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- Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
9: ...ous mishap and that the only sailors he lost were victims of an epidemic ashore, he may be considered ...
17: ... Much more impressive than the small and squalid village of Stadacona, more than a thousand Hurons ca...
25: ...en taken to Europe by Cartier the previous year. Visiting the French fort for a friendly call, Cartie...
29: ... of Cartier's voyage, lasting fourteen months. Having already located the entrance, he now opened up ...
35: ...er colonists were landed, the cattle which had survived three months aboard ship were turned loose, ea... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
11: ...'''Princess Diana''' by the media despite never having had the right to that title, as it would imply ...
13: ...g biographies, magazine articles and television movies.
22: ...first wife, [[Frances Shand Kydd|Frances Spencer, Viscountess Althorp]] (formerly The Honourable Franc...
24: ... At age 16 she briefly attended [[Institut Alpin Videmanette]], a [[finishing school]] in [[Rougemont...
30: ...been previously married, should be, preferably, a virgin, and Protestant. Diana fulfilled all of thes... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...oronto|Victoria College]] in [[Toronto]]. After living in various places in North America and around t...
8: ...ovel]] ''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]'' (made into a movie and an opera), or for her [[Booker Prize]]-winni...
10: ..., championed by [[Toronto]] City Councillor [[Olivia Chow]] in [[2005]]. In addition, the [[French la...
12: ...and audio. She has said in interviews that the device will be available by [[2006]].
79: :''[[Survival, A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature]]'' (... - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
4: ==Overview==
6: ...d attitude of singers such as Aguilera, [[Avril Lavigne]], and [[Kelly Clarkson]] among others.
10: ...Morissette was born on [[June 1]], [[1974]], in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]], to schoolteachers Ala...
12: ... 9 years old, she went to the home of singer [[Olivia Newton-John]], one of her early idols, and said ...
21: ... ''[[You Can't Do That on Television]]'', shot in Ottawa, her hometown. Morissette became a recurring cast... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ... arguments or evidence to the contrary, please provide them on the talk page, and wait until the conse...
3: ...y as an introduction for Canada. To keep this overview article concise, please consider adding informa...
8: ...territories of Canada|provinces]] with three [[Provinces and territories of Canada|territories]]. Ini...
14: ==Overview==
15: ...e head of government, have official residences in Ottawa. - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
20: *[[Republic of the Congo]] - [[Brazzaville]]
28: *[[Gabon]] - [[Libreville]]
35: *[[Liberia]] - [[Monrovia, Liberia|Monrovia]]
53: *[[Seychelles]] - [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]]
97: * [[Laos]] - [[Vientiane]] - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
35: <tr><td>[[Basseterre]] <td>[[Saint Kitts and Nevis]]
48: <tr><td>[[Brazzaville]] <td>[[Republic of the Congo]]
87: <tr><td>[[Hanoi]] <td>[[Vietnam]]
96: ...rael]] (disputed; most countries recognize [[Tel Aviv]] instead.)
104: ...incent and the Grenadines|Kingstown]] <td>[[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]] - Kansas (21369 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = KS |
25: ...dard Time Zone|Mountain]]: [[UTC]]-7/[[Daylight saving time|-6]]<br><small>Counties are Central except...
37: ...]] in the [[United States]]. The U.S. postal abbreviation for the state is '''KS'''.
42: ... 30]], [[1854]] and established the [[Political divisions of the United States|U.S. territories]] of [...
46: ...state of the Union on [[January 29]], [[1861]]. Civil War veterans constructed homesteads in Kansas fo... - Ohio (19444 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = OH |
25: ...ndard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
36: ...stal abbreviation is '''OH'''; its old-style abbreviation is '''O.''' Ohio is an [[Iroquois language|I...
42: ...], [[Shawnee (tribe)|Shawnees]], [[Ottawa (tribe)|Ottawa]]s, and [[Eries]]. During the [[18th century]], t...
46: ...ish control of the region ended with the American victory in the [[American Revolution]], after which ... - Michigan (29427 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = MI |
25: ...TimeZone = Eastern: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] <br><small>(Some Upper Peninsula coun...
42: ...d the "[[Toledo Strip]]" to Ohio, and Michigan, having received the western part of the [[Upper Penins...
48: ...[1838]], the city has also been noted for its thriving furniture industry.
59: ...s]] [[Chief Pontiac]] led a major revolt of the [[Ottawa tribe]] against the British. - Illinois (27007 bytes)
12: Governor = [[Rod Blagojevich]] |
13: PostalAbbreviation = IL |
26: ...ndard Time Zone|Central]]: [[UTC]]-6/[[Daylight saving time|-5]] |
39: ...hicago and its [[suburb]]s. The U.S. postal abbreviation for the state is '''IL'''.
