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Newsgroups: soc.culture.canada
From: migod@turing.toronto.edu (Mike Godfrey)
Subject: Re: Questions from Australia.
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
Date: 21 Aug 92 18:01:16 GMT

In article <hoconnel.714371424@adelphi> hoconnel@physics.adelaide.edu.au (Heath O'Connell) writes:
>
>	Could somebody please answer the following questions.
>
>	1) What is the population of Canada?

27 million.

>	2) What are the populations of Toronto and Montreal?

3.9 and 3.1 million, respectively, according to the latest census.

>	3) Does Canada have a professional soccer league?

Yes, but it's not a big deal like hockey, football and baseball are.

>	4) How popular are cricket and baseball?

Not very and very.

>	5) Which spelling convention is accepted?
>		(i.e. colour or color?)

Canadian spelling is a hybrid of UK and US spelling, favouring UK spelling
(e.g. colour, centre, z pronounced "zed", but jail, tire, airplane,
specialize, specialty, tomato pronounced "to-may-to" [and spelled "tomatoe"
by at least one American :-]).

-- 
Mike Godfrey			      "All we like sheep, all we like sheep,
Dept of Comp Sci, UofT		      "All we like sheep, all we like sheep."
migod@turing.toronto.edu			   -- Handel's `Messiah'
From: "peter skotnyk" <peter.skotnyk@canrem.com>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.canada
Subject: toronto in october
Date: 13 Aug 92 20:31:14 EST
Reply-To: "peter skotnyk" <peter.skotnyk@canrem.com>
Distribution: soc
Organization: Canada Remote Systems

to: bh419@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ted B Samsel)

Hello Ted!
I'm surprised that no one from T.O. has given you the names of any Indian
restaurants. The only one that I used to frequent is closed now (the owner
retired).
The one that I have listed for you here has been recommended by friends.

The Bombay Palace
71 Jarvis Street (416)368-8084
Jarvis street is about 3 blocks east of Yonge street,
71 Jarvis is just north of King street.
This is their downtown location, they also have a place in Mississauga,
I do not know the address but I can dig it up if you want it.
Their menu includes such items as tandoori chicken, tandoori prawns, chicken
tikka, lamb curry, pasanda, nan, chutney and so forth.
Dinners are around $15, lunches are an all you can eat buffet for under $10.
They take reservations (a good idea).

There are quite a few other places here but I have no idea what the quality of
the food is. If you want I could give you the names and addresses of these
places but nothing more.

One of my favorite places to eat is at the International Restaurant
421 Dundas Street West, Third Floor (in the heart of chinatown).
(416)593-0291
I like to eat there around noon time, thats when they serve dim sum.
They serve dim sum between 9am and 4pm.
They have about a dozen women pushing carts around with all kinds of different
items on them, stuffed steamed dumplings to chickens feet! I myself like the
curried octopus. If you want to try exotic chinese food than this is the place.
The portions are small and inexpensive, I usually have between 4-7 items, if you
stay away from the shrimp and crabs the bill will always be under $10. All the
chinese tea you can drink is included. Don't be surprised if you are the only
non-asian in there. They also have great dinners there. Its first come first
serve for dim sum, so if you go on the weekend expect to wait about 30 minutes
for a table.
After eating there I like to walk about china town, check out the chinese
bakeries, tea houses and nick nack stores.

If you need any more info about anything else let me know and I'll do my best
to get the information for you.

  Peter Skotnyk
  Toronto, ON., Canada
  CIS  73377,1563
  peter.skotnyk@canrem.com
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From: 832989@BOOTH.USASK.CA (Glenn Chin)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.canada
Subject: CFL Week 6
Date: 18 Aug 92 01:42:08 GMT

CFL rosters in newsgroup rec.sport.football.misc.

Eastern Division	  W	  L	Home	Away	 F	 A

Winnipeg Blue Bombers	  4	  2	3-0	1-2	180	158
Ottawa Rough Riders	  3	  3	3-1	0-2	166	149
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	  3	  3	1-2	2-1	187	179
Toronto Argonauts	  2	  4	2-1	0-3	208	178

Western Division

Edmonton Eskimos	  5	  1	2-0	3-1	192	175
Calgary Stampeders	  4	  2	2-0	2-2	175	155
Saskatchewan Roughriders  3	  3	2-1	1-2	180	193
British Columbia Lions	  0	  6	0-4	0-2	148	249

Average number of points scored per game:  59.8.

REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE
					EDT
WEEK 7
Aug 19	Winnipeg at Hamilton		 7:30pm TSN
Aug 20	Saskatchewan at Ottawa		 7:30pm
	Toronto at Edmonton		 9:00pm CBC
Aug 21	British Columbia at Calgary	 7:30pm TSN

WEEK 6
Aug 12	Edmonton 30 at Hamilton 28
Aug 13	Calgary 11 at Ottawa 32
	Toronto 17 at Winnipeg 32
	Saskatchewan 46 at British Columbia 43 (OT)
						Players of the week
WEEK 5
Aug 6	Winnipeg 6 at Toronto 32
	Ottawa 14 at Edmonton 29		D-Edmonton LB Larry Wruck
	Hamilton 27 at British Columbia 25	O-B.C. QB Tony Kimbrough
Aug 7	Calgary 21 at Saskatchewan 30		L-Saskatchewan DT Jearld Baylis

WEEK 4
July 30	Saskatchewan 24 at Hamilton 38
	Edmonton 30 at Ottawa 25		D-Edmonton LB Willie Pless
	British Columbia 15 at Winnipeg 41	O-Winnipeg QB Matt Dunigan
	Toronto 26 at Calgary 28		L-Calgary DE Tim Cofield

WEEK 3
July 22	Edmonton 32 at Winnipeg 51		O-Edmonton SB Chris Armstrong
July 23	Hamilton 39 at Toronto 30		D-Hamilton CB Terry Wright
	Calgary 37 at British Columbia 19
July 24	Ottawa 13 at Saskatchewan 23		L-Saskatchewan DE Bobby Jurasin

WEEK 2
July 15	Saskatchewan 31 at Edmonton 34 (OT)	D-Edmonton LB Willie Pless
July 16	British Columbia 20 at Toronto 61	O-Toronto QB Rickey Foggie
	Winnipeg 14 at Ottawa 29		L-Ottawa DE Gregg Stumon
	Hamilton 22 at Calgary 34

WEEK 1
July 8	Calgary 44 at Saskatchewan 26		L-Calgary OT Ken Moore
July 9	Toronto 42 at Ottawa 53 (OT)		O-Ottawa QB Tom Burgess
	Winnipeg 36 at Hamilton 33 (OT)		D-Ottawa LB Angelo Snipes
	Edmonton 37 at British Columbia 26
Newsgroups: soc.culture.canada
From: hamm@weejordy.physics.mun.ca (Craig Hamm)
Subject: Re: Insulting beer ads, etc.
Organization: Ocean Sciences Centre
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 14:32:50 GMT

In article <1992Aug12.111757.22241@bas-a.bcc.ac.uk>, uctlxpd@ucl.ac.uk (Peter Bartlett) writes:
|> 
|> You also say:
|> 
|> 
|> >	One other point:  These big breweries are limiting choice, and/or
|> >	removing the taste out of beer.  DRY beer, is popular, I know, but
|> >	why drink beer that has no taste?  I dunno ?  Soon they'll be selling
|> >	pure water, and use it as a selling point!
|> >	
|> 
|> On this point, we are in total agreement.  Wanna start a rumour that the
|> money for the merger between Molson and Carling came from Perrier?  

	You mean it's just a rumour ?

|> 
|> One final note for your Believe it or Not! file-- Canadian labels are 
|> actually becoming big business in the UK, as a specialty item.  I stare
|> in disbelief.
|> 
	You have my deepest symapathy.


|> Prosit.
|> 
|> peter bartlett
|> 
|> 
	Craig Hamm
From: Eric_S_Klien@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: soc.culture.canada
Subject: Electronic Matchmaker
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 92 00:58:44 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: world

Canadian women, having a problem finding a Canadian man?  I am about 
to launch a free electronic matching service on Usenet.  Thanks to 
the imbalance of men to women on Usenet, more guys than gals have 
expressed an interest so far.  If you would like to see the fifth 
draft of my questionnaire so we can alter it to also fit women's 
needs as well as men's, either send me mail or look at the copy I 
posted in alt.personals.  
 
This service is serious and I already have 291 men and 162 women 
signed up so far.  The site of the service has already been selected 
and programming has begun.  
 
I should point out that this questionnaire really, really, really, 
needs some more input on CULTURES.  I need some questions to make 
sure that matches are compatible culturally.  
 
                                                          Eric Klien
From: userDHAL@mts.ucs.UAlberta.CA (David Halliwell)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.canada
Subject: Re: Summer temp in Edmonton
Date: 17 Aug 92 20:11:06 GMT
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada

kaminsky-david@CS.YALE.EDU (David Kaminsky) writes:


>	A friend of mine told me that the high temperature in
>Edmonton has been 95-100 F (about 37 C) during the last couple
>of weeks.  The NY Times consistently list the high as around 
>72 F (22.5 C).  Can someone please tell me what the highs
>have been the last couple of weeks?

