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Amman
Amman (Arabic: عمان
/ɑːˈmɑːn/; ʿAmmān; Rabat Ammon) is the capital and largest city of Jordan. It is the country's political, cultural and commercial centre and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The Greater Amman area has a population of 2,842,629 as of 2010. The population of Amman is expected to jump from 2.8 million to almost 6.5 million by 2025 due to constant and rapid immigration. The recent economic growth experienced in Amman is unmatched by any other Arab city except those located in the Gulf. Amman is also the administrative seat of the homonymous governorate. Amman is also ranked a Gamma global city on the World city index.
Amman was named one of the MENA's best cities according to economic, labour, environmental, and socio-cultural factors. Amman is among the most popular locations for multinational corporations to set up their regional offices, alongside Doha and only behind Dubai. Furthermore, it is expected that in the next 10 years these three cities will capture the largest share of multinational corporation activity in the region. It is a major tourist destination in the region and the capital is especially popular among Gulf tourists. Amman is considered one of the richest and most Western-oriented cities in the Middle East.
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Banff, Alberta
Banff ( /ˈbæmf/) is a town within Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. It is located in Alberta's Rockies along the Trans-Canada Highway, approximately 126 km (78 mi) west of Calgary and 58 km (36 mi) east of Lake Louise.
At an elevation of 1,463 m (4,800 ft), Banff is the community with the second highest elevation in Canada after Lake Louise. It is surrounded by mountains, notably Mount Rundle, Sulphur Mountain, Mount Norquay, and Cascade Mountain. The town is situated above Bow Falls near the confluence of the Bow River and Spray River.
The Town of Banff is the first municipality to incorporate within a Canadian national park. The town is a member of the Calgary Regional Partnership.
Banff is a resort town and one of Canada's most popular tourist destinations, known for its mountainous surroundings and hot springs. It is a destination for outdoor sports and features extensive hiking, biking, scrambling and skiing areas within the area. Sunshine Village, Ski Norquay and Lake Louise Mountain Resort are the three nearby ski resorts located within the national park.
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Bangkok
Bangkok is the capital city of and largest urban area in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (กรุงเทพมหานคร, pronounced [krūŋ tʰêːp máhǎː nákʰɔ̄ːn] (
listen)) or simply Krung Thep ( listen), meaning "city of angels". Bangkok is by far the most densely populated city in Thailand with about 12 million people. Bangkok was a small trading post near the mouth of the Chao Phraya River during the Ayutthaya Kingdom in the 15th century. It eventually grew in size and became the site of two capital cities: Thonburi in 1768 and Rattanakosin in 1782.
Because of its strategic location in Southeast Asia, Siam (later Thailand) acted as a buffer-zone between the French and British colonial empires. Bangkok itself has gained a reputation as an independent, dynamic and influential city. Bangkok is the political, social and economic centre of Thailand, and one of the leading cities in Southeast Asia.
Due to the 1980s and 1990s Asian investment boom, many multinational corporations make their regional headquarters in Bangkok and the city is a regional force in finance and business. Its increasing influence on global politics, culture, fashion and entertainment underlines its status as an Alpha global city. In 2009, it was the second most expensive city in South-East Asia behind Singapore. The city's many cultural landmarks and attractions in addition to its nightlife venues has made it synonymous with exoticism. Its rapid modernization, reflected in the cityscape and the urban society, has left untouched the historic Grand Palace, Wat Arun, Vimanmek Palace Complex and hundreds of Buddhist temples draw about 10 million international visitors each year, second only to London.
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Beijing
Beijing ( /beɪˈdʒɪŋ/; Chinese: 北京; pinyin: Běijīng, [peɪ˨˩ t͡ɕiŋ˥]), formerly romanized as Peking ( /piːˈkɪŋ/ or /peɪˈkɪŋ/), is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The metropolis, located in northern China, is governed as a direct-controlled municipality under the national government, with 14 urban and suburban districts and two rural counties. Beijing Municipality is surrounded by Hebei Province with the exception of neighboring Tianjin Municipality to the southeast.
Beijing is China's second largest city by urban population after Shanghai and is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's largest state-owned companies. Beijing is a major transportation hub in the national highway, expressway, railway and high-speed rail network. Beijing's Capital International Airport is the second busiest in the world by passenger traffic.
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Berlin
Berlin ( /bɜrˈlɪn/; German pronunciation: [bɛɐ̯ˈliːn] ( listen)) is the capital city of Germany and one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.5 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city and is the second most populous city proper and the eighth most populous urban area in the European Union. Located in northeastern Germany, it is the center of the Berlin-Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, which has 5.9 million residents from over 190 nations. Located in the European Plains, Berlin is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. Around one third of the city's area is composed of forests, parks, gardens, rivers and lakes.
First documented in the 13th century, Berlin was the capital of the Kingdom of Prussia (1701–1918), the German Empire (1871–1918), the Weimar Republic (1919–1933) and the Third Reich (1933–1945).Berlin in the 1920s was the third largest municipality in the world. After World War II, the city became divided into East Berlin—the capital of East Germany—and West Berlin, a West German exclave surrounded by the Berlin Wall (1961–1989). Following German reunification in 1990, the city regained its status as the capital of Germany, hosting 147 foreign embassies.
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Bogotá, Distrito Capital (Spanish pronunciation: [boɣoˈta] ( listen)), from 1991 to 2000 called Santafé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district and no longer belongs administratively to that department. Bogotá is the most populous city in the country, with 7.363.782 inhabitants as of 2010. Bogotá and its metropolitan area, which includes municipalities such as Chía, Cota, Soacha, Cajicá and La Calera, had a population of 7,881,156 in 2005.
In terms of land area, Bogotá is the largest city in Colombia, and one of the biggest of Latin America. It figures amongst the thirty largest cities of the world and it is the third-highest capital city in South America (after La Paz and Quito) at 2,625 metres (8,612 ft) above sea level. With its many universities and libraries, Bogotá has become known as "The Athens of South America". Bogotá owns the largest moorland of the world, which is located in the Sumapaz Locality. The city ranked 54th in the 2010 Global Cities Index and is listed as global city of the Beta+ kind by the GaWC.
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Brasília
Brasília (pronounced [bɾaˈziʎɐ] nationwide, in both colloquial and educated speech) is the federal capital of Brazil and the seat of government of the Federal District. The name is commonly spelled Brasilia in English. The city is located in the Federal District, and is in the Central-West region of the country, along a plateau known as Planalto Central. It has a population of about 2,562,963 (3,716,996 in the metropolitan area) as of the 2008 IBGE estimate, making it the fourth largest city in Brazil. However, as a metropolitan area, it ranks lower at sixth. It is listed as a World Heritage Site UNESCO.
As the national capital, Brasília is the seat of all three branches of the Brazilian government. The city also hosts the headquarters of many Brazilian companies. Planning policies such as the location of residential buildings around expansive urban areas, as well as building the city around large avenues and dividing it into sectors, have sparked a debate and reflection on life in big cities in the 20th century. The city's design divides it into numbered blocks as well as sectors for specified activities, such as the Hotel Sector, the Banking Sector or the Embassy Sector. Brasília hosts 124 foreign embassies.
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British Columbia
i/ˌbrɪtɪʃ kəˈlʌmbiə/ (B.C. or BC) (French: la Colombie-Britannique, C.-B.) is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu ("Splendour without Diminishment"). Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858. In 1871, it became the sixth province of Canada.
As well as being the westernmost province of Western Canada, British Columbia is also a component of the Pacific Northwest, along with the US states of Oregon and Washington. The province has strong cultural and personal ties to the Prairie Provinces and Ontario as well as to the West Coast of the United States and to Alaska and the Yukon.
The capital of British Columbia is Victoria, the 15th largest metropolitan region in Canada. The largest city is Vancouver, the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada, the largest in Western Canada, and the second largest in the Pacific Northwest. In 2009, British Columbia had an estimated population of 4,419,974 (about two and a half million of whom were in Greater Vancouver). The province is currently governed by the BC Liberal Party, led by Premier Christy Clark, who became leader as a result of the party election on February 26, 2011.
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Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City. Along with London's West End theatre, Broadway theatre is widely considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English-speaking world.
The Broadway theatre district is a popular tourist attraction in New York. According to The Broadway League, Broadway shows sold approximately $1.081 billion worth of tickets in calendar year 2011, compared with $1.037 billion for 2010. Attendance in 2011 was 12.13 million.
New York did not have a significant theatre presence until about 1750, when actor-managers Walter Murray and Thomas Kean established a resident theatre company at the Theatre on Nassau Street, which held about 280 people. They presented Shakespeare plays and ballad operas such as The Beggar's Opera. In 1752, William Hallam sent a company of twelve actors from Britain to the colonies with his brother Lewis as their manager. They established a theatre in Williamsburg, Virginia and opened with The Merchant of Venice and The Anatomist. The company moved to New York in the summer of 1753, performing ballad operas and ballad-farces like Damon and Phillida. The Revolutionary War suspended theatre in New York, but thereafter theatre resumed in 1798, the year the 2,000-seat Park Theatre was built on Chatham Street (now called Park Row). The Bowery Theatre opened in 1826, followed by others. Blackface minstrel shows, a distinctly American form of entertainment, became popular in the 1830s, and especially so with the arrival of the Virginia Minstrels in the 1840s.
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Calgary Stampede
The Calgary Stampede is an annual rodeo, exhibition and festival held every July in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The ten-day event, which bills itself as "The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth", attracts over one million visitors per year and features one of the world's largest rodeos, a parade, midway, stage shows, concerts, agricultural competitions, chuckwagon racing and First Nations exhibitions.
The event's roots are traced to 1886 when the Calgary and District Agricultural Society held its first fair. American promoter Guy Weadick launched his first rodeo and festival in 1912 and returned to Calgary in 1919 to organize the Victory Stampede in honour soldiers returning from World War I. It became an annual event in 1923 when Weadick's festival merged with the Calgary Industrial Exhibition to create the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede.
Organized by thousands of volunteers and supported by civic leaders, the Calgary Stampede has grown into one of the world's richest rodeos, one of Canada's largest festivals and a significant tourist attraction for the city. Rodeo and chuckwagon racing events are televised across Canada. However, both have been the target of increasing international criticism by animal welfare groups and politicians concerned about particular events as well as animal rights organizations seeking to ban rodeo in general.
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Canada
Canada ( /ˈkænədə/) is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean. Spanning over 9,900,000 km2 (3,800,000 sq mi), Canada is the world's second-largest country by total area, and its common border with the United States is the longest land border in the world.
The land that is now Canada has been inhabited for millennia by various Aboriginal peoples. Beginning in the late 15th century, British and French colonial expeditions explored, and later settled, along the region's Atlantic coast. France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763 after the Seven Years' War. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces and territories and a process of increasing autonomy; the Canada Act 1982 severed the vestiges of legal dependence on Britain.
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Caracas
Caracas (Spanish pronunciation: [kaˈɾakas]), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English (Spanish: Caraqueños).
Caracas is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range (Cordillera de la Costa). Terrain suitable for building lies between 760 and 910 m (2,493.44 and 2,985.56 ft) above sea level. The valley is close to the Caribbean Sea, separated from the coast by a steep 2200 m (7400 ft) high mountain range, Cerro Ávila; to the south there are more hills and mountains.
El Distrito Metropolitano de Caracas (Metropolitan District of Caracas) includes the Distrito Capital (the capital city proper) and four other municipalities in Miranda State: Chacao, Baruta, Sucre, and El Hatillo. The Distrito Capital had a population of 2,097,350 as of 2009, while that of Distrito Metropolitano was estimated at 4,196,514 as of (2008).
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Dubai
Dubai (/duːˈbaɪ/ doo-BY; Arabic: دبيّ Dubeii; IPA: [du'beii]) is an emirate within the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A city within the emirate is also named Dubai. The emirate is located south east of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi. Dubai and Abu Dhabi are the only two emirates to have veto power over critical matters of national importance in the country's legislature. Dubai City is located on the emirate's northern coastline.
The earliest mention of Dubai is in 1095, and the earliest settlement known as Dubai town dates from 1799. Dubai was formally established in 1833 by Sheikh Maktoum bin Buti al Maktoum when he persuaded 800 members of the Bani Yas tribe, living in what is now part of Saudi Arabia, to follow him to the Dubai Creek by the Al Abu Falasa clan of Bani Yas. It remained under clan control when the United Kingdom assumed the protection of Dubai in 1892. Its geographical location made it an important trading hub and by the beginning of the 20th century, it was an important port.
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Flanders
Flanders (Dutch: Vlaanderen (help·info)) is the (political) community of the Flemings, one of the communities of Belgium, and also a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands.
"Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp. Over the course of history, the geographical territory that was called "Flanders" has varied. In the second half of the twentieth century, there has been a gradual shift of political and economic power from French-speaking Wallonia (which was industrialized earlier) to the Flemish.
To the English-speaking peoples, Flanders meant historically (from circa 1000 AD) the land situated along the North Sea from the Strait of Dover to the Scheldt estuary. The southern borders were generally ill-defined. Over the last millennium, it was mostly the southern and western borders that receded to give the present day borders within northern Belgium.
Flanders has figured prominently in European history. Between the early 17th century and 1945, the political outcomes of modern Spain, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Germany and Austria were often decided by battles on the plains of Flanders. Even earlier in British and Irish history, the Flemings (or Flemish) were important allies of the Normans in their conquest of England (1066) and invasion of Ireland (1169–71).
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Great Lakes
The Great Lakes are a collection of freshwater lakes located in northeastern North America, on the Canada–United States border which connect to the Atlantic Ocean through the Saint Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes Waterway. Consisting of Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth comprising 21% of the world's surface fresh water. The total surface is 94,250 square miles (244,106 km2), and the total volume (measured at the low water datum) is 5,439 cubic miles (22,671 km3). The lakes are sometimes referred to as the North Coast or "Third Coast" by some citizens of the United States.
The lakes have been a major source of trade through this area, and they are home to a large number of aquatic species. Many invasive species have been introduced due to trade in the area, and some threaten the biodiversity of the area.
Though the five lakes reside in separate basins, they form a single, naturally interconnected body of fresh water. The lakes form a chain connecting the east-central interior of North America to the Atlantic Ocean. From the interior to the outlet at the St. Lawrence River, water flows from Superior to Michigan-Huron (in the hydrological sense, a single body of water), southward to Erie, and finally northward to Lake Ontario. The lakes drain a large watershed via many rivers, and are studded with approximately 35,000 islands. The Great Lakes region contains not only the five themselves but also many thousands of smaller lakes, often called inland lakes. Of the five lakes, Lake Michigan is the only one that is located entirely within the United States; the others form a water border between the United States and Canada.
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Hong Kong
Coordinates: 22°16′42″N 114°09′32″E / 22.27833°N 114.15889°E / 22.27833; 114.15889
Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港) is one of two special administrative regions (SARs) of the People's Republic of China (PRC), the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is known for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour. With a land mass of 1,104 km2 (426 sq mi) and a population of seven million people, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. Hong Kong's population is 95 percent ethnic Chinese and 5 percent from other groups. Hong Kong's Han Chinese majority originate mainly from the cities of Guangzhou and Taishan in the neighbouring Guangdong province.
Hong Kong became a colony of the British Empire after the First Opium War (1839–42). Originally confined to Hong Kong Island, the colony's boundaries were extended in stages to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 and then the New Territories in 1898. It was occupied by Japan during the Pacific War, after which the British resumed control until 1997, when China resumed sovereignty. The region espoused minimum government intervention under the ethos of positive non-interventionism during the colonial era. The time period greatly influenced the current culture of Hong Kong, often described as "East meets West", and the educational system, which used to loosely follow the system in England until reforms implemented in 2009.
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Horse Guards Parade
Horse Guards Parade is a large parade ground off Whitehall in central London, at grid reference TQ299800. It is the site of the annual ceremonies of Trooping the Colour, which commemorates the monarch's official birthday, and Beating Retreat.
Horse Guards Parade was formerly the site of the Palace of Whitehall's tiltyard, where tournaments (including jousting) were held in the time of Henry VIII. It was also the scene of annual celebrations of the birthday of Queen Elizabeth I.
The area has been used for a variety of reviews, parades and other ceremonies since the 17th century.
It was once the Headquarters of the British Army. The Duke of Wellington was based in Horse Guards when he was Commander-in-Chief of the British Army. The current General Officer Commanding London District still occupies the same office and uses the same desk. Wellington also had living quarters within the building, which today are used as offices.
For much of the late 20th century, Horse Guards Parade was used as a car park for senior civil servants; about 500 were granted the privilege, which was known as the 'Great Perk'. The Provisional IRA's mortar attack on 10 Downing Street on 7 February 1991, which was carried out from a vehicle parked in Horse Guards Avenue near to Horse Guards Parade, led to concern about security. In April 1993 the Royal Parks Review Group, headed by Dame Jennifer Jenkins, recommended that Horse Guards Parade should be restored for public use, and linked to St James's Park by closing Horse Guards Road. The proposal was taken up by the Department of National Heritage but then resisted by senior Cabinet members, apparently under pressure from the civil servants who were to lose their parking places. Public revalation of the resistance led to considerable criticism, with Simon Jenkins urging the Head of the Home Civil Service Sir Robin Butler to remove the car park as a part of his reforms.
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Innisfail, Alberta
Innisfail ( /ˈɪnɨsfeɪl/) is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is located in the Calgary-Edmonton Corridor, south of Red Deer at the junction of Highway 2 and Highway 54.
The town's name comes from an Irish-language epithet for Ireland, Inis Fáil, "Isle of Destiny". Before this name was adopted, the town was often referred to as "Poplar Grove".
In the 2011 Census, the Town of Innisfail had a population of 7,876 living in 3,118 of its 3,323 total dwellings, a 7.4% change from its 2006 population of 7,331. With a land area of 19.53 km2 (7.54 sq mi), it had a population density of 403.28/km2 (1,044.5/sq mi) in 2011.
The population of the Town of Innisfail according to its 2009 municipal census is 7,883.
In 2006, Innisfail had a population of 7,316 living in 2,962 dwellings, a 5.4% increase from 2001. The town has a land area of 13.02 km2 (5.03 sq mi) and a population density of 562.0 /km2 (1,456 /sq mi).
Innisfail is served by the Innisfail Airport, which is located northwest of the town.
Innisfail is home of the Daines Rodeo.
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Iqaluit
Iqaluit (Inuktitut: ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, IPA: /iqɑluit/) is the territorial capital and the largest community of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Until 1987, it was called Frobisher Bay, a name that is still occasionally used. Iqaluit is located on the south coast of Baffin Island at the head of Frobisher Bay. As of the 2011 census the population was 6,699, an increase of 8.3 percent from the 2006 census; it has the lowest population of any capital city in Canada. Inhabitants of Iqaluit are called Iqalummiut (singular: Iqalummiuq).
Iqaluit was founded in 1942 as an American airbase, geographically located to provide a stop-over and refueling site for short range fighter aircraft being ferried across the Atlantic to support the war effort in Europe. Iqaluit's first permanent inhabitant was Nakasuk, an Inuk guide who helped American Air Force planners to choose a site with a large flat area suitable for a landing strip. Long regarded as a campsite and fishing spot by the Inuit, the place chosen had traditionally been named Iqaluit – "place of many fish" in Inuktitut – but Canadian and American authorities named it Frobisher Bay, after the name of the body of water it abuts.
