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Federal funding puts Trans-Canada Trail back on track

Federal funding puts Trans-Canada Trail back on track Nanaimo News Bulletin With an aim to have the Trans Canada Trail completed by 2017 – Canada's 150th anniversary – the federal government has pledged upwards of $25 ...

Off to Ottawa for Canada’s 150 years discussions!

Next week, Canada 150: Canada’s Untold Stories is off to Ottawa to meet with government officials and our local partners to plan ahead for our 150th birthday in 2017. These are exciting times as we learn from each other the best ways to encourage Canadians to record their life and family stories, community and organizational ... Read more

Ottawa Trip

The Ottawa Trip was wonderful. We have confirmed that Canadiana.org will host our Canada 150: Canada’s Untold Stories digital repository. That means we have the two safest locations for our collection: published materials in the Canada 150 Series held by Library and Archives Canada and the digital repository with Canadiana.org.Here is how Canadiana describes itself:Canadiana.org ... Read more

Dr. Margaret Conrad

I have enjoyed a few email exchanges with Professor Margaret Conrad of the University of New Brunswick. Although retired from teaching she is still very active in the history community. She has written several key overview Canadian history books as well several on the history of Atlantic Canada.I highly recommend you check out her books, ... Read more

Our partner, Canadian Mosaic, on

Canada 150’s is very proud to share our partner, Tim Van Horn’s, 10-minute appearance on CBC’s The National. Tim is criss-crossing Canada several times to photograph 36,000 Canadians (0.001 of the total population) to create Canada’s largest mosaic portrait of our country. Check out the show at: http://www.cbc.ca/player/Shows/Shows/The+National/About+the+Show/Reg+Sherren/ID/2395569424/View article...

Queen Victoria’s Dad Lived in Ca

What a treat to read a book with new information about our Canada. That’s just what Waterdown, Ontario secondary-school history teacher Nathan Tidridge has done with his book, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent: Father of the Canadian Crown, published by Dundurn Press this year.Few Canadians will know that Queen Victoria’s father (1767-1820) lived in Quebec ... Read more

The story of Canada in Oshawa

The story of Canada in Oshawa durhamregion.com OSHAWA -- The history of Canada comes to life in an exhibition of prints at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery. Culled from the EY (Ernst and Young) Art ...

Thunder Bay selected as host of 2017 18U Baseball World Cup

Thunder Bay selected as host of 2017 18U Baseball World Cup TbNewsWatch.com Baseball Canada announced on Sunday that Thunder Bay had been ... the host city of the 2017 18U Baseball World Cup, the same tournament that ...

Regina on track for 3% vacancy rate before 201

Regina on track for 3% vacancy rate before 2017 CTV News “We have one of the lowest vacancy rates in Canada; it is hurting our capacity to grow,” Fougere told reporters following his speech Thursday at Evraz ...

MarketResearchReports.com: Life Insurance in Canada, Key Trends and Opportunities to 2017 …

MarketResearchReports.com: Life Insurance in Canada, Key Trends and Opportunities to 2017 ... The International News Magazine Market Research Reports, Inc. has announced the addition of “Life Insurance in Canada, Key Trends and Opportunities to 2017” research report to ...