   Nothing as warm as 37C. We have been having some rather warm weather,
but the highest highs have been about 32 or so. the weekend had highs of
26-28. We have also had a few days in the last 2 weeks with highs in the
low 20s.
 
   The nice thing is, it also cools down at night: we've had lows of
10-15 on some of these 27C days! Just open the windows, and you can
sleep like a baby.


>Thanks,
>David

  You're welcome.



Dave Halliwell
Department of Geography
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
Newsgroups: soc.culture.canada
From: marcus@bnr.ca (Marc St.Amand)
Subject: Re: 1776 invasion of Canada by USA
Reply-To: marcus@bnr.ca (Marc St.Amand)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 17:09:23 GMT

Here is a translation of my previous post:

Denis Beauregard writes:

> In 1775-1776, it was the american army which was occupying
> Canada according to the panel.  At that time, Canada included Quebec and
> (yet almost unsettled) Ontario (Maritimes were independent colonies).
> 
> Since there were many posting saying that Americans
> never invaded Canada (1812 was an attempt), what actually happened in 1775-1776?
> Is the panel wrong?

I am writing this from memory, so details can be incorrect, but here is
the story.

In 1775, American revolutionnaries, not very pleased with the Quebec Act
consequences, decided to invade Canada.  Montreal fell to the hands of
Benedict Arnold and Montgomery (whose first name I forgot) in 1775, and
during autumn Arnold managed to bring his armies to the gates of Quebec
City.  He has been defeated in the late fall of that year (near l'Anse-au-
Foulon, where general Wolfe set foot to climb the cliffs 16 years prior to
that), and had to withdraw to Montreal.

During the winter, Benjamin Franklin came over to Montreal, in an attempt
to rally the people to the "revolutionnary cause".  He left saying that it
would be much easier to buy out Canada later, than to take it by force now.
The army followed him shortly after, in spring 1776.

Another important American invasion battle was fought near fort Chambly, on
the Richelieu river (south shore of Montreal; the Richelieu valley was the 
preferred route of the Anglo-American invaders, and it is now the favorite
route taken by Montrealers to invade shopping centers in Plattsburg).  At
fort Chambly I have seen copies of the letters the revolutionnaries sent to
the Canadians to incite them to rebel against the British.  At the same time
they would send letters to the British complaining because they thought the
Canadians were too well treated.  That could explain why the Canadians were
rather not interested in their cause.

Marc.

PS.  In 1775, 'Canadian' meant 'French-Canadian' - remember that the
     Loyalists were not here yet, so the English population in Canada
     was still very small, and they still called themselves 'British'.

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Newsgroups: soc.culture.canada
From: dmongrai@gandalf.ca (Dan Mongrain)
Subject: Re: Parking on a hill
Organization: Gandalf Data Ltd.
Distribution: can
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 18:40:39 GMT

In <1992Aug21.154536.29574@cc.umontreal.ca> little@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Littlejohn Tim) writes:


>HELP!  I am a newcomer to Quebec and about to do my practical driving 
>test on monday.  Someone posted that you could fail for
>turning the wheels the wrong way when parking on a hill.

>Well, how do you do it?  I want to know so 1) I won't fail and 2) my
>car wont slide onto a highway when it gets icy!  I have though
>about the physics of it, so I'm sure I know the answer to the
>latter but not the former. Please answer somthing like the following:

>"When parking on the right hand side of the road pointing uphill,
>turn the steering wheel counterclockwise" etc.

>Thanks!  I guess there are 4 combinations; uphill, downhill,
>right hand curb, left hand curb (e.g. on a one way street).

>My test will be in Montreal, if that makes any difference...
>Any other tips on passing a driving test would be MOST welcome!
>This may be useful info for other poeple, too, so posting 
>probably might be a good idea.....

>Thanks!

Allways turn your wheels in such a way that if your brakes were to give,
the car will not become a hazard (cut off or block traffic).  That means,
if facing downhill, turn your wheels toward the side of the road.  If
facing uphill and there is a curb, turn your wheels toward the road (if
your brakes go, the car will back up and the front wheels will stop
against the curb).  If there is no curb, turn the wheels toward the side
of the road (if the brakes give, the car will backup in the ditch).

For french speaking drivers, my driving instructor gave me the following
reminder: GMC (gauche, montant, curb).  That is, turn the wheels to the
left if uphill and there is a curb, otherwise turn to the right (this
assumes you are parking on the right hand side of the road).

License offices should have booklets on the rules of the road.  Get them
and read them.  This question is a very basic one (like what side of the
road do I drive on).

