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Introduction Flag of Canada Canada /ˈkænədə/ is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. It is the world's second largest country by total area. Canada's common border with the United States to the south and northwest is the longest in the world. The land that is now Canada was inhabited for millennia by various groups of Aboriginal peoples. Beginning in the late 15th century, British and French expeditions explored, and later settled, along the Atlantic coast. France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763 after the Seven Years' War. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces and territories and a process of increasing autonomy from the United Kingdom. This widening autonomy was highlighted by the Statute of Westminster of 1931 and culminated in the Canada Act of 1982, which severed the vestiges of legal dependence on the British parliament. Canada is a federation that is governed as a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state. It is a bilingual nation with both English and French as official languages at the federal level. One of the world's highly developed countries, Canada has a diversified economy that is reliant upon its abundant natural resources and upon trade—particularly with the United States, with which Canada has had a long and complex relationship. It is a member of the G7, G-20, NATO, OECD, WTO, Commonwealth, Francophonie, OAS, APEC, and UN. Selected article - The City of Dawson Creek is a small city in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. The municipality of 20.66 square kilometres (7.98 sq mi) had a population of 11,811 in 2007. Dawson Creek derives its name from the creek of the same name that runs through the community. The creek was named after George Mercer Dawson by a member of his land survey team when they passed through the area in August 1879. Once a small farming community, Dawson Creek became a regional centre when the western terminus of the Northern Alberta Railways was extended there in 1932. The community grew rapidly in 1942 as the US Army used the rail terminus as a transshipment point during construction of the Alaska Highway. In the 1950s, the city was connected to the interior of British Columbia via a highway and railway through the Rocky Mountains. Since the 1960s, growth has slowed. Dawson Creek is located in the dry and windy prairie land of the Peace River Country. As the seat of the Peace River Regional District and a service centre for the rural areas south of the Peace River, the city has been called the "Capital of the Peace". It is also known as the "Mile 0 City", referring to its location at the southern end of the Alaska Highway. The community is home to a heritage interpretation village, an art gallery, and a museum. Annual events include a fall fair and a spring rodeo. More information... Featured article Selected biography - Martin Brodeur (born May 6, 1972) is a professional ice hockey goaltender who has played his entire National Hockey League career with the New Jersey Devils. In his 13-year tenure, he has led the team to three Stanley Cup championships and has taken them to the playoffs all but once. In addition to holding over thirty Devils franchise records, he is on pace to surpass Patrick Roy's career records for wins, games played and minutes played, as well as Terry Sawchuk's record for career shutouts, and Patrick Roy's record for career playoff shutouts. Brodeur has been among the NHL's most consistent goaltenders over the past decade, winning at least 35 games each of the last ten seasons as well as being the only goalie in NHL history with six 40-win seasons. He is a three-time Vezina Trophy winner, a four-time Jennings Trophy winner, a nine-time NHL All Star, and one of only two NHL goaltenders to have scored goals in the regular season and the playoffs. In the 2006-07 NHL season, Brodeur surpassed Sawchuk and still-active Ed Belfour on the all-time wins list and Glenn Hall on the all-time shutouts list to rank 2nd and 3rd in those categories, respectively. He also passed Bernie Parent's record of 47 single-season wins with his 48th win on April 5, 2007. In the news 12 November 2018 – Killing of Jamal Khashoggi, Foreign relations of Saudi Arabia Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau confirms that Canadian intelligence officials have listened to the recording provided by Turkey of the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, though he himself had not heard it. (CTV News) 12 November 2018 – Antisemitism in Canada, History of the Jews in Toronto Toronto police investigates a hate crime against four Jewish teens. 1 person is arrested and 9 other teenagers are being sought. (Huffington Post Canada) (CBC CA) 7 November 2018 – Premiership of Justin Trudeau, History of the Jews in Canada Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issues an apology for the country's role in turning away the MS St. Louis, a ship carrying over 900 Jewish refugees fleeing persecution in Nazi Germany. (BBC) (Washington Post) 30 October 2018 – John Letts, the father of the alleged British-Canadian Islamic State fighter Jack Letts who is being held by Kurdish forces in Syria, calls for the Canadian government to help secure his release. (BBC), (CTV News) Selected images - Monument to Multiculturalism, by Francesco Pirelli in Toronto. Fur traders at work as depicted in 1777 by Claude J. Sauthier Ice Hockey being played at McGill University, in Montreal, 1884. Prime Minister Trudeau and U.S. President Trump meet in Washington, February 2017 The Canadarm robotic manipulator in action on Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-116 mission in 2006 The mother beaver on the Canadian parliament's Peace Tower The five flowers on the shield each represent an ethnicity: Tudor rose: English; Fleur de lis: French; thistle: Scottish; shamrock: Irish; and leek: Welsh. 