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During the 2014 Sochi Olympics in Russia, Canada took home 25 medals, including 10 gold. Will Canada earn more during the upcoming games in Pyeongchang, South Korea? One analyst is confident it will. Simon Gleave, the head of analysis for Gracenote Sports, believes Canada will take home 31 medals, five … Read More
“In Flanders fields the poppies blow / Between the crosses, row on row…” “In Flanders Fields,” the poem written by John McCrea, who was a Lieutenant-Colonel as well as a medical officer during the first world war was inspired by the poppies that grew along the western front, while in … Read More
The 2017 Canadian Biennial at the National Gallery of Canada opened October 19. The fourth annual exhibit includes recent acquisitions of Canadian and Indigenous contemporary art including painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, printmaking, video and large-scale mixed media installations. With more than 50 artists and over 100 works, the diversity of … Read More
The Passport Index ranks the world’s passports by the number of countries that are easily accessible by the passport holder. Which passport is the most powerful when it comes to traveling around the world? Singapore. The country earned the number-one spot after Paraguay removed visa requirements for Singaporeans, reports CNN. … Read More
The United Kingdom has declared that it will give Canada the two recovered shipwrecks of British explorer John Franklin as a gesture confirming its “long shared history and the closeness of our current bilateral relationship.” Franklin and his crew died in the 1840s while attempting to chart unnavigated areas of … Read More
