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Trying to distill the climate of Canada into an easy to understand statement is impossible, given the vast area that this country occupies. The southernmost point of mainland southern Ontario, Point Pelee, and the nearby islands in Lake Erie at a very similar latitude to northern California, and has a climate similar to the eastern US. Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut, is just south of the Arctic Circle and remains very cold for most of the year.
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Canada automatically entered the First World War in 1914 with Britain's declaration of war, sending volunteers to the Western Front, who played a substantial role in the Battle of Vimy Ridge. The Conscription Crisis of 1917 erupted when conservative Prime Minister Robert Borden brought in compulsory military service over the objection of French-speaking Quebecers. In 1919, Canada joined the League of Nations independently of Britain; in 1931 the Statute of Westminster affirmed Canada's independence.
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"The fully indexed 1911 Census of Canada is searchable by family name for the first time anywhere on the web," Sullivan said. "The Census, only the fifth general census in Canada, includes information on each inhabitant of the country, including place of habitation, marital status, age, place of birth, religion, occupation, education, and more. It is truly a wealth of information to anyone researching Canadian ancestry."
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ITASCA, Ill., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Grand & Toy, a wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary of Boise Cascade Office Products Corporation (NYSE: BOP) announced that it has purchased Canadisc Inc., a regional computer supply specialist in Toronto, Canada. Canadisc, Inc. reported sales of approximately $10 million in 1997. The sale became effective on November 27, 1998. Peter Vanexan, Vice President, Managing Director, Grand & Toy stated: "The purchase of Canadisc Inc. will allow Grand & Toy to further expand the technology product offering and provide customers with one-stop purchasing for their entire computer and office product needs. The major benefits for customers are the cost savings and service advantages of consolidating suppliers." Boise Cascade Office Products Corporation, headquartered in Itasca, Ill., is one of the world's premier business-to-business distributors of office products for the office, with operations in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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SIRIUS Canada will offer a total of 60 commercial-free music stations to make up the widest range of music available. SIRIUS programmers will feature the best selections in rock, pop, country, Christian, jazz, hip hop, electronic, dance, R&B, Classical and show tunes.
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Canada shares land and sea borders with the USA (the lower 48 states and Alaska), Denmark (Greenland), and France (St. Pierre and Miquelon - a small group of islands off the southern coast off the Island of Newfoundland).
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