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.
May 16th 2008North America » Canada » Quebec » Montréal We set a time and place over the next few emails: Milton Gates, 1:30pm, right after my class.
Because I was all nervous and jittery, I shot out of bed as soon as my alarm beeped at 10am, instea ... 7 photos[full story]
May 10th 2008North America » Canada » Quebec » Montréal It’s SUMMER!!
Everyone’s favorite season: the weather is awesome, no school, everyone’s relaxed and guys have an excuse to rock sunglasses to (safely) check out girls flaunting th ... 8 photos[full story]
May 9th 2008North America » Canada » Quebec » Montréal » South Shore Tim: Today has been a good day. We took a metro down to the Biodome and went over to the Giles Villneave circit, the home of Canadian Formula 1. Later in the day we have bonded a little bit more with ... [full story]
May 8th 2008North America » Canada » Quebec » Montréal » Saint Laurent Tom: Overlooking Montreal there is a large 3 "peaked" hill called Mount Royal, which the clever people in wiki-land inform us gave the city it's name. So having been promised a postcard view we headed ... 5 photos[full story]
May 6th 2008North America » Canada » Quebec » Montréal » Saint Laurent Tim: Fully rested, washed and recovered from the beer last night we set out to discover some of what Montreal has to offer. Montreal has a lovely old town which could put you in the middle of a small ... 4 photos[full story]
May 5th 2008North America » Canada » Quebec » Montréal » South Shore Tim: We are now in Montreal. We took the train from Toronto to Montreal, it took us 5 hours on the train. It is all French here! We might as well be in France! Found the hostel really easily and it is ... [full story]
May 6th 2008North America » Canada » Quebec » Montréal Mein erster Tag begann gegen Mittag und sollte sich als unerwartete Stadterkundung hervorheben d.h. viel laufen.
Ichsollte naemlich meine Miete zu unserem vermieter bringen, der hat sein Buero nur le ... [full story]
May 6th 2008North America » Canada » Quebec » Montréal Montreal, meine neue Stadt.
Am 29.April sollte es eigentlich losgehen, dachte ich zumindestens.
War mal wieder total im Packstress und obwohl ich nur einen Monat bei meinen Mexikanern gewohnt habe, ... [full story]
April 29th 2008North America » Canada » Quebec » Montréal » Old Montréal Beste Blogvrienden,
hier weer een tijdelijkse update vanuit het mooie Montreal
Ik geloof dat de lente is aangebroken na een korte tijd van zomer! we hadden namelijk al 2 weken zo'n 20 graden waar we ... 18 photos[full story]
January 22nd 2008North America » Canada » Quebec » Montréal After a week of intense training in Washington DC, I flew directly to Montreal. I met up with some friends from Ottawa who came to support me as I shared about my upcoming trip to Rwanda. My Montreal ... 2 photos[full story]
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