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Iraq
Iraq (/ɪˈræk/ or
i/ɪˈrɑːk/; Arabic: العراق al-‘Irāq); officially the Republic of Iraq (Arabic: 
جمهورية العراق (help·info) Jumhūriyyat al-‘Irāq), is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert.
Iraq borders Syria to the northwest, Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, Jordan to the southwest and Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to the south. Iraq has a narrow section of coastline measuring 58 km (36 mi) on the northern Persian Gulf. The capital city, Baghdad is in the center-east of the country.
Two major rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates, run through the center of Iraq, flowing from northwest to southeast. These provide Iraq with agriculturally capable land and contrast with the steppe and desert landscape that covers most of Western Asia.
Historically, Iraq was the center of the Abbasid Arabic Islamic Empire. Iraq has been known to the west by the Greek toponym 'Mesopotamia' (Land between the rivers) and has been home to continuous successive civilizations since the 6th millennium BC. The region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is often referred to as the cradle of civilization and the birthplace of writing, law and the wheel. At different periods in its history, Iraq was the center of the indigenous Akkadian, Sumerian, Assyrian, Babylonian, and Abbasid empires. It was also part of the Achaemenid, Hellenistic, Parthian, Sassanid, Roman, Rashidun, Umayyad, Mongol, Safavid, Afsharid, and Ottoman empires, and under British control as a League of Nations mandate.
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Islamabad
Islamabad (Urdu: اسلام آباد Islām ābād, lit. Abode of Islam) is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country. Located within the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), the population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.152 million in 2011. The greater Islamabad-Rawalpindi Metropolitan Area is the third largest conurbation in Pakistan with a population of over 4.5 million inhabitants.
Islamabad is located in the Pothohar Plateau in the northern part of the country, within the Islamabad Capital Territory. The region has historically been a part of the crossroads of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with Margalla pass acting as the gateway between the two regions. The city was built during the 1960s to replace Karachi as Pakistan's capital. Islamabad is a well-organized city divided into different sectors and zones. It is regarded as the most developed city in Pakistan. Islamabad is ranked as a Gamma world city. The city is home to Faisal Mosque, the largest mosque in South Asia and the sixth largest mosque in the world.
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Kimmirut
Kimmirut (Syllabics: ᑭᒻᒥᕈᑦ; known as Lake Harbour until 1 January 1996) is a community in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located on the shore of Hudson Strait on Baffin Island's Meta Incognita Peninsula. Kimmirut means "heel", and refers to a rocky outcrop in the inlet.
It was at one time a Hudson's Bay Company trading post, and a Royal Canadian Mounted Police post. The Canadian explorer J. Dewey Soper used these posts as headquarters during his explorations in the 1920s and 1930s.
The community is served by Kimmirut Airport and by annual supply sealift. A proposal in 2005 for a road to Iqaluit was shown to be impractical owing to roundabout routing over the mountains.
As of the 2006 census the population was 411 a decrease of 5.1% from the 2001 census.
Boat launch in Kimmirut. The "heel" can be seen to the left. November 2006
Historical Hudson's Bay Company building. November 2006.
Historical Soper House dates back to the 1930s. November 2006.
View of Kimmirut. November 2006
Kimmirut Airport, the trailer to the left is the terminal building. November 2006
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Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the federal capital and most populous city in Malaysia. The city covers an area of 243 km2 (94 sq mi) and has an estimated population of 1.6 million as of 2012.Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million. It is among the fastest growing metropolitan regions in the country, in terms of population and economy.
Kuala Lumpur is the seat of the Parliament of Malaysia. The city was once home to the executive and judicial branches of the federal government, but they were moved to Putrajaya in early 1999. Some sections of the judiciary still remains in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur. The official residence of the Malaysian King, the Istana Negara, is also situated in Kuala Lumpur. Rated as an alpha world city, Kuala Lumpur is the cultural, financial and economic centre of Malaysia due to its position as the capital as well as being a key city. Kuala Lumpur was ranked 48th among global cities by Foreign Policy's 2010 Global Cities Index and was ranked 67th among global cities for economic and social innovation by the 2thinknow Innovation Cities Index in 2010.
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London
Londoni/ˈlʌndən/ is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its founding by the Romans, who named it Londinium. London's ancient core, the City of London, largely retains its square-mile mediaeval boundaries. Since at least the 19th century, the name London has also referred to the metropolis developed around this core. The bulk of this conurbation forms the London region and the Greater London administrative area, governed by the elected Mayor of London and the London Assembly.
London is a leading global city, with strengths in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism and transport all contributing to its prominence. It is the world's leading financial centre alongside New York City and has the fifth-largest city GDP in the world (and the largest in Europe). London has been described as a world cultural capital. It was the world's most visited city during 2011 and London Heathrow is the world's busiest airport by number of international passengers. London's 43 universities form the largest concentration of higher education in Europe. In 2012 London will become the first city to host the modern Summer Olympic Games three times.
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Mayerthorpe tragedy
Coordinates: 54°00′55″N 115°01′17″W / 54.01533°N 115.02147°W / 54.01533; -115.02147 (Rochfort Bridge)
The Mayerthorpe tragedy occurred on March 3, 2005 on the property of James Roszko 11 km north of Rochfort Bridge, northwest of Edmonton near the Town of Mayerthorpe, in the Canadian province of Alberta. With a Heckler & Koch 91, Roszko shot and killed Royal Canadian Mounted Police Constables Peter Schiemann, Anthony Gordon, Lionide Johnston, and Brock Myrol as the officers were executing a property seizure on the farm. This was the worst one-day loss of life for the RCMP in 100 years.
Other officers initially went to the farm to assist bailiffs in trying to repossess a truck, but Roszko fled in it. Numerous stolen vehicle parts and a marijuana grow-op were found on the premises. Search warrants were obtained and executed but not before they had searched the farm. Constables Gordon and Johnston were providing scene security. Cst. Schiemann arrived to drop off Cst. Myrol. The four officers were ambushed inside a quonset shed on the farm. Roszko had returned to the property after getting a ride from Shawn Hennessey and Dennis Cheeseman during the night and laid in wait for an opportunity.
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Mexico City
Mexico City ( /ˈmɛksɨkoʊ ˈsɪti/; Spanish: Ciudad de México [sjuˈðað ðe ˈmexiko], also known as México D.F., or simply D.F.) is the Federal District (Distrito Federal), capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole. Mexico City is the country's largest city as well as its most important political, cultural, educational and financial center.
As an "alpha" global city Mexico City is one of the most important financial centers in North America. It is located in the Valley of Mexico (Valle de México), a large valley in the high plateaus at the center of Mexico, at an altitude of 2,240 metres (7,350 ft). The city consists of sixteen boroughs.
The 2009 estimated population for the city proper was around 8.84 million people, and has a land area of 1,485 square kilometres (573 sq mi). According to the most recent definition agreed upon by the federal and state governments, the Mexico City metropolitan area population is 21.2 million people, making it the largest metropolitan area in the western hemisphere and the fifth largest agglomeration in the world.
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Miami
Miami ( /maɪˈæmi/ or /maɪˈæmə/) is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625. The 42nd largest city proper in the United States, with a population of 408,568, it is the principal, central, and most populous city of the South Florida metropolitan area, and the most populous metropolis in the Southeastern United States. According to the US Census Bureau, Miami's metro area is the seventh most populous and fifth-largest urban area in the United States, with a population of around 5.5 million.
Miami is a major center and a leader in finance, commerce, culture, media, entertainment, the arts, and international trade. In 2010, Miami was classified as a Alpha- World City in the World Cities Study Group’s inventory. In 2010, Miami ranked seventh in the United States in terms of finance, commerce, culture, entertainment, fashion, education, and other sectors. It ranked thirty-third among global cities. In 2008, Forbes magazine ranked Miami "America's Cleanest City", for its year-round good air quality, vast green spaces, clean drinking water, clean streets and city-wide recycling programs. According to a 2009 UBS study of 73 world cities, Miami was ranked as the richest city in the United States, and the world's fifth-richest city in terms of purchasing power. Miami is nicknamed the "Capital of Latin America", is the 2nd largest U.S. city (after El Paso) with a Spanish-speaking majority, and the largest city with a Cuban-American plurality.
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Nanaimo
Nanaimo ( /nəˈnaɪmoʊ/) (Canada 2011 Census population 83,810) is a city on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It has been dubbed the "Bathtub Racing Capital of the World" and "Harbour City". Nanaimo is also sometimes referred to as the "Hub City" because of its central location on Vancouver Island and due to the layout of the downtown streets which form a "hub" pattern. It is also fondly known as the "Hub, Tub, and Pub City" because of its association with the bathtub racing and the numerous "watering holes" in Old Nanaimo. It is the location of the headquarters of the Regional District of Nanaimo.
The first Europeans to find Nanaimo Bay were those of the 1791 Spanish voyage of Juan Carrasco, under the command of Francisco de Eliza. They gave it the name Bocas de Winthuysen.
Nanaimo began as a trading post in the early 19th century; in 1849 the Snuneymuxw chief Ki-et-sa-kun ("Coal Tyee") informed the Hudson's Bay Company of the presence of coal in the area, and in 1853 the company built a fort known as the Nanaimo Bastion (still preserved). Subsequently the town was chiefly known for the export of coal.
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New Delhi
New Delhii/ˈnjuː dɛli/ is the capital city of India. As the national capital, New Delhi is the seat of executive, legislative, and judiciary branches of the Government of India. It also serves as the centre of the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi and is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory.
The definition of New Delhi is unclear and the differentiation between Delhi and New Delhi is blurry. Even administratively, the demarcation between Delhi and New Delhi is not clear. Government of India and Government of Delhi have not clearly defined the area and boundaries of New Delhi. The boundaries of areas of New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) and New Delhi district of Delhi do not completely overlap. In 1920s, when British constructed New Delhi, there were only two Delhis' – the old walled city called Old Delhi and the new city designed by Edwin Lutyens to serve as capital of British India, which was called 'New Delhi'. The rest of Delhi was rural. But after independence as more and more areas around New Delhi urbanized they also became a part of New Delhi as they were also a part of Delhi which was 'new'. Now, almost all of National Capital Territory of Delhi, with exceptions of the old city called Old Delhi, Civil Lines area, Trans-Yamuna region, some rural areas and some underdeveloped parts of Delhi (e.g. Ashok Vihar, Timarpur, Nangloi, Sultanpuri, Mangolpuri, Badarpur etc.), is designated as 'New Delhi' in postal addresses. Especially, almost all the places in South, South-west, Central and West districts of Delhi are designated as New Delhi. Most of the time, the terms Delhi and New Delhi are used interchangeably.
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Northern Canada
Northern Canada, colloquially the North, is the vast northernmost region of Canada variously defined by geography and politics. Politically, the term refers to the three territories of Canada: Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. Similarly, the Far North (when contrasted to the North) may refer to the Canadian Arctic: the portion of Canada north of the Arctic Circle.
These reckonings somewhat depend on the concept of nordicity, a measure of northernness that other Arctic territories share. Canada, a country in northern North America whose population is concentrated along its southern frontier with the United States, is frequently reckoned to not have a 'south.' As such, the 'South' is only perceived as a region when it is contrasted to or viewed from those in the North.
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Nunavut
Nunavut /ˈnuːnəˌvʊt/ (from Inuktitut: ᓄᓇᕗᑦ [ˈnunavut]) is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993. The creation of Nunavut resulted in the first major change to Canada's political map since the incorporation of the new province of Newfoundland in 1949.
Nunavut comprises a major portion of Northern Canada, and most of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, making it the fifth-largest country subdivision in the world. The capital Iqaluit (formerly "Frobisher Bay") on Baffin Island, in the east, was chosen by the 1995 capital plebiscite. Other major communities include the regional centres of Rankin Inlet and Cambridge Bay. Nunavut also includes Ellesmere Island to the north, as well as the eastern and southern portions of Victoria Island in the west and Akimiski Island in James Bay to the far south.
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Ontario
Ontario /ɒnˈtɛərioʊ/ is one of the provinces of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province or territory and fourth largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.
Ontario is bordered by the province of Manitoba to the west, Hudson Bay to the north, Quebec to the east, and to the south by the U.S. states of Minnesota, Michigan (portions to the west), New York (portions to the east), Ohio and Pennsylvania. All but a small part of Ontario's 2,700 km (1,677 mi) border with the United States follow inland waterways: from the west at Lake of the Woods, eastward along the major rivers and lakes of the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence River drainage system. These are the Rainy River, the Pigeon River, Lake Superior, the St. Mary's River, Lake Huron, the St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, the Detroit River, Lake Erie, the Niagara River, Lake Ontario, and along the St. Lawrence River from Kingston, Ontario to the Quebec boundary just east of Cornwall, Ontario.
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Ottawa
Ottawa (i/ˈɒtəwɑː/ or /ˈɒtəwə/) is the capital of Canada. It is the second largest city in Ontario and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, located on the north bank of the Ottawa River; together they form the National Capital Region (NCR).
Founded in 1826 as Bytown and incorporated as "Ottawa" in 1855, the city has evolved into a political and technological centre of Canada. Its original boundaries were expanded through numerous minor annexations and ultimately replaced by a new city incorporation and major amalgamation in 2001 which significantly increased its land area. The name "Ottawa" is derived from the Algonquin word adawe, meaning "to trade". Initially an Irish and French Christian settlement, Ottawa has become a multicultural city with a diverse population.
The 2011 census had the city's population as 883,391, and the metropolitan population as 1,236,324.Mercer ranks Ottawa with the second highest quality of living of any large city in the Americas, and 14th highest in the world. It is also rated the second cleanest city in Canada, and third cleanest city in the world. In 2012, the city was ranked for the third consecutive year as the best community in Canada to live in by MoneySense.
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Parks Canada
Parks Canada (French: Parcs Canada), also known as the Parks Canada Agency (French:Agence Parcs Canada), is an agency of the Government of Canada mandated to protect and present nationally significant natural and cultural heritage, and foster public understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment in ways that ensure their ecological and commemorative integrity for present and future generations. Parks Canada manages 42 National Parks (including seven National Park Reserves), four National Marine Conservation Areas, one National Landmark, and 167 National Historic Sites of Canada. The agency also administers the Canadian Register of Historic Places, a registry of historic sites in Canada.
Parks Canada was established on May 19, 1911, as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior, becoming the world's first national park service. Since its creation, its name has changed, known variously as the Dominion Parks Branch, National Parks Branch, Parks Canada, and the Canadian Parks Service, before a return to Parks Canada in 1998. The service's activities are regulated under the provisions of the Canada National Parks Act, which was enacted in 1930, and amended in 2000.
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Patricia Bay
Patricia Bay ("Pat Bay" to locals) is a body of salt water which extends east from Saanich Inlet and forms part of the shoreline of North Saanich, British Columbia. It lies due west of Victoria International Airport. A municipal park covers most of its eastern shore except at the southern end which is home to a Canadian Coast Guard base, a seaplane port known as Victoria Airport Water Aerodrome, and two Canadian Government research facilities - the Institute of Ocean Sciences and the Pacific Geoscience Center.
In the 1900's there was a train track that connected to Sidney and Victoria. The Canadian National Railway controlled the track but later abandoned it in 1931. The track was moved south.
Coordinates: 48°39′N 123°28′W / 48.65°N 123.467°W / 48.65; -123.467
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Port of Spain
Port of Spain, also written as Port-of-Spain, is the capital of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the country's third-largest municipality, after San Fernando and Chaguanas. The city has a municipal population of 49,031 (2000 census), a metropolitan population of 128,026 (1990 unofficial estimate) and a transient daily population of 250,000. It is located on the Gulf of Paria, on the northwest coast of the island of Trinidad and is part of a larger conurbation stretching from Chaguaramas in the west to Arima in the east with an estimated population of 600,000.
Port of Spain is Trinidad and Tobago's most developed city. The city serves primarily as a retail and administrative centre and it has been the capital of the island since 1757. It is also an important financial services centre for the Caribbean and is home to two of the largest banks in the region.
The city is also home to the largest container port on the island and is one of several shipping hubs of the Caribbean, exporting both agricultural products and manufactured goods. Bauxite from the Guyanas and iron ore from Venezuela are trans-shipped via facilities at Chaguaramas, about five miles (8 km) west of the city. The pre-lenten Carnival is the city's main annual cultural festival and tourist attraction.
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Pretoria
Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive (administrative) and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital. Pretoria is contained within the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality as one of several constituent former administrations (among which also Centurion and Soshanguve). Pretoria itself is sometimes referred to as "Tshwane" due to a long-running and controversial proposed change of name, which has yet to decided as of 2012.
The city's original name was Pretoria Philadelphia ("Pretoria of brotherly love"). It gave its name to the Pax Praetoriana, referring to the country's relative stability.
Pretoria in South Africa is popularly known as The Jacaranda City due to the thousands of Jacaranda trees planted in its streets, parks and gardens.
The Southern Transvaal Ndebele occupied the river valley, which was to become the location of the city of Pretoria, by around 1600.
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Quebec
Coordinates: 53°45′N 071°59′W / 53.75°N 71.983°W / 53.75; -71.983 (Quebec)
Quebec /kwəˈbɛk/ or /kəˈbɛk/ (French: Québec [kebɛk] ( listen)) is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.
Quebec is Canada's largest province by area and its second-largest administrative division; only the territory of Nunavut is larger. It is bordered to the west by the province of Ontario, James Bay and Hudson Bay, to the north by Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay, to the east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador and New Brunswick. It is bordered on the south by the US states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. It also shares maritime borders with Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia.
Quebec is Canada's second most populous province, after Ontario. Most inhabitants live in urban areas near the Saint Lawrence River between Montreal and Quebec City, the capital. English-speaking communities and English-language institutions are concentrated in the west of the island of Montreal but are also significantly present in the Outaouais, Eastern Townships, and Gaspé regions. The Nord-du-Québec region, occupying the northern half of the province, is sparsely populated and inhabited primarily by Aboriginal peoples.
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Rabat
Rabat (Arabic الرباط; Amazigh ⵕⴱⴰⵟ, transliterated ar-Rabāṭ or ar-Ribāṭ or Rbat, literally "Fortified Place"; French Ville de Rabat; Spanish Ciudad de Rabat), is the capital and third largest city of the Kingdom of Morocco with a population of approximately 650,000 (2010). It is also the capital of the Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer region.
The city is located on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the river Bou Regreg. On the facing shore of the river lies Salé, the city's main commuter town. Together with Temara the cities account for a combined metropolitan population of 1.8 million. Silting problems have diminished the Rabat's role as a port; however, Rabat and Salé still maintain important textile, food processing and construction industries. In addition, tourism and the presence of all foreign embassies in Morocco serve to make Rabat one of the most important cities in the country. Controversy surrounds sweatshop labour by major multinational corporations in the area (see Salé).
Rabat is accessible by train through the ONCF system and by plane through the nearby Rabat-Salé Airport.
