Calling All Canadians!
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Jesus_marley
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Born and raised in Nova Scotia but current;y living in Surrey BC.
favourite moment in Canadian history? it's a tie between when Captain Canada (Brian Tobin) seized two Portuguese fishing ships for illegal fishing and refused to return them, and when then Prime Minister Jean Cretien throttled a protester who threw a pie at him.
favourite moment in Canadian history? it's a tie between when Captain Canada (Brian Tobin) seized two Portuguese fishing ships for illegal fishing and refused to return them, and when then Prime Minister Jean Cretien throttled a protester who threw a pie at him.
Lord Zardoz
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I have lived in Alberta (Edson, Stony Plain, Vallyview), Saskatchewan (Denholm, North Battleford), British Columbia (Parksville, Vancouver), and Ontario (London, Ottawa). Currently I am in Montreal Quebec.
Favorite moment in Canadian History would be the a tie between Vimy Ridge and the Second Battle of Ypres, April 1915. The Second Battle of Ypres was the one where a canadian division responded to a gas attack by urinating into cloth, tying it over their mouths and face, and then counter attacking, eventually forcing the attackers to retreat.
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Favorite moment in Canadian History would be the a tie between Vimy Ridge and the Second Battle of Ypres, April 1915. The Second Battle of Ypres was the one where a canadian division responded to a gas attack by urinating into cloth, tying it over their mouths and face, and then counter attacking, eventually forcing the attackers to retreat.
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I'm from Ottawa, Canada, myself. Lived quite a while in Montreal as well.
My favourite moment? There are so many....the Avro Arrow (the creation, not the destruction), Vimy Ridge, Romeo D'Allaire's attempts to save life in Rwanda, the Habs' Stanley Cup victory back in the 90's...I could keep going. There are many others as well.....the whole thing in the War of 1812 with keeping from being conquered by the U.S., and in turn setting the White House on fire was pretty cool. Nothing against our friends down south, but I'm glad we won that war
Being French Canadian (though *not* a sovereignist), I'd say the Battle of Abraham was a low point. But it's in the past, and I happen to like a united Canada, so....dem's da breaks.
A neat personal moment was dining in "Aux Anciennes Canadiens", a restaurant in the old part of Quebec City....the building itself was created in 1675, which makes it one of the older stone buildings left in our entire country. I found *that* a pretty neat connection to history. And the food was pretty sweet also
Banshee
My favourite moment? There are so many....the Avro Arrow (the creation, not the destruction), Vimy Ridge, Romeo D'Allaire's attempts to save life in Rwanda, the Habs' Stanley Cup victory back in the 90's...I could keep going. There are many others as well.....the whole thing in the War of 1812 with keeping from being conquered by the U.S., and in turn setting the White House on fire was pretty cool. Nothing against our friends down south, but I'm glad we won that war
Being French Canadian (though *not* a sovereignist), I'd say the Battle of Abraham was a low point. But it's in the past, and I happen to like a united Canada, so....dem's da breaks.
A neat personal moment was dining in "Aux Anciennes Canadiens", a restaurant in the old part of Quebec City....the building itself was created in 1675, which makes it one of the older stone buildings left in our entire country. I found *that* a pretty neat connection to history. And the food was pretty sweet also
Banshee
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