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Canada is a country that is directly north of the United States. Along with Mexico, these three countries make up what is known as North America, one of the world's seven continents.

Canada's history dates back to the late 15th Century when expeditions out of Britain and France explored the east coast of the country. However, Canada did not become its own country, its own federation, until July 1867, consisting of ten provinces: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan.

As of a 2006 country census, Canada had a reported census of over 30,000,000 people, an increase of over 5% from the previous count in 2001.

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  • The fight has only begun


    My Two Cents Worth — Authority Authority: 136
    Earlier this morning, the Senate voted along party lines for cloture on the ObamaCare bill, which means the toughest obstacle has been overcome.  It looks more likely than ever that this monstrosity of a bill will be signed into law and soon. The Heritage Foundations blog The Foundry has the story on what the ...
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  • Prince Edward Island proclaims Domestic Relations Act, finally


    gay persons of color — Authority Authority: 422
    Although same-sex marriages have been legal in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island since 2005 , several related laws had still referred to married couples as "man and woman," "wife and husband," or "bride and groom." Over the weekend, however, the Domestic Relations Act , which altered 29 pieces of ...
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  • WIND looks for feedback… admits “We had a lot go wrong in our first few days”


    mobilesyrup.com — Authority Authority: 664
    WIND Mobile launched last week in both Toronto and Calgary. We’ve heard that people embraced the new carrier, purchased devices and plans but no numbers of the first days have been announced.An interesting post by COO Chris Robbins was posted on their site that’s titled “Some Great Conversations!”. The basis ...
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  • Canadian Deal: Mademoiselle women’s fitness & day spa 1/2 price boxing week sale!


    Canadian Freebies, Coupons, Deals, Bargains, Flyers, Contests Canada — Authority Authority: 447
    Are you one of those people who says “one day I’ll join a gym” but just never gets around to it?! If so, and you live in Ontario, now may be the time! Madmoiselle’s Fitness Gym and Day Spa is offering their annual, single, family or gold memberships at 50% off during boxing week. Click here to find your ...
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  • News: Sam Worthington, Dubai, Arthur Cores, Rwanda


    -Towleroad News- [#gay] — Authority Authority: 752
    California Assembly Speaker-to-be John Perez talks with the L.A. Times : "This means theres one less barrier for people. When I grew up, there were only a handful of Latino state elected officials and there werent any openly gay ones. So I never thought I would be in office. . . . It speaks to the fact that ...
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  • EnCana seeks natural gas highway network


    CKA Canadian News — Authority Authority: 165
    One of Canadas biggest energy companies is asking the federal government for $1-billion to kick-start a transformation of the countrys highways.
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  • Canada may require higher mortgage downpayments-TV


    CKA Canadian News — Authority Authority: 165
    Canada may require people taking out mortgages to come up with a larger downpayment if it looks like indebtedness is getting too high, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said in a interview released late on Sunday.
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  • Canada Pension Plan and partner buy Scottish shopping mall for $505 million


    CKA Canadian News — Authority Authority: 165
    The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and U.K.-based Hammerson PLC have teamed up to buy a shopping mall in Scotland from Retail Property Holdings Ltd. for about C$505 million.
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  • Canada’s Patrice Cormier Lays a Vicious Elbow on Anton Rodin


    Total Pro Sports — Authority Authority: 147
    Line changes are pretty routine in hockey.  Most or all of the players skate off quickly while a new unit comes on the ice, right?  Well not in this game between Sweden and Canada.  Canada was up 4-0 about halfway through the 2nd period when Patrice Cormier laid a huge elbow into Anton Rodin s face.  The ...
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  • Behind the scenes: NORADs Santa tracker


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    Behind the scenes: NORADs Santa tracker : Via Geek Gestalt - CNET News. All joking aside, NORAD has been taking its Santa tracking project seriously for decades. But it actually began in 1955 with a wrong number. One morning that December, U.S. Air Force Col. Harry Shoup, the director of operations at CONAD, the ...
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  • Soldier faces court martial for death of Afghan insurgent


    Toronto Star | TheStar.com — Authority Authority: 867
    A Canadian officer charged in the death of a wounded Afghan insurgent will face court martial next month.
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  • Canada at Copenhagen: "delay, obstruction, and total inaction"


    Mongabay.com News — Authority Authority: 143
    Canada was the biggest obstructer at the Climate Change conference in Copenhagen, according to the Climate Action Network (CAN) an organization made-up of 450 NGOs. On Friday CAN awarded Canada the Colossal Fossil Award for doing the most to obstruct an ambitious climate change agreement and for doing the least to ...
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  • Feed-in Tariff Systems Take Hold in North America


    Environmental Leader — Authority Authority: 615
    Even as state-level feed-in tariffs start to take off, global programs are the most effective way to ensure sustainable growth in the photovoltaic (PV) market. A white paper on solar feed-in tariffs from the SEMI PV Group says stable, transparent and substantial national feed-in tariffs will fuel rapid growth and new ...
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  • Compte chèque ou compte épargne ?


    Antagoniste.net — Authority Authority: 436
    Avec l’arrivée du temps des fêtes, c’est le retour de la cohue dans les centres commerciaux;  une période où l’on oublie les vertus de l’épargne et qui est souvent synonyme d’achat à crédit. Voici comment a évolué le taux d’épargne depuis 1981: L’évolution pour chaque province depuis ...
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  • Ottawa could tighten mortgage rules, Flaherty says


    Toronto Star | TheStar.com — Authority Authority: 867
    First-time homebuyers will probably have to wait until the spring home-selling season to see if Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will take steps to make it harder to finance a house purchase as a way of heading off runaway inflation in the residential market.
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  • Does Stephen Harper have a “God-Squad”?


    No Apologies — Authority Authority: 147
    Read the complete article here. The Toronto Star – December 19, 2009 Boom times for PMO’s God squad: Do Harper’s ‘theocons’ give a Christian tint to policy or simply keep the base happy? By Linda Diebel Darrel Reid used to shoot from the lip. Few Canadian evangelists can match his record for the ...
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  • Monday cup of coffee: Christmas edition


    Out Of Touch — Authority Authority: 116
    Christmas is a wonderful time of year for people to spend time with their families and loved ones. But at times like these it is important not to forget that we live in a world full of pain, suffering and injustice. And nothing lately seems quite so unjust as blonde-haired Natalies Survivor win over oil tycoon ...
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  • Oh, the weather outside is frightful, but the Caribbeans so delightful...(sorry)


    Jim Byers' Travel Blog — Authority Authority: 122
    Wow, still LOTS of weather havoc out there, folks. Baltimore Washington International in Maryland is back up and running after the monster snowfall that descended on the U.S. eastern seaboard and the Canadian maritimes. Reagan National is supposed to be operating by noon, take or give. Over in ...
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  • Costco Canada: 8 Free 5×7 Prints!


    Canadian Freebies, Coupons, Deals, Bargains, Flyers, Contests Canada — Authority Authority: 447
    Costco has another free prints offer!  This time you get 8 free 5×7 prints when you order online from December 21 and January 10.  This is perfect for printing some of your Christmas memories without any cost to you.  Just use coupon code CWFP1221 at checkout and pick up your free prints at your local Costco.  ...
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  • PayPal offers $15 back when 2 BlackBerry apps are purchased


    mobilesyrup.com — Authority Authority: 664
    If you are planning on buying some apps for your Berry you might want to get in on this offer. If you purchase any 2 apps by January 12th, 2010 from the App World and use your PayPal account… they’ll give you $15 back (plus taxes and fees). All you have to do is register [...]No related posts.Related posts brought ...
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