{"id":8364,"date":"2016-06-24T08:30:50","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T12:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=8364"},"modified":"2016-06-24T08:20:33","modified_gmt":"2016-06-24T12:20:33","slug":"have-your-say-on-canadiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=8364","title":{"rendered":"Have your say on Canadiana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/canuck_30-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"canuck_30\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/canuck_30-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/canuck_30-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/canuck_30-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/canuck_30-900x506.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/canuck_30-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/canuck_30.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>This month <em>By George <\/em>is in search of the greatest Canadiana symbol.\u00a0 We have been presiding over head-to-head choices of 64 different symbols of national pride and, currently, we have narrowed the field to &#8220;the sweet 16&#8221; of Canada.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bygeorgejournal\/\" target=\"_blank\">On our By George Facebook page<\/a>, we invite our followers to comment on the selections. Certainly, we have had some lively debate; for example, when the Calgary Stampede was selected over the Bluenose. (Should there be a compelling argument or overwhelming outcry about the choice of one of the symbols, or the other, <em>By George<\/em> will reserve the right to reverse the decision and go with our readership\u2019s favourite.)<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>Our objective is to identify the single-most important symbol of national pride, the most beloved symbol of Canadiana.<\/p>\n<p>Click in here to have your say: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bygeorgejournal\/\" target=\"_blank\">By George Journal on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our recent newsletter featured &#8220;the sweet 16&#8221; and you can <a href=\"http:\/\/conta.cc\/28Q8Fk2\" target=\"_blank\">read the newsletter here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-8366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/canuck_43-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"canuck_43\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-8367\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/canuck_29-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"canuck_29\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/> \u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-8368\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/canuck_20-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"canuck_20\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-8373\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/canuck_03-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"canuck_03\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Chris George, providing reliable PR counsel and effective advocacy. Need a go-to writer or experienced communicator? 613-983-0801 @<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/cgacommunications.com\/m\/\" target=\"_blank\">CG&amp;A COMMUNICATIONS<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month By George is in search of the greatest Canadiana symbol.\u00a0 We have been presiding over head-to-head choices of 64 different symbols of national pride and, currently, we have narrowed the field to &#8220;the sweet 16&#8221; of Canada.\u00a0 On our By George Facebook page, we invite our followers to comment on the selections. Certainly,&#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":[34,35,14,59],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8364"}],"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=8364"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8376,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8364\/revisions\/8376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}