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  GlobaLex - Researching Canadian Law Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Carswell's Canadian Case Citations is a print publication that shows a case's judicial history (i.e., whether the case was appealed to a higher court or not) and its judicial consideration (whether later decisions cited or applied your case).
Canadian Legal Information Institute provides access to some decisions of administrative tribunals and it is also possible to check the website of the particular tribunal to see what, if any, access is provided to their decisions.
Canadian law school is a 3-year program with mandatory first-year courses and a combination of electives in second and third year.
www.nyulawglobal.org /globalex/Canada.htm   (3460 words)

  
 Pakistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pakistan was formed on 14 August 1947 with two Muslim-majority wings in the eastern and northwestern regions of South Asia, separated by Hindu-majority India, and comprising the provinces of Balochistan, East Bengal, the North-West Frontier Province, West Punjab and Sindh.
The army was deployed to fight a serious insurgency within the province from 1973–76 by then-Prime Minister Bhutto, to see social stability only after the political stabilization by the subsequent military government's appointed martial law ruler General Rahimuddin Khan from 1977 onwards.
The provinces and the capital territory are subdivided into a total of 107 districts which contain numerous tehsils and local governments.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pakistan   (4864 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Irish (In Countries Other Than Ireland)
When hostilities ceased, Sheridan as lieutenant general occupied the next to highest rank in the military service of the country, while at the same time the highest command in the navy was held by Admiral Porter, the descendant of an Irishman, the next highest command being held by Admiral Rowan, a native-born Irishman.
Of the fourteen provinces now (1906) constituting the territorial divisions of the Church in the continental united States, nine are governed by archbishop of Irish blood, and forty-eight of the bishops of the seventy-eight dioceses comprised in these provinces are of the Irish race.
The list of the prelates of the Church in Australia shows the pope and his advisors in the main followed the lines indicated in what was said by Bishop Goold and Father MacEneroe.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/08132b.htm   (15966 words)

  
 LLRX.com - Doing Legal Research in Canada: Introduction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The third level of courts for the provinces is the national Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa where it is possible to appeal (in very limited circumstances) from a provincial Court of Appeal.
In the early 1970s, before the KE Class for the Law of Canada was created, several large Canadian academic law libraries made a decision to adapt the KF Class for the Law of America (created in 1968) for Canadian and commonwealth materials.
Canadian federal and provincial legislation is generally not consolidated by subject matter but is instead published in its official version alphabetically by name of the statute or regulation, unlike the situation with the United States Code and many state codes.
www.llrx.com /features/ca_intro.htm   (4182 words)

  
 Mount Nirvana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mount Nirvana is the unofficial name of the highest mountain in the Northwest Territories.
It was first climbed in July 1965 by Bill Buckingham and Lew Surdam.
List of highest points of Canadian provinces and territories.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mount_Nirvana   (77 words)

  
 Canadian Immigration Services   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Canadians enjoy a comfortable standard of living, good health care, social security, a high level of education, and a relatively safe and clean environment.
With the additional points for personal suitability awarded to you by the visa officer, you will normally be required to have at least 70 points in total in order to pass to the interview stage.
Remember, however, that unless you have at least 60 points on the first 9 factors, your application may not merit further consideration and you may therefore not be called for an interview.
www.webspawner.com /users/vmoldova   (1957 words)

  
 The Atlas of Canada - Frequently Asked Questions About Canada
Canadian Meteorological Service (CMS) is the group that collects Canadian weather data and also publishes climate data.
The point at the southern end of this line would be the furthest west.
The lowest point in most provinces and in all three territories is sea level.
atlas.nrcan.gc.ca /site/english/learningresources/facts/faq.html   (3591 words)

  
 Daimnation!
There were, however, some 40 Canadian special forces soldiers from Joint Task Force Two also serving in the area; but they were only a small part of the overall mission, not all of it as the editorial suggests.
He recently received email from the Canadian UNTSO soldier who died and claims that he used veiled language to indicate that the Hezbollah is using UN personnel as shields.
At that point, violence, both in terms of the frequency and intensity of attacks, had reached a level of gravity not seen since late 2003 and 2004," she said.
www.damianpenny.com   (14090 words)