As for hints for the test, slip the examiner a $100. :-)  But seriously,
always use your head and drive defensively.  Don't forget those blind-
spots!

                                        Dan Mongrain
                                        dmongrai@hobbit.gandalf.ca

>Tim
From: clamen@CS.CMU.EDU (Stewart Clamen)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.canada
Subject: Re: Quebec Taxes v. ROC taxes/Lindros
Date: 16 Aug 92 09:36:35 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.Bt2LCz.2vC.1
Reply-To: clamen+@CS.CMU.EDU
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
Originator: clamen@BYRON.SP.CS.CMU.EDU

In article <1992Aug15.211658.28231@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> ab870@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Eric Rickin) asks:


   Lindros and his mommy came up with many-a-excuses for not wanting to
   play in Quebec City.  One of them was "taxes."  All this talk about
   taxes in this newsgroup has made me think of a question:

   How "bad" are Quebec (province) taxes compared to the rest of Canada?  I
   also believe Eric Lindros stated that Quebec City taxes were too high
   also.  

The income tax burden (federal + provincial) in Quebec is slightly
lower than that of Ontario.  

   What's the PST in Quebec?  

Since Lindros was first drafted it has been restructured to more
closely conform to the GST (Canada now collects GST+QST at the US
border points, and Quebec collects GST+QST for Canada from the
commercial sites).  At the time it was 8.56% on goods, 0% on most
services.  Since July 1, 1992, QST is 8.56% on goods (and
telecommunications services) and 4.28% on (all other) services.

   Does canada have a uniform income tax system?

Each province has its own income tax rate.  Except for Quebec (which
has its own form), Canadians file a joint income tax form to Ottawa
every April 30th.

   Suppose I was earning $100,000 in Quebec City, $100,000 in Montreal,
   $100,000 in Toronto, and $100,000 in Vancouver.  How would taxes differ?

Cost of living would also have to be taken into account.  I lack
sufficient information to adequately answer this question.  Off the
top of my head though, I imagine that real estate costs would be
cheapest in Quebec City, and would probably outweigh the tax
differences.

   (I ask, because I believe that if Eric L. was traded to les Habs, he
   would have played for them (but, when would Quebec EVER trade anyone
   like Lindros to the Habs?  Never, that would be sacreledge))

Eric did say he would play for Montreal if traded there, so obviously
taxes were not a major obstacle.
--
Stewart M. Clamen			Internet:    clamen@cs.cmu.edu
School of Computer Science		UUCP: 	     uunet!"clamen@cs.cmu.edu"
Carnegie Mellon University		Phone: 	     +1 412 268 2145
5000 Forbes Avenue			Fax:	     +1 412 268 5739
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.canada
From: tmcfarla@fraser.sfu.ca (Tara McFarlane)
Subject: social studies exchange
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 06:38:44 GMT


are there any social studies teachers out there who would like to do an
exchange with their students, with another class of students somewhere
in canada, or elsewhere>? i am looking for teachers who would be interested in
participating in such a project via email or nn. the age group which i
wouldl ike to target is between 14 and 18, or grades 9 to 12.

if you are interested, or know of someone who might be, please email me
at : tmcfarla@sfu.ca


Tara McFarlane
Simon Fraser University
From: maj@waikato.ac.nz
Newsgroups: soc.culture.canada
Subject: Re: GAZETTE: THE WORLD 'REMARKS' OUR FRENCH-INFLUENCED ENGLISH
Date: 18 Aug 92 11:37:11 +1200
Followup-To: soc.culture.canada
Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

In article <Bt5AH2.AMC.1@cs.cmu.edu>, clamen@CS.CMU.EDU (Stewart Clamen) writes:
> In article <1992Aug17.174318.17605@pandora.matrox.com> thood@corvus.matrox.com (Thomas Hood) writes:
> 
>    Error is divergence from the standards.  English has standards.  People
>    who claim to speak English are in error when they deviate from those
>    standards.
> 
> Unlike French, English has no standards.  English dictionaries (like
> the OED) document usage, they do not enforce it.
> 
>    Quebec English includes a few words imported from French, thus
>    reflecting the proximity of French-speakers in Quebec.  When
>    such novelty is truly new (e.g. "animator"), we should embrace it.
> 
>    However, novelty arising from the mistakes of half-literate people
>    (eg. "demand" for "ask") should be rejected because it does not
>    add a new concept to the language; it only sows confusion.
> 
> That said, I do, of course, agree that using "demand" in the French
> sense in English is confusing.  But, of course, importing words from
> French is how Middle and Modern English (as opposed to that Saxon Olde
> Englishe) came to be.
> --
> Stewart M. Clamen			Internet:    clamen@cs.cmu.edu
> School of Computer Science		UUCP: 	     uunet!"clamen@cs.cmu.edu"
> Carnegie Mellon University		Phone: 	     +1 412 268 2145
> 5000 Forbes Avenue			Fax:	     +1 412 268 5739
> Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890, USA

