Tag: World

  • Showband wins World Championship!

    Showband wins World Championship!

    The Calgary Stampede Show Band becomes the only marching band to win three consectutive WAMSB World Championships! This also makes their fifth championship title, something which no other marching band in the world has ever done. With a score of 95.1, the Calgary Stampede Showband claimed top honors at the World Association of Marching Show…

  • Greener Ideal: 3 Tips to Make the Kids More Eco-friendly

    Greener Ideal: 3 Tips to Make the Kids More Eco-friendly

    By Greener Ideal As an environmentally friendly parent it is, of course, important to be a good example of environmentally friendly activities yourself. Here are three tips that can help you to engage your kids in environmentally friendly behaviour with you! Tip 1: Vinegar Scrub Get everyone excited about cleaning up the house by explaining…

  • NASA: Three Supermoons in a Row

    This weekend is one for moon-watching! NASA – In June of last year, a full Moon made headlines. The news media called it a “supermoon” because it was 14% bigger and 30% brighter than other full Moons of 2013. Around the world, people went outside to marvel at its luminosity. If you thought one supermoon…

  • August 6, 2014: City of Hiroshima Peace Declaration

    August 6, 2014: City of Hiroshima Peace Declaration

    Summer, 69 years later. The burning sun takes us back to “that day.” August 6, 1945. A single atomic bomb renders Hiroshima a burnt plain. From infants to the elderly, tens of thousands of innocent civilians lose their lives in a single day. By the end of the year, 140,000 have died. To avoid forgetting…

  • Government of Canada Invests in a Canadian Remembrance Trail in Belgium

    Minister of Veterans Affairs visits grave of last Canadian soldier killed in action during First World War Zonnebeke, Belgium – The Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, today announced Government of Canada support for the creation of a Canadian Remembrance Trail in Belgium by the Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917. The Remembrance Trail will focus…

  • Thank You! Medals, Memories And A Magical 11 Days

    Glasgow 2014 has said a massive thank you to the city and its people for being the best hosts the Commonwealth could have hoped for. Over the last 11 days the city has rolled out the carpet to thousands of athletes, officials and visitors and hosted a fun filled festival of sport and culture on…

  • Lest We Forget: 100th Anniversary of the Start of World War I

    Today marks the 100th anniversary of the start of World War One. For The Royal Canadian Legion, and our more than 300,000 members, we do not normally commemorate the start of conflicts. It is only fitting however, that the Legion acknowledges this important date because it was from this conflict that more than 20,000 Canadian…

  • XX Glasgow Commonwealth Games – Final Medal Count

    Here are the Final Medal Standings for all the Countries competing in this year’s “Friendly Games” in Scotland: 1 England:  58 Gold – 59 Silver – 57 Bronze. Total: 174 2 Australia: 49 Gold – 42 Silver – 46 Bronze. Total: 137 3 Canada: 32 Gold – 16 Silver – 34 Bronze. Total: 82  4…

  • Greener Ideal: This Eco-Friendly Supermarket Is Using Food Waste to Power Its Store

    By Ian Andrew When you think about how often food in your fridge goes bad and needs to be thrown out, it’s easy to see how the issue of food waste would be amplified for places such as restaurants and supermarkets. It’s pretty common to see heavily discounted fresh food at the grocery store, because…

  • Shrinking Dinosaurs Evolved Into Flying Birds

    A new study led by an Adelaide scientist has revealed how massive, meat-eating, ground-dwelling dinosaurs − the theropods − evolved into agile flyers: they just kept shrinking and shrinking, for over 50 million years. Today, in the prestigious journal Science, the researchers present a detailed family tree of these dinosaurs and their bird descendants which…

  • Lead in Teeth Can Tell a Body’s Tale, UF Study Finds

    Published: July 30 2014, University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Your teeth can tell stories about you, and not just that you always forget to floss. A study led by University of Florida geology researcher George D. Kamenov showed that trace amounts of lead in modern and historical human teeth can give clues about where…

  • XX Glasgow Commonwealth Games – July 31st

    XX Glasgow Commonwealth Games – July 31st

    [break]1. England: 44 Gold – 40 Silver – 39 Bronze 2. Australia: 36 Gold – 36 Silver – 41 Bronze 3. Canada: 27 Gold – 13 Silver – 25 Bronze 4. Scotland: 14 Gold – 13 Silver – 16 Bronze 5. India: 13 Gold – 20 Silver – 14 Bronze 6. New Zealand: 13 Gold…

  • Horse Owners – Poisonous Plant Alert

    We just got a final diagnosis on 3 horses that were showing neurological symptoms similar to EPM. The toxic plant is called “Singletary Pea“. The seed pods are poisonous and can be ingested from grazing or eaten from baled hay. These horses were eating locally baled round bales that were a grass hay mix of…

  • Canada and the U.S. Announce Trusted Traveller and Trusted Trader Enhancements Under Beyond the Border Action Plan

    The Government of Canada announced, earlier this month, that Canada and the United States (U.S.) are delivering on key Beyond the Border Action Plan commitments related to joint Trusted Traveller and Trusted Trader programs, including the official opening of the eGate pilot project that allows NEXUS members extended expedited passage at the Peace Bridge port…

  • PC World: Facebook Moves All Mobile Chat to Messenger App

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