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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 yzarCritS
July 17th 2008

Brian & Ghislaine's Montreal Wedding

North America » Canada » Quebec » Montréal

Basilique Notre-Dame Altar

Thursday July 17, 2008 - Sunday July 20, 2008 <<Unfortunately, we didn’t take a lot of photos while in Montreal. Seemed the camera always got left behind in the hotel room.>> So Tegan and I headed up to Canada to attend Brian and Ghislaine’s wedding in Montreal. We spent 3 nights in Montreal and 2 nights in Quebec City. What follows is a brief description about our time in each city. Overall I really enjoyed the feel of Montreal. Festivals aplenty, the streets seemed very alive despite the unpredictable showers. A very friendly feel, I don’t [View Full Entry]

By jonmatte
July 11th 2008

Et c'est reparti!

North America » Canada » Quebec » Blainville

Le matériel de base
Ne partez pas sans eux

Après 18 mois des plus banals à Blainville, PQ, c'est reparti pour une nouvelle (mais courte) aventure! Comme promis, c'est vers l'Asie du sud-est que je me dirige cette fois, plus particulière au Vietnam et au Cambodge (et une journée en Corée du Sud). Le froid glacial des Andes sera remplacé par la canicule tropicale de la Mer de Chine, les sympathiques ânes seront remplacés par des non moins sympathiques éléphants, les jeunes Pedro seront remplacés par des jeunes Nguyen, Marie-Claude et François [View Full Entry]

By WeBeSailing
July 10th 2008

Hitting the Road for Cape Breton NS

North America » Canada » Quebec » Montréal » South Shore

Loaded Van!

Position: St Bruno PQ, The morning after a great birthday party, We (Mom, Dad, Nycole, Annie and myself) set off to the meet Louise & Andre Fluery, one of the great contributors of the Reseau du Capitaine ( An HF radio net that we speak to daily from onboard as to share with friends how everything is, our position while at sea and who kindly give us the marine forecast for the area we are in, a vital link to our well being.) With goodbyes and breakfast done we get back to finishing backing, With our 1989 super duty Chevy diesel [View Full Entry]

By ariebabba
July 8th 2008

Is er een dokter in de zaal?

North America » Canada » Quebec » Montréal » Old Montréal

Pepper kik some ass!!!

Beste iedereen, Als eerst wil Ik met het volgende beginnen..... Dr. Ink en Aar (de man van) willen iedereen bedanken voor het bijdragen aan de superdag tijdens het verdedigen van haar proefschrift en haar benoeming tot Dokter in de Biologie.(What's up Doc?) Het was een dag waar wij lang naar toegeleefd hebben en een dag om nooit te vergeten! Enige minpuntje die dag is dat Inke vanaf nu als Ineke door het leven moet aangezien haar naam verkeerd stond op haar bul!!! Maar dat mocht de pret niet drukken. Graag komen wij deze dag overdoen op de kosten van de Universiteit [View Full Entry]

By kbard
July 8th 2008

Gaspésie and Québec City 400th Anniversary Celebrations - June 28 - July 6, 2008

North America » Canada » Quebec

Parc National de Forillon from Mont Saint-Alban observation tower

A while back we had planned to take our van to the Gaspésie so that we could say it brought us from the West Coast of Canada all the way to the East. But we sold the van last fall, and I got a new job and didn't have enough vacation credits to drive that far. But we wanted to visit the Gaspésie anyway, and with Quebec celebrating it's 400th anniversary, this seemed like a good time. We flew from Toronto to Gaspé on Saturday morning. I was quite impressed with Air Canada, because even though there was a huge thunder [View Full Entry]

By CookNH
July 6th 2008

Climbing Up The River After Fun In Montreal

North America » Canada » Quebec » Montréal » Old Montréal

Sailing North
Heading to Montreal from Newport, Rhode Island. Approaching the coast of Nova Scotia.

It’s hard to believe how fast time goes living and working on such a ‘small’ boat! Since my last blog, we’ve sailed into Canada and spent a week in Montreal, climbed a few hundred feet in elevation to the fresh waters of Lake Ontario via the St. Lawerence Seaway Lock system, glanced at Quebec City’s mighty castle, pulled along side Pier 4 in downtown Toronto, and visited Niagara Falls. Each passing day has included new lessons learned, new routines, new scenery and landscapes, new pilots, and the constant wonder of what we’re going to see next. We sail [View Full Entry]

By Anne D and Lou
July 5th 2008

FINALLY!!!!! A New Blog For You To Read

North America » Canada » Quebec » Québec City

Hello everyone! We´re really sorry it´s taken a while to write our next Blog. It sounds crazy but it´s really hard to find the time to update, but we´re trying our best. Please be patient with us. Thank you all for your messages and emails it´s good to hear from everyone and find out the latest gossip from the land of WALES ect. Please keep em coming we´ll do our best to reply asap. You are all our thoughts often. Here we go, the lastest news from our past. After a 3 hour drive and a 15 hour coach journey we [View Full Entry]

By Liz and Paul
July 5th 2008

The end of our time in Canada

North America » Canada » Quebec » Québec City

Niagara Falls
View from near horseshoe falls

Well after leaving Winnipeg and jumping on a plane we headed to Hamilton (Hamilton being about halfway between Toronto and Niagara). We picked up our car and then proceeded to head off to Niagara Falls by what I like to describe as the most scenic way possible. Niagara Falls in really tacky especially around Clinton Hill (Think Cavill Ave gone mental). After we got over out initial shock we walked around to the falls which are amazing! The next day we headed up to Niagara on the lake. Talk about complete opposites, it was a beautiful little picture postcard town surrounded [View Full Entry]

By beckylu
July 1st 2008

Host family drama/ first class!

North America » Canada » Quebec » Québec City

The Slop!
This is the plate of food that my temporary host mom gave me to eat! I couldn't force myself to do so.

Two days ago I was supposed to be picked up from the hostel by my host mom, but she never showed up. I guess she thought I was coming next week or something- either way this program is so disorganized. So I ended up having to go to this other lady's house for this week and it really sucks. The women is so nice and knows enough English that I can survive, but only talks to me in French unless I really need help. The food here is so bad tho that I can't eat it. My temporary host mom [View Full Entry]

By rachspach
June 29th 2008

Oh Canada

North America » Canada » Quebec » Montréal

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]

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