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Regina, Saskatchewan
Regina ( /rɨˈdʒaɪnə/ "rej-eye-na") is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province (after Saskatoon) and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. Regina is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic and Romanian OrthodoxDioceses of Regina and the Anglican Diocese of Qu'Appelle. Citizens of Regina are referred to as Reginans. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Sherwood No. 159. In 2012, Regina was named the fifth best Canadian city to live in by MoneySense magazine.
Regina was previously the seat of government of the North-West Territories, of which the current provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta originally formed part, and of the District of Assiniboia. It was named in 1882 after Queen Victoria, Victoria Regina, by her daughter Princess Louise, wife of the Marquess of Lorne, then the Governor General of Canada.
Unlike other planned cities in the Canadian West, on its treeless flat plain Regina was a tabula rasa, without topographical features other than the small spring run-off Wascana Creek. Early planners took advantage of such opportunity by damming the creek to create a decorative lake to the south of the central business district and constructing the elaborate 840-foot (260 m) long Albert Street Bridge across the new lake. Regina's importance was further secured when the new province of Saskatchewan designated the city its capital in 1906.Wascana Centre, created around the focal point of Wascana Lake, remains Regina's signal attraction and contains the Provincial Legislative Building, both campuses of the University of Regina, the provincial museum of natural history, the Regina Conservatory (in the original Regina College buildings), the Saskatchewan Science Centre, the Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery and the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts.
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Rome
Rome (/ˈroʊm/; Italian: Roma pronounced [ˈroːma] ( listen); Latin: Rōma) is a city and special comune ("Roma Capitale") in Italy. Rome is the capital of Italy and the capital of Lazio (Latin: Latium). With 2.8 million residents in 1,285.3 km2 (496.3 sq mi), it is also the country's largest and most populated comune and fourth-most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. Between 3.2 and 3.7 million people live in the Rome metropolitan area. The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.
Rome's history spans two and a half thousand years. It was the capital city of the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, which was the dominant power in Western Europe and the lands bordering the Mediterranean for over seven hundred years from the 1st century BC until the 7th century AD and the city is regarded as one of the birthplaces of western civilization. Since the 1st century AD Rome has been the seat of the Papacy and, after the end of Byzantine domination, in the 8th century it became the capital of the Papal States, which lasted until 1870. In 1871 Rome became the capital of the Kingdom of Italy, and in 1946 that of the Italian Republic.
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Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,712,391 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River. Founded by Bartholomew Columbus in 1496, it is the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the Americas, and was the first seat of Spanish colonial rule in the New World. It lies within the boundaries of the Distrito Nacional (D.N.; "National District"), itself bordered on three sides by Santo Domingo Province.
Santo Domingo was called "Ciudad Trujillo", from 1930 to 1961, after the Dominican Republic's dictator, Rafael Trujillo, named the capital after himself. Following his assassination, the city resumed its original designation. Today, Santo Domingo is the Dominican Republic's major metropolis, and is the largest city in the Caribbean by population.[citation needed] Santo Domingo is ranked as a Gamma world city by Loughborough University.
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Siberia
Coordinates: 60°0′N 105°0′E / 60°N 105°E / 60; 105
Siberia (/saɪˈbɪəriə/; Russian: Сиби́рь, tr. Sibir'; IPA: [sʲɪˈbʲirʲ] ( listen)) is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union (USSR) from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th to 19th centuries.
Encompassing much of the Eurasian Steppe, the territory of Siberia extends eastward from the Ural Mountains to the watershed between the Pacific and Arctic drainage basins, and southward from the Arctic Ocean to the hills of north-central Kazakhstan and the national borders of Mongolia and China. Siberia makes up about 77% of Russia's territory (13.1 million square kilometres), but has only 28% (40 million people) of Russia's population.
Some sources say that the word Siberia originates from the Turkic for "sleeping land". Another version is that this name was the ancient tribal name of the Sabirs, Turkic nomads later assimilated to Siberian Tatars. The modern usage of the name appeared in the Russian language after the conquest of the Siberian Khanate.
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Soviet Union
The Soviet Union (Russian: Советский Союз, tr. Sovetsky Soyuz), officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR; Russian: Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик, tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik; IPA: [sɐˈjus sɐˈvʲetskʲɪx sətsɨəlʲɪˈstʲitɕɪskʲɪx rʲɪsˈpublʲɪk] ( listen); abbreviated СССР, SSSR), was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.
The Soviet Union was a single-party state ruled by the Communist Party from its foundation until 1990. A union of 15 subnational Soviet republics, the Soviet state was structured under a highly centralized government and economy.
The Russian Revolution of 1917 caused the downfall of the Russian Empire. Following the Russian Revolution, there was a struggle for power between the Bolshevik party, led by Vladimir Lenin, and the anti-communist White movement. In December 1922, the Bolsheviks won the civil war, and the Soviet Union was formed with the merger of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic.
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The Hague
The Hague (Dutch: Den Haag pronounced [dɛnˈɦaˑχ] ( listen), officially 's-Gravenhage pronounced [ˈsχraˑvə(n)ˌɦaˑɣə] ( listen)) is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants (as of 1 September 2011), and more than one million inhabitants including the suburbs, it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam. Located in the west of the Netherlands, The Hague is in the centre of the Haaglanden conurbation and lies at the southwest corner of the larger Randstad conurbation.
The Hague is the seat of the Dutch government and parliament, the Supreme Court, and the Council of State, but the city is not the capital of the Netherlands which constitutionally is Amsterdam. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands lives at Huis ten Bosch and works at Noordeinde Palace in The Hague. Most foreign embassies in the Netherlands and 150 international organisations are located in the city, including the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court, which makes The Hague one of the major cities hosting the United Nations, along with New York, Vienna and Geneva.
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Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago (i/ˌtrɪnɨdæd/ & /tɵˈbeɪɡoʊ/) officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles. It shares maritime boundaries with other nations including Barbados to the northeast, Guyana to the southeast, and Venezuela to the south and west.
The country covers an area 5,128 square kilometres (1,980 sq mi) and consists of two main islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous smaller landforms. Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the main islands, comprising about 94% of the total area and 96% of the total population of the country. The nation lies outside the hurricane belt.
The island of Trinidad was a Spanish colony from the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1498 to the capitulation of the Spanish Governor, Don José Maria Chacón, on the arrival of a British fleet of 18 warships on 18 February 1797. During the same period, the island of Tobago changed hands between Spanish, British, French, Dutch and Courlander colonizers. Trinidad and Tobago was ceded to Britain in 1802 under the Treaty of Amiens. The country obtained independence in 1962, becoming a republic in 1976. Unlike most of the English-speaking Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago's economy is primarily industrial, with an emphasis on petroleum and petrochemicals.
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Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a federal district to become the national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution. The District is therefore not a part of any U.S. state. It was formed from land along the Potomac River donated by the states of Maryland and Virginia; however, the Virginia portion was returned by Congress in 1846.
A new capital city named after George Washington was founded in 1791 to the east of the preexisting port of Georgetown. Congress consolidated the City of Washington, Georgetown, and the remaining unincorporated area within the District under a single municipal government in 1871. The city shares its name with the U.S. state of Washington, located on the country's Pacific coast.
Washington, D.C., had an estimated population of 617,996 in 2011. The city was the 24th most populous place in the United States as of 2010. Commuters from the surrounding Maryland and Virginia suburbs raise the city's population to over one million during the workweek. The Washington Metropolitan Area, of which the District is a part, has a population of nearly 5.6 million, the seventh-largest metropolitan area in the country.
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Winnipeg
Winnipegi/ˈwɪnɪpɛɡ/ is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers (a point commonly known as The Forks).
The name "Winnipeg" comes from the Cree for "muddy waters". The Winnipeg area was a trading centre for Aboriginal peoples prior to the arrival of Europeans. The first fort was built there in 1738 by French traders. A settlement was later founded by the Selkirk settlers in 1812, the nucleus of which was incorporated as the City of Winnipeg in 1873 with a population of 1,869. Winnipeg is the seventh-largest municipality in Canada, with a population of 663,617 in the Canada 2011 Census.
Winnipeg has a diversified economy, with sectors in finance, manufacturing, food and beverage production, culture, retail and tourism. Winnipeg is a major transportation hub, served by Richardson International Airport. The city has railway connections to the United States and Eastern and Western Canada through three Class I rail carriers.
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Alien (law)
In law, an alien is a person in a country who is not a citizen of that country.
Types of "alien" persons are:
Some people who live in Australia are not Australian citizens - they are either permanent residents; temporary residents; or illegal residents (technically called "unlawful-non citizens"). Most non-citizens (i.e. those who lack citizenship documents) travelling to Australia must obtain a visa prior to travel. The only exceptions to this rule are members of the British royal family, and holders of New Zealand passports and citizenships who may apply for visas after travel according to the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement.
"Alien" is derived from the Latin alienus, meaning stranger, alien, foreign. Similar words in other languages are also derived from it, for example Italian "Aliense". Among others, "Aliense" was the sobriquet of the Sixteenth Century painter Antonio Vassilacchi, (1556 – 1629), who was so named because of being a Greek who spent most of his life and artistic career in Venice.
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Alpha Flight
Alpha Flight is a fictional superhero team published by Marvel Comics, noteworthy for being one of the few Canadian superhero teams. Created by John Byrne, the team first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #120 (April 1979).
Alpha Flight is noted for being "Canada's answer to the Avengers." Most team members have distinctly Canadian attributes, such as Inuit or First Nations heritage. Throughout most of its history, the team has worked for Department H, a fictional branch of Canada’s Department of National Defence that deals with super-powered villains.
The team was originally merely a part of the backstory of the X-Men’s Wolverine but, in 1983, Byrne launched an eponymous series featuring the group, which continued until 1994. Four short-lived revivals have been attempted since. After the resurrection of the team in the one shot comic Chaos War: Alpha Flight which was published as part of the Chaos War event, they went on to star in an eight-issue limited series in 2011.
Alpha Flight first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #120 (April 1979). They were sent to follow up on Vindicator's first mission to retrieve Wolverine from the X-Men.
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Arthur Erickson
Arthur Charles Erickson, CC (June 14, 1924 – May 20, 2009) was a Canadian architect and urban planner. He studied Asian languages at the University of British Columbia, and later earned a degree in architecture from McGill University.
Most of his buildings are modernist concrete structures designed to respond to the natural conditions of their locations, especially climate. Many buildings, such as the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver, are inspired by the post and beam architecture of the Coastal First Nations. Additionally, Erickson is also known for numerous futuristic designs such as the Fresno City Hall and the Biological Sciences Building at the University of California, Irvine.
The personal selection of Arthur Erickson as the architect for the Canadian Embassy in Washington, DC by then-Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau was controversial because Trudeau overruled the objections and choices of the embassy's design committee. Erickson's biographer Nicholas Olsberg described the building as "making fun of the ridiculous terms to which buildings must adhere in Washington... mocking the US and all of its imperial pretensions."
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Baltej Singh Dhillon
Baltej Singh Dhillon was the first Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer to be allowed to wear a turban.
He was born in 1966 in Malaysia and immigrated to Canada with his family in 1982. After graduating from high school, he went on to Kwantlen College to study criminology with hopes of becoming a criminal lawyer. Having been advised to do some volunteer work to improve his chances of getting into law school, he helped the RCMP launch the Block Watch program in his community and was subsequently hired by the force to work on the program.
Based on his previous experiences, Dhillon decided that he wanted to join the RCMP. He went to a recruiting office and met all the initial requirements. The recruiting officer raised the delicate issue of the turban. RCMP policy did not allow it, however the issue went to then-Commissioner of the RCMP, Norman Inkster. Inkster sided with Dhillon, and pressure was put on the federal government to change the policy.
Dhillon's request (and subsequent support from Inkster) created much controversy. Many opposed to the change believed that the stetson was part of the uniform and allowing a turban into such an all-Canadian institution would change the face of a national icon.
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Barbara Ann Scott
Barbara Ann Scott King, (born May 9, 1928 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a four-time Canadian figure skating Champion (1944–46, 48). She is the 1948 Olympic Champion and two-time World Champion (1947–1948) in ladies singles. Known as "Canada's Sweetheart", she is the only Canadian to win the ladies singles figure skating gold medal, the first North American to win three major titles in one year and the only Canadian to win the European Championship (1947–1948). During her forties she was rated among the top equestrians in North America. She has received many honours and accolades, including being made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1991 and a member of the Order of Ontario in 2008.
Barbara Ann Scott is the youngest of three children born to Canadian Army Colonel Clyde Rutherford Scott and Mary Purves of Sandy Hill in Ottawa. She began skating at the age of seven with the Minto Skating Club. At the age of ten she became the youngest ever to pass the "gold figures test" and at eleven years old won her first national junior title. Two years later, in 1942, she became the first female to ever land a double lutz in competition, and by the age of fifteen was Canada's "senior champion". From 1944 to 1946, she held the Canadian Figure Skating championship. In 1947 Scott became the first North American to win both the European and World Figure Skating championships, and remains the only Canadian to win the European title. This led to her being voted Canadian Newsmaker of the Year in 1947. On her return to Ottawa during a parade she was given a yellow Buick convertible (license plate: 47-U-1); however it had to be returned for her to retain amateur status, so as to be able to compete in the 1948 Winter Olympics.
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Beijing
Beijing ( /beɪˈdʒɪŋ/; Chinese: 北京; pinyin: Běijīng, [peɪ˨˩ t͡ɕiŋ˥]), formerly romanized as Peking ( /piːˈkɪŋ/ or /peɪˈkɪŋ/), is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The metropolis, located in northern China, is governed as a direct-controlled municipality under the national government, with 14 urban and suburban districts and two rural counties. Beijing Municipality is surrounded by Hebei Province with the exception of neighboring Tianjin Municipality to the southeast.
Beijing is China's second largest city by urban population after Shanghai and is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's largest state-owned companies. Beijing is a major transportation hub in the national highway, expressway, railway and high-speed rail network. Beijing's Capital International Airport is the second busiest in the world by passenger traffic.
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Beverley Busson
Beverley Ann Busson (August 23, 1951-), COM, OBC is a former Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. She was the first female to hold this post from December 16, 2006 to July 16, 2007, and was appointed on a temporary basis in the wake of Giuliano Zaccardelli's resignation amid controversy that erupted after he provided two different accounts to a parliamentary committee examining the events related to Maher Arar.
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, she joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 1974 after graduating with a law degree from the University of British Columbia.
Rising up the ranks, Busson has worked for the RCMP in Vancouver, Ottawa and North Battleford, Saskatchewan (Assistant Commissioner and Commanding Officer in Saskatchewan). Prior to her appointment she was Deputy Commissioner for the Pacific Region (2000-2006) and took a leave from the force to head British Columbia's Organized Crime Agency (1999-2000).
In 2004, she was made a Commander of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces. In 2006, she was awarded the Order of British Columbia.
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Brian De Palma
Brian Russell De Palma (born September 11, 1940) is an American film director and writer. In a career spanning over 40 years, he is probably best known for his suspense and crime thriller films, including such box office successes as the horror film Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Scarface, The Untouchables, and Mission: Impossible.
Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, De Palma worked repeatedly with actors Jennifer Salt, Amy Irving, Nancy Allen (his wife from 1979 to 1983), Gary Sinise, John Lithgow, William Finley, Charles Durning, Gerrit Graham, cinematographers Stephen H. Burum and Vilmos Zsigmond (see List of noted film director and cinematographer collaborations), set designer Jack Fisk, and composers Bernard Herrmann, John Williams and Pino Donaggio. De Palma is credited[by whom?] with fostering the careers of or outright discovering Robert De Niro, Jill Clayburgh, John C. Reilly, John Leguizamo, Andy Garcia and Margot Kidder.
De Palma, whose background is Italian Roman Catholic, was born in Newark, New Jersey, the son of Vivienne (née Muti) and Anthony Federico De Palma, an orthopedic surgeon. He was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire in various Protestant and Quaker schools, eventually graduating from Friends' Central School. He won a regional science-fair prize for a project titled "An Analog Computer to Solve Differential Equations".
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Brian Mulroney
Martin Brian Mulroney, PC CC GOQ (born March 20, 1939) was the 18th Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993 and was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993. His tenure as Prime Minister was marked by the introduction of major economic reforms, such as the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement and the Goods and Services Tax, and the rejection of constitutional reforms such as the Meech Lake Accord and the Charlottetown Accord. Prior to his political career, he was a prominent lawyer and businessman in Montreal.
Mulroney was born on March 20, 1939, in Baie-Comeau, Quebec, a remote and isolated town in the eastern part of the province. He is the son of Irish Canadian Catholic parents, Mary Irene (née O'Shea) and Benedict Martin Mulroney, who was a paper mill electrician. Six of the couple's children survived infancy. As there was no English-language Catholic high school in Baie-Comeau, Mulroney completed his high school education at a Roman Catholic boarding school in Chatham, New Brunswick operated by St. Thomas University (in 2001, St. Thomas University named its newest academic building in his honour). Benedict Mulroney worked overtime and ran a repair business to earn extra money for his children's education, and he encouraged his oldest son to attend university.
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Charles Bronson
Charles Bronson (November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003), born Charles Dennis Buchinsky was an American actor, of Polish and Lithuanian background, best known for such films as Once Upon a Time in the West, The Magnificent Seven, The Dirty Dozen, The Great Escape, Rider on the Rain, The Mechanic, and the popular Death Wish series. He was often cast in the role of a police officer or gunfighter, often in revenge-oriented plot lines. During his career, Bronson had a long-term partnership with directors Michael Winner and J. Lee Thompson.
Bronson was born Charles Dennis Buchinsky (or Buchinskas) in Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, in the Allegheny Mountain Coal region north of Johnstown. During the McCarthy hearings, he changed his last name to Bronson, fearing that Buchinsky sounded "too Russian".
He was one of 15 children born to a Lithuanian immigrant father of Lipka Tatar ancestry, and a Lithuanian-American mother. His father hailed from the town of Druskininkai (or Druskienniki). His mother, Mary Valinsky, whose parents were from the Lithuania was born in the anthracite coal mining town of Tamaqua, Pennsylvania.
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Chinese Canadian
Chinese Canadians (simplified Chinese: 加拿大华人; traditional Chinese: 加拿大華人; pinyin: Jiānádà Huárén) are Canadians of Chinese descent. They constitute the second-largest visible minority group in Canada, after South Asian Canadians. The Chinese community in Canada is the one of the largest overseas Chinese communities and is the second largest Overseas Chinese community in North America after the United States. and is the seventh largest in the Chinese diaspora. Overall demographic research tends to include immigrants from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau as well as overseas Chinese who have immigrated from South East Asia and South America into the broadly defined Chinese Canadian category as StatsCan refers Taiwanese Canadians as a separate group apart from Chinese Canadians.
Canadians of Chinese descent, including mixed Chinese and other ethnic origins, make up about four percent of the Canadian population, or about 1.3 million people as of 2006. The Chinese Canadian community is the largest ethnic group of Asian Canadians, consisting approximately 40% of the Asian Canadian population. Most of them are concentrated within the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia. The five metropolitan areas with the largest Chinese Canadian populations are the Greater Toronto Area (537,060), Metro Vancouver (402,000), Greater Montreal (120,000), Calgary Region (75,410), and the Edmonton Capital Region (53,670).