  
 Franklin Pierce
He contended that that institution was aristocratic in its tendencies, that a professional soldiery and standing armies are always dangerous to the liberties of the people, and that in war the republic must rely upon her citizen militia.
That policy was based on the theory that the institution of slavery was imbedded in and guaranteed by the constitution of the United States, and that therefore it was the duty of the National government to protect it.
Douglas, chairman of the senate committee on the territories, introduced a bill to organize the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, which permitted slavery north of the parallel of 36.
www.franklinpierce.org   (6407 words)

  
 Canadian Shield
List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.
Mont D'Iberville: At lower right, in the foreground, is the cairn for Mont D'Iberville; in the upper left is the Mount Caubvick cairn, about 30 feet away.
Mount Marcy: Marcy is framed by trees in this view from Lake Tear of the Clouds, the highest lake source of the Hudson.
www.peakbagger.com /range.aspx?rid=150   (255 words)

  
 Geography of Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The of the country is extremely mountainous with Canadian Rockies being the largest range.
The center of the country is a vast sedimetary plain that makes up most of provinces of Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
The provinces have the Adirondack Mountains which are more like large hills mountains proper.
www.freeglossary.com /Geography_of_Canada   (692 words)

  
 Highest lowest biggest smallest tallest deepest oldest youngest Continents Countries Cities Dependencies Deserts ...
These dependencies and territories are usually small and remote.
Numbers shown are the population within the recognized city limits, and do not include people living in the immediate surrounding area outside of the established border of the city.
Numbers shown are the population within the immediate surrounding area of the established border of the city, and also include the city limit population figures.
www.worldatlas.com /geoquiz/thelist.htm   (589 words)

  
 Top20Montana.com - Your Top20 Guide to Montana!
The highest point in the state, Granite Peak, is 12,807 feet (3,901 m) high.
Fort Shaw, (Montana Territory), was established in the spring of 1867.
Though generally considered a Republican state (George W. Bush won it by twenty percentage points with 59.1% of the vote in 2004), Montana elected its first Democratic Governor in 16 years in 2004, and both chambers of the legislature are currently controlled by the Democrats.
www.top20montana.com   (2447 words)

  
 Canadian History Timeline
Canadian History Timeline, A.D. This timeline is adapted from Atlantic Canadian History class assignments, Mount Allison University, 1991-93, and "Notable dates in Canadian History," The Canadian World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1989 (Toronto: Global Press, 1988), pp.
The Canadian immigration policy changes, emphasising that education and skills of the applicant are to be the main criteria for entry into Canada.
Although later disqualified for steroid use by the IOC he was for a short time the fastest man ever to run that distance in all of history.
www.ecf.utoronto.ca /~shirley/african/timeline.html   (3595 words)

  
 Category:Geography of Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of Canadian provinces and territories by area
List of place names in Canada of Aboriginal origin
This page was last modified 04:40, 27 July 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Geography_of_Canada   (99 words)

  
 CBC News: Albertans top list of Canadian holiday spending   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Shoppers in the Yukon and the Northwest Territories were next on the list, spending $928 per person and $926 per person, respectively.
Canadian shoppers spent a total of $34.5 billion in retail stores last December, up almost seven per cent from December 2003.
Canadians who work or study in the U.S. will have their fingerprints checked when they enter the country by air or sea, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security says.
www.cbc.ca /story/business/national/2005/12/07/shoppingspree-051207.html?ref=rss   (752 words)

  
 Albion's Seedlings: November 2005 Archives
Finally, while the history is interesting in itself, the point of it all for this discussion is to better understand the present and to equip ourselves better for the future, not mere antiquarianism.
The principal point of this post is to clarify the specific role of Macfarlane's assumptions in supporting the Anglosphere perspective.
Parkin was a Canadian academic, a prestigious private school headmaster in Toronto, at a time when Canada was undergoing rapid industrial expansion and had recently completed a transcontinental railway to link Ontario with British Columbia.
www.anglosphere.com /weblog/archives/2005_11.html   (17686 words)

