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| Ebola Talk:Ebola | |
| Medicare (Canada) This article refers to medicare, a name for Canada's publicly-funded health insurance system for hospital and physician services. For similarly named programs in other countries, see Medicare.The term medicare (in lowercase) () is the unofficial name for Canada's universal publicly funded health insurance system. The formal terminology for the insurance system is provided by the Canada Health Act and the health insurance legislation of the individual provinces and territories. Medicare_(Canada) | |
| École Polytechnique massacre École Polytechnique Massacre, also known as the Montreal Massacre, occurred on December 6, 1989 at the École Polytechnique in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Twenty-five year-old Marc Lépine, armed with a legally obtained semi-automatic rifle and a hunting knife, shot twenty-eight people, killing fourteen and injuring the other fourteen before killing himself. École_Polytechnique_massacre | |
| Anne of Green Gables Anne of Green Gables is a bestselling novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery published in 1908. It was written as fiction for readers of all ages, but in recent decades has been considered a children's book. Montgomery found her inspiration for the book on an old piece of paper that she had written at a young age, describing a couple that were mistakenly sent an orphan girl instead of a boy, yet decided to keep her. Anne_of_Green_Gables | |
| Name change Name change is a basic legal act that is recognized in practically all legal systems to allow an individual the opportunity to adopt a name other than the name given at birth, marriage, or adoption. The procedures and ease with which a person can do so is highly dependent on in which jurisdiction that person resides. In general, common law jurisdictions have rather loose limitations on name changes while civil law jurisdictions are quite restrictive. Name_change | |
| James Bay James Bay () is a large body of water on the southern end of Hudson Bay in Canada. Both bodies of water extend from the Arctic Ocean. James Bay borders the provinces of Quebec and Ontario; islands within the bay (the largest of which is Akimiski Island) are part of Nunavut. James_Bay | |
| Hiroshima The Japanese city of () is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshū, the largest island of Japan. It became the first city in history subjected to nuclear warfare when the United States of America bombed it on August 6, 1945 during World War II.Hiroshima gained municipality status on April 1, 1889 and was designated on April 1, 1980 by government ordinance. The city's current mayor is Tadatoshi Akiba who assumed the office on February 23, 1999. Hiroshima | |
| Roundabout A roundabout is a type of road junction at which traffic enters a one-way stream around a central island. In the United States it is commonly referred to as a "rotary" or a "traffic circle", but sometimes is technically called a modern roundabout, in order to emphasize the distinction from older circular intersection types which had different design characteristics and rules of operation. Roundabout | |
| School shooting School shooting is an incident when gun violence occurs in educational institutions. School_shooting | |
| School shooting Talk:School_shooting | |
| Front de libération du Québec The Front de libération du Québec (Quebec Liberation Front), commonly known as the FLQ, was a nationalist and Marxist revolutionary group in Quebec, Canada with at least two terrorist cells. It was responsible for more than 200 bombings, including the bombing of the Montreal Stock Exchange in 1969 and the deaths of at least five people. Front_de_libération_du_Québec | |
| 1930 FIFA World Cup The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the first FIFA World Cup, the world championship for international football teams. It was played in Uruguay from 13 July to 30 July. FIFA chose Uruguay as hosts at the Barcelona conference on 18 May 1929, as the country would be celebrating the centenary of its independence and the Uruguay national football team had successfully retained their football title at the 1928 Summer Olympics. 1930_FIFA_World_Cup | |
| Dust Bowl Dust Bowl or the Dirty Thirties was a period of severe dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage to American and Canadian prairie lands from 1930 to 1936 (in some areas until 1940). The phenomenon was caused by severe drought coupled with decades of extensive farming without crop rotation or other techniques to prevent erosion. Dust_Bowl | |
| Janet Jackson Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American recording artist and actress. Born in Gary, Indiana and raised in Encino, Los Angeles, California, she is the youngest child of the Jackson family of musicians. She first performed on stage with her family beginning at the age of seven, and later started her career as an actress with the variety television series The Jacksons in 1976. Janet_Jackson | |
| Margaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor Atwood, CC (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian author, poet, critic, feminist and social campaigner. She is among the most-honoured authors of fiction in recent history; she is a winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award and Prince of Asturias award for Literature, has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize five times, winning once, and has been a finalist for the Governor General's Award seven times, winning twice. Margaret_Atwood | |
| Alanis Morissette Alanis Nadine Morissette (born June 1, 1974) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, record producer and occasional actress. She has won twelve Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards. Morissette began her career in Canada, and as a teenager recorded two dance-pop albums, Alanis and Now Is the Time, under MCA Records. Alanis_Morissette | |
| Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois (BQ) is a federal political party in Canada that defines itself as devoted to both the protection of Quebec's interests on a federal level as well as the promotion of its sovereignty. As such, it campaigns only within the province during elections.The Bloc Québécois is supported by a wide range of voters in Quebec, from large sections of organised labour to more conservative rural voters. Bloc_Québécois | |
| Mordecai Richler Mordecai Richler, CC (January 27, 1931 July 3, 2001) was a Canadian author, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and essayist. A leading critic called him "the great shining star of his Canadian literary generation" and a pivotal figure in the country's history. Mordecai_Richler | |
| Jane Urquhart Jane Urquhart, OC (born June 21, 1949) is a Canadian author. Jane_Urquhart | |
| Lucy Maud Montgomery Lucy Maud Montgomery CBE, (always called "Maud" by family and friends) and publicly known as L.M. Montgomery, (30 November 1874Canadian author, best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables, published in 1908.Once published, Anne of Green Gables was an immediate success. Lucy_Maud_Montgomery | |
| Remembrance Day Remembrance Day Poppy Day, Armistice Day (the event it commemorates) or Veterans Day war, specifically since the First World War. It is observed on 11 November to recall the end of World War I on that date in 1918. (Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 with the German signing of the Armistice.) Remembrance_Day | |
| Filling station A filling station, fueling station, gas station, service station, petrol station, Garage (British English), gasbar, petrol pump or petrol bunk (India) is a facility which sells fuel and lubricants for motor vehicles. The most common fuels sold are petroleum (gasoline in U.S. and Canada) or diesel fuel. Filling_station | |
| Air pollution Talk:Air_pollution | |
| Michael Ondaatje Philip Michael Ondaatje, OC () (born 12 September, 1943) is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist and poet of Colombo Chetty and Burgher origin. He is perhaps best known for his Booker Prize-winning novel, which was adapted into an Academy-Award-winning film, The English Patient. Michael_Ondaatje | |
| Timothy Findley Timothy Irving Frederick Findley, OC, O.Ont (October 30, 1930 - June 21, 2002) was a Canadian novelist and playwright. He was also informally known by the nickname Tiff or Tiffy, an acronym of his initials. Timothy_Findley | |
| Carol Shields Carol Ann Shields, CC, OM, FRSC (née Warner) (June 2, 1935 American-born Canadian author. She is best known for her 1993 novel The Stone Diaries, which won the U.S. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction as well as the Governor General's Award in Canada. Carol_Shields | |
| Perth, Western Australia Talk:Perth,_Western_Australia | |
| David Adams Richards David Adams Richards (born October 17, 1950) is a Canadian novelist, essayist, screenwriter and poet.Born in Newcastle, New Brunswick, Richards left St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick, one course shy of completing a B.A. Richards has been a writer-in-residence at various universities and colleges across Canada, including the University of New Brunswick. David_Adams_Richards | |
| Scotiabank Giller Prize The Scotiabank Giller Prize is an award that goes to the author of a Canadian novel or short story fiction collection published in English (including translation) deemed by a jury to be the best published in the previous year.This prize was established as the Giller Prize in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in honour of his late wife Doris Giller, a former literary editor at the Toronto Star. The prize is awarded in November of each year, along with a cash reward (then CAN$25,000). Scotiabank_Giller_Prize | |
| Panthéon (Paris) The Panthéon (Latin Pantheon, from Greek Pantheon, meaning "Every god") is a building in the Latin Quarter in Paris, France. It was originally built as a church dedicated to St. Genevieve, but after many changes now combines liturgical functions with its role as a famous burial place. It is an early example of Neoclassicism, with a façade modelled on the Pantheon in Rome, surmounted by a small dome that owes some of its character to Bramante's "Tempietto". Located in the Panthéon_(Paris) | |
| Gabrielle Roy Gabrielle Roy, CC, FRSC (March 22, 1909 – July 13, 1983) was a French Canadian author.Born in Saint Boniface (now part of Winnipeg), Manitoba, Roy was educated at Saint Joseph's Academy. After training as a teacher at The Winnipeg Normal School, she taught in rural schools in Marchand and Cardinal and was then appointed to Provencher School in Saint Boniface. Gabrielle_Roy | |
| Pierre Berton For other people with the same name, see Pierre Berton (disambiguation).Pierre Francis De Marigny Berton, CC, O.Ont (July 12, 1920 November 30, 2004) was a noted Canadian author of non-fiction, especially Canadiana and Canadian history, and was a well-known television personality and journalist.An accomplished storyteller, Berton was one of Canada's most prolific and popular authors. Pierre_Berton | |
| Umami is one of the five generally recognised basic tastes sensed by specialized receptor cells present on the human tongue. Umami is a loanword from Japanese meaning roughly "tasty", although "brothy", "meaty", or "savory" have been proposed as alternate translations. Umami | |
| Montparnasse Montparnasse is an area of Paris, France, on the left bank of the river Seine, centred on the intersection of the Boulevard du Montparnasse and the Rue de Rennes. Montparnasse was absorbed into the capital's 14th arrondissement in 1860.The area also gives its name to Gare Montparnasse — trains to Brittany, TGV to Tours, Bordeaux, Le Mans; rebuilt as a modern TGV station; The large Montparnasse - Bienvenüe métro station; Cimetière du Montparnasse — the Montparnasse Cemetery, where Charles Baudelaire, Constantin Brâncuşi, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and Samuel Beckett are buried Tour Montparnasse, a lone skyscraper. Montparnasse | |