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Donovan Bailey
Donovan Bailey (born December 16, 1967) is a retired Canadian sprinter, who once held the world record for the 100 metres race following his gold medal performance in the 1996 Olympic Games. He was the first Canadian to legally break the 10-second barrier in the 100 m. Particularly noted for his top speed, Bailey ran 27.07 mph (12.10 m/s) in his 1996 Olympic title run, the fastest ever recorded at the time.
Born in Manchester, Jamaica in 1967, Bailey emigrated to Canada at age 13, and played basketball before his graduation at Queen Elizabeth Park High School in Oakville, Ontario. He began competing as a 100 m sprinter part-time in 1991, but he did not take up the sport seriously until 1994. At that time, he was also a stockbroker. He was coached by Loren Seagrave.
At the 1995 world Track & Field Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, Bailey won both the 100 m sprint and the 4 x 100 m relay titles.
As a precursor to the centennial Olympics being held in Atlanta, Bailey broke the indoor 50 m world record during a competition in Reno, Nevada in 1996. He was timed at 5.56A seconds. Maurice Greene matched that performance in 1999, but his run was never ratified as a world record. Bailey repeated the "double" at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, setting a world record of 9.84s +0.7 m/s wind in the 100 m (the previous record was set in July 1994 by American Leroy Burrell at 9.85 seconds). Many Canadians felt his victory restored the image of Canadian athletes, which had been tarnished by Ben Johnson's previous disqualified win at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Bailey was the second person to hold all the major titles in the 100 m concurrently (World Champion, Olympic Champion & World Record Holder); Carl Lewis was the first to achieve this feat.
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Edward VII
Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910. He was the first British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, which was renamed the House of Windsor by his son, George V.
Before his accession to the throne, he served as heir apparent and held the title of Prince of Wales for longer than any of his predecessors. During the long reign of his mother, Queen Victoria, he was largely excluded from political power and came to personify the fashionable, leisured elite.
The Edwardian era, which covered Edward's reign and was named after him, coincided with the start of a new century and heralded significant changes in technology and society, including powered flight and the rise of socialism. Edward played a role in the modernisation of the British Home Fleet, the reform of the Army Medical Services, and the reorganisation of the British Army after the Second Boer War. Edward fostered good relations between Great Britain and other European countries, especially France, for which he was popularly called "Peacemaker", but his efforts were unable to prevent the outbreak of World War I in 1914.
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Elijah Harper
Elijah Harper (born March 3, 1949) is an Aboriginal Cree Canadian politician and band chief. He was a key player in the rejection of the Meech Lake Accord, an attempt at Canadian constitutional reform.
Harper was born in Red Sucker Lake, a reserve in northern Manitoba. He attended residential schools in Norway House, Brandon and Birtle, Manitoba, then secondary school at Garden Hill and Winnipeg. He studied at the University of Manitoba in 1971 and 1972, and later worked as a community development worker, a supervisor for the Manitoba Indian Brotherhood, and a program analyst for the Manitoba Department of Northern Affairs.
In 1978, he was elected as the Band Chief for Red Sucker Lake Band (now Red Sucker Lake First Nation), a position he held for four years.
In 1981, Harper contested and won the sprawling northern Manitoba riding of Rupertsland for the New Democratic Party to become the first Treaty Indian to be elected as a provincial politician. On April 17, 1986, he was appointed to cabinet as a Minister without Portfolio, responsible for Native Affairs. On February 4, 1987, he was named Minister of Northern Affairs and Minister in charge of the Communities Economic Fund Act.
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Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms, and head of the 54-member Commonwealth of Nations. She is also head of state of the Crown Dependencies.
Elizabeth was born in London, and educated privately at home. Her father acceded to the throne as George VI in 1936 on the abdication of his brother Edward VIII. She began to undertake public duties during the Second World War, in which she served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. On the death of her father in 1952, she became Head of the Commonwealth and queen regnant of seven independent Commonwealth countries: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon. Her coronation service in 1953 was the first to be televised. Between 1956 and 1992, the number of her realms varied as territories gained independence and some realms became republics. Today, in addition to the first four aforementioned countries, Elizabeth is Queen of Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis.
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First Nations
First Nations is a term that collectively refers to various Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis. There are currently over 630 recognized First Nations governments or bands spread across Canada, roughly half of which are in the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia. The total population is nearly 700,000 people. Under the Employment Equity Act, First Nations are a "designated group", along with women, visible minorities, and persons with physical or mental disabilities. They are not defined as a visible minority under the Act or by the criteria of Statistics Canada.
The term First Nations (most often used in the plural) has come into general use for the indigenous peoples of the Americas located in what is now Canada, except for the Arctic-situated Inuit, and peoples of mixed European-First Nations ancestry called Métis. The singular, commonly used on culturally politicized reserves, is the term First Nations person (when gender-specific, First Nations man or First Nations woman). A more recent trend is for members of various nations to refer to themselves by their tribal or national identity only, e.g., "I'm Haida," or "We're Kwantlens," in recognition of the distinctiveness of First Nations ethnicities.
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George V
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War (1914–1918) until his death in 1936.
George was a grandson of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and the first cousin of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. From 1877 to 1891, he served in the Royal Navy. On the death of Victoria in 1901, George's father became King Edward VII, and George was made Prince of Wales. On his father's death in 1910, he succeeded as King-Emperor of the British Empire. He was the only Emperor of India to be present at his own Delhi Durbar.
As a result of the First World War, other empires in Europe fell while his expanded to its greatest extent. In 1917, he became the first monarch of the House of Windsor, which he renamed from the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha as a result of anti-German public sentiment. His reign saw the rise of socialism, communism, fascism, Irish republicanism, and the Indian independence movement, all of which radically changed the political landscape. The Parliament Act 1911 established the supremacy of the elected House of Commons of the United Kingdom over the unelected House of Lords. In 1924 he appointed the first Labour ministry and in 1931 the Statute of Westminster recognised the dominions of the Empire as separate, independent kingdoms within the Commonwealth of Nations. He was plagued by illness throughout much of his later reign and at his death was succeeded by his eldest son, Edward VIII.
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George VI
George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death. He was the last Emperor of India, and the first Head of the Commonwealth.
As the second son of King George V, he was not expected to inherit the throne and spent his early life in the shadow of his elder brother, Edward. He served in the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force during World War I, and after the war took on the usual round of public engagements. He married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in 1923, and they had two daughters, Elizabeth and Margaret.
George's elder brother ascended the throne as Edward VIII on the death of their father in 1936. However, later that year Edward revealed his desire to marry the divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson. British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin advised Edward that for political and religious reasons he could not marry Mrs Simpson and remain king. Edward abdicated in order to marry, and George ascended the throne as the third monarch of the House of Windsor.
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Giuliano Zaccardelli
Giuliano Zaccardelli, COM is a former Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer who was the Commissioner of the RCMP from 2 September 2000 to 15 December 2006. Zaccardelli's departure from the RCMP was linked to the force's involvement in the Maher Arar Affair. He was subsequently impugned during inquiries into irregularities in the management of the RCMP's pension and insurance fund.
He is now a senior official with Interpol in Lyon, France, [1] heading its “OASIS Africa” program [2] which aims to help African police forces more effectively combat international crime. [3]
Zaccardelli was born in Prezza, Italy and immigrated to Canada at age 7. He grew up in the Montreal area, mainly in Saint Leonard.
Zaccardelli joined the RCMP in 1970 and was posted to St. Paul, Alberta following recruit training. He was transferred to Toronto in 1974, and then in 1981 to Calgary. He became an officer in 1986 and served in Ottawa and New Brunswick. In 1993, he became Chief Superintendent in charge of Criminal Operations in Quebec. In 1995, he was promoted to Assistant Commissioner and he was promoted to Deputy Commissioner in 1998, responsible for National Headquarters. In 1999, he became the Deputy Commissioner, Organized Crime and Operational Policy. From 2 September 2000 to 15 December 2006 he served as the 20th Commissioner of the RCMP. He presided over the RCMP during changes made to Canada's policing, security and military apparatus after 11 September 2001. Prior to his departure he collected numerous Canadian honours and two foreign honours. However, he became the first commissioner in the history of the RCMP to be forced out because of controversy.
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Hong Kong
Coordinates: 22°16′42″N 114°09′32″E / 22.27833°N 114.15889°E / 22.27833; 114.15889
Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港) is one of two special administrative regions (SARs) of the People's Republic of China (PRC), the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is known for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour. With a land mass of 1,104 km2 (426 sq mi) and a population of seven million people, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. Hong Kong's population is 95 percent ethnic Chinese and 5 percent from other groups. Hong Kong's Han Chinese majority originate mainly from the cities of Guangzhou and Taishan in the neighbouring Guangdong province.
Hong Kong became a colony of the British Empire after the First Opium War (1839–42). Originally confined to Hong Kong Island, the colony's boundaries were extended in stages to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 and then the New Territories in 1898. It was occupied by Japan during the Pacific War, after which the British resumed control until 1997, when China resumed sovereignty. The region espoused minimum government intervention under the ethos of positive non-interventionism during the colonial era. The time period greatly influenced the current culture of Hong Kong, often described as "East meets West", and the educational system, which used to loosely follow the system in England until reforms implemented in 2009.
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Ian Bush
Ian Bush (1983–2005), is a Canadian who was killed while in police custody on October 29, 2005. Significant ongoing controversy has been generated by the case. Ian Bush was a popular young man in Houston B.C. who was shot and killed by Royal Canadian Mounted Police Constable Paul Koester, after being arrested outside a hockey game. Many members of the community believe there were several flaws in the investigation, that there may have been a cover-up and conspiracy to protect Cst Koester. A full inquiry was held by the Commission for Public Complaints against the RCMP.
The circumstances leading up to the shooting were that Cst Koester, a rookie with less than six months service, was on patrol outside the Houston hockey arena on the evening of October 29th 2005. Houston, British Columbia, is a small community of approximately 3,000 in Northern B.C. Koester with other police officers, was assigned to patrol around the arena looking for drinkers who then returned inside, intoxicated. Koester found Bush in the parking lot drinking a bottle of beer with a group of friends. Koester emptied the bottle and decided to give Bush a ticket (fine) for having open liquor in public. The friends with Bush at the time were upset about the fine.
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Igor Gouzenko
Igor Sergeyevich Gouzenko (January 13, 1919 – June 28, 1982) was a cipher clerk for the Soviet Embassy to Canada in Ottawa, Ontario. He defected on September 5, 1945, with 109 documents on Soviet espionage activities in the West. This forced Prime Minister Mackenzie King to call a Royal Commission to investigate espionage in Canada.
Gouzenko exposed Joseph Stalin's efforts to steal nuclear secrets, and the technique of planting sleeper agents. The "Gouzenko Affair" is often credited as a triggering event of the Cold War.
Gouzenko was born to a Ukrainian family on January 26, 1919, in the village of Rogachevo not far from Moscow. At the start of World War II, he joined the military where he trained as a cipher clerk. In 1943, he was stationed in Ottawa, where for two years he enciphered outgoing messages and deciphered incoming messages for the GRU. His position gave him knowledge of Soviet espionage activities in the West.
In 1945, hearing that he and his family were to be sent home to the Soviet Union and dissatisfied with the quality of life and the politics of his homeland, he decided to defect. Gouzenko walked out of the embassy door carrying with him a briefcase with Soviet code books and deciphering materials. He initially went to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, but the RCMP officers on duty refused to believe his story. He then went to the Ottawa Journal newspaper, but the paper's night editor was not interested, and suggested he go to the Department of Justice – however nobody was on duty at night when he arrived. Terrified that the Soviets had discovered his duplicity, he went back to his apartment and hid his family in the apartment across the hall for the night. Gouzenko, hidden by a neighbour, watched through the keyhole as a group of Soviet agents broke into his apartment. They began searching through his belongings, and only left when confronted by Ottawa police.
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Jacques Parizeau
Jacques Parizeau, GOQ (French pronunciation: [ʒɑk parizo]; born August 9, 1930) is an economist and noted Quebec sovereignist who was the 26th Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec from September 26, 1994 to January 29, 1996.
Parizeau was born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Germaine (née Biron) and Gérard Parizeau. He attended Collège Stanislas, a Roman Catholic private school. He went on to graduate with a PhD from the London School of Economics in London, England. A believer in economic interventionism, he was one of the most important advisors to the provincial government during the 1960s, playing an important behind-the-scenes role in the Quiet Revolution. He was especially instrumental in the nationalization of Hydro-Québec (a hydro-electric utility), the nationalization of the Asbestos Corporation Limited mines, and worked with Eric Kierans to create the Quebec Pension Plan.
Parizeau gradually became a committed sovereigntist, and officially joined the Parti Québécois (PQ) on September 19, 1969.
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Jacques Rougeau
Jacques Rougeau Jr. (born June 13, 1960) is a retired French-Canadian professional wrestler from Saint-Sulpice, Quebec, best known for his appearances in the 1980s and 1990s with the World Wrestling Federation under his own name, and as The Mountie. Rougeau has held fifteen championships during his career. Among other accolades, he is a former Intercontinental Champion and three-time World Tag Team Champion (with Carl Ouellet) in the WWF.
The Rougeau family as a whole has been very involved in professional wrestling; Jacques is the younger brother of Raymond Rougeau, the son of Jacques Rougeau, Sr., and the nephew of Jean "Johnny" Rougeau, all of whom have worked as professional wrestlers and promoters of wrestling matches. Jacques' sister Johanne also promoted wrestling matches in Montreal, and brother Armand wrestled for smaller federations.
Jacques Rougeau began his career in 1977, working in Stu Hart's Calgary, Alberta based Stampede Wrestling promotion. In the 1980s he began wrestling in the United States, achieving success in Alabama and Tennessee, and in 1985 he and Ray were signed by the World Wrestling Federation.
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James Coyne
James Elliott Coyne, BCL, BA (born July 17, 1910) was the second Governor of the Bank of Canada, from 1955 to 1961, succeeding Graham Towers. During his time in office, he had a much-publicized debate with Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, a debate often referred to as the "Coyne Affair" (or sometimes the "Coyne Crisis").
Coyne was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the son of Edna Margaret (née Elliott) and James Bowes Coyne, a judge at the Manitoba Court of Appeal. Coyne graduated from the prestigious prep school Ridley College in St. Catharines, Ontario in 1925, and had conferred upon him a BA in 1931 from the University of Manitoba. He studied at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, playing for the Oxford University Ice Hockey Club, and in 1934 received a B.A. Jurisprudence and BCL. During World War II, he served in the Royal Canadian Air Force.
From 1944 to 1949, Coyne was executive assistant to Graham Towers at the Bank of Canada and from 1950 until 1954 was Deputy Governor. He was appointed Governor in 1955, resigned in 1961, and was succeeded by Louis Rasminsky.
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Jean Chrétien
Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien PC OM CC QC (born January 11, 1934), known commonly as Jean Chrétien (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ kʁetjɛ̃]) was the 20th Prime Minister of Canada. He served in the position for over ten years, from November 4, 1993 to December 12, 2003.
Born and raised in Shawinigan, Quebec, Chrétien is a law graduate from Université Laval. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1963. He served in various cabinet posts under prime minister Pierre Trudeau, most prominently as Minister of Justice, Minister of Finance, and Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. He also served as deputy prime minister in John Turner's short-lived government. He became leader of the Liberal Party of Canada in 1990, and led the party to a majority government in the 1993 federal election. He was re-elected with further majorities in 1997 and 2000.
Chrétien was strongly opposed to the Quebec sovereignty movement and supported official bilingualism and multiculturalism. He won a narrow victory as leader of the federalist camp in the 1995 Quebec Referendum, and then pioneered the Clarity Act to avoid ambiguity in future referendum questions. He also advanced the Youth Criminal Justice Act in Parliament. Although his popularity and that of the Liberal Party were seemingly unchallenged for three consecutive federal elections, he became subject to various political controversies in the later years of his premiership. He was accused of inappropriate behaviour in the Sponsorship Scandal, although he has consistently denied any wrongdoing. He also became embroiled in a protracted struggle within the Liberal Party against long-time political rival Paul Martin. He resigned as prime minister in December 2003, and left public life.
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Joe Clark
Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark, PC CC AOE (born June 5, 1939) is a Canadian statesman, businessman, and university professor, and former journalist and politician. He served as the 16th Prime Minister of Canada, from June 4, 1979, to March 3, 1980.
Despite his relative inexperience, Clark rose quickly in federal politics, entering the House of Commons in the 1972 election and winning the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party in 1976. He came to power in the 1979 election, defeating the Liberal government of Pierre Trudeau and ending sixteen continuous years of Liberal rule. Taking office the day before his 40th birthday, Clark is the youngest person to become Prime Minister. His tenure was brief as he only won a minority government, and it was defeated on a motion of non-confidence. Clark subsequently lost the 1980 election and the leadership of the party in 1983.
He returned to prominence in 1984 as a senior cabinet minister in Brian Mulroney's cabinet, retiring from politics after not standing for re-election for the House of Commons in 1993. He made a political comeback in 1998 to lead the Progressive Conservatives before its dissolution, serving his final term in Parliament from 2000 to 2004. Clark today is recognized as a distinguished scholar and statesman, and serves as a university professor and as president of his own consulting firm.
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Joe Flaherty
Joe Flaherty (born June 21, 1941) is an American-Canadian actor and comedian. He is best known for his work on the Canadian sketch comedy SCTV, from 1976 to 1984, and as Harold Weir on Freaks and Geeks.
Flaherty was born Joseph O'Flaherty in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but moved to Chicago where he started his comedy career with the Second City Theater as Joe O'Flaherty. After seven years in Chicago, he moved to Toronto to help establish the Toronto Second City theatre troupe. During those years, he was one of the original writer/performers on SCTV, where he spent eight years on the show, playing such characters as Big Jim McBob (of Farm Film Report fame), Count Floyd/Floyd Robertson, and station owner/manager Guy Caballero who goes around in a wheelchair simply for the respect therein.
Other memorable Flaherty characterizations included emotional talk show host Sammy Maudlin, seedy saxophonist-private eye Vic Arpeggio, aggressive elocution lecturer Norman Gorman, myopic public television host Hugh Betcha and "crazy as a snake" ex-convict Rocco.
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Joey Smallwood
Joseph Roberts "Joey" Smallwood, PC, CC (December 24, 1900 – December 17, 1991) was the main force that brought Newfoundland into the Canadian confederation, and became the first Premier of Newfoundland. As premier, he vigorously promoted economic development, championed the welfare state, and emphasized modernization of education and transportation. Smallwood abandoned his youthful socialism and collaborated with bankers, turning against the militant unions that sponsored numerous strikes. The results of his efforts to promote industrialization were mixed, with the most favourable results in hydroelectricity, iron mining and paper mills Smallwood was charismatic and controversial. Never shy, he dubbed himself "the last Father of Confederation."