20x20px An animated map showing the growth and change of Canada's provinces and territories since Confederation in 1867 One of the national symbols of Canada, the beaver is depicted on the Canadian five-cent piece and was on the first Canadian postage stamp, c. 1859. Canada's ice hockey victory at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver Canadian soldiers and a Mark II tank at the Battle of Vimy Ridge in 1917 Soldiers from the Canadian Grenadier Guards in Kandahar Province in Afghanistan, pictured, fought with Dutch soldiers against Afghan insurgents. The maple leaf is the symbol most associated with Canadian identity. Köppen climate types of Canada The Quebec City–Windsor Corridor is the most densely populated and heavily industrialized region of Canada, spanning 1,200 kilometres (750 miles). At Rideau Hall, Governor General the Viscount Alexander of Tunis (centre) receives the bill finalizing the union of Newfoundland and Canada on March 31, 1949 A political cartoon from 1910 on Canada's early European multicultural identity, depicting the French tricolor, the Union Jack, the maple leaf, and fleurs-de-lis. Linguistic areas of North American Indigenous peoples at the time of European contact A Canadian war bond poster that depicts an industrious beaver a national symbol of Canada The Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden in Vancouver's Chinatown is the first full-size Chinese or "scholars" garden built outside of China The Jack Pine by Tom Thomson. Oil on canvas, 1916, in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada Ottawa Jazz Festival inside Rideau Centre, 2008 Standard Theatre, 482 Queen Street West, Toronto, 1906 Parliament Hill in Canada's capital city, Ottawa The Mount Meager massif as seen from the east near Pemberton. Summits left to right are Capricorn Mountain, Mount Meager and Plinth Peak. Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal, Québec at the Saint-Denis Theatre. Quebec's National Holiday (French: La Fête nationale du Québec) is celebrated annually on June 24, St. John the Baptist Day Canadian crew of a Sherman tank, south of Vaucelles, France, during the Battle of Normandy in June 1944 The Senate chamber within the Centre Block on Parliament Hill The Canadian Delegation to the United Nations Conference on International Organization, San Francisco, May 1945 Approximately 98% of Canadians can speak either or both English and French:   English – 56.9%   English and French – 16.1%   French – 21.3%   Sparsely populated area ( < 0.4 persons per km2) Population pyramid 2016 Aboriginal Peoples Television Network headquarters in Winnipeg, Manitoba. CBC's English-language master control point, the Canadian Broadcasting Centre, in Toronto Tom Thomson, The Jack Pine, Winter 1916–17. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Tree-map of Canada's goods exports in 2014 A small sampling of Canadian foods. Clockwise from top left: Montreal-style smoked meat, maple syrup, poutine, Nanaimo bar, butter tart, peameal bacon The Indian Chiefs Medal, presented to commemorate the Numbered Treaties of 1871–1921 A 1904 postcard showing the Grand Opera House and Majestic Theatre, Adelaide Street, in the current Toronto Theatre District. Benjamin West's The Death of General Wolfe (1771) dramatizes James Wolfe's death during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham at Quebec. Bill Reid's 1980 sculpture Raven and The First Men; the raven is a figure common to many of Canada's indigenous mythologies The Centre Block of the Canadian parliament buildings on Parliament Hill The Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa, west of Parliament Hill Symbols of Canada - Epigaea repens (Mayflower or Trailing Arbutus) is a low, spreading shrub in the Ericaceae family. Epigaea repens is the floral emblem of both Nova Scotia and Massachusetts... More information... Did you know... - ...that Rapides-des-Joachims, Quebec has no paved road connection with the rest of Quebec? ... that the 1914 film In the Land of the Head Hunters was the first feature-length film whose cast was composed entirely of Native North Americans? ...that the Hungarian-born Jew Ignaz Trebitsch-Lincoln was successively a Presbyterian missionary in Canada, a British Member of Parliament, an international double agent, a German right-wing politician, and a Buddhist abbot in China? ...that prior to the construction of the Colonial Building the first legislative assembly for the Newfoundland government was held at a tavern and lodging house owned and operated by a Mrs. Travers? ...that the Craigflower Manor and Schoolhouse are among the oldest Canadian buildings of their type?

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