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not sure if it's been said...
the short story "The Hockey Sweater"
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- Steve Nash (born in South Africa, but whatev)
- The Toronto Raptors are in 4th place
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- The old show "Buzz" from the comedy network
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From living in the States for around 8 months now, I've learned two things. I'm embarrassed by Canadians' knee-jerk anti-Americanism (as I mentioned briefly in the other thread, now using Skippy's language).
I am even more proud of Canada's universal health care.
Jeff
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My fathers people emigrated from Ireland to St. Catherin's Ontario in British North America. In 1888 several members of my family and their neighbors took up arms to repel the Fenian Invasion from Buffalo. My fathers people were Irish Catholics with no particular love for the crown. They picked up arms to defend their new home because they loved their new country and the freedom they had found. I don't know how well known that event is in Canada history but the story of the battle and my families love of Canada has been passed through the generations. We are no longer Canadian but if she ever needs us again we'll be there.
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I'm from St. Catharines and I know quite a bit about the area's history...and I have never heard that story. Very cool, NegPhil.
Jeff
June 21, 2003 Toronto, ON: SkyDome
July 1, 2004 Toronto, ON: Molson Amphitheatre
November 26, 2004 Toronto, ON: Air Canada Centre
June 24, 2006 Toronto, ON: Historic Fort York
May 10, 2007 Indianapolis, IN: The Vogue
July 14, 2011 Edmonton, AB: Northlands Festival Site
June 30, 2012 Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON: The Commons at Butler's Barracks
January 23, 2013 Edmonton, AB: Rexall Place
July 28, 2016 Edmonton, AB: Rexall Place
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That story is pretty well-known here in Fort Erie. :thumb:
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Any account of the Fenian raids I've ever read paints the Fenians as much less competent than that website would have it.
Anyway, if anyone wants to guess at the origin of southern Ontario's knee-jerk anti-Americanism, well, repeated incursions by armed Americans during the period the province was settled probably has something to do with it....
