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Recent Did you know? items |
* ... that journalist '''[[Jacques Poitras]]''' spent a month repeatedly crossing the "''[[Canada–United States border|Imaginary Line]]''" separating [[New Brunswick]] and [[Maine]] in order to publish a book about it?
* ... that there is an '''[[Head Harbour Lighthouse|East Quoddy Head Lighthouse]]''' and a [[West Quoddy Head Light]]house on opposite sides of a bay, but one is in Canada and the other is in the United States?
* ... that after years of development, the British '''[[Gloster P.370|thin-wing Javelin]]''' [[interceptor aircraft]] was cancelled in favour of purchasing the Canadian [[Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow|Avro Arrow]]?
* ... that '''[[Premiership of Maurice Duplessis|Premier Maurice Duplessis]]''', angry at the fact that the federal [[government of Canada]] was taking taxes at the expense of the [[provinces and territories of Canada|provinces]], once demanded that [[Ottawa]] "return our loot"?
* ... that the anniversary of the Singh v Canada decision is observed as Refugee Rights Day? * ... that the anniversary of the '''''[[Singh v Canada]]''''' decision is observed as Refugee Rights Day?
* ... that in one year, '''[[Canada All-Stars|a team of Canadian All-Stars]]''' twice played against the U.S. [[college football]] national champion and came within one point of winning each game? |
Recent In the news items |
- 12 June 2024 –
:The [[Royal Canadian Geographical Society]] announces that a [[Canada|Canadian]]-led team has located the wreckage of ''[[Quest (ship)|Quest]]'', the polar exploration ship of the [[Shackleton–Rowett Expedition]] off the coast of [[Labrador]], [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], Canada. [https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canadian-led-team-finds-ship-that-polar-explorer-shackleton-died-2024-06-12/ (Reuters)]
- 31 May 2024 –
:[[Canada|Canadian]] serial killer [[Robert Pickton]] dies in prison after being attacked by another inmate earlier this month. [https://apnews.com/article/pickton-dead-canada-serial-killer-pig-farm-f2f2c3545ac0bea23a38cc690cf1c796 (AP)]
- 21 May 2024 –
:[[Canada|Canadian]] serial killer [[Robert Pickton]] is reported to be on life support after being physically attacked in a prison in [[Port-Cartier]], [[Quebec]]. [https://vancouversun.com/news/crime/bc-serial-killer-robert-pickton-savagely-attacked-in-prison (''Vancouver Sun'')]
- 18 May 2024 –
:Three people are killed and five others are injured in a boat collision on [[Bobs Lake (South Frontenac)|Bobs Lake]] in [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]. [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/3-dead-5-injured-in-evening-boat-crash-north-of-kingston-1.7208950 (CBC News)]
- 17 May 2024 –
:A child in [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]], dies of [[measles]], the province's first such death since 1989. [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/measles-death-child-ontario-1.7207293 (CBC News)]
:The [[RCMP]] identifies the killer of four people in [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], [[Canada]], in 1976 and 1977 as [[U.S.|American]] serial rapist [[Gary Allen Srery]], who died in prison in 2011. [https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/serial-sexual-offender-linked-to-unsolved-1970s-homicides-of-four-calgary-girls-women-1.6891238 (CFCN-TV)]
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