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    from distillers in Canada was smuggled across the border and into the United States. Once bootlegging began‚ it quickly spiraled out of control. Alcohol was being bought and sold illegally everywhere and by the mid 1920’s vessels in Nova Scotia were specifically built for rum

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    The Work Review‚ Vol.2‚ Issue 1‚ April 2005‚ a publication of the Sobey School of Business‚ Saint Mary’s University‚ Halifax‚ Nova Scotia‚ Canada Pay Equity: Fairness is in the Eyes of the Beholder BY HERMANN SCHWIND Statistics from StatsCanada have shown for years that women earn about 80% of men’s wages and salaries. Unions’ and women’s groups have used this wage gap as evidence of discrimination against women and as a basis for demands for more effective legislation on pay equity. They

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    American colonists were going through daily struggles and government oppression‚ and we‚ as modern Americans‚ can sympathize with them. They strived for justice and freedom in a time where they were not respected by their own higher government. Although by eighteenth century the colonies were already off the ground‚ so to speak‚ they still struggled deeply with wars‚ trade restrictions‚ nutritional issues and hunger‚ taxation‚ and crime which ... The Seven Years War strained the American colonists

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    The rebellion of 1837 were armed uprisings that took place in Upper and Lower Canada‚ which is now Ontario and Quebec‚ in 1837 to 1838. The two rebellions had similar causes. The British believed the lesson of the American Revolution was to restrain the power of the people. This resulted in small groups of well off men in each colony having a great deal of power. During the 1820s‚ tensions increased in both colonies‚ reformers demanded change‚ and the government resisted it. In Lower Canada‚ the

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    Canada is a country in the northern part of North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean‚ covering‚ making it the world’s second-largest country by total area and the fourth-largest country by land area. Canada’s border with the United States is the world’s longest land border. Canada is sparsely populated‚ the majority of its land territory being dominated by forest and tundra and the Rocky Mountains; about four-fifths

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    fish with poor defenses. Research as shown that when a Lamprey has migrated into a different area it may negatively affect the ecosystem. Lampreys are found only in Mediterranean and North Atlantic‚ in the coastal seas off the North East USA‚ Nova Scotia‚ southern Greenland‚ the UK‚ Ireland and Scandinavia per to Marinebio. They are able to live in both salt and fresh waters‚ such as The Great Lakes‚ rivers‚ and steams. Lamprey can swim up canals that are

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    International trade‚ as a critical source of revenue for a country‚ plays an important role in economic growth across the globe. However‚ free trade is not accepted widely‚ almost every country adopts varied methods‚ including tariff and non-tariff barriers‚ in order to maximize the benefits of trade for itself. By doing so‚ the market would limit the importation to protect domestic welfare and encourage the exportation to achieve better interests from the world. The focus of this paper will be Supply

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    Canada first became a country on July 1‚ 1867. Initially‚ the country was home to only four provinces including Ontario‚ Quebec‚ New Brunswick‚ and Nova Scotia. Canada is home to a parliamentary system within a constitutional monarchy. The ruler of Canada is Queen Elizabeth II but the Governor General‚ David Lloyd Johnson‚ takes care of most the federal royal duties in Canada. The country of Canada now consists of ten provinces and three territories. It is the world’s second largest country in terms

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    King James the First James Charles Stuart was born on June 19th‚ 1566 at Edinburgh Castle in Scotland. He was the first Stuart king of England. He became James VI of Scotland in 1567 at a tender age of just 13 months after his mother‚ Mary queen of Scots‚ was forced to abdicate. When James’s cousin‚ Elizabeth I‚ died in 1603‚ James became King James I of England and ruled both England and Scotland until his death in 1625. King James is known as one of

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    Canada during this time‚ here are some of them. Firstly‚ John A. Macdonald started the confederation. The Dominion of Canada first became introduced four provinces on July 1st 1867 (H60). These four provinces were Ontario‚ Quebec‚ New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Secondly‚ a small piece of Manitoba today had formed in 1870. Manitoba becomes Canada’s 5th province. During 1871 Canada had grown. It had obtained The North West Territories which took a large portion of Manitoba today; Nunavut. British Colombia

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