has changed and so have the players. The game has become faster and stronger and a lot more off ice training and hard work is necessary to go pro unlike it used to be in the 19th century. It is believed that hockey was first played in Windsor Nova Scotia‚ Kingston Ontario or Montreal Quebec. Many people believed it evolved from the Irish game Hurley. Beginning around 1860‚ wooden pucks were used. On March 3rd 1875 the first game of hockey played indoors occurred in Montreal. The first hockey club
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This event destroyed families with grief‚ but this was only a taste of the tragedy Canada was going to experience. Working underground is not the safest thing to do‚ this was proven when tragedy hit the Canadian mines. A coal mine disaster in Nova Scotia ended in the death of 26 people‚ darkening Canada’s already fallen spirits. 4 People were not only losing their jobs but they were losing their family and friends. The doctors could not save the people who died in the coal mine‚ however they could
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Alexander Graham Bell | Portrait of Alexander Graham Bellc.1914–19 | Born | March 3‚ 1847 Edinburgh‚ Scotland‚ UK | Died | August 2‚ 1922 (aged 75) Beinn Bhreagh‚ Nova Scotia‚ Canada | Cause of death | Complications from diabetes | Education | University of Edinburgh University College London | Occupation | Inventor Scientist Engineer Professor (Boston University) Teacher of the deaf | Known for | Inventing the Telephone | Spouse | Mabel Hubbard (married 1877–1922) | Children
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On July 1st‚ 1867 the British North America Act or the Constitution Act of 1867 had gone into effect creating the " One Dominion under the name of Canada". However‚ there were many wars‚ debates‚ conferences‚ and so on till confederation had finally taken place‚ and though there may have been many internal and external factors contributing to the creation of Canada. War and expansionism was the absolute main reason for why confederation took place. If it wasn’t for the American Civil War‚ Or the
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1 I. INTRODUCTION It is important to appreciate‚ especially when reading older cases on the law of trusts‚ that there were‚ until 1873 in England‚ two main separate courts – courts of law and courts of equity. Trust law was a product of courts of equity. We will thus look at: (i) the meaning of “equity” that is associated with courts of equity; (ii) the origins of courts of equity; (iii) the development of the law of uses and trusts; (iv) the transfer of equity jurisdiction to Canada;
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rushing behind her as the boat pulled closer to the dock of the small land mass only minutes away. From her standing position leaning over the rail‚ she could see the figures of the few people who inhabited the remote place just off of the coast of Nova Scotia. It seemed they had all shown up to see the tourists getting off of the ferry—the visitors of the day. The ferry came to a slow screechy halt at the end of the dock and Alice put the strap of her camera around her neck‚ ready to catch every snippet
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Select a major weather event of the past 5 years. Describe the atmospheric conditions that created it. What improvements were made to weather prediction due to this event? What economic impact did this event have? In 2012 Hurricane Sandy began as a low pressure system which developed sufficient organized convection to be classified as a tropical depression. In the immediate term‚ three factors have come together to make Hurricane Sandy what it is: A huge storm with winds gusting up to 90 mph (145
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languages from all over the world that co-exists within the society. On the other hand‚ Americans are not. The examples he uses is that recent immigrants in Canada would bank with a branch that is closer to their own culture‚ for example‚ Bank of Nova Scotia in the East and Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec. Roger Graves argues that Canadians are in favour of peace‚ order‚ and good government; on the other hand‚ Americans focus on life‚ liberty and pursuit of happiness. According to Lipset (1990)
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Following the opening of this penitentiary many others opened; St. John‚ Nova Scotia and Halifax. These later would become federal penitentiaries after the Confederation of Canada in 1867. The purpose of these institutions was to rehabilitate the offender so that one day they could re-enter society as law abiding citizens.
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At the time the first European explorers and conquerors were following in the wake of Columbus’s voyages across the Atlantic Ocean‚ some 200‚000 indigenous people were living in North America east of the Mississippi River. One loose confederation of tribes‚ the Algonquins‚ controlled a large region stretching from Canada southward into the Ohio Valley. The Iroquois League dominated the middle Atlantic region and contended with tribes of the Algonquin nation for domination in parts of the Ohio Valley
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