Joey Smallwood was born in Gambo, Newfoundland to Charles and Minnie May Smallwood. His grandfather, David Smallwood, was a well-known maker of boots in St. John's. Growing up in St. John's, as a teenager Joey Smallwood worked as an apprentice at a newspaper and moved to New York City in 1920. In New York he worked for the socialist newspaper The Call. Joey Smallwood returned to Newfoundland in 1925, where he soon met and married Clara Oates. In 1925 he founded a newspaper of his own in Corner Brook.
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John A. MacDonald
Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC (Can), QC (11 January 1815 – 6 June 1891), was the first Prime Minister of Canada. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, his political career spanned almost half a century. Macdonald served 19 years as Canadian Prime Minister; only William Lyon Mackenzie King served longer.
Macdonald was born in Scotland; when he was a boy his family emigrated to Kingston, Upper Canada (today in eastern Ontario). He articled with a local lawyer, who died before Macdonald qualified, and Macdonald opened his own practice, although not yet entitled to do so. He was involved in several high-profile cases and quickly became prominent in Kingston, which enabled him to seek and obtain a legislative seat in 1844. He served in the legislature of the colonial Province of Canada and by 1857 had become premier under the colony's unstable political system.
When in 1864 no party proved capable of governing for long, Macdonald agreed to a proposal from his political rival, George Brown, that the parties unite in a Great Coalition to seek federation and political reform. Macdonald was the leading figure in the subsequent discussions and conferences, which resulted in the British North America Act and the birth of Canada as a nation on 1 July 1867.
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John Diefenbaker
John George Diefenbaker, PC, CH, QC (September 18, 1895 – August 16, 1979) was the 13th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 21, 1957, to April 22, 1963. He was the only Progressive Conservative (PC or Tory) party leader between 1930 and 1979 to lead the party to an election victory, doing so three times, although only once with a majority of seats in the Canadian House of Commons.
Diefenbaker was born in southwestern Ontario in 1895. In 1903, his family migrated west to the portion of the Northwest Territories which would shortly thereafter become the province of Saskatchewan. He grew up in the province, and was interested in politics from a young age. After brief service in World War I, Diefenbaker became a lawyer. He contested elections through the 1920s and 1930s with little success until he was finally elected to the House of Commons in 1940.
In the House of Commons, Diefenbaker was repeatedly a candidate for the PC leadership. He attained leadership of the party in 1956, leading it for eleven years. In 1957, he led the party to its first electoral victory in 27 years; a year later he called a snap election and spearheaded the Tories to one of their greatest triumphs. Diefenbaker appointed the first female minister in Canadian history to his Cabinet, as well as the first aboriginal member of the Senate. During his six years as Prime Minister, his government obtained passage of the Canadian Bill of Rights and granted the vote to the First Nations and Inuit peoples. In foreign policy, his stance against apartheid helped secure the departure of South Africa from the Commonwealth of Nations, but his indecision on whether to accept Bomarc nuclear missiles from the United States led to his government's downfall. Diefenbaker is also remembered for his role in the 1959 cancellation of the Avro Arrow project.
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John Gomery
John H. Gomery, BCL, BA, QC (born August 9, 1932) is a retired Canadian jurist. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Gomery has a daughter, Cym Gomery, who is a partisan and candidate of municipal party Projet Montreal. Gomery is fluently bilingual, as is his daughter. Attracted to its policies of open government and active climate change policies, Gomery himself has become chairman of the party's fund-raising committee.
Gomery was educated at McGill University where he received Bachelor of Arts (BA) and a Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) degrees. Gomery was a member of the McGill Law Journal.
Since 1957, Gomery worked at the law firm Fasken, Martineau and Dumoulin in the areas of family law, commercial litigation and bankruptcy and became a partner there in 1966. In 1972, he was appointed Queen's Counsel (QC). In 1982, he was appointed to Quebec Superior Court Montreal district and from 1999 to 2005 served as President of the Copyright Board of Canada (renewed in 2002).
Gomery has also been involved in the Canadian Bar Association and Chambre des notaires du Québec. He was also President of the Comité Général des Juges de la Cour supérieure du Québec, President of the Family Law Committee from 1983 to 1993 and has been a member of the Rules of Practice Committee since the beginning.
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Kim Campbell
Avril Phædra Douglas "Kim" Campbell, PC CC OBC QC (born March 10, 1947) is a Canadian politician, lawyer, university professor, diplomat, and writer. She served as the 19th Prime Minister of Canada, from June 25, 1993 to November 4, 1993. Campbell was the first and to date the only female Prime Minister of Canada, the first baby boomer to hold that office, and the only PM to have been born in British Columbia.
Campbell was born in Port Alberni, British Columbia to George Thomas Campbell (1920–2002) and Phyllis "Lisa" Cook. Her mother left the family when Campbell was 12, leaving Kim and her sister Alix to be raised by their father. As a teenager, Campbell permanently nicknamed herself Kim, perhaps for actress Kim Novak.
While in her pre-teens, Campbell was a host and reporter on the CBC children's program Junior Television Club.
Campbell and her family moved to Vancouver, where she attended Prince of Wales Secondary School, and was a top student. She became the school's first female student president, and graduated in 1964.
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Laurie York Erskine
Laurie York Erskine (23 June 1894-30 November 1976) was a popular boys adventure author, educator, and co-founder of the Solebury School in New Hope, Pennsylvania, United States.
Erskine was born in Kirkcudbright, Scotland to actors Wallace Erskine and Ada Margery Bonney Erskine. The family travelled to the United States in 1901 where both parents appeared in silent films.
In 1916 Laurie Erskine was commissioned in the Royal Flying Corps where he served in France. Following his demobilisation, Erskine was an editorial writer with the Detroit News from 1921–1922, until he began writing stories for boys in 1921. His most famous work was a series of books featuring Renfrew of the Royal Mounted that later became a radio, film, and television series with Erskine himself narrating the radio show. Erskine also created and narrated the radio program "Adventure Stories".
Erskine was a staff writer with the Battle Creek, Michigan Enquirer newspaper. In 1925 he was one of the 4 organisers of the Solebury School for Boys in New Hope, Pennsylvania.
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Lee Marvin
Lee Marvin (February 19, 1924 – August 29, 1987) was an American film actor. Known for his gravelly voice, white hair and 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) stature, Marvin at first did supporting roles, mostly villains, soldiers and other hardboiled characters, but after winning an Academy Award for Best Actor for his dual roles in Cat Ballou (1965), he landed more heroic and sympathetic leading roles.
Marvin was born in New York City. He was the son of Lamont Waltman Marvin, an advertising executive and the head of the New York and New England Apple Institute, and his wife Courtenay Washington (née Davidge), a fashion writer and beauty consultant. He was named in honor of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, who was his first cousin, four times removed. His father was a direct descendant of Matthew Marvin, Sr., who emigrated from Great Bentley, Essex, England in 1635 and helped found Hartford, Connecticut.
Marvin studied violin when he was young. As a teenager, Marvin "spent weekends and spare time hunting deer, puma, wild turkey, and bobwhite in the wilds of the then-uncharted Everglades." He attended St. Leo College Preparatory School in St. Leo, Florida after being expelled from several other schools for bad behavior.
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Lester B. Pearson
Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson, PC, OM, CC, OBE (23 April 1897 – 27 December 1972) was a Canadian professor, historian, civil servant, statesman, diplomat, and politician, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for organizing the United Nations Emergency Force to resolve the Suez Canal Crisis. He was the 14th Prime Minister of Canada from 22 April 1963 to 20 April 1968, as the head of two back-to-back minority governments following elections in 1963 and 1965.
During Pearson's time as Prime Minister, his minority government introduced universal health care, student loans, the Canada Pension Plan, the Order of Canada, and the current Canadian flag. During his tenure, Prime Minister Pearson also convened the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism. With these accomplishments, together with his ground-breaking work at the United Nations and in international diplomacy, Pearson is generally considered among the most influential Canadians of the 20th century.
Pearson was born in the town of Newtonbrook (now part of Toronto), the son of Annie Sarah (née Bowles) and Edwin Arthur Pearson, a Methodist (later United Church of Canada) minister. He was brother to Vaughan Whitier Pearson and Marmaduke Pearson. He graduated from Hamilton Collegiate Institute in Hamilton, Ontario in 1913 at the age of 16. Later that same year, he entered Victoria College at the University of Toronto, where he lived in residence in Gate House and shared a room with his brother Duke. While at the University of Toronto, he joined the Delta Upsilon Fraternity. He was subsequently elected to the Pi Gamma Mu social science honour society's chapter at the University of Toronto for his outstanding scholastic performance in history and sociology.
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Louis St. Laurent
Louis Stephen St. Laurent, PC, CC, QC (Saint-Laurent or St-Laurent in French, baptized Louis-Étienne St-Laurent), (1 February 1882 – 25 July 1973) was the 12th Prime Minister of Canada from 15 November 1948, to 21 June 1957.
Louis St-Laurent (French pronunciation: [lwi sɛ̃ loʁɑ̃]) was born on 1 February 1882 in Compton, Quebec, a village in the Eastern Townships to Jean-Baptiste-Moïse Saint-Laurent, a French-Canadian, and Mary Anne Broderick, an Irish-Canadian. He grew up fluently bilingual. His English had a noticeable Irish brogue, while his gestures (such as a hunch of the shoulders) were French.
He received degrees from St. Charles Seminary (B.A. 1902) and Université Laval (LL.L. 1905). He was offered, but declined, a Rhodes Scholarship upon this graduation from Laval in 1905. In 1905 he married Jeanne Renault (1886–1966) with whom he had two sons and three daughters.
St-Laurent worked as a lawyer from 1905 to 1941, also becoming a professor of law at Université Laval in 1914. St-Laurent practised corporate and constitutional law in Quebec and became one of the country's most respected counsels. He served as President of the Canadian Bar Association from 1930 to 1932.
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Lucien Bouchard
Lucien Bouchard, PC GOQ (French pronunciation: [lysjɛ̃ buʃaʁ]; born December 22, 1938) is a Canadian lawyer, diplomat, politician and former Minister of the Environment of the Canadian Federal Government. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 1996, and the 27th Premier of Quebec from January 29, 1996 to March 8, 2001. He became a central figure for the "Yes" side in the 1995 Quebec referendum.
He is a recipient of the title of Commander of the Légion d'Honneur.
Bouchard was born in Saint-Cœur-de-Marie, Québec, the son of Alice (née Simard) and Philippe Bouchard. His brother is a historian Gérard Bouchard. Lucien Bouchard graduated from Jonquière Classical College in 1959, and obtained a Bachelor's degree in social science and a law degree at Université Laval in 1964. He was called to the Quebec bar later that year.
He practised law in Chicoutimi until 1985, while being given many charges as a public servant over the years: president of the arbitration committee for the education sector (1970 to 1976), prosecutor in chief for the commission for labour and industry (Cliche commission, 1974-75), co-president of the study commission on the public and parapublic sectors (Martin-Bouchard commission — 1975). From then, he acted as a coordinator or member of many special teams on behalf of Quebec's government in the trade union negotiations for the public sector.
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Lucien Rivard
Lucien Rivard (June 16, 1914 – February 3, 2002) was a Quebec criminal known for a sensational prison escape in 1965.
Rivard had been engaged in robbery and smuggling drugs since the 1940s. He has been described as a "petty crook" in his early years, but in the 1950s he moved to Cuba and operated a casino, and became involved in the heroin business. In 1958 he moved back to Laval, Quebec, and operated the business "Domaine Idéal" to continue dealing drugs and weapons.
In 1965, Rivard was in a Montreal prison, but used a water hose to climb a wall and escape. He was missing for four months before being caught and extradited to the United States. During his absence, he wrote letters to various people, telling the Prime Minister of Canada Lester B. Pearson "Life is short, you know. I don't intend to be in jail for the rest of my life."
Allegations of bribery regarding the government of Canada during Rivard's escape provoked an investigation, and Attorney General Guy Favreau left office as a consequence. Favreau had been gaining prestige at the time, and when he left, Prime Minister Pearson sought out new Quebec MPs to replace him, namely Jean Marchand, Pierre Trudeau and Gérard Pelletier. Trudeau became prime minister in 1968.
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Maher Arar
Maher Arar (Arabic: ماهر عرار) (born 1970) is a telecommunications engineer with dual Syrian and Canadian citizenship who resides in Canada. Arar's story is frequently referred to as "extraordinary rendition" but the U.S. government insisted it was a case of deportation.
Arar was detained during a layover at John F. Kennedy International Airport in September 2002 on his way home to Canada from a family vacation in Tunis. He was held without charges in solitary confinement in the United States for nearly two weeks, questioned, and denied meaningful access to a lawyer. The US government suspected him of being a member of Al Qaeda and deported him, not to Canada, his current home, but to his native Syria, even though its government is known to use torture. He was detained in Syria for almost a year, during which time he was tortured, according to the findings of a commission of inquiry ordered by the Canadian government, until his release to Canada. The Syrian government now says that Arar is "completely innocent." That Canadian commission publicly cleared Arar of any links to terrorism, and the government of Canada later settled out of court with Arar. He received C$10.5 million and prime minister Stephen Harper formally apologized to Arar for Canada's role in his "terrible ordeal" .
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Major Mapleleaf
Major Mapleleaf is the name of two fictional characters from the Marvel Comics Alpha Flight series. Both are created by Scott Lobdell.
Louis Sadler is the name of the first Major Mapleleaf. He first appeared in Alpha Flight vol. 1 #106.
Louis Sadler was a Canadian superhero during World War II and the occasional ally of the Invaders in their battles against Hitler and the Nazis. He gained his powers through an unrevealed process which appears to have affected his aging process. After the war, he went underground in his crimefighting and eventually revealed his public identity in 1963 to devote time to raising his son, Michael, his proudest achievement.
While Louis Sr. was made to appear to have been physically and mentally abusive with his younger son, Louis Sadler Jr., appearances can be deceiving. This belief is based upon Louis Jr.'s memory of a childhood incident in which both he and his older brother were caught in their father's room going through things they had been told to stay out of. Their father, a war-hero of strong values, was not pleased.
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Malcolm Lindsay
Malcolm Francis Aylesworth Lindsay (February 4, 1909 – May 3, 1983) was the 14th Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, serving from August 15, 1967 to September 30, 1969.
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Marilyn Bell
Marilyn Grace Bell Di Lascio is a retired long distance swimmer, born October 19, 1937, in Toronto, Ontario. She was the first person to swim across Lake Ontario and later swam the English Channel and Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Bell was born in Toronto, Ontario to parents Sydney and Grace Bell. The family moved to North Bay, Ontario, then Halifax, Ontario before returning to Toronto in 1946.
After her swimming career, Marilyn married Joe Di Lascio and moved to New Jersey, United States. They raised four children, Lisa, Michael, Jodi, and Janet. Joe died in September 2007.
Bell first took up swimming lessons in 1946 at Oakwood Pool, joining the Dolphinette Club coached by Alex Duff. In 1947, Bell entered her first long-distance race: a one-mile swim at the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) in Lake Ontario. It was at that first race that Bell first met her future coach Gus Ryder, who was coach of the Lakeshore Swimming Club. Bell soon joined the Lakeshore Club and started practising at the indoor pool of Humberside Collegiate in Toronto.
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Maurice Nadon
Maurice Jean Nadon (July 8, 1920 – December 21, 2009) was the 16th Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, serving from January 1, 1974 to August 31, 1977.
He was the first French Canadian commissioner of the RCMP.
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Mayerthorpe tragedy
Coordinates: 54°00′55″N 115°01′17″W / 54.01533°N 115.02147°W / 54.01533; -115.02147 (Rochfort Bridge)
The Mayerthorpe tragedy occurred on March 3, 2005 on the property of James Roszko 11 km north of Rochfort Bridge, northwest of Edmonton near the Town of Mayerthorpe, in the Canadian province of Alberta. With a Heckler & Koch 91, Roszko shot and killed Royal Canadian Mounted Police Constables Peter Schiemann, Anthony Gordon, Lionide Johnston, and Brock Myrol as the officers were executing a property seizure on the farm. This was the worst one-day loss of life for the RCMP in 100 years.
Other officers initially went to the farm to assist bailiffs in trying to repossess a truck, but Roszko fled in it. Numerous stolen vehicle parts and a marijuana grow-op were found on the premises. Search warrants were obtained and executed but not before they had searched the farm. Constables Gordon and Johnston were providing scene security. Cst. Schiemann arrived to drop off Cst. Myrol. The four officers were ambushed inside a quonset shed on the farm. Roszko had returned to the property after getting a ride from Shawn Hennessey and Dennis Cheeseman during the night and laid in wait for an opportunity.
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Nick Berry
Nicholas "Nick" Berry (born 16 April 1963) is a British television actor and musician. He is best known for his roles as Simon Wicks in the British soap opera EastEnders from 1985 to 1990 (followed by a brief re-appearance in January 2012), and as PC Nick Rowan in the British drama television series Heartbeat from 1992 to 1998.
Berry started acting at the age of eight. After attending the Sylvia Young Theatre School in London he played minor parts on television, film, and stage before he got his big break playing Simon 'Wicksy' Wicks in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, joining the series just after its inception in 1985 and staying until the end of 1990. Berry's character was thought up overnight and was introduced to restore the cast balance distorted by the unexpected departure of actor David Scarboro who played the original Mark Fowler. Scarboro's departure meant many of his functions as one of the more senior of the young characters would need to be taken over by another character and thus Wicksy was invented and Berry was cast with minimal delay. He was quickly hailed as EastEnders' top pin-up and during this time was besieged by fanmail from female admirers.
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Norman Inkster
Norman David Inkster, OC (born August 19, 1938) served as 18th Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, from September 1, 1987 to June 24, 1994. From 1992 until 1994 he also served as President of Interpol.
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, but spending nearly all of his early years in Broadview, Saskatchewan where his father, Harold, was a Master mechanic with the CPR and his mother, Martha, was a housewife, he was educated at the University of New Brunswick, where he studied sociology and psychology. During his studies he was continuously employed in the Human Resources department of the RCMP. In 1961 he married Mary-Anne Morrison. They raised three children together: Leslie Anne (1965), Scott (1967) and Dana (1972).
From 1994 to 2003 he was a partner with KPMG in Toronto, the latter part of which he was global managing partner of the forensic practice. In 1995 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2003 he retired from KPMG and started Inkster Group. He was the President of the Inkster Group, which provides various security and policing services to a list of international clients, including the Province of Ontario. In 2006 Inkster Group was acquired by Navigant Consulting where Inkster served as a managing director. In 2007, Inkster became an independent consultant. He was engaged to marry Pamela Jeffery, founder of the Women's Executive Network in 2008. They later were married in of October in a service in Toronto with friends and family. He was warded 2011 with the Gusi Peace Prize
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North-West Rebellion
The North-West Rebellion (or the North-West Resistance, Saskatchewan Rebellion, Northwest Uprising, or Second Riel Rebellion) of 1885 was a brief and unsuccessful uprising by the Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel against Canada. During a time of great social change in Western Canada, the Métis believed that Canada had failed to address the protection of their rights, their land and their survival as a distinct people. Despite some notable early victories at Duck Lake, Fish Creek and Cut Knife, the rebellion effectively ended for the Métis with their defeat at the siege of Batoche, Saskatchewan, the eventual scattering of their allied Aboriginal forces elsewhere, and the trial and hanging of Louis Riel. Tensions between French Canada and English Canada increased for some time. Due to the role that the Canadian Pacific Railway played in transporting troops, political support increased and the legislature authorized funds to complete the nation's first transcontinental railway.