  
 Finding Canadian statistics
A small collection of Canadian social and macroeconomic statistics: key monthly and quarterly measures of economic performance, annual economic data, land area, plant and animal life, and environment, population traits and trends, education, culture, health, government finances, employment, justice, and elections.
Also 1996 census of agriculture data at province and census division level, aggregate data from censuses between 1666 and 1871, and statistics from the 1997 federal general elections at the province and federal electoral district (FED) levels.
Contains: selected characteristics of persons with disabilities (limited at work/perception) for Canada, provinces and territories, including nature and severity of disability, industry and occupation, level of schooling, field of study, labour force participation and income, for population aged 15 to 64.
www.chass.utoronto.ca /datalib/other/findcans.htm   (8817 words)

  
 The year of marriage. Lead News Stories from the Gay People's Chronicle
Québec’s highest court on March 19 upheld a lower court ruling that barring same-sex couples from marriage was a violation of the protections in the Charter of the Rights and Freedoms, the Canadian equivalent of the Bill of Rights.
In the last three months, five other Canadian provinces and territories had court decisions ruling that same-sex marriage must be legal.
Eighty-seven percent of the Canadian population lives in these locations, which also include Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, the Yukon, and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, the most recent addition to the list.
www.gaypeopleschronicle.com /stories04/december/04dec31-st1.htm   (1564 words)

  
 FORCES CANADA - Tobacco News - July 2003
For months I've pointed out that a bunch of know-nothings in the media (inevitably anti-smoking loudmouths) have spread the myth that pot is harmless.
The argument against cigarettes involves people in their late 70s.The whole smoking causes the "premature deaths of 45,000 Canadians annually" argument involve the average age of smokers deaths-77-78 vs. if you happen to be a 7th Day Adventist.
I said Canadian smokers have a choice, they could either boycott and potentially roll back smoking bans as has happened in certain Ontario communities or they could go along like sheep in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia and hand the anti-smoking nuts a huge propaganda windfall to spread smoking bans throughout Canada.
www.forces.org /canada/news-archive/072003.htm   (13676 words)

  
 alt.talk.royalty FAQ: British royalty and nobility
The list is circulated privately to members of the royal family (who refer to it as the 'printed list') and it is not published elsewhere.
For litigation purposes, the Canadian crown is said to be divisible, so that, for example, the Crown "in right of Saskatchewan" might press suit against the Crown "in right of Prince Edward Island", but this does not imply the existence of separate provincial monarchies in the same sense as is proposed for the Australian states.
He pointed out that since Queen Alexandra (wife of King Edward VII) was a descendant of a princess who had married into a foreign family, she was not covered by the Royal Marriages Act of 1772.
www.heraldica.org /faqs/britfaq.html   (18602 words)

  
 Marathon & Beyond -- The web site for marathoners and ultrarunners.
As a 2:50 marathoner at the time, this was difficult for me to resist, so I called the telephone number listed and learned that at 7 that night medical tests were being conducted on some of the runners in the race.
Canadians joke that there are so many old, retired people living in Victoria that if you want to buy a house, just pick one out that you like and stand patiently outside it for a while.
The seed of the ambition to run from the northermost point on the island of Great Britain, John O'Groats, to the southern extremity, Land's End, was sown in my mind many years ago.
www.marathonandbeyond.com /tocvol5.htm   (21614 words)

  
 Globalization - Canadian Social Research Links
It is a registered non profit organization in the province of Quebec, Canada.
On the other hand, we have the social advocacy community - Canadian *and* international - reminding us that the welfare wall grew over the years not because welfare benefits were so generous, but because minimum wages and other employment standards have taken a nosedive since the 1970s.
Social justice groups suggest that a better way to reduce that welfare wall would be to improve minimum wages and working conditions, including the extension of special health coverage to everyone in the low-wage sector of the Canadian economy.
www.canadiansocialresearch.net /global.htm   (10575 words)

  
 CFN's Canadian Category Sites
It is made possible by the participation of a long list of mutual fund companies.
Zurich Canada is the Canadian property/casualty company of the Switzerland based Zurich Insurance Group, one of the world's top 10 financial services providers.
Whether your main concern is inventory management, point of sale invoicing, distribution management, time & billing, practice management or multi-currency accounting, our extensive suite of products enables us to meet your needs today and in the future.
www.canadianfinance.com /cfnbase/cdnbase.htm   (14109 words)

  
 General Motor's GM World Atlas and Geography Facts
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If you would like to submit an addition, change or correction, please forward it to our map department and we will give it our immediate attention.
dependency, island, territory or major body of water here...
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