It might be interesting to post the original article to
alt.usage.english - this is the sort of thing very much
enjoyed in that group.
-- 
Murray A. Jorgensen [ maj@waikato.ac.nz ]    University of Waikato
Department of Mathematics and Statistics     Hamilton, New Zealand      
__________________________________________________________________
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if only I've stated it thrice.'
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From: fsdhp@acad3.alaska.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.canada,soc.culture.usa
Subject: Re: Any more new countries due??? --ALASKA!
Date: 15 Aug 92 23:51:00 GMT
Organization: University of Alaska Fairbanks

In article <BsEJKx.4LK@newcastle.ac.uk>, w.p.coyne@newcastle.ac.uk writes:
> Heard on the news today that UN sanctions against Yugoslavia are 
> hitting Montenegro quite hard, and that as a result some there are
> now thinking of Montenegro leaving Yugoslavia and becoming an 
> independent state.
>   As they only have 600,000 (?) people they had thought before 
> that they were too small to go independent.
> 
>    HOW MANY OTHER candidates for independent statehood are there?
> 
> 1. Eritrea is due this year or next to hold a referendum on leaving
>           Ethiopia.
> 2 Quebec - Does it still look as if Quebec is going to leave Canada?
> 3 Puerto Rico - Is this not supposed to be holding a referendum soon?
> 4 Some of the Republics within Russia
> 
> I don't know of any others who might gain independence in the short
> term.
> Obvious long term candidates are
>   Catalonia, Scotland, Wales, East Timor, New Caladonia.
> 
> help the atlas industry, split your country :-)
>                                          W.P.Coyne@newcastle.ac.uk 
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> Newcastle University, United Kingdom.            + "You can lead a horse to
>                                                  +  to water, but a pencil
> ARPA : W.P.Coyne@newcastle.ac.uk                 +  must be lead."
> UUCP : ...!ukc!newcastle.ac.uk!W.P.Coyne         +             Stan Laurel
> JANET: W.P.Coyne@uk.ac.newcastle                 +  
> ................ ................................+.......................

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Newsgroups: soc.culture.canada
From: marcus@bnr.ca (Marc St.Amand)
Subject: Re: 1776 invasion of Canada by USA
Reply-To: marcus@bnr.ca (Marc St.Amand)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 15:35:47 GMT

Denis Beauregard ecrit:

> In 1775-1776, it was the american army which was occupying
> Canada according to the panel.  At that time, Canada included Quebec and
> (yet almost unsettled) Ontario (Maritimes were independent colonies).
> 
> Since there were many posting saying that Americans
> never invaded Canada (1812 was an attempt), what actually happened in 1775-1776?
> Is the panel wrong?

J'ecris cela de memoire, alors certains details peuvent etre inexacts, mais
voila l'histoire.

En 1775, les revolutionnaires Americains, pas tres heureux des consequences 
de l'acte de Quebec, ont decide d'envahir le Canada.  Benedict Arnold et 
Montgomery (j'oublie son prenom...) se sont empares de Montreal en 1775, et 
pendant l'automne Arnold est parvenu a pousser ses armees jusqu'aux portes de 
Quebec.  Il a ete defait (au mois de decembre, pas tres loin de l'Anse-au-Foulon)
et a du se replier vers Montreal.

Durant l'hiver, Benjamin Franklin est venu faire son tour, pour tenter de
convaincre les Montrealais d'embrasser la "cause revolutionnaire".  Il est
reparti en disant qu'il serait plus facile d'acheter le Canada plus tard
que de l'envahir par la force.  L'armee l'a suivi peu de temps apres, au
printemps 1776.

Une autre bataille importante de l'invasion Americaine a eu lieu pres du
fort Chambly, sur le Richelieu (le chemin d'invasion prefere des soldats
Anglais, puis Americains).  J'ai vu la-bas des copies des lettres que les
revolutionnaires envoyaient aux Canadiens, les incitant a prendre les armes
contre les Britanniques; en meme temps ils envoyaient des lettres aux Bri-
tanniques, pour se plaindre parce qu'ils trouvaient que les Canadiens etaient
trop bien traites.  Ca explique peut-etre pourquoi les Canadiens etaient plu-
tot tiedes a leur egard.

Marc.

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