'Partriotism' is such an abused word today. I consider myself a patriot but not a nationalist. Unfortunately many who call themselves patriots are not patriots at all but are merely confusing it with nationalism.
Have you heard about Canadas 150th Birthday Party?
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'Partriotism' is such an abused word today. I consider myself a patriot but not a nationalist. Unfortunately many who call themselves patriots are not patriots at all but are merely confusing it with nationalism.
I never knew much about Canada other than Dudley Doright, Recently I did learn of the under ground railroad.
Too funny, we are a lot of whiners at times. We complain at every level at the
money spent on Olympics, on National Holidays and Provincial celebrations.
In the same breath we bitch about the fact some communities don't have a big
enough fireworks display on several occasions like Canada Day or New Year
events.. For a 150 Birthday if we spend a mere 12 mill it will be considered a
cheap event it will likely cost three times that and that will still be less than some
corporate executives bonus
money spent on Olympics, on National Holidays and Provincial celebrations.
In the same breath we bitch about the fact some communities don't have a big
enough fireworks display on several occasions like Canada Day or New Year
events.. For a 150 Birthday if we spend a mere 12 mill it will be considered a
cheap event it will likely cost three times that and that will still be less than some
corporate executives bonus
Corporate bonus's are the corporations business , how the government of Canada spends money is every ones business . I mean talking about corporate bonuses how about public performance bonuses . Like the geniuses that set up the Phoenix Payroll System getting bonuses well employees were not getting their regular pay cheque .
How do you like those millions of your tax dollars paying bonuses for incompetence ?
Waahoo! They're going to do a two day tour of the second largest country on Earth!
Hopefully, Canadians will reciprocate with contempt and indifference for Charles and his crown when the Queen passes away.
Poor cupcakes.
The Twits, I mean. I imagine the monarchy can handle the comments of a retarded Canadian after enduring the loss of an empire, three world wars, and Austin Powers.
Canada 150: How the St. Lawrence Seaway changed the channel
Canada 150: How the St. Lawrence Seaway changed the channel | Metro News
Canada 150: How the St. Lawrence Seaway changed the channel | Metro News
Commemorative watches will support wounded soldiers
By Jenny Yuen, Toronto Sun
First posted: Sunday, May 14, 2017 08:03 PM EDT | Updated: Sunday, May 14, 2017 08:13 PM EDT
The 150th anniversary of Canada this year not only celebrates the nation’s birth, but also supports the wounded soldiers that served in its name.
Time is Ticking, a Toronto-based company, has created a signature watch with a maple leaf in its face where $10 of proceeds from the sale of each $85 timepiece will go to Wounded Warriors Canada, which provides post-traumatic stress disorder care for ill and injured Canadian soldiers, first responders and their families.
“It’s not just about buying a watch, it’s why people are buying a watch,” said Robin Devine, the owner of the watch company. “The history of our regiments is so profound. This watch will mean so much to so many people because it represents Canada.”
Devine said she expects the first batch of 300 watches to arrive on June 15 and wants to keep making the 150th anniversary commemorative watches until December. The watch sales have raised roughly $400,000 over the past 20 years to the charity.
She’s also hoping a sponsor will buy some in bulk and donate them to veterans, which has happened in the past.
“I have a customer right now that makes automobile parts and he has big plants and every year, he would always buy the military police watches or different watches as Christmas presents to give to his clients,” explained Devine. “ It was his anniversary of his company this year and he knew what I was doing to help Wounded Warriors, so he told me he wanted me to charge the same retail price (of $220) and he’s potentially ordering up to 300 watches, so that’s $3,000 right there.”
In the past, Time is Ticking created commemorative timepieces for Canadian military and police, including the Afghan Mission watch, 100th anniversary watches for the Royal Canadian Navy, and the Ontario Provincial Police.
The money is used in Wounded Warriors Canada programs, which Dave MacDonald – the charity’s partnerships director who served a tour in Afghanistan before he was injured in 2009 from a vehicle rollover – can benefit from, first-hand.
“My wife didn’t serve overseas and wasn’t there when my injury happened, but I brought that home,” said MacDonald, 32. “She’s injured in her own way through my own injury and I react to certain things. Our programs use equine therapy with horses, service dog program for vets and spouses, and our COPE program – couples overcoming PTSD everyday. It’s just learning how to re-communicate with each other.”
