Mar 14, 2006 Issue 3 Volume 7
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(( New Developments )) • (( Canadian Abroad - Geradine Mac Donald-Moran )) • (( Micheline's Put-in )) • (( Reader's Comments )) • (( Canadian Cooking Recipes )) • (( Special Feature )) • (( Important News Leads )) • Good Evening and Welcome to Hockey Night in Canada… My Dad once said to me, if you ever wanted to invade Canada, do it on a Saturday night during hockey season. I always thought that this was his idea of a joke but in all honesty he's right. If you wanted to conquer our fair country, do it during Hockey Night in Canada when everyone is indoors glued to their sets and you're assured of a quick victory. For you see, hockey for us is more than just a sport, it's a way of life. Two of my favourite Canadian writers, Will and Ian Ferguson, said this about Canadians and hockey. "Hockey matters to Canadians. Canadians care deeply. Anaheim vs. Nashville. San Jose vs. Phoenix. Who will win? Who will lose? Who would possibly care one way or another? Canadians, that's who." Full Story article by - Emma Crofts

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'To sea' or not 'to sea': that is the question

A CANADIAN FROM ABROAD ~ Geraldine Mac Donald-Moran

• Inspires us with Bi-cultural Parenting- Part One
  
  When individuals with dissimilar cultural backgrounds unite, they represent a group of parents whose concerns are unique but who share a common denominator in their respective bi-cultural homes: The special challenges encountered in accepting change. The need to alter expectations, traditions, culinary customs, languages, and perhaps religion (to name a few) may be just some of the adjustments necessary in the fascinating circumstances found in bi-cultural homes. 'Bi-cultural' parenting is a term that can be used to describe the fusing of two differing sets of customs in a home environment where children are being raised. .... see Full Story

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Micheline's Put-in

Finding the co-op in a co-op .... For the last 20 years, I've done what many Montrealers have done (do) as far as my living situation goes and that is to jump from apartment to apartment. If I got tired of one place, I would find another once my lease had expired. There was always a great deal of choice and the way the city is designed, it's fabulous public transit system (there is no sarcasm intended here) and, what was once upon a time a renter's market, this way of life suited me beautifully. I always found great places all while having to apply very little effort. However, as life would have it, things change. Though the transit system remains in the good to excellent range, prices to rent have ski rocketed, forcing many to move away from the city's core making accessibility less convenient. ...

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Canada's Annual Seal Hunt Sparks Fiery Debate

In the three decades since French animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot hugged seal pups on the Maritime ice floes, the controversy over Canada's annual seal hunt hasn't gone away. This year, former Beatle Sir Paul Mc Cartney and his wife Heather were the latest in a long line of celebrities to visit the east coast and speak out against the centuries-old hunt that kills about 300,000 of the young seals each year.

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Source - Epoch Times

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Hey Canada, Google Mars is our next frontier
Percival Lowell (1855-1916) is one of the best known observers of the planet Mars. Lowell is pictured here in the observer's chair of the 61-centimeter (24-inch) refracting telescope in the observatory he established in Flagstaff, Arizona. Lowell Observatory is still one of the foremost sites for telescopic studies of Mars and the other planets.

Now Nasa is providing Google with some cool images of Mars.

See the surface of Mars

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Canadian Flag Cursor

As a Canadian living abroad I love the Canadian flag being used instead of an arrow, during the navigation of your website. If possible I would love to be sent details of how I could download this to use on my own computer at home. Could this be emailed please? Many thanks if you can, but understand if you can't. Very useful and informative website.
Cheers
Marianne


Hi Marianne,
This flag pointer is a cursor graphic.
If you use a PC computer, you can change the pointer by modifying your mouse settings. Save this file and place it inside your C:\Windows\Cursors\ folder.
Then go to control panel, select Mouse ,and select pointers, click on browse, find this pointer 99.cur to replace the previous cursor (Normal Select) , then save as "Canada Flag" for example as the profile, and apply.

Those are the instructions for my mouse settings, it may be similar for you too.

Thanks for liking our website.

Download cursor graphic here (rightmouse click and save target as)

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Canadian Cooking Recipes - Cooking Canada Style

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Casseroles

Shipwreck

Precook all ingredients and place enough to cover the bottom of a medium sized Roasting Pan in the following order:

1. One layer of thinly sliced Onions (Spanish or White), cooked ala dente
2. 1/8 “ slices of peeled Potatoes (Russet or Red),cooked ala dente
3. ½ -1” thick layer of Lean Hamburger (cooked well, drain off fat)
4. ½-3/4 Cup of Rice (cooked ala dente)
5. ¼-1/2” thick layer of chopped Celery (cooked ala dente)
6. Salt, Pepper and Paprika
7. Slowly add 1 can of water to one can of Tomato Soup(it mixes better)
8. Pour soup & water slowly over entire casserole mixture.
9. Cook uncovered for 2hrs. @ 350F
   
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Important News Leads

Afghanistan grateful for Canadian sacrifice: Karzai
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Global Warming? Yes, it's been the warmest Canadian winter on record
- Full Story
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Lawyers' bills in sponsorship scandal top $14 million
- Full Story
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Brothers charged after manure dumped outside Emerson's office
- Full Story
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Toronto marchers back right to publish Muhammad cartoons
- Full Story
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Reimburse living organ donors in Canada: commentary
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Icy comet held hot minerals
- Full Story
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Probe successfully enters into orbit around Mars
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CBC.ca

Long flights linked to blood clots
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