Top-10 List of Canadian Foods

In celebrating Canada Day in 2020, By George is producing a Top-10 List of Canadian Foods. For this list By George consulted the following: Hostelworld.com, Readers’ Digest, Yahoo, Canadian Living, and the Taste Atlas. Ultimately, however the By George braintrust selected and ranked the top ten list. Here are the Honourable Mentions: Nova Scotian Lobster…

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Top-10 List of Canucks

In celebrating Canada Day in 2020, By George is producing a Top-10 List of Canucks selected through the years of our Nationhood. For this list By George consulted the following sources:  The Pantheon At M.I.T., Insider.com, CBC Greatest Canadian, Amazon’s IMDb.com, Quora.com, TheMagazine.ca, The Canadian Guide (historical figures), Global News 150 birthday selection, and TopTenz….

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Canada’s #1 Symbol

Through the past few weeks, the By George Journal conducted a Canadiana contest to select the most-Canadian of symbols.  Based on the feedback of our followers, here are the top-three, most-beloved symbols of Canadiana.   In reverse order, the top-three selected symbols are: #3 The RCMP   #2 The Game of Hockey   #1 The Beaver  …

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Happy Efisga Day, er, Canada Day

Have you wondered where the name ‘Canada’ comes from? It’s the Huron-Iroquois word ‘kanata’ which means ‘settlement’ or ‘village.’ Jacques Cartier first heard it in reference to Quebec City, but soon it was used to describe the whole region. Upper Canada Parliamentarian Thomas D’Arcy McGee argued the adoption of Canada as the name for the…

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Bike Art

To see more on cycling, pedal through the By George Journal menu. Chris George, providing reliable PR counsel and effective advocacy. Need a go-to writer or experienced communicator? 613-983-0801 @ CG&A COMMUNICATIONS. And yes, Chris also would rather be cycling… #bikealmonte

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Cycle MORE (182 km)

For a few years now my friend Jeff Mills and I would talk about the opportunity of having a cycle route looping northern Lanark cycle routes to the western parts of Ottawa and Parliament Hill. It would traverse all the small towns, the farm fields, wooded lands, and the pathways along the Mississippi and Ottawa…

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