Wounded Warriors helps 1,200 people every year – double that if you include spouses, he saids.
“We can only help those who come forward with their injury and we know that studies that Canadian society that 20% that suffer from mental health illness, half of them will never come forward,” MacDonald said. “Part of this is having the programs there, but also raising awareness...so we can start fighting the stigma of mental health illness.”
jyuen@postmedia.com
David Macdonald, of Wounded Warriors Canada, shows off a watch that has been created to celebrate Canada and to provide a means to donate to Wounded Warriors Canada. (MICHAEL PEAKE/TORONTO SUN)
Commemorative watches will support wounded soldiers | Canada | News | Toronto Su
By Jenny Yuen, Toronto Sun
First posted: Sunday, May 14, 2017 08:03 PM EDT | Updated: Sunday, May 14, 2017 08:13 PM EDT
The 150th anniversary of Canada this year not only celebrates the nation’s birth, but also supports the wounded soldiers that served in its name.
Time is Ticking, a Toronto-based company, has created a signature watch with a maple leaf in its face where $10 of proceeds from the sale of each $85 timepiece will go to Wounded Warriors Canada, which provides post-traumatic stress disorder care for ill and injured Canadian soldiers, first responders and their families.
“It’s not just about buying a watch, it’s why people are buying a watch,” said Robin Devine, the owner of the watch company. “The history of our regiments is so profound. This watch will mean so much to so many people because it represents Canada.”
Devine said she expects the first batch of 300 watches to arrive on June 15 and wants to keep making the 150th anniversary commemorative watches until December. The watch sales have raised roughly $400,000 over the past 20 years to the charity.
She’s also hoping a sponsor will buy some in bulk and donate them to veterans, which has happened in the past.
“I have a customer right now that makes automobile parts and he has big plants and every year, he would always buy the military police watches or different watches as Christmas presents to give to his clients,” explained Devine. “ It was his anniversary of his company this year and he knew what I was doing to help Wounded Warriors, so he told me he wanted me to charge the same retail price (of $220) and he’s potentially ordering up to 300 watches, so that’s $3,000 right there.”
In the past, Time is Ticking created commemorative timepieces for Canadian military and police, including the Afghan Mission watch, 100th anniversary watches for the Royal Canadian Navy, and the Ontario Provincial Police.
The money is used in Wounded Warriors Canada programs, which Dave MacDonald – the charity’s partnerships director who served a tour in Afghanistan before he was injured in 2009 from a vehicle rollover – can benefit from, first-hand.
“My wife didn’t serve overseas and wasn’t there when my injury happened, but I brought that home,” said MacDonald, 32. “She’s injured in her own way through my own injury and I react to certain things. Our programs use equine therapy with horses, service dog program for vets and spouses, and our COPE program – couples overcoming PTSD everyday. It’s just learning how to re-communicate with each other.”
Wounded Warriors helps 1,200 people every year – double that if you include spouses, he saids.
“We can only help those who come forward with their injury and we know that studies that Canadian society that 20% that suffer from mental health illness, half of them will never come forward,” MacDonald said. “Part of this is having the programs there, but also raising awareness...so we can start fighting the stigma of mental health illness.”
jyuen@postmedia.com
David Macdonald, of Wounded Warriors Canada, shows off a watch that has been created to celebrate Canada and to provide a means to donate to Wounded Warriors Canada. (MICHAEL PEAKE/TORONTO SUN)
Commemorative watches will support wounded soldiers | Canada | News | Toronto Su
Moose in Newfoundland treats Canada 150 red and white tulip display as 'a giant salad bar'
THE CANADIAN PRESS
First posted: Thursday, May 25, 2017 03:32 PM EDT | Updated: Thursday, May 25, 2017 03:44 PM EDT
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — In a clash of Canadian icons, a hungry Newfoundland moose destroyed a Maple Leaf tulip display planted to mark Canada 150 celebrations.
The intruder left tell-tale hoof prints as it laid waste to hundreds of sprouting plants at the Memorial University of Newfoundland Botanical Garden in St. John’s, N.L.
“You can imagine what a botanical garden is to moose in spring,” said horticulturalist Tim Walsh.
“It’s a giant salad bar. When they finally find these delicious, sweet tulip leaves after a winter of eating nothing but fir branches and tree bark, these tulips must have been a very sweet meal.”
