{"id":2087,"date":"2017-06-18T09:50:40","date_gmt":"2017-06-18T13:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=2087"},"modified":"2017-06-18T21:29:14","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T01:29:14","slug":"as-canadian-as%e2%80%a6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=2087","title":{"rendered":"As Canadian as\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_28661.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2089\" title=\"IMG_2866\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_28661-959x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"959\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_28661-959x1024.jpg 959w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_28661-281x300.jpg 281w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_28661.jpg 1218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 959px) 100vw, 959px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>It is as Canadian as sitting lakeside in an Adirondack <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>and hearing the song of the loon.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A few years back, the <em>By George Journal<\/em> held a contest to find the greatest simile that &#8220;best describes being Canadian.&#8221; In the end, our favourite Canada Day simile was one of our own.<\/p>\n<p>So, we are thinking of opening up this challenge again&#8230;. any suggestions?<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p><em>(The photo was taken this June, while island camping on Crotch Lake, northeast of Tweed, Ontario.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Chris George, providing reliable PR counsel and effective advocacy. Need a go-to writer or experienced communicator? 613-983-0801 @\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/cgacommunications.com\/m\/\">CG&amp;A COMMUNICATIONS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is as Canadian as sitting lakeside in an Adirondack and hearing the song of the loon. A few years back, the By George Journal held a contest to find the greatest simile that &#8220;best describes being Canadian.&#8221; In the end, our favourite Canada Day simile was one of our own. So, we are thinking&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[34,35],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2087"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2087"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9161,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2087\/revisions\/9161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}