Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural resources, Canada became a self-governing dominion in 1867 while retaining ties to the British crown. Economically and technologically the nation has developed in parallel with the US, its neighbor to the south across an unfortified border. Canada's paramount political problem is meeting public demands for quality improvements in health care and education services after a decade of budget cuts. The issue of reconciling Quebec's francophone heritage with the majority anglophone Canadian population has moved to the back burner in recent years; support for separatism abated after the Quebec government's referendum on independence failed to pass in October of 1995.
July 16th 2008North America » Canada » Ontario » Thunder Bay Day 2 and still in this province. Hopefully tomorrow that will change. This morning Jordan decided she didn't want to sleep so at 4:30 we hit the road and guess what...she fell asleep. The temperatu ... [full story]
July 11th 2008North America » Canada » Ontario » Thunder Bay Hi Folks,
Taking a rest day in Thunder Bay. I've been riding for several days now with a couple from Frankfurt Germany. They rode from Frankfurt to Amsterdam and then took a container ship to Montr ... [full story]
June 9th 2008North America » Canada » Ontario » Thunder Bay hello this trip was actually pretty good. it was a successflu trip and nobody didnt come back broke i cought a new set of golfclubs. ... [full story]
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