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Introduction CN Tower 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 Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They are a member of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The club is the third major-professional ice hockey team to represent the city of Calgary, following the Calgary Tigers (1921–27) and Calgary Cowboys (1975–77). The Flames are one of two NHL franchises in Alberta, the other being the Edmonton Oilers. The cities' proximity has led to a famous rivalry, known as the Battle of Alberta. Games between the teams are often heated events. The team was founded in 1972 in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Flames, and moved to Calgary in 1980. The Flames played their first three seasons in Calgary at the Stampede Corral before moving into their current home arena, the Pengrowth Saddledome (known as the Olympic Saddledome from 1983 to 1996 and the Canadian Airlines Saddledome from 1996 to 2000), in 1983. In 1986, the Flames became the first Calgary team since the Tigers in 1924 to compete for the Stanley Cup. In 1989, the Flames captured the Cup for the first time. The Flames' unexpected run to the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals caused the Red Mile celebrations by fans became nationally famous. More information... Featured article Selected biography - Leslie Nielsen (born February 11, 1926) is a Canadian-American comedian and actor. Although Nielsen’s acting career crossed a variety of genres in both television and movies, he achieved his greatest film success in comedies, including Airplane! and The Naked Gun series of films. His portrayal of serious characters seemingly oblivious of (and complicit in) their absurd surroundings gave Nielsen a reputation as a comedian. A series of later comedies attempted to emulate the popularity of his prior roles. This paralleled the serious roles of his early career. Leading roles in the science fiction classic Forbidden Planet and as the ship's captain in The Poseidon Adventure came long before Nielsen considered a turn to comedy. His deadpan delivery as a doctor in 1980’s Airplane! marked a turning point in Nielsen’s career, one that would make him, in the words of movie critic Roger Ebert, "the Olivier of spoofs." In the news 16 August 2018 – Elections in Canada, Premiership of Justin Trudeau Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dismisses speculation that he would call an early election this fall and states that his government remains focused on renegotiating NAFTA and strengthening the economy. (Reuters) 10 August 2018 – Fredericton shooting At least four people, including two police officers, are killed in a mass shooting in Fredericton, Canada. (BBC) 8 August 2018 – Canada–Saudi Arabia relations Saudi Press Agency reports that all Saudi patients are being transferred from Canadian hospitals to other medical facilities outside Canada. (Al Jazeera) 5 August 2018 – Canada–Saudi Arabia relations Saudi Arabia withdraws its Ambassador from Canada, and orders the Canadian counterpart to leave the country in 24 hours, after Canada calls for the release of activists who are in detention in the Middle East nation. (CBC News) Selected images - 20x20px 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. An animated map showing the growth and change of Canada's provinces and territories since Confederation in 1867 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 Ice Hockey being played at McGill University, in Montreal, 1884. The Canadarm robotic manipulator in action on Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-116 mission in 2006 Linguistic areas of North American Indigenous peoples at the time of European contact Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal, Québec at the Saint-Denis Theatre. The Senate chamber within the Centre Block on Parliament Hill A small sampling of Canadian foods. Clockwise from top left: Montreal-style smoked meat, maple syrup, poutine, Nanaimo bar, butter tart, peameal bacon A 1904 postcard showing the Grand Opera House and Majestic Theatre, Adelaide Street, in the current Toronto Theatre District. The Indian Chiefs Medal, presented to commemorate the Numbered Treaties of 1871–1921 Approximately 98% of Canadians can speak either or both English and French: <span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block; width:1.5em; height:1.5em; margin:1px 0; border:1px solid black; background-color: Benjamin West's The Death of General Wolfe (1771) dramatizes James Wolfe's death during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham at Quebec. The Mount Meager massif as seen from the east near Pemberton. Summits left to right are Capricorn Mountain, Mount Meager and Plinth Peak. Köppen climate types of Canada Soldiers from the Canadian Grenadier Guards in Kandahar Province in Afghanistan, pictured, fought with Dutch soldiers against Afghan insurgents. Fur traders at work as depicted in 1777 by Claude J. Sauthier Monument to Multiculturalism, by Francesco Pirelli in Toronto. Bill Reid's 1980 sculpture Raven and The First Men; the raven is a figure common to many of Canada's indigenous mythologies Canadian soldiers and a Mark II tank at the Battle of Vimy Ridge in 1917 The maple leaf is the symbol most associated with Canadian identity. 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 Prime Minister Trudeau and U.S. President Trump meet in Washington, February 2017 Canadian crew of a Sherman tank, south of Vaucelles, France, during the Battle of Normandy in June 1944 The Quebec City–Windsor Corridor is the most densely populated and heavily industrialized region of Canada, spanning 1,200 kilometres (750 miles). A Canadian war bond poster that depicts an industrious beaver a national symbol of Canada Ottawa Jazz Festival inside Rideau Centre, 2008 The Jack Pine, by Tom Thomson, 1916. Oil on canvas, in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada A scene at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver seconds after Team Canada won gold in men's ice hockey. 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. The Canadian Delegation to the United Nations Conference on International Organization, San Francisco, May 1945 The Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa, west of Parliament Hill Quebec's National Holiday (French: La Fête nationale du Québec) is celebrated annually on June 24, St. John the Baptist Day Tree-map of Canada's goods exports in 2014 Canada's ice hockey victory at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver Standard Theatre, 482 Queen Street West, Toronto, 1906 The Jack Pine by Tom Thomson. Oil on canvas, 1916, in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada Aboriginal Peoples Television Network headquarters in Winnipeg, Manitoba. 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. CBC's English-language master control point, the Canadian Broadcasting Centre, in Toronto Parliament Hill in Canada's capital city, Ottawa Symbols of Canada - The Flag of Nova Scotia, created in 1858, is a banner of the provincial arms. The flag is based on provincial coat of arms which was granted to the Governor of the Province in 1625... More information... Did you know... - ... that Bristol, Quebec, had Canada's first horse-drawn railroad and Quebec's first iron ore pelletizing plant? ...that the East and West Memorial Buildings in Ottawa, Canada were originally built in 1949 to house the rapidly growing Department of Veterans Affairs? ...that doubt exists about exactly where in Ontario at least two of the three known specimens of the extinct epiphytic moss Neomacounia nitida were collected in the 1860s? ...that Canadian agronomist Seager Wheeler was instrumental in developing a sustainable agricultural economy in Saskatchewan, which has a short prairie growing season and harsh winters? ... that Mary's Point in New Brunswick, Canada has the world's highest density of Corophium volutator, a crustacean which is a food source of millions of migratory Semipalmated Sandpipers?

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