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 18th 2008North America » Canada » Saskatchewan » Saskatoon Today we departed again at 07:30. At 09:30 we crossed into Saskatchewan and it looks remarkably the same, flat, blue fields, yellow fields, did I mention flat? We stopped somewhere at 10:30 because ... [full story]
June 21st 2008North America » Canada » Saskatchewan » Saskatoon I'm a Good-News-Firster. I am of the mind that it makes it a lot easier to take the bad if you already know the good.
So to that end, I have finally received my placement for the month of July! I w ... 1 photos[full story]
April 21st 2008North America » Canada » Saskatchewan » Saskatoon As I look out the window at the snow-covered streets, New Zealand and Asia seem very far away... We are very glad to be home though.
The flight home was decent, as good as it gets with two 10+ hou ... 5 photos[full story]
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