Walsh said volunteers helped plant about 800 bulbs last fall that were to bloom as a white Maple Leaf against a red background. The donated tulips came from P.E.I.-based company Veseys Bulbs, which contributed to celebration gardens across Canada.
But staff arrived at the botanical garden last week to find a mess of stalks chewed down to the soil.
Photos posted to Facebook have spawned many quips about the munching moose that ruined Canada Day.
Walsh said there’s still a good chance the bulbs will sprout new plants that will flower next year — if they can keep moose that live in surrounding forests from feasting on them.
“As gardeners, you have to be resilient. You have to look at the bright side of things.
“If you’re going to have tulips in your garden and if you’re going to lose them, what better Canadian way than to lose them to the moose?”
Stephen Trickett, Chris Langmead and Jack Bishop pose with tulip stalks in this recent handout photo. In a collision of Canadian icons, a hungry moose destroyed a Maple Leaf tulip display planted to mark Canada 150 celebrations in St. John's. The intruder left tell-tale footprints as it laid waste to hundreds of sprouting plants at the Memorial University of Newfoundland Botanical Garden. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Memorial University of Newfoundland Botanical Garden
Moose in Newfoundland treats Canada 150 red and white tulip display as 'a giant
THE CANADIAN PRESS
First posted: Thursday, May 25, 2017 03:32 PM EDT | Updated: Thursday, May 25, 2017 03:44 PM EDT
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — In a clash of Canadian icons, a hungry Newfoundland moose destroyed a Maple Leaf tulip display planted to mark Canada 150 celebrations.
The intruder left tell-tale hoof prints as it laid waste to hundreds of sprouting plants at the Memorial University of Newfoundland Botanical Garden in St. John’s, N.L.
“You can imagine what a botanical garden is to moose in spring,” said horticulturalist Tim Walsh.
“It’s a giant salad bar. When they finally find these delicious, sweet tulip leaves after a winter of eating nothing but fir branches and tree bark, these tulips must have been a very sweet meal.”
Walsh said volunteers helped plant about 800 bulbs last fall that were to bloom as a white Maple Leaf against a red background. The donated tulips came from P.E.I.-based company Veseys Bulbs, which contributed to celebration gardens across Canada.
But staff arrived at the botanical garden last week to find a mess of stalks chewed down to the soil.
Photos posted to Facebook have spawned many quips about the munching moose that ruined Canada Day.
Walsh said there’s still a good chance the bulbs will sprout new plants that will flower next year — if they can keep moose that live in surrounding forests from feasting on them.
“As gardeners, you have to be resilient. You have to look at the bright side of things.
“If you’re going to have tulips in your garden and if you’re going to lose them, what better Canadian way than to lose them to the moose?”
Stephen Trickett, Chris Langmead and Jack Bishop pose with tulip stalks in this recent handout photo. In a collision of Canadian icons, a hungry moose destroyed a Maple Leaf tulip display planted to mark Canada 150 celebrations in St. John's. The intruder left tell-tale footprints as it laid waste to hundreds of sprouting plants at the Memorial University of Newfoundland Botanical Garden. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Memorial University of Newfoundland Botanical Garden
Moose in Newfoundland treats Canada 150 red and white tulip display as 'a giant
Make sure to tell everybody you know out there who all of a sudden realized that they love camping now because Trudeau made it free for a year.
Pick up your Garbage.
Don't go smashing your quads off trail ripping shit up
Don't release live bait into the lake
Respect peoples property
Don't take more than you need from the forest
Especially take out any plastic you bring in or see, It helps!!!
Don't need any people coming up in the forest polluting everything
-rant over
Pick up your Garbage.
Don't go smashing your quads off trail ripping shit up
Don't release live bait into the lake
Respect peoples property
Don't take more than you need from the forest
Especially take out any plastic you bring in or see, It helps!!!
Don't need any people coming up in the forest polluting everything
-rant over
The heavily indebted tax organ called Canada is 150 years old! So who gives a fuk? Will beer be free? Will gold bars fall out of the sky? Will the goddamn birds stop shjtting on windshields? No nothing positive will happen, no, only the bored and the silly will even notice. It will be an inconvienient interruption to services and deliveries and drive the rotting place farther into debt via fireworks and parrades of mentally challenged unthinking lower order consumables happy for no other reason than a number on the calendar. Strike up the band, polish the wheels on the band wagons. Lets all eat tubes of processed off cuts of GMO laced meats of unknown origin covered with red and yellow runny stuff.