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Paul Martin
Paul Edgar Philippe Martin PC, CC (born August 28, 1938), also known as Paul Martin, Jr., is a Canadian politician who was the 21st Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.
On November 14, 2003, Martin succeeded Jean Chrétien as leader of the Liberal Party and became prime minister on December 12, 2003. After the 2004 election, his Liberal Party retained power, though it was reduced to a minority government. Forced by a confidence vote, the 2006 general election produced a minority government for the opposition Conservative Party, making Stephen Harper prime minister. Martin stepped down as parliamentary leader after the election, handing the reins to Bill Graham for the interim. Martin stayed on as party leader until he resigned on March 18, being eventually succeeded by Stephane Dion.
Martin served as the Member of Parliament for the riding of LaSalle—Émard in Montreal from his election in the 1988 election to his retirement in 2008. He served as Minister of Finance from 1993 to 2002. He oversaw many changes in the financial structure of the Canadian government, and his policies had a direct effect on eliminating the country's chronic fiscal deficit by reforming various programs including social services.
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Pierre Trudeau
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau CC, CH, PC, QC, FSRC ( /truːˈdoʊ/; French pronunciation: [tʁydo]; October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000), usually known as Pierre Trudeau or Pierre Elliott Trudeau, was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968 to June 4, 1979, and again from March 3, 1980 to June 30, 1984.
Trudeau began his political career campaigning for socialist ideals, but he eventually joined the Liberal Party of Canada when he entered federal politics in the 1960s. He was appointed as Lester Pearson's Parliamentary Secretary, and later became his Minister of Justice. From his base in Montreal, Trudeau took control of the Liberal Party and became a charismatic leader, inspiring "Trudeaumania". From the late 1960s until the mid-1980s, he dominated the Canadian political scene and aroused passionate reactions. "Reason before passion" was his personal motto. He retired from politics in 1984, and John Turner succeeded him as Prime Minister.
Admirers praise the force of Trudeau's intellect and they salute his political acumen in preserving national unity against Quebec separatists, suppressing a violent revolt, and establishing the Charter of Rights and Freedoms within Canada's constitution. Critics accuse him of arrogance, economic mismanagement, and unduly favouring the federal government relative to the provinces, especially in trying to control the oil wealth of the Prairies.
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Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India.
Victoria was the daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the fourth son of King George III. Both the Duke of Kent and the King died in 1820, and Victoria was raised under close supervision by her German-born mother Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She inherited the throne at the age of 18, after her father's three elder brothers had all died without surviving legitimate issue. The United Kingdom was already an established constitutional monarchy, in which the Sovereign held relatively few direct political powers. Privately, she attempted to influence government policy and ministerial appointments. Publicly, she became a national icon, and was identified with strict standards of personal morality.
She married her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in 1840. Their nine children and 26 of their 34 grandchildren who survived childhood married into royal and noble families across the continent, tying them together and earning her the nickname "the grandmother of Europe". After Albert's death in 1861, Victoria plunged into deep mourning and avoided public appearances. As a result of her seclusion, republicanism temporarily gained strength, but in the latter half of her reign, her popularity recovered. Her Golden and Diamond Jubilees were times of public celebration.
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Ralph Connor
Rev. Dr. Charles William Gordon, or Ralph Connor, (September 13, 1860 – October 31, 1937) was a Canadian novelist, using the Connor pen name while maintaining his status as a Church leader, first in the Presbyterian and later the United churches in Canada. Gordon was also at one time a master at Upper Canada College. He sold more than five million copies of his works in his lifetime, and some of his works are still in print.
Gordon was born in Glengarry County, Ontario, the son of Rev. Daniel Gordon (1822–1910) and Mary Robertson Gordon (d. 1890). His father was a Free Church of Scotland Missionary in Upper Canada. The family moved from Glengarry to Harrington, Oxford County, Ontario when he was a youth. Like many other young men in the area, Gordon went to Toronto to study at University of Toronto. He then attended Knox College and graduated with distinction in 1886.
With a brother and two Knox College classmates he travelled to Scotland and Europe and spent a term of study in Edinburgh. He was ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1890. He moved to Alberta, then still part of the Northwest Territories, and he served a large area west of Calgary that today includes the municipalities of Banff and Canmore. He served in the Rocky Mountains until 1894. The congregation in Canmore is called Ralph Connor Memorial United Church in remembrance of his time there.
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Robert Simmonds
Robert Henry Simmonds, OC (born April 6, 1926) was the 17th Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, serving from September 1, 1977 to August 31, 1987.
In 1987, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
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Russell Williams
David Russell Williams (born March 7, 1963) is a convicted murderer, rapist, and former Colonel in the Canadian Forces. From July 2009 to his arrest in February 2010, he commanded CFB Trenton, a hub for air transport operations in Canada and abroad and the country's largest and busiest military airbase. Williams was also a decorated military pilot who had flown Canadian Forces VIP aircraft for Canadian dignitaries such as Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the governor general, the prime minister, and others.
On February 8, 2010, he was relieved as the base commander at CFB Trenton due to criminal charges. He was formally charged by the Crown Attorney pursuant to provisions set forth in the Criminal Code of Canada on evidence collected by the Ontario Provincial Police with two counts of first-degree murder along with two counts of forcible confinement and two counts of breaking and entering and sexual assault; another 82 charges relating to breaking and entry were subsequently added. On October 21, 2010, Williams was sentenced to two life sentences for first-degree murder, two 10-year sentences for other sexual assaults, two 10-year sentences for forcible confinement and 82 one-year sentences for burglary; all the sentences will be served concurrently at Kingston Penitentiary. The life sentences mean Williams will serve a minimum of 25 years before parole eligibility. Since he has been convicted of multiple murders, Williams is not eligible for early parole under the so-called "faint hope clause" of the Canadian Criminal Code.
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Réal Caouette
David Réal Caouette (September 26, 1917 - December 16, 1976) was a Canadian politician from Quebec. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) and leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada and founder of the Ralliement des créditistes. Outside of politics, he worked as a car dealer.
His son, Gilles Caouette, was also a Social Credit MP and was briefly acting leader of the party.
Born in Amos, in the Abitibi region of Quebec, Caouette was converted to the social credit philosophy in 1939. He was first elected to the House of Commons in a 1946 by-election in Pontiac as a Social Credit MP. He sat as a Social Credit MP once elected. In the 1949 election, his home was drawn into the newly created Villeneuve, and he was defeated as a Union des électeurs candidate.
He ran again in the 1953, 1957 and 1958 elections, but was unsuccessful each time. He also ran provincially, for the Quebec Liberal Party, in the 1956 provincial election but was defeated. In 1958, he broke with Union des électeurs founders Louis Even and Gilberte Côté-Mercier, and joined Social Credit forming Ralliement des créditistes as the national party's Quebec wing of which he became the uncontested leader.
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Sam Steele
Major General Sir Samuel Benfield Steele, CB, KCMG, MVO (5 January 1848 – 30 January 1919) was a distinguished Canadian soldier and police official. He was an officer of the North-West Mounted Police, most famously as head of the Yukon detachment during the Klondike Gold Rush, and commanding officer of Strathcona's Horse during the Boer War.
Born in Purbrook, Canada West, he was the son of Royal Naval Captain Elmes Yelverton Steele, a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars, and his second wife, Anne Macdonald, the youngest daughter of Neil Maclain MacDonald of Ardnamurchan, a native of Islay, grandson of Captain Godfrey MacNeil of Barra and nephew of Colonel Donald MacNeil. Sam Steele received his education at the family home, Purbrook, and then at the Royal Military College of Canada. By the age of thirteen he was orphaned, and went to live with his elder half-brother, John Steele.
Samuel Steele's family had a strong military tradition, and in 1866 he joined the military during the Fenian Raids. Steele also participated in the Red River Expedition in 1870 to fight the Red River Rebellion of Louis Riel. Much to his disappointment, he arrived after the Métis had surrendered. The following year he joined the Permanent Force artillery, Canada's first regular army unit. Steele had long been fascinated by the West, devouring the works of James Fenimore Cooper in his youth. He was especially interested in the First Nations, and spent his time in the West learning from them and the Métis. However, he was assigned to Fort Henry in Kingston, Ontario, for the next few years, as an instructor at the Artillery School.
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Second Boer War
The Second Boer War (Dutch: Tweede Boerenoorlog, Afrikaans: Tweede Vryheidsoorlog or Tweede Boereoorlog) was fought from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902 between the British Empire and the Afrikaans-speaking Dutch settlers of two independent Boer republics, the South African Republic (Transvaal Republic) and the Orange Free State. It ended with a British victory and the annexation of both republics by the British Empire; both would eventually be incorporated into the Union of South Africa, a dominion of the British Empire, in 1910. The conflict is commonly referred to as The Boer War but is also known as the South African War outside South Africa, the Anglo-Boer War among most South Africans, and in Afrikaans as the Anglo-Boereoorlog or Tweede Vryheidsoorlog ("Second War of Liberation" or lit. "Second Freedom War") or the Engelse oorlog (English War).
The Second Boer War and the earlier, much less well known, First Boer War (December 1880 to March 1881) are collectively known as the Boer Wars.
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Snowbird (comics)
Snowbird is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. She first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #120 (1979), and was created by John Byrne.
Several thousand years before Snowbird's birth, the immensely powerful and malevolent Arctic spirit Tundra sealed the Northern gods — including the Inuit goddess Nelvanna — within a mystical barrier in another dimension, rendering them incapable of defending the mortal realm of Earth. Through clever persuasion and trickery, Nelvanna bargained with Tundra to strip her of her godly powers so that she could pass through the barrier to find and mate with a male human of Earth. Nelvanna appeared before a man named Richard Easton, insisting upon mating with him in order to produce a child who would grow to battle the evil, mystical "Great Beasts" of Canada. Easton reluctantly agreed, and the two gave birth to Snowbird some time in the 1900s near Resolute Bay, Northwest Territories, Canada.
Michael Twoyoungmen, also known as Shaman, was chosen to serve as midwife to Nelvanna when she gave birth. Shaman named the child Narya, used a spell to bind her to the earthly realm, and agreed to raise her in his cabin in the Canadian wilderness. Narya grew at a rapid rate and it was discovered that she possessed supernatural abilities. Most notably, that she could transform into any animal native to Canada, gaining the attributes of that creature while in its guise. In addition, she possesses the ability to fly, to sense mystic and magical power, limited precognition and postcognition, and a limited degree of super-strength. However, she is unable to leave Canada's borders without instantly falling ill, due to the literal effects of the binding spell placed on her by Shaman; it is possible that being outside Canada's borders for too long could prove fatal.
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Spiritwood Incident
The Spiritwood Incident occurred on 7 July 2006. The incident began in the town of Spiritwood, Saskatchewan, Canada, a community of about 1000 people located approximately 92 miles (148 km) Northwest of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and ended near Mildred, Saskatchewan, approximately 27 kilometres away.
On 7 July, two officers from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) detachment in Spiritwood, Constable Robin Cameron (29) and Constable Marc Bourdages (26) responded to a complaint at a home close to the detachment. A man later identified as Curtis Dagenais, 41 of Spiritwood, fled the scene in a pickup truck. The officers followed, and the ensuing pursuit lasted 27 kilometres. During the chase, gunfire was exchanged between RCMP officers and Dagenais, resulting in both constables being shot in the head through their car windshield. Dagenais abandoned his car and escaped on foot. A massive manhunt failed to find Dagenais, who turned himself in without incident to the RCMP's Spiritwood detachment on 18 July 2006 after being hunted for 12 days.
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Stephen Harper
Stephen Joseph Harper, PC MP (born April 30, 1959) is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Conservative Party. Harper became prime minister when his party formed a minority government after the 2006 federal election. He is the first prime minister from the newly reconstituted Conservative Party, following a merger of the Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance parties.
Harper has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Calgary Southwest in Alberta since 2002. Earlier, from 1993 to 1997, he was the MP for Calgary West. He was one of the founding members of the Reform Party, but did not seek re-election, and instead joined, and shortly thereafter led, the National Citizens Coalition. In 2002, he succeeded Stockwell Day as leader of the Canadian Alliance (the successor to the Reform Party) and returned to parliament as Leader of the Opposition. In 2003, he reached an agreement with Progressive Conservative leader Peter MacKay for the merger of their two parties to form the Conservative Party of Canada. He was elected as the party's first non-interim leader in March 2004.
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Steve Fonyo
Stephen Charles Fonyo, Jr., (born June 29, 1965) is a Canadian man who lost his left leg to cancer at age 12. He later embarked on a cross-Canada marathon entitled the "Journey for Lives" to raise funds for cancer research. In doing so, he followed in the footsteps of Terry Fox. Unlike Fox, who had to abandon the Marathon of Hope when his cancer returned, Fonyo completed the coast-to-coast marathon and also completed a marathon across the United Kingdom.
Fonyo began his "Journey for Lives" marathon on March 31, 1984 at 18 years of age and completed it on May 29, 1985, covering 7,924 km (4,924 mi) and raising $14 million (CDN). The early part of his run was overshadowed by the memory of Fox and many Canadians criticized him as a copycat. Despite this, he persevered and as he progressed beyond Fox's stopping point, he eventually won recognition in his own right for his efforts. He was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1985, the youngest person ever given that status at the time. This achievement was marred by grief, as his father Steve Fonyo, Sr. died of lung cancer the same year.
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Stockwell Day
Stockwell Burt Day, Jr., PC (born August 16, 1950) is a former Canadian politician, and a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. He is a former cabinet minister in Alberta, and a former leader of the Canadian Alliance. Day was MP for the riding of Okanagan—Coquihalla in British Columbia and the president of the Treasury Board. He was widely seen as a prominent voice for social conservatives within the Conservative Party. On March 12, 2011, Day announced that he would not be seeking re-election in the 2011 federal election.
Day was born in Barrie, Ontario, in 1950, living in a number of places in Canada during his youth, including Atlantic Canada; Ottawa, where he attended Ashbury College; and Montreal, where he graduated from Westmount High School. He attended the University of Victoria and Vanguard College, then known as Northwest Bible College, in Edmonton, Alberta, but did not graduate from either.
His father, Stockwell Day, Sr., was long associated with the Social Credit Party of Canada. In the 1972 federal election he was the Social Credit candidate running against New Democratic Party leader Tommy Douglas in the riding of Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands. Day, Sr., supported Doug Christie and was a member of the Western Canada Concept.
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Terry Fox
Terrance Stanley "Terry" Fox CC OD, (July 28, 1958 – June 28, 1981) was a Canadian humanitarian, athlete, and cancer research activist. In 1980, with one leg having been amputated, he embarked on a cross-Canada run to raise money and awareness for cancer research. Although the spread of his cancer eventually forced him to end his quest after 143 days and 5,373 kilometres (3,339 mi), and ultimately cost him his life, his efforts resulted in a lasting, worldwide legacy. The annual Terry Fox Run, first held in 1981, has grown to involve millions of participants in over 60 countries and is now the world's largest one-day fundraiser for cancer research; over C$500 million has been raised in his name.
Fox was a distance runner and basketball player for his Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, high school and Simon Fraser University. His right leg was amputated in 1977 after he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, though he continued to run using an artificial leg. He also played wheelchair basketball in Vancouver, winning three national championships.
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Ukrainian Canadian
A Ukrainian Canadian (Ukrainian: Український канадець, Українці Канади; translit. Ukrayins'kyi kanadets, Ukrayintsi Kanady) is a person of Ukrainian descent or origin who was born in or emigrated to Canada. In 2006, there were an estimated 1,209,085 persons of full or partial Ukrainian origin residing in Canada (mainly Canadian-born citizens) making them Canada's ninth largest ethnic group; and giving Canada the world's third-largest Ukrainian population behind Ukraine itself and Russia. Self-identified Ukrainians are the plurality in several rural areas of Western Canada.
Over the last thirty years,[when?] a debate has been ongoing whether a tiny number of Ukrainians settled in Canada before 1891. Most controversial is the claim that Ukrainians may have been infantrymen alongside Poles in the Swiss French "De Meurons" and "De Watteville" regiments who fought for the British on the Niagara Peninsula during the War of 1812 – and that Ukrainians were among those soldiers who decided to stay in Upper Canada (southern Ontario). Other Ukrainians supposedly arrived as part of other immigrant groups: claims that individual Ukrainian families may have settled in southern Manitoba in the 1870s alongside blocks of Mennonites and other Germans from the Russian Empire; or that single male Ukrainians were participants in the Russian Empire's exploration parties and fur trade along the western coast of North America (including British Columbia). Because there is so little definitive documentary evidence of individual Ukrainians among these three groups, they are not generally regarded as among the first Ukrainians in Canada.
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Vic Toews
Victor "Vic" Toews, PC QC MP ( /ˈteɪvz/; born September 10, 1952) is a Canadian politician. He has represented Provencher in the Canadian House of Commons since 2000, and currently serves in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper as Minister of Public Safety. He previously served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1995 to 1999, and was a senior cabinet minister in the government of Gary Filmon. Toews is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.
Toews was born September 10, 1952, in Filadelfia, Boquerón Department, Paraguay, son of Reverend Victor David Toews (1918-1993) and Anna Peters. Vic Toews has five siblings: Bernhard, Clara, Marlene, Edward, and Esther. He speaks Mennonite Low German (his mother tongue), Spanish and English. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of Winnipeg (1973), and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Manitoba (1976). Toews was called to the Manitoba Bar in 1977. He joined the provincial Ministry of Justice in 1976 and became a Crown attorney the following year. Vic Toews great grand parents were killed in a bomb blast in Molotschna, South Russia (now Molochansk, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine) during the Russian Civil War that followed the Russian Revolution.
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Wayne Gretzky
Wayne Douglas Gretzky, CC (/ˈɡrɛtski/; born January 26, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for four teams from 1979 to 1999. Nicknamed "The Great One", he has been called "the greatest hockey player ever" by many sportswriters, players, and the NHL itself. He is the leading point-scorer in NHL history, with more assists than any other player has points, and is the only NHL player to total over 200 points in one season – a feat he accomplished four times. In addition, he tallied over 100 points in 16 professional seasons, 14 of them consecutive. At the time of his retirement in 1999, he held 40 regular-season records, 15 playoff records, and six All-Star records. In addition to being its greatest scorer, Gretzky was the most gentlemanly superstar in the modern history of the NHL. He won the Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship and performance five times, and he often spoke out against fighting in hockey.
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William Higgitt
William Leonard Higgitt (November 10, 1917 – April 2, 1989) was the 15th Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Commissioner (October 1, 1969 – December 28, 1973; succeeding Malcolm Lindsay) and President of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) (1972 - 1976; succeeding Paul Dickopf).
