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Trivia EH? Kingston, Ontario

Submit to Canadiana Connection — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:21:42 +0000

According to the 2011 Canadian Census, Kingston, Ontario is the 25th largest city in Canada, with a population of almost 120,000 in the city proper. Kingston Penitentiary—The Big House—is the ‘home’...

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Trivia EH? IMAX

Submit to Canadiana Connection — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:56:36 +0000

The idea for IMAX came about in 1967, at EXPO ’67, when a group of Canadian entrepreneurs and filmmakers felt that a single, powerful projection system was the way to go. IMAX debuted at EXPO ’70, in...

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IMAX – Canadian Technology

Submit to Canadiana Connection — Wed, 09 May 2012 18:00:18 +0000

At EXPO ’67 in Montreal, on being impressed by the multi-projector, multi-screen shows they saw, a small group of Canadian entrepreneurs and filmmakers hatched the idea for IMAX; a new system that...

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Don’t Walk, EH

Submit to Canadiana Connection — Fri, 04 May 2012 12:00:14 +0000

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Kingston, Ontario

Submit to Canadiana Connection — Wed, 02 May 2012 12:00:03 +0000

The last Canadian census was completed for the year 2011, and during the ensuing five years, Kingston, Ontario grew by approximately 4.6% (a little more growth is shown if you look at the full...

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Trivia EH? RIM and the BlackBerry

Submit to Canadiana Connection — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:52:30 +0000

As of late 2011, there were approximately 70 million BlackBerry users worldwide. In Canada, one-third of Smartphone users have chosen BlackBerry. RIM, a Waterloo, Ontario based company, was founded...

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Canuck Quotes: RIM and the BlackBerry

Submit to Canadiana Connection — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:53:49 +0000

While we all know BlackBerry’s can’t speak—on their own — much has been said by RIM executives, RIM detractors, and BlackBerry users about this Smartphone manufacturer… Former co-CEO Mike Lazaridis...

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RIM and the BlackBerry

Submit to Canadiana Connection — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:57:57 +0000

As 2011 marched on, it almost obliterated Research in Motion® (RIM) with its ‘footsteps’. RIM®, the company behind what used to be the hugely reliable BlackBerry® phone, took a huge hit on several...

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Trivia EH? Canadian Tire

Submit to Canadiana Connection — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:45:03 +0000

It was the Billes’ brothers, J.W. and A.J., who in 1922 purchased the Hamilton Tire and Garage Ltd. Store in east-end Toronto; relocated in 1923 to downtown Toronto, it became Canadian Tire...

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Canadian Tire

Submit to Canadiana Connection — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:26:48 +0000

We were talking to one of our American ex-patriots, currently living in in Ontario, and she said this about first walking into a Toronto-area Canadian tire: “I thought it was a tire store!” Indeed....

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