Centennial celebrations launched a new atmosphere in Canada: open and interested, multicultural and confident.
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My Canada, 116/150: No trivial matter
Trivial Pursuit, one of the top- 10-selling board games of all time, was invented one evening in 1979 when two journalists got bored.
My Canada, 111/150: Our bevy of gardens
The following gardens are my favourites of those I’ve visited in the country. What others would you add?
My Canada, 96/150: Screening our stories
In 1939, Canada’s Parliament decided that Canadian filmmakers needed support to tell the stories they wanted to tell.
My Canada, 77/150: The rail ties that bind
When I was a kid in school and we had to write an essay about our “favourite Canadian Hero”, I picked the Canadian Pacific Railway.
My Canada, 33/150: Jazz in the key of Oscar
Oscar Peterson was most famous for his extraordinary skills as a jazz pianist but he also brought a distinctly Canadian vision to jazz composition.
Teahen Tales 