Leonard was born in Anerley, Saskatchewan on November 10, 1917. His father Percy Higgitt gave up his nearby homestead when Leonard was four to be an Imperial Oil agent and grain buyer for the Canadian Consolidated Grain Company; later taking over the local store and post office which he operated for over forty years, and ultimately spending many hours in public service to the community in various capacities covering a period of forty-six years.[1]
At the age of 20, Leonard joined the RCMP at Regina in September 1937 where he completed recruit training and became a stenographer for “F” Division, Regina. He remained in Regina until 1940 when he was posted to Ottawa, Ontario for special war duties and to serve in the Intelligence Branch.
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World War I
World War I (WWI), which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939 (World War II), and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. It involved all the world's great powers, which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (based on the Triple Entente of the United Kingdom, France and Russia) and the Central Powers (originally centred around the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy; but, as Austria–Hungary had taken the offensive against the agreement, Italy did not enter into the war). These alliances both reorganised (Italy fought for the Allies), and expanded as more nations entered the war. Ultimately more than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilised in one of the largest wars in history. More than 9 million combatants were killed, largely because of enormous increases in lethality of weapons, thanks to new technology, without corresponding improvements in protection or mobility. It was the sixth-deadliest conflict in world history, subsequently paving the way for various political changes such as revolutions in the nations involved.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police--What's My Line
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- Duration: 7:17
- Updated: 04 Dec 2012
A Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman was a contestant on the 08 November 1959 episode of WML.
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A Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman was a contestant on the 08 November 1959 episode of WML.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police-Gendarmerie royale du Canada
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- Duration: 6:26
- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
Horse Guards Parade. 23.05.12
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It Gets Better - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (BC)
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- Duration: 9:41
- Updated: 17 Dec 2012
The RCMP is the latest group to create a video in the "It Gets Better" theme -- aimed primarily at youth. Championed by the Surrey RCMP Youth Unit, the 20 participants taped interviews in the summer of 2012. The video was finalized, by BC RCMP Multi-media services in the fall of 2012. The video features adults who share their stories of their struggles, with the aim of building a bridge of understanding for youth undergoing similar experiences. Each of the participants tell moving and candid stories of their doubts, fears, and struggles, and their eventual joy of knowing that life, indeed, does get better. Support for the project was received from police officers and civilian employees across the Lower Mainland of British Columbia including Surrey, Burnaby, UBC, Richmond, the Integrated Homicide Investigations Team, BC RCMP Major Crime, and the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit -- BC (CFSEU-BC). While their individual stories vary the messages are personal, powerful and inspiring. Help resources: bullyingendshere.ca www.youthink.ca 1-866-661-3311 www.Youthspace.ca 1-800-668-6868 http 1-866-488-7386 Released by: BC RCMP Today's news at www.bc.rcmp.ca Follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com
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The RCMP is the latest group to create a video in the "It Gets Better" theme -- aimed primarily at youth. Championed by the Surrey RCMP Youth Unit, the 20 participants taped interviews in the summer of 2012. The video was finalized, by BC RCMP Multi-media services in the fall of 2012. The video features adults who share their stories of their struggles, with the aim of building a bridge of understanding for youth undergoing similar experiences. Each of the participants tell moving and candid stories of their doubts, fears, and struggles, and their eventual joy of knowing that life, indeed, does get better. Support for the project was received from police officers and civilian employees across the Lower Mainland of British Columbia including Surrey, Burnaby, UBC, Richmond, the Integrated Homicide Investigations Team, BC RCMP Major Crime, and the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit -- BC (CFSEU-BC). While their individual stories vary the messages are personal, powerful and inspiring. Help resources: bullyingendshere.ca www.youthink.ca 1-866-661-3311 www.Youthspace.ca 1-800-668-6868 http 1-866-488-7386 Released by: BC RCMP Today's news at www.bc.rcmp.ca Follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com
- published: 05 Nov 2012
- views: 218430
- author: rcmptv
Royal Canadian Mounted Police tribute
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- Duration: 4:17
- Updated: 22 Nov 2012
this is my first video so be gentle with the comments. I'd like to thank youtube user TashaRules for giving me the idea with one of her videos.
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this is my first video so be gentle with the comments. I'd like to thank youtube user TashaRules for giving me the idea with one of her videos.
- published: 01 Aug 2007
- views: 58498
- author: ouiimfrench
RCMP Musical Ride
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- Duration: 2:26
- Updated: 16 Dec 2012
RCMP Musical Ride performance at CNE 2008
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police ( RCMP ) - To Glory(HD)
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- Duration: 3:26
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police / Gendarmerie royale du Canada RCMP/GRC Motto: Maintiens le droit / Maintain the Right Video made by: Matthew Worth (Canadianmatt3)
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police / Gendarmerie royale du Canada RCMP/GRC Motto: Maintiens le droit / Maintain the Right Video made by: Matthew Worth (Canadianmatt3)
- published: 10 Jul 2011
- views: 12707
- author: canadianmatt3
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Drill Display
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- Duration: 4:58
- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Drill Team and the German Air Force Band No 4 perform a Drill Display during the Military Tattoo in Berlin. The Mounties show how to fight and defend with their cavalry lance on the ground. Das Drill-Team der königlichen kanadischen berittenen Polizei und das Luftwaffenmusikkorps 4 aus Berlin bei einer gmeinsamen Drill-Show während des Militärmusikfestes in Berlin. Die Mounties zeigen die Handhabung der Lanze auf dem Boden. Drill Team Chiefs: Sergeant-Major Robert Gallup Sergeant-Major Debbie Reitenbach Music: Garry Owen, St Patrick's day, Maple Leaf Forever, Bonnie Dundee, Muß i denn zum Städtele hinaus, Berliner Luft Military Tattoo Berlin 2003
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Drill Team and the German Air Force Band No 4 perform a Drill Display during the Military Tattoo in Berlin. The Mounties show how to fight and defend with their cavalry lance on the ground. Das Drill-Team der königlichen kanadischen berittenen Polizei und das Luftwaffenmusikkorps 4 aus Berlin bei einer gmeinsamen Drill-Show während des Militärmusikfestes in Berlin. Die Mounties zeigen die Handhabung der Lanze auf dem Boden. Drill Team Chiefs: Sergeant-Major Robert Gallup Sergeant-Major Debbie Reitenbach Music: Garry Owen, St Patrick's day, Maple Leaf Forever, Bonnie Dundee, Muß i denn zum Städtele hinaus, Berliner Luft Military Tattoo Berlin 2003
- published: 13 Apr 2009
- views: 69732
- author: Winnie9212
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride (Part 1)
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- Duration: 10:00
- Updated: 27 Jul 2012
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride at Holland Park in Surrey, British Columbia for the 2010 winter olympics.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride at Holland Park in Surrey, British Columbia for the 2010 winter olympics.
- published: 23 Feb 2010
- views: 8694
- author: BADBIKERBENNY
Royal Canadian Mounted Police-Gendarmerie royale du Canada
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- Duration: 4:02
- Updated: 26 Oct 2012
London. Horse Guards . 23.05.12
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police Are Vets Too.wmv
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- Duration: 6:30
- Updated: 11 Nov 2012
This was created to make people aware of what the RCMP do and have done to be called "Veterans"
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This was created to make people aware of what the RCMP do and have done to be called "Veterans"
- published: 12 Feb 2012
- views: 1101
- author: popeyemanthesealerma
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Fallen Four
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- Duration: 4:43
- Updated: 04 Dec 2012
This is my last fallen four video i'll make. In this video i used a combination of video clips from CTV and Listen Up, I've used serveal pictures from google.com to put together this wonderful video (Spelling checked more then 3 times no errors found yet) About the fallen four RCMP officers killed in Mayerthorpe Alberta on March 3rd 2005 the Nation of canada mourned their loss but they will never be forgotten. Note that hateful, rude, ignorant, and comments that have criticism are not allowed on this video they will be taken off immediatly. This video is a Tribute video and not a Debate platform.
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This is my last fallen four video i'll make. In this video i used a combination of video clips from CTV and Listen Up, I've used serveal pictures from google.com to put together this wonderful video (Spelling checked more then 3 times no errors found yet) About the fallen four RCMP officers killed in Mayerthorpe Alberta on March 3rd 2005 the Nation of canada mourned their loss but they will never be forgotten. Note that hateful, rude, ignorant, and comments that have criticism are not allowed on this video they will be taken off immediatly. This video is a Tribute video and not a Debate platform.
- published: 10 Feb 2008
- views: 39640
- author: TashaRules
RCMP : Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pull Over Dangerous Driver
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- Duration: 2:01
- Updated: 16 Nov 2012
Selkirk RCMP pull over dangerous driver who was witnessed by creator of Traffic Ticket Guru (Larry Stefanuik) www.blog.trafficticketguru.com to try and run a young lady driver off the highway and constantly cut her off and was driving dangerously. He was also swerving when first passed. Was followed into Selkirk where he was pulled over above and charged with the offence.
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Selkirk RCMP pull over dangerous driver who was witnessed by creator of Traffic Ticket Guru (Larry Stefanuik) www.blog.trafficticketguru.com to try and run a young lady driver off the highway and constantly cut her off and was driving dangerously. He was also swerving when first passed. Was followed into Selkirk where he was pulled over above and charged with the offence.
- published: 04 Jan 2012
- views: 759
- author: TrafficTicketGuru
Robert Dziekanski tasered by the RCMP at Vancouver Airport
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- Duration: 8:47
- Updated: 16 Dec 2012
After several weeks, the RCMP decided to give Paul Pritchard back his video in which Robert Dziekanski is tasered by members the RCMP. Robert Dziekanski died as a result of this incident. Pritchard decided to make the video public on November 14 to allow people to draw their own conclusions about the event. For more information: www.canada.com
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After several weeks, the RCMP decided to give Paul Pritchard back his video in which Robert Dziekanski is tasered by members the RCMP. Robert Dziekanski died as a result of this incident. Pritchard decided to make the video public on November 14 to allow people to draw their own conclusions about the event. For more information: www.canada.com
- published: 15 Nov 2007
- views: 147823
- author: andybc05
WWF Theme - The Mountie (1st)
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- Duration: 1:24
- Updated: 03 Nov 2012
Only version I could find.. and I hope Jacques doesn't mind if I used pics from his site, but they're really the best ones out there for the Mountie. Personally though, this doesn't even sound like a wrestling theme.. but, there it is. I wasn't really a fan of the Mountie either. No offense to Jacques, but he was a lot better as part of a tag team. The Quebecers were great, and the Fabulous Rougeaus were extremely underrated.
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Only version I could find.. and I hope Jacques doesn't mind if I used pics from his site, but they're really the best ones out there for the Mountie. Personally though, this doesn't even sound like a wrestling theme.. but, there it is. I wasn't really a fan of the Mountie either. No offense to Jacques, but he was a lot better as part of a tag team. The Quebecers were great, and the Fabulous Rougeaus were extremely underrated.
- published: 30 Dec 2007
- views: 61263
- author: ThomasMink
Gendarmerie royale du Canada- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
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- Duration: 1:12
- Updated: 19 Nov 2012
The Royal Windsor Horse Show 2012
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:20
- Updated: 01 Jul 2012
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police brought their famous 'Musical Ride' to the UK. Performing at the Royal Windsor Horse Show as part of the Diamond Jubilee Pageant before moving on to the Devon Country Show. This video gives an insight in to this unique equestrian display that is a spectacular Canadian tradition.
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police brought their famous 'Musical Ride' to the UK. Performing at the Royal Windsor Horse Show as part of the Diamond Jubilee Pageant before moving on to the Devon Country Show. This video gives an insight in to this unique equestrian display that is a spectacular Canadian tradition.
- published: 01 Jun 2012
- views: 2223
- author: RadioLynxContent
Canadian Forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police tribute
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:26
- Updated: 16 Dec 2012
this is a canadian forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police tribute. The song is called soldier by shawn hlookoff I was granted permission from Mr. Hlookoff to use his song.
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this is a canadian forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police tribute. The song is called soldier by shawn hlookoff I was granted permission from Mr. Hlookoff to use his song.
- published: 19 Jul 2007
- views: 33215
- author: TashaRules
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Verden
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:23
- Updated: 02 Aug 2012
Das erste Training der Mounties für den Musical Ride am 4. Mai in der Niedersachsenhalle. Weitere Informationen unter www.hannoveraner.com
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Das erste Training der Mounties für den Musical Ride am 4. Mai in der Niedersachsenhalle. Weitere Informationen unter www.hannoveraner.com
- published: 03 May 2012
- views: 4425
- author: HannoveranerVerband
RCMP Musical Ride
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:05
- Updated: 17 Aug 2012
RCMP Musical Ride at the Topsfield Fair, Massachusetts Oct. 2006
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RCMP Musical Ride at the Topsfield Fair, Massachusetts Oct. 2006
- published: 05 Apr 2007
- views: 30479
- author: Sesmet
RCMP-Royal Canadian Mounted Police-GRC
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:58
- Updated: 14 Dec 2012
Tribute to the RCMP
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police at Admilralty Arch London, May 24th 2012
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:18
- Updated: 17 Nov 2012
RCMP serving at Queen's Guards return to barracks through Admilrailty Arch May 24th 2012
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RCMP serving at Queen's Guards return to barracks through Admilrailty Arch May 24th 2012
- published: 24 May 2012
- views: 2654
- author: TheBritishmike
GTA SA ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:14
- Updated: 15 Nov 2012
me showing off a royal canadian mounted police car in gta sa that was made by me a V2 of this car is done thanks for watchin comment/rate
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me showing off a royal canadian mounted police car in gta sa that was made by me a V2 of this car is done thanks for watchin comment/rate
- published: 15 Jun 2008
- views: 18199
- author: MASTAFLY
2009 Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo 06 Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:19
- Updated: 19 Jun 2012
Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo 2009 06 - Royal Canadian Mounted Police 30 June 2009 - Halifax Metro Centre
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Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo 2009 06 - Royal Canadian Mounted Police 30 June 2009 - Halifax Metro Centre
- published: 14 Jul 2009
- views: 16160
- author: mttlgvideo
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Gendarmerie royale du Canada- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:02
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
In the Stable. The Royal Windsor Horse Show 2012
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In the Stable. The Royal Windsor Horse Show 2012
- published: 17 May 2012
- views: 653
- author: SchmidtLondon
Gendarmerie royale du Canada- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:12
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The Royal Windsor Horse Show 2012
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Windsor Horse Show 2012
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:52
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police-Gendarmerie royale du Canada
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:26
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Horse Guards Parade. 23.05.12
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police-Gendarmerie royale du Canada
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:23
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
London. Horse Guards . 23.05.12
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police-Gendarmerie royale du Canada
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:02
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
London. Horse Guards . 23.05.12
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Constable Matthew Tucker.RCMP.
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:38
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Royal Canadian Mounted Police-Gendarmerie royale du Canada. Horse Guards Parade. 23.05.12
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police-Gendarmerie royale du Canada. Horse Guards Parade. 23.05.12
- published: 22 Jun 2012
- views: 167
- author: SchmidtLondon
RCMP. Windsor 2012
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:07
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The Royal Windsor Horse Show 2012
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RCMP. Windsor 2012
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:21
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The Windsor Royal Horse Show 2012
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RCMP at Windsor Horse Show 2012
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:56
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The Royal Windsor Horse Show 2012
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The RCMP Musical Ride
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:47
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The Royal Windsor Horse Show
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RCMP at Horse Guards Parade
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:51
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Horse Guards Parade. 23.05.12
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The Blues & Royals and RCMP
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:53
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Horse Guards Parade. 23.05.12
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The Blues and Royals & RCMP
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:06
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Horse Guards Parade. 23.05.12
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RCMP at Horse Guards Parade
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:16
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Horse Guards Parade. 23.05.12
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RCMP at Horse Guards Parade
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:01
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Horse Guards Parade. 23.05.12
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RCMP at Horse Guards Parade
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:01
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Horse Guards Parade. 23.05.12
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On Duty. RCMP at Horse Guards Parade
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:03
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Horse Guards Parade. 23.05.12
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On Duty. RCMP at Horse Guards Parade
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:47
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Horse Guards Parade. 23.05.12
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On Duty. RCMP at Horse Guards Parade
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:29
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Constable Matthew Tucker. Horse Guards Parade. 23.05.12
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Constable Matthew Tucker. Horse Guards Parade. 23.05.12
- published: 28 Oct 2012
- views: 22
- author: SchmidtLondon
RCMP at Horse Guards Parade
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:48
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Horse Guards Parade. 23.05.12
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On Duty. RCMP at Horse Guards Parade
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:12
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Horse Guards Parade. 23.05.12
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The RCMP - Saskatchewan, Canada
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:18
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) originates back to 1873, when the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) was formed by an act in Parliament by the Canadian government. It later merged with the Dominion Police, to create Canada's unique national, federal, provincial and municipal policing body.
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) originates back to 1873, when the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) was formed by an act in Parliament by the Canadian government. It later merged with the Dominion Police, to create Canada's unique national, federal, provincial and municipal policing body.
Tour the RCMP's training base in Saskatchewan, and explore the role that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police play in Canada today.
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- published: 18 Feb 2010
- views: 10294
- author: canadiantourism
RCMP: Horse Prep - Saskatchewan, Canada
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:01
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Join Bob Mills - a retired RCMP officer in Saskatchewan, as he demonstrates the technique behind how to prep a horse for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
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Join Bob Mills - a retired RCMP officer in Saskatchewan, as he demonstrates the technique behind how to prep a horse for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
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- published: 18 Feb 2010
- views: 4069
- author: canadiantourism
RCMP Heritage Centre in Regina - Saskatchewan, Canada
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:15
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) originates back to 1873, when the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) was formed by an act in Parliament by the Canadian government. It later merged with the Dominion Police, to create Canada's unique national, federal, provincial and municipal policing body.
Explore the RCMP's history at the RCMP Heritage Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan. Designed by world-renowned architect Arther Erickson, this modern space is a popular destination for locals and tourists alike.
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) originates back to 1873, when the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) was formed by an act in Parliament by the Canadian government. It later merged with the Dominion Police, to create Canada's unique national, federal, provincial and municipal policing body.
Explore the RCMP's history at the RCMP Heritage Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan. Designed by world-renowned architect Arther Erickson, this modern space is a popular destination for locals and tourists alike.
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- published: 18 Feb 2010
- views: 3072
- author: canadiantourism
Why Do Mounties Dress That Way? - Alberta, Canada
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:58
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Join Sgt. Patrick Webb and Alberta Boot Company President Tim Gerwin, as they discuss the history and design of the uniforms for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
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Join Sgt. Patrick Webb and Alberta Boot Company President Tim Gerwin, as they discuss the history and design of the uniforms for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
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- published: 18 Feb 2010
- views: 2150
- author: canadiantourism
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RCMP Depot Profile (Part 1)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:15
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
A Profile of life at Depot
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RCMP Depot Profile (Part 2)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:25
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
continued life at depot
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RCMP Depot Profile (Part 3)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:08
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
continued
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NEW RCMP Recruiting Video
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:32
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
I'm not sure If this video was already uploaded to the site. If not, then here's a NEW official RCMP Recruiting video taking from the OFFICIAL RCMP recruiting site.
Enjoy : D
Jordan
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I'm not sure If this video was already uploaded to the site. If not, then here's a NEW official RCMP Recruiting video taking from the OFFICIAL RCMP recruiting site.