45: ...r present-day [[Collinsville, Illinois]]. That civilization vanished circa 1400-1500 for unknown reas... - Labour Day (7088 bytes)
7: ...originated with marches in both [[Toronto]] and [[Ottawa]] in [[1872]]. On the other hand, socialist deleg...
9: ...ng with North American tradition, could have been viewed as aligning the U.S. and Canadian labor movem...
11: ... [[summer]]. A few [[teenager]]s and young adults view it as the last weekend for parties before retur...
25: ...n [[May 5]], not May 1. In [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] it is the second [[Monday]] in [[March]],...
29: ...g that seamen were taking excessive holidays by having one Labour Day in one port then another in thei... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
6: ...proach land they take on the characteristics of a violent onrushing [[tide]] rather than the sort of c...
14: ... redistributed across the sea floor. Similarly, a violent submarine volcanic eruption can uplift the w...
16: ...aced water mass moves under the influence of [[gravity]] to regain its equilibrium and radiates across...
18: ...]] it was discovered that larger tsunamis than previously believed possible could be caused by landsli...
24: ...tween its creation and its impact on a coast, arriving long after the [[seismic wave]] generated by th... - Ice hockey (16008 bytes)
8: The other five players are divided into three forwards and two defensemen. The [[...
19: ...re responsible only for calling offside and icing violations, and one or two ''referees'', who call go...
21: ...es'' are called for fighting, boarding, and other violent infractions. The rare ten-minute ''match pe...
25: Officials also stop play for puck movement violations, but no players are penalized for these o...
28: [[image:ottawa-sudbury.jpg|left|300px|Winning the face off can b... - Canada Day (1959 bytes)
3: ...at Britain|British]] territories — the [[Province of Canada]] (southern [[Ontario]] and southern...
7: ...ments and businesses across Canada. [[Quebec]] provincial governments under the [[Parti Qu颩cois]] re...
9: ==Activities==
13: The celebrations in [[Ottawa]] are particularly lavish. Every Canada Day, tens of thousands gather on ...
16: ... people changing residences. This is known as [[Moving Day]]. - Ice skating (4786 bytes)
1: ...c figure skating blades|parabolic]]) blade-like devices moulded into special [[boot]]s (or, more primi...
3: ...lometres long) is the [[Rideau Canal]] located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
8: ...ed in Sweden over twelve-hundred years ago by the Vikings. The runners, made of bones, were ground d...
12: ...s in what looks like effortless and graceful [[curvilinear]] flow across the ice.
16: ...n skate on the ice as frictionlessly as a much heavier adult ice skater. The pressure required to melt... - Canal (2513 bytes)
4: ...[right-of-way]]. Navigable canals reached into previously isolated areas and brought them in touch wit...
6: ...ned in the 14th century and canalization made the village of [[Amsterdam]] a port. Canals are so deepl...
8: ... rivers have also been 'canalised' to make them navigable.
26: * [[Rideau Canal]] - [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]] - Ionosphere (19365 bytes)
8: [[Solar]] [[radiation]] at [[ultraviolet]] (UV) and shorter [[X-Ray]] [[wavelength]]s ...
10: ...s there is less received solar radiation. The activity of the sun is associated with the [[sunspot cyc...
14: ...during the day and night during minimum solar activity. With an active sun electron density values ar...
22: .../sub>). This layer can only reflect radio waves having frequencies less than 10 MHz. It has a negative...
28: ...n the presence of sunlight (during daytime), it divides into two layers, the F<sub>1</sub> and F<sub>2... - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
1: ...was an [[England|English]] [[sea explorer]] and navigator in the early seventeenth century. His place ...
3: ... passage to [[Asia]] through the [[Arctic Ocean]] via the [[North Pole]]. The voyage was paid for by t...
5: ... and was considered the end of the line, which convinced the Moscovy Company that there was no point f...
9: ... another country's flag. This was part of the [[Navigation Acts]], a set of [[Mercantilism|mercantilis...
11: ...glish flag; this time the funding came from the [[Virginia Company]] and the [[British East India Comp... - Libya (12985 bytes)
3: ...an term "Lebu", referring to [[Berber]] peoples living east of the [[Nile]], and adopted into [[Greek ...
49: ...asingly independent [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] province; and came under the control of [[Italy]] in [[...
53: Qadhafi rejected both [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Communism]] and Western [[capitalism]] and ...
61: ...ducted by [[separatist]] groups such as: The [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] (IRA), [[Euskadi Ta...
67: ...men on [[April 5]], which had killed 3. Among the victims of the April 14 bombing raid was the adopted...
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