| Stock market crash A stock market crash is a sudden dramatic decline of stock prices across a significant cross-section of a stock market. Crashes are driven by panic as much as by underlying economic factors. They often follow speculative stock market bubbles.Stock market crashes are in fact social phenomena where external economic events combine with crowd behavior and psychology in a positive feedback loop where selling by some market participants drives more market participants to sell. Stock_market_crash | |
| Christian right Christian right, also known as the Religious Right and the Evangelical Bloc, is a term used predominantly in the United States and Canada to describe a spectrum of right-wing Christian political and social movements and organizations characterized by their strong support of conservative social and political values. Christian_right | |
| John Turner John Napier Wyndham Turner, PC, CC, QC (born June 7, 1929) is a retired Canadian lawyer and politician, who served as the 17th Prime Minister of Canada from June 30 to September 17, 1984. Turner held the office of Prime Minister for 79 days, the second shortest tenure in Canadian history after Charles Tupper. Turner also held several Cabinet posts, including minister of justice and minister of finance, for Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau from 1968 to 1975. John_Turner | |
| Brian Mulroney Martin Brian Mulroney, PC, CC, GOQ (born March 20, 1939) was the eighteenth Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993 and was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993. After retiring from politics, Mulroney resumed his earlier career as a lawyer and business consultant. In May 2009. he testified before the Oliphant Commission called to investigate cash payments from Karlheinz Schreiber which are related to the earlier Airbus scandal. Brian_Mulroney | |
| Joe Clark Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark, PC, CC, AOE (born June 5, 1939) is a Canadian journalist, politician, statesman, businessman, and university professor. He served as the 16th Prime Minister of Canada, from June 4, 1979, to March 3, 1980.Despite his relative inexperience, Clark rose quickly in federal politics, entering the House of Commons in the 1972 election and winning the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party in 1976. Joe_Clark | |
| Forensic pathology is a branch of Pathology concerned with determining the cause of death by examination of a cadaver. The autopsy is performed by the pathologist at the request of a coroner usually during the investigation of criminal law cases and civil law cases in some jurisdictions. Forensic pathologists are also frequently asked to confirm the identity of a cadaver. Forensic_pathology | |
| Meteoroid Meteoroid | |
| Chuck Palahniuk Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk (; born February 21, 1962) is an American transgressional fiction novelist and freelance journalist. He is best known for the award-winning novel Fight Club, which was later made into a film directed by David Fincher. He lives near Vancouver, Washington. Chuck_Palahniuk | |
| Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict This is an incomplete timeline of notable events in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.__TOC__ Timeline_of_the_Israeli–Palestinian_conflict | |
| Homer Simpson Homer Jay Simpson is a fictional main character in the animated television series The Simpsons and father of the eponymous family. He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta and first appeared on television, along with the rest of his family, in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987. Homer_Simpson | |
| Pit Bull Pit Bull is a term commonly used to describe several breeds of dog in the Molosser family. The breeds most often placed in this category are the American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, and Staffordshire Bull Terrier.In the media the term is vague and may include other breeds with similar physical characteristics, such as the Perro de Presa Canario, Cane Corso, Dogo Argentino, Alano Espanol, Japanese Tosa, Dogue de Bordeaux, Cordoba Fighting Dog, Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldog, American Bulldog, Boxer, Valley Bulldog, Pit_Bull | |
| Jacques Villeneuve Jacques_Villeneuve | |
| Sideshow Bob Robert Underdunk Terwilliger, better known by his stage name Sideshow Bob, is a recurring character in the animated television series The Simpsons. He is voiced by Kelsey Grammer and first appeared briefly in the episode "The Telltale Head". Bob is a self-proclaimed genius who attended Yale, a member of the Republican Party, and a champion of high culture. Sideshow_Bob | |
| Poverty Poverty is the shortage of common things such as food, clothing, shelter and safe drinking water, all of which determine the quality of life. It may also include the lack of access to opportunities such as education and employment which aid the escape from poverty and/or allow one to enjoy the respect of fellow citizens. According to Mollie Orshansky who developed the poverty measurements used by the U.S. government, "to be poor is to be deprived of those goods and Poverty | |
| Édith Piaf Édith Piaf (19 December 1915 - 10 October 1963) was a French singer and cultural icon of partly Algerian and Italian descent who "is almost universally regarded as France's greatest popular singer." Her singing reflected her life, with her specialty being ballads. Among her songs are "La vie en rose" (1946), "Hymne à l'amour" (1949), "Milord" (1959), "Non, je ne regrette rien" (1960), "l'Accordéoniste" (1941), "Padam...Padam", and "La Foule". Édith_Piaf | |
| Glenn Gould Glenn Herbert Gould (September 25, 1932 – October 4, 1982) was a Canadian pianist who became one of the best-known and most celebrated classical pianists of the twentieth century. He was particularly renowned as an interpreter of the keyboard music of Johann Sebastian Bach. His playing was distinguished by a remarkable technical proficiency and a capacity to articulate the polyphonic texture of Bach’s music. Glenn_Gould |
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