Enjoy : D
Jordan
- published: 08 Jul 2011
- views: 87471
- author: MyRCMP
RCMP Recruiting Video
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:01
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Here's an official recruiting video of the RCMP.
I apologize about the low sound, I suggest you turn your volume on HIGH in order to understand everything clearly
Enjoy
Best
Jordan
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Here's an official recruiting video of the RCMP.
I apologize about the low sound, I suggest you turn your volume on HIGH in order to understand everything clearly
Enjoy
Best
Jordan
- published: 08 Jul 2011
- views: 11092
- author: MyRCMP
RCMP Recruitment Video
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:11
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
A Recent Recruitment Video posted on Facebook and other Social Media websites.
Copyright of the RCMP, video is hosted for promotional and fan reasons only.
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A Recent Recruitment Video posted on Facebook and other Social Media websites.
Copyright of the RCMP, video is hosted for promotional and fan reasons only.
- published: 08 Jul 2011
- views: 32408
- author: MyRCMP
CBC Archives: RCMP in Training, 50s style, 1958
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:34
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
1958 - In this excerpt from CBC-TV's "Here and There," the clean-cut, strong young trainees get fit with running, gymnastics and self-defence and practice water safety.
See www.cbc.ca/archives for this and 12,000 other clips at the CBC Digital Archives.
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1958 - In this excerpt from CBC-TV's "Here and There," the clean-cut, strong young trainees get fit with running, gymnastics and self-defence and practice water safety.
See www.cbc.ca/archives for this and 12,000 other clips at the CBC Digital Archives.
- published: 08 Jul 2011
- views: 23443
- author: MyRCMP
Regina, Saskatchewan, RCMP Training Academy & RCMP Heritage Centre
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:37
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Regina, Saskatchewan, RCMP Training Academy & RCMP Heritage Centre
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Regina, Saskatchewan, RCMP Training Academy & RCMP Heritage Centre
- published: 08 Jul 2011
- views: 22458
- author: MyRCMP
RMR: Rick and RCMP Training
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:32
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Rick trains to be a Mountie. (originally aired: October 10, 2006)
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Rick trains to be a Mountie. (originally aired: October 10, 2006)
- published: 08 Jul 2011
- views: 40691
- author: MyRCMP
RMR: Rick at the Musical Ride with the RCMP
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:52
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Musical Mounties. (January 17, 2006)
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RCMP Musical Ride Centre in Ottawa
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:37
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride Centre is located just east of downtown Ottawa. This is where they train the horses and the riders for the world-famous Musical Ride.
In late June every year, you can watch the magical Musical Ride at the nightly Sunset Ceremonies (June 23-27, 2010).
Tour the stables, see the horses, learn more about the Mounties and, of course, visit the gift shop! The stables are open 7 days a week from May through August, and on Tuesdays and Thursdays from September through April. The on-site Mountie Shop is open 7 days a week from May through August and from Monday through Friday from September through April.
For more info on the RCMP Musical Ride Centre, visit http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/mr-ce/centre-eng.htm
For more information on things to see and do in Ottawa, or to book your trip, visit www.ottawatourism.ca
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride Centre is located just east of downtown Ottawa. This is where they train the horses and the riders for the world-famous Musical Ride.
In late June every year, you can watch the magical Musical Ride at the nightly Sunset Ceremonies (June 23-27, 2010).
Tour the stables, see the horses, learn more about the Mounties and, of course, visit the gift shop! The stables are open 7 days a week from May through August, and on Tuesdays and Thursdays from September through April. The on-site Mountie Shop is open 7 days a week from May through August and from Monday through Friday from September through April.
For more info on the RCMP Musical Ride Centre, visit http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/mr-ce/centre-eng.htm
For more information on things to see and do in Ottawa, or to book your trip, visit www.ottawatourism.ca
- published: 08 Jul 2011
- views: 2072
- author: MyRCMP
RCMP Musical Ride
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- Duration: 2:26
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
RCMP Musical Ride performance at CNE 2008
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RCMP Musical Ride at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics Part 1
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:25
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The City of Surreys Celebration Site is the exclusive host to the RCMP Musical Ride during the Vancouver 2010 Olympics and to date nearly ten thousand people have enjoyed this Canadian treasure. There has been such an overwhelming response to the RCMP Musical Ride,
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The City of Surreys Celebration Site is the exclusive host to the RCMP Musical Ride during the Vancouver 2010 Olympics and to date nearly ten thousand people have enjoyed this Canadian treasure. There has been such an overwhelming response to the RCMP Musical Ride,
- published: 08 Jul 2011
- views: 3860
- author: MyRCMP
RCMP Musical Ride at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics Part 2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:42
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The City of Surrey's Celebration Site is the exclusive host to the RCMP Musical Ride during the Vancouver 2010 Olympics and to date nearly ten thousand people have enjoyed this Canadian treasure. There has been such an overwhelming response to the RCMP Musical Ride,
http://wn.com/RCMP_Musical_Ride_at_the_Vancouver_2010_Olympics_Part_2
The City of Surrey's Celebration Site is the exclusive host to the RCMP Musical Ride during the Vancouver 2010 Olympics and to date nearly ten thousand people have enjoyed this Canadian treasure. There has been such an overwhelming response to the RCMP Musical Ride,
- published: 08 Jul 2011
- views: 492
- author: MyRCMP
RCMP seize submachine guns
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:10
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
CAMPBELL RIVER - RCMP in Campbell River are continuing their investigation following the seizing of two submachine guns from a home in the Willow Point area.
Police were called to a home in the 2200 block of Milford Road by concerned neighbours who saw a home with the front door wide open and the owner's dogs outside. When RCMP arrived they identified themselves and entered the open doorway to ensure nobody was experiencing difficulties inside. RCMP discovered two submachine guns in open view.
Officers seized the weapons and are now investigating why the homeowner had them despite the fact he is prohibited from being in possession of either real or replica weapons of any sort.
RCMP Corporal Brian Brown confirmed the owner's claim the weapons were non-functioning because the barrels had been welded shut but notes five working barrels were in a nearby spare parts box and could easily be changed out to allow the guns to fire. 9mm ammunition was also found near the weapons.
The weapons are being shipped to the firearms crime lab in Vancouver as the investigation continues.
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CAMPBELL RIVER - RCMP in Campbell River are continuing their investigation following the seizing of two submachine guns from a home in the Willow Point area.
Police were called to a home in the 2200 block of Milford Road by concerned neighbours who saw a home with the front door wide open and the owner's dogs outside. When RCMP arrived they identified themselves and entered the open doorway to ensure nobody was experiencing difficulties inside. RCMP discovered two submachine guns in open view.
Officers seized the weapons and are now investigating why the homeowner had them despite the fact he is prohibited from being in possession of either real or replica weapons of any sort.
RCMP Corporal Brian Brown confirmed the owner's claim the weapons were non-functioning because the barrels had been welded shut but notes five working barrels were in a nearby spare parts box and could easily be changed out to allow the guns to fire. 9mm ammunition was also found near the weapons.
The weapons are being shipped to the firearms crime lab in Vancouver as the investigation continues.
- published: 08 Jul 2011
- views: 10515
- author: MyRCMP
The P.A.R.E Test
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:43
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
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- published: 08 Jul 2011
- views: 20127
- author: MyRCMP
RCMP cadet breaks fitness test record
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:50
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Benjamin Gravel, 23, is a cadet at RCMP's "Depot" Division. He broke the record for the Physical Abilities Requirement Evaluation (PARE) test with a time of 2:17.
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Benjamin Gravel, 23, is a cadet at RCMP's "Depot" Division. He broke the record for the Physical Abilities Requirement Evaluation (PARE) test with a time of 2:17.
- published: 08 Jul 2011
- views: 37376
- author: MyRCMP
Canadian National Drill Team 2008 Kingston Performance
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:39
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The Canadian National Drill Team, comprised largely of members of the Governor General's Footguards (army reserves) and all dressed in the GGFG ceremonial uniform, perform at the 2008 Fort Henry sunset ceremony. Amalgamating movements and concepts from past performaces, this routine was produced with only a few afternoons of practice. This video was shot by the proud parents of one of the soldiers.
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The Canadian National Drill Team, comprised largely of members of the Governor General's Footguards (army reserves) and all dressed in the GGFG ceremonial uniform, perform at the 2008 Fort Henry sunset ceremony. Amalgamating movements and concepts from past performaces, this routine was produced with only a few afternoons of practice. This video was shot by the proud parents of one of the soldiers.
- published: 08 Jul 2011
- views: 25120
- author: MyRCMP
Canadian Forces
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:04
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
All right received to National Defence and Canadian Forces. [ www.forces.gc.ca ]
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All right received to National Defence and Canadian Forces. [ www.forces.gc.ca ]
- published: 08 Jul 2011
- views: 2405
- author: MyRCMP
Life In Canada's Military
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:42
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
A look at life in Canada's military.
http://wn.com/Life_In_Canada's_Military
Fox News Response From A Proud Canadian
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:41
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
My Response To Fox News Ignorant Comments About Our Canadian Military and Country
http://wn.com/Fox_News_Response_From_A_Proud_Canadian
My Response To Fox News Ignorant Comments About Our Canadian Military and Country
- published: 08 Jul 2011
- views: 23135
- author: MyRCMP
Fox News Douchebag Apologizes to Canada
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:22
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Not a second too soon. Fox is to news what compost is to food. (Except that compost serves a purpose.)
Friendly fire anyone?
http://wn.com/Fox_News_Douchebag_Apologizes_to_Canada
Not a second too soon. Fox is to news what compost is to food. (Except that compost serves a purpose.)
Friendly fire anyone?
- published: 08 Jul 2011
- views: 231140
- author: MyRCMP
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drunk scotsman
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:19
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
my pics to go along with the song drunk scotsman by irish rovers
http://wn.com/drunk_scotsman
my pics to go along with the song drunk scotsman by irish rovers
- published: 23 Jul 2008
- views: 722862
- author: minou1et1aline
She's Called Nova Scotia
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:22
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Nova Scotia slide show.
http://wn.com/She's_Called_Nova_Scotia
Cape Breton Tear Jerker
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:44
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Beautiful music and imagery of Cape Breton.
http://wn.com/Cape_Breton_Tear_Jerker
Beautiful music and imagery of Cape Breton.
- published: 23 Jul 2008
- views: 156400
- author: minou1et1aline
Stompin' Tom Connors - Bud The Spud (Live 2005)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:27
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Stompin' Tom Connors - Bud The Spud
Live From Hamilton Ontario Concert 2005.
Great Tunes From A Great Canadian, Eh!
http://www.stompintom.com/
http://wn.com/Stompin'_Tom_Connors_Bud_The_Spud_Live_2005
Stompin' Tom Connors - Bud The Spud
Live From Hamilton Ontario Concert 2005.
Great Tunes From A Great Canadian, Eh!
http://www.stompintom.com/
- published: 23 Jul 2008
- views: 323170
- author: minou1et1aline
Best Hockey Fight Video Ever
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:47
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
A bunch of awesome hockey fights from the 80s, 90s-00s cut together with Guns N Roses "You Could be Mine"
http://wn.com/Best_Hockey_Fight_Video_Ever
A bunch of awesome hockey fights from the 80s, 90s-00s cut together with Guns N Roses "You Could be Mine"
- published: 23 Jul 2008
- views: 7181884
- author: minou1et1aline
The Hardest Hockey Hit in The World Watch It its Hilarious
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:39
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Comment And Subscribe THANKS
http://wn.com/The_Hardest_Hockey_Hit_in_The_World_Watch_It_its_Hilarious
Lecavalier vs Iginla May 29, 2004
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:58
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Vinny Lecavalier vs Jarome Iginla from the Lightning at Flames Stanley Cup Finals game on May 29, 2004.
via hockeyfights.com
http://wn.com/Lecavalier_vs_Iginla_May_29,_2004
Vinny Lecavalier vs Jarome Iginla from the Lightning at Flames Stanley Cup Finals game on May 29, 2004.
via hockeyfights.com
- published: 29 Jul 2008
- views: 100044
- author: minou1et1aline
Rawlins Cross - Reel 'n' Roll
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:59
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Rawlins Cross - Reel 'n' Roll Music Video
http://wn.com/Rawlins_Cross_Reel_'n'_Roll
Rawlins Cross - Reel 'n' Roll Music Video
- published: 29 Jul 2008
- views: 43298
- author: minou1et1aline
Rawlins Cross - Long Way Home
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:48
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Rawlins Cross - Long Way Home music video
http://wn.com/Rawlins_Cross_Long_Way_Home
Rawlins Cross - Long Way Home music video
- published: 29 Jul 2008
- views: 14272
- author: minou1et1aline
Ashley MacIsaac - Sleepy Maggie
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:37
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The music video for Ashley MacIsaac's rendition of Sleepy Maggie, with gaelic vocals by Mary Jane Lamond. From his 1995 album "Hi How Are You Today?" Great song, great video.
http://wn.com/Ashley_MacIsaac_Sleepy_Maggie
The music video for Ashley MacIsaac's rendition of Sleepy Maggie, with gaelic vocals by Mary Jane Lamond. From his 1995 album "Hi How Are You Today?" Great song, great video.
- published: 29 Jul 2008
- views: 408460
- author: minou1et1aline
O Canada
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:01
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Le O Canada français chanté par Lara Fabian
http://wn.com/O_Canada
Le O Canada français chanté par Lara Fabian
- published: 09 Aug 2008
- views: 156979
- author: minou1et1aline
Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo 2007 Pipes & Drums
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:37
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Here the massed pipes and drums move into a formation. Tunes are "Minstrel Boy, Frank Sobey, The Man From Lyonsbrook, The Mockingbird, Rosie's Dream, Nameless Jig.
http://wn.com/Royal_Nova_Scotia_International_Tattoo_2007_Pipes_Drums
Here the massed pipes and drums move into a formation. Tunes are "Minstrel Boy, Frank Sobey, The Man From Lyonsbrook, The Mockingbird, Rosie's Dream, Nameless Jig.
- published: 09 Aug 2008
- views: 32973
- author: minou1et1aline
Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:53
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Promotional video from the famed Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo.
http://wn.com/Royal_Nova_Scotia_International_Tattoo
Promotional video from the famed Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo.
- published: 09 Aug 2008
- views: 32385
- author: minou1et1aline
Canadian Forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police tribute
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:26
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
this is a canadian forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police tribute.
The song is called soldier by shawn hlookoff
I was granted permission from Mr. Hlookoff to use his song.
http://wn.com/Canadian_Forces_and_Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police_tribute
this is a canadian forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police tribute.
The song is called soldier by shawn hlookoff
I was granted permission from Mr. Hlookoff to use his song.
- published: 09 Aug 2008
- views: 33158
- author: minou1et1aline
I am Canadian Anthem
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Arrogant Worms did the song for this.
I am disabling comments because of rude things said by both Americans and Canadians, French Canadians and English Canadians. I only want love and peace, guys.
http://wn.com/I_am_Canadian_Anthem
Arrogant Worms did the song for this.
I am disabling comments because of rude things said by both Americans and Canadians, French Canadians and English Canadians. I only want love and peace, guys.
- published: 09 Aug 2008
- views: 521060
- author: minou1et1aline
funny commercial making fun of Canada
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:03
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
the new nissan canada comercial
http://wn.com/funny_commercial_making_fun_of_Canada
funny canadian beer commercial
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
what happens when americans make fun of canadians
EDIT: never saw a flamewar coming on this video...it was too cool.
http://wn.com/funny_canadian_beer_commercial
what happens when americans make fun of canadians
EDIT: never saw a flamewar coming on this video...it was too cool.
- published: 09 Aug 2008
- views: 284609
- author: minou1et1aline
I Am Canadian
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:59
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The Molson Canadian commercial "I Am Canadian".
http://wn.com/I_Am_Canadian
The Molson Canadian commercial "I Am Canadian".
- published: 24 Aug 2008
- views: 2542740
- author: minou1et1aline
William Shatner : "I am Canadian"
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:03
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
I made this a few years ago as a "Birthday Present" for William Shatner and the members of his fansite. The audio, I have no clue where it originates from. It was an internet discovery. All images were also pulled off the internet. Much like all the other fan-flicks out there, I know. Enjoy!
http://wn.com/William_Shatner_I_am_Canadian
I made this a few years ago as a "Birthday Present" for William Shatner and the members of his fansite. The audio, I have no clue where it originates from. It was an internet discovery. All images were also pulled off the internet. Much like all the other fan-flicks out there, I know. Enjoy!
- published: 24 Aug 2008
- views: 94432
- author: minou1et1aline
Anthem - I Am Canadian
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:46
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
An extended re-edit of Molson's highly successful anthem commercial. This version, cut together by D'Arcy Mann, was submitted to Molson for approval but shown online only.
http://wn.com/Anthem_I_Am_Canadian
An extended re-edit of Molson's highly successful anthem commercial. This version, cut together by D'Arcy Mann, was submitted to Molson for approval but shown online only.
- published: 24 Aug 2008
- views: 117368
- author: minou1et1aline
Americans are NOT stupid - WITH SUBTITLES
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:48
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
So what if they don´t know how many sides a triangle has? Or who Tony Blair is? That's not fair...if you still think american people are stupid, watch this video and change your mind :)
http://wn.com/Americans_are_NOT_stupid_WITH_SUBTITLES
So what if they don´t know how many sides a triangle has? Or who Tony Blair is? That's not fair...if you still think american people are stupid, watch this video and change your mind :)
- published: 24 Aug 2008
- views: 31737960
- author: minou1et1aline
Europe is a country and everyone speaks french there
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:18
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
She thinks Europe is a country and french is the official language here.
Budapest? Hungary? She's never heard of these.
I wonder what she thinks about the whereabout of Germany, Italy, Spain, Luxemburg, Holland, Poland, Croatia, Bulgaria etc.
The peak of american education. She propably wouldn't be able to pass the 3rd grade here.
Moreover: there's an extra voice in the word Hun-ga-ry (hung'guh ree) contrary to hun-gry (hung'gree).
Learn that!
http://wn.com/Europe_is_a_country_and_everyone_speaks_french_there
She thinks Europe is a country and french is the official language here.
Budapest? Hungary? She's never heard of these.
I wonder what she thinks about the whereabout of Germany, Italy, Spain, Luxemburg, Holland, Poland, Croatia, Bulgaria etc.
The peak of american education. She propably wouldn't be able to pass the 3rd grade here.
Moreover: there's an extra voice in the word Hun-ga-ry (hung'guh ree) contrary to hun-gry (hung'gree).
Learn that!
- published: 24 Aug 2008
- views: 4818015
- author: minou1et1aline
Stereotypically Dumb/Stupid Americans
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:48
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
READ ME:
If you want to know why there's a 'dumb American' stereotype here's why. This is an excerpt from "The Chaser's War On Everything" in Australia.
To everyone watching this is COMEDY. It brings up a stereotype (read: STEREOTYPE) that some Americans are stupid, as can be seen by the people in this video. The intention is to select the idiotic responses—just like what would happen on Letterman or Leno. It isn't aimed at giving people an insight into American culture; it's a show for people watching