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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.

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By rachspach
June 29th 2008

Oh Canada

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Lenny
See life size chocolate moose!

Ok we have been in Canada for a while now and I have been slack in not updating... QUEBEC CITY So we did the big drive up from Boston to Quebec city on Wednesday... Except we made it bigger by getting lost getting out of Boston! We drove up via Maine which was absolutely gorgeous! The road followed the river for the most part which was really lovely and made a long drive better. Just out of portsmouth in Maine we had a stop to visit the life size chocolate moose, Lenny. He is made of solid chocolate and had some [View Full Entry]

By Valerie and Steve
June 19th 2008

Stage 3 - Montreal, Canada

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Montreal Mantis
At the Insectarium

26 May - It’s Steve’s first time in Montreal in the summer so he’s very excited. The weather changes quite a bit from being cloudy but warm to hot and sunny with high humidity some days Highlights: - Driving to Tillsonburg, Ontario to meet the cousins and uncle. - Museums and lunches with Valerie’s Dad and Jacqueline - Karaoke at the Dollar cinema with Rebecca, Isabelle, MJ and Wendy - Family gathering at Isabelle’s house in St Hubert - The Monster and Golliath rides at la Ronde fairground with MJ, Isabelle, Rebecca, Alex and Rachael - The [View Full Entry]

By Born Free
June 19th 2008

Et si c'étais ça la vie ....

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Ce n'est qu'un au revoir !

19 juin FIN ! Et voilà ! C’est ici que ce termine notre aventure. Ce rêve tant désiré depuis plusieurs années qui prend fin. Nos trois ingrédients ont été nécessaires pour réussir ce rêve : espérer, croire et oser. Et c’est avec fierté que nous le crierons haut et fort dans notre cœur. Mon amour nous l’avons fait! Ce voyage nous aura appris que la vie est tellement belle et qu’elle mérite d’être vécue à merveille. Ne t’en fait pas, Born Free, ce n’est que partie remise. Nous t’emmènerons un peu plus au sud dans quelques années a [View Full Entry]

By Mel and Nige
June 18th 2008

June 18, 19 - Montreal

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Schwartz's has the most amazing smoked meat, and what a place!! It was PACKED

June 18 - Montréal We got in Montréal around 6h00 PM and went directly to the world famous Schwartz’s restaurant, which they are known for their famous Montreal smoked meat. Nigel was in heaven. It is definitely worth it to stop here, even though there are often line ups to get in. Afterwards, we headed towards Dominic’s place, one of Nigel’s friends. We were a little bit early, so we stopped at a look out point, which had a beautiful seen of whole city. After that, we met up with Dominic and head downtown. We went to a bar that had [View Full Entry]

By negativegorilla
June 16th 2008

Poor Niagara

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Stanley Cup
Hockey Hall of Fame, Toronto, ON. 13.6.2008.

Sateisesta Vancouverista tie vei sateiseen Edmontoniin. Siellä ei oikeastaan ollut mitään kiinnostavaa. Kävin maailman suurimmassa ostoskeskuksessa, West Edmonton Mallissa, ja se oli kammottava paikka se. Muuten lähinnä ajelin eestaas metrolla, kun keli oli mitä oli. Vielä sateisempi oli Calgary, joka kaupunkina vaikutti näistä Albertan suurkaupungeista paljon mielenkiintoisemmalta. Nyt valitettavasti pikainen Calgary-kokemus jäi todella vajavaiseksi kun ei kaatosade paljoa innostanut kylillä hengailemaan. Albertan harmaudesta ilmasilta vei minut kerralla itään, Ontarion New Yorkiin, eli Toron [View Full Entry]

By Squem
June 11th 2008

Montreal

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Latin Quartier by night

So here is the promised blog on Montreal, just to show that I did some stuff other than watch the F1!! In total I had 4 full days in Canada, and bearing in mind that I was occupied with the cars from 9-5 most days.... it didn't leave me much time to see the city. Now Montreal is a place I've always wanted to visit. Ever since I was introduced to the world of motor racing and the Villeneuve family I've known that one day I would turn up here. And turn up I did. After an 8 hour flight (I [View Full Entry]

By Squem
June 9th 2008

A bunch of cars going round in circles... or so they say...

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Jenson Button's Barmy Army
You gotta love the Brits...

Yup, that's right... my first blog if this trip is about the Grand Prix. Did anyone really expect anything else? I mean I've planned this trip to coincide with the race... So anyways, for anyone wanting to read about how much I love Montreal... well they'll have to wait until the next instalment. I've spent the last 3 days sitting on the most uncomfortable sheet of metal surrounded by beer-swigging, vocal canadians... and it's been awesome. Ok at times I've wished that my bum was bigger or more padded as those grand-stands were horrendous. But it's been worth every bum-numbing minut [View Full Entry]

By AllanDalida
June 7th 2008

Queen's Convocation then Montreal Beer Festival

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Brutopia 1
Leven, Will, Travis Bro, Travis and Anna, TC, and Andrew's head

Hello All! We have not been doing well keeping up with our blog the last couple of weeks, as we were busy preparing for convocation, and then tired and recovering from convocation. Dana flew to Toronto and met up with her family, while I flew to Ottawa to meet with mine. My parents, grandparents and bro all bro all made the cross country trip, and the Thompson's (Mel's parents) were very nice to let us stay with them on beautiful Treasure Island near Kingston. We arrived on Wednesday night, and convocation was the next morning at 9 am. After a couple [View Full Entry]

By ariebabba
June 1st 2008

Hoe is Nederland zonder Aar en Ink

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Charlotte en Ink in China street

Zo na zo'n slorige vier weken zonder wat van ons te laten horen voel ik me zo schuldig dat ik maar weer eens een blogje schrijf. Uit het oog uit.... nou ja je weet wat ik wil zeggen. Ja, waar was ik ook al weer gebleven drie weken geleden hadden we voor twee weken een gast op bezoek, Charlote een collega van Ink. Ze was hier voor werk (ja, die biologen die hebben het enorm zwaar!) die we vervolgens twee weken lang door heel Montreal hebben gesleurd om deze enorme stad te laten aanschouwen. Ze is er zo weg van dat [View Full Entry]

By generalkernel
May 27th 2008

Shortstop is Posted Back to Japan

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Shortstop
This is the girl I will miss...

Two days ago, Shortstop left Montreal. Even though the things that come out of her mouth are fucking retarded most of the time, she’s an amazing friend. My best female friend up here in Montreal (more by virtue of the fact that 99% of McGill girls are dumb, skanky, white Toronto girls), we’re pretty tight. And I’ve gotten used to her brand of humor—saying retarded things is probably a great way to spice up the biting, witty sarcasm that most of my friends employ. After spending a whole Sunday at Tam-Tams, drinking with Trini-Boy and then running into some friends [View Full Entry]

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