style for a style comparison shipment.
Mother's Pale Ale is brewed with primarily Canadian pale malts and the remainder, English Carastan malts.
www.beermonthclub.com /newsletters/vol2no2.htm   (2021 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
It has what was termed a Canadian Pale by vexillologists and heraldists: A big pale centred on the flag which covers half of its width.
Pales, in Vexillology and Heraldry, are vertical stripes that usually cover only 1/3 of a flag's width.
The flag was finally approved by the committee in December 1964 and on 15 February 1965 the maple leaf flag became the official national flag of Canada, with the agreement of Queen Elizabeth II.
portal.wikinerds.org /files/canada_flag.html   (1353 words)

  
 Pale (heraldry) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A pale is a term used in heraldic blazon and vexillology to describe a charge on a coat of arms (or flag), that takes the form of a band running vertically down the center of the shield.
A shield with numerous pales may be termed paly, especially in early heraldry, though this term is now properly reserved to describe a variation of the field.
The pale is one of the ordinaries in heraldry, along with the bend, chevron, fess, and chief.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pale_(heraldry)   (303 words)

  
 Grapes to Glass - Beer
This refreshing lager is brewed the traditional way using pale malt, imported hops, lager yeast and spring water.
This kit allows you to recreate India Pale Ale in both forms - either as the troop version at around 1041 degrees or the higher rank strength of 1060 degrees.
Pale Ale is a light delicately balanced beer.
www.grapestoglass.ca /beer.htm   (1022 words)

  
 [ Ant ] Pale ◁ Ordinaries ◁ Heraldry ◁ Lore ◁ Geek Stuff
An exceptionally broad pale, occupying half the width of the field, appears on the national flag of Canada.
“tierced in pale Sable, Or & Gules” — Belgium
In ancient armory piles in a shield are sometimes reckoned as a variety of pales, and a Basset with three piles on his shield is seen with three pales on his square banner.
homepage.mac.com /antallan/pale.html   (513 words)

  
 Currency Exchange Fees
Yet, even as the idea of the Tobin tax was being quietly put to rest at the senior levels of the Canadian government, there was a development at the other end of the continent that provided the perfect illustration of why such a tax could help the world.
For Canadians lying on sun-drenched Mexican beaches during the 1994 Christmas holidays, the biggest worry had likely been whether they had applied enough sun screen to their pale Canadian skin, all too suddenly uncovered after months encased in sweaters and coats.
Canadian tourists thus had even more bargaining power in haggling with underfed Mexicans for beachside trinkets and colourful local blankets.
www.globalpolicy.org /finance/alternat/currtax/mcquaig.htm   (2796 words)

  
 Canadian Democratic Movement - Alternative News Media on Democracy, Politics, Trade, Environment, Military and Money in ...
The federal government must restore a ban on cross-ownership of newspapers and broadcast outlets, impose market-share caps on media companies and ensure the survival of The Canadian Press (CP), TNG Canada says in an authoritative brief submitted to a Senate committee that is at a crucial point in its study of media concentration.
They are a pale attempt to characterize the gruesome and bloody days, weeks, months and years that veterans from this province and throughout the world have had to endure in the name of God and Country.
Despite the strong Canadian dollar and the rising costs of doing business, Canadian mid-sized manufacturing companies are optimistic about what the future holds, according to a new study released today by Grant Thornton LLP.
www.canadiandemocraticmovement.ca /News-startnum-311.html   (2649 words)

  
 Beyond The Pale - Klezmer and East European Folk Music Band
Beyond the Pale is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Winnipeg-based booking agency Walnut Street Music Co.
Beyond the Pale will be performing Sunday November 23, 2pm at the brand new Al Green Theatre in Toronto as part of an encore presentation of the incredibly successful Mandolins of the World concert held in Hamilton last spring.
Beyond the Pale will be performing May 4 in the debut edition of an exciting new concert series, presenting mandolin music and mandolin instruments from around the world.
beyondthepale.net   (3092 words)

  
 Keith's Canadian Literature
Is George Grant less important as a Canadian writer and thinker for failing to achieve the "poised balance" that Keith admires?), the balance theory of Canadian culture has the merit of permitting Keith to survey and assess Canadian writing without recourse to such old bromides as survival, patterns of isolation and the garrison mentality.
One further aspect of Canadian Literature in English that may be related to Keith's Leavisite leanings and his emphasis on the via media is the anti-intellectualism that surfaces both in his commentaries and in his bibliographies.
Canadian Literature in English is attractively produced and as free from errors as might be expected from a long-time editor of the University of Toronto Quarterly, though surely the author of the Stepsure Letters is McCulloch, not McCullogh, and the villain of Crawford's Malcolm's Katie is Alfred, not Adrian (p.
www.uwo.ca /english/canadianpoetry/cpjrn/vol18/bentley.htm   (2376 words)

  
 Canada, flag proposals
It was the flag of the League of the Canadian Flag : diagonally divided from upper hoist to lower fly, red over white, with a centered green maple leaf.
Seems the Canadians were offered as "peace - keepers" but the Egyptians objected, saying (in reference to the Canadian Red Ensign) "Look at the Union Jack in their flag and you'll see that Canadians cannot be objective." That really kicked the Canadian flag issue into the forefront of public debate, culminating in 1965.
Not being Canadian I will not try to get into the symbolism of either the Pearson Pennant, nor the Maple Leaf Flag adopted in 1965, but I agree with Dave Kendall that the flag that was adopted is far superior to Pearson's design.
flagspot.net /flags/ca-prop.html   (638 words)

  
 A Canadian Flag for Canada
For three-quarters of a century, the divided loyalties of the country lay at the root of the inability of Canadians to adopt a national flag.
For, until the nation became pre-eminently Canadian, a solely Canadian flag was not a political possibility; yet, until the flag became pre-eminently Canadian, a solely Canadian nation was not an emotional possibility.
Throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, the major contenders for the national flag were the Canadian Red Ensign, and the green leaf on a red and white flag diagonal field (as proposed by the Ligue du Drapeau National).
fraser.cc /FlagsCan/Nation/CanFlag.html   (12736 words)

  
 Territories
Narrower than the Canadian pale, with its ratio of panel widths of 1 to 2 to 1, the Yukon pale has a ratio of 1 to 1.5 to 1.
Yet, many supposedly authoritative publications subject the Yukon pale to an ungainly compression by either describing or illustrating the flag with ratio of 1 to 1 to 1.
The flag was adopted by an ordinance of the Territorial Council on January 1, 1969.
fraser.cc /FlagsCan/Provinces/Territories.html   (1854 words)

  
 IAM(also)CANADIAN
CTV News is saying that it has learned that Environment Minister Rona Ambrose will announce David Chernushenko, the deputy leader of the Green Party, is to be named to the National Roundtable on Environment and the Economy, a blue-chip panel that advises the federal government on environmental policy.
A bill that would oblige the Canadian government to respect its obligations under the Kyoto Protocol passed second reading as the Liberals, NDP, and Bloc Quebecois outvoted the Conservative government.
They also didn't hesitate to defend liberty and freedom wherever and whenever it was threatened, and Canadian soldiers fought across the globe to advance and defend liberty.
alsocanadian.blogspot.com   (4327 words)

  
 Flag Etiquette in Canada
The National Flag of Canada and the flags of the provinces and territories are symbols of honour and pride for all Canadians.
Red and white are Canada's official colours and, with the maple leaf, are the symbolic elements found in the Canadian flag.
The heraldic description is: gules (red) on a Canadian pale argent (white) a maple leaf of the first.
www.pch.gc.ca /progs/cpsc-ccsp/etiquette/index_e.cfm   (790 words)

  
 National Six-Pack II: Wellington SPA, Ontario | A Good Beer Blog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
After the glass has sat around, there is the key that makes it Canadian pale ale, that rough grainy pepper thing with a bit of fruit way back.
The brewer says it is two row Canadian barley they use which is better than six row, the work horse of cheap bad tasting beer - and that's not just me, it's the science.
The crown of National pale ale champion is not yet at danger of falling from the cap of McAuslan's St. Ambrose Pale Ale.
beerblog.genx40.com /archives/2004/october/thenational   (591 words)

  
 The Personal Heraldry of York   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Argent, on a Canadian pale purpure between in chief two hearts gules, a unicorn's head erased or.
Per pale purpure and sable, a griffin's head erased between in chief a Rod of Asclepius and a mortar and pestle or.
Per pale embattled argent and azure, in saltire a mallet and a chisel, both headed argent and handled sable.
www.kingdomofyork.org /personalheraldry.html   (305 words)

  
 old brewing log
Canadian was almost totally flat, good balance of malt and hops flavors, perhaps it just needs time to carbonate.
Canadian ale seems to be maturing nicely and losing "rocket fuel" character and getting smooth.
Plans for the coming weeks: next week: Canadian Ale, with DME and crystal malt; beyond that, Munton and Fison export stout, and possibly a bitter.
www.buffnet.net /~daniel/mead/oldbrewinglog.htm   (5350 words)

  
 Beyond the Pale Promises Unique Blend
Pale in comparison: Five-piece Toronto klezmer band hits Tappan tomorrow with an eclectic mix of musical styles.
Even though Beyond the Pale has roots in Klezmer, it brings so many influences that a strictly Klezmer label cannot do their music justice.
Beyond the Pale is sure to excite Folk Fest listeners with its diverse musical stylings.
www.oberlin.edu /stupub/ocreview/2006/05/05/arts/article2.html   (462 words)

  
 Buy Canada Flag
Red and white are the national colours of Canada since 1921 (when they were proclaimed by King George V on the recommendation of the Canadian Governmant).
The design is somewhat based on the Pearson Pennant This had a blue-white-blue format for the colors, which a three leaf design for the Maple Leaf.
On the fly, there was the armoiries of provinces on one shield, often maple embellish bough and of oak and overcome of the royale crown, with to the-under a castor on a roundle.
www.international-flags.net /buy-online/canada   (1478 words)

  
 Top 10 Kinsella « Canadian Observer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
And it is only if we stand tall against those internal enemies that seek to instil fear into the hearts of Canadians that we will be able to perhaps emerge from the war on Terror with our honour partially in tact.
That is why we here at Canadian Observer are calling on all Canadians to take a stand against the Americanization of Canadian society and politics by just saying no to fear mongers and civilisational chauvinists such as Kinsella.
If you were all recovering addicts, or former outlaw bikers, or from the wrong side of the tracks with a history of bad company, or had dedicated your life to supporting unpopular causes which do not pay very well–Christ anything—we could understand.
canadianobserver.wordpress.com /top-10-kinsella   (3218 words)

  
 Northwest Territories (Canada)
The centre panel is coloured white (513-201) and in the centre of the centre panel is the shield of the armorial bearings of the Northwest Territories.
In anticipation of the forthcoming territorial pavilion at EXPO 86, Michael Moor, Deputy Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, suggested a display of municipal flags, one advantage of which would be that the newly created flags would outlast the exhibition.
This would also imply that the unofficial nature of the flags was because of the source of the flag, being developed for the Expo 86 and possibly not through the Chief Herald of Canada...
flagspot.net /flags/ca-nt.html   (1181 words)

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