1st of July

[Quanteen]

There's a nice website on a Canadian Slavery museum here:
http://www.civilization.ca/virtual-muse ... n/slavery/

It's an informative site and the opening line reads: "The issue of slavery in Canada has long been glossed-over by historians and by Canadian society in general."

Check it out.

[Laan Yaa Mo]

Khun Kwanteen, I can't be bothered as I learnt about this stuff in high school. They may not teach it to Canadians nowadays, but they sure did when I was younger. You might want to bone up on the history of blacks in Halifax, Nova Scotia in which systemic racism was a feature of life up until fairly recently.

I should have never started this thread! 555+

[Laan Yaa Mo]

Well, another Canadian birthday has bit the dust with the Toronto Blue Jays thumping the Detroit Tigers 8-3. There was a big crowd on hand at the Rogers Centre, and the first 20,000 in attendance got a free red Blue Jay's cap so the slaughter was worth it. A Canadian soldier did a wonderful and stirring job singing both national anthems (U.S. and Canada).

However, there is bad news on the horizon. The Canadian dollar has fallen from $1.01 to the greenback to 94+ cents and is headed further south.

There were a few shows on Canadian and U.S. TV worth watching marking 200 years since the War of 1812.

Next week at this time I will have landed in Thailand, and will stay 52 days.

[Laan Yaa Mo]

Here is Second Lieutenant Scott Newlands performing both anthems back in January before a hockey game. This guy is really good.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeAbBJ31bgo&fea ... SbdbfycK9Q[/youtube]

It doesn't seem to be showing but it can be heard at, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeAbBJ31 ... SbdbfycK9Q.

[Laan Yaa Mo]

Happy Canada (Dominion) Day Canada!

https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-herit ... story.html

[tamada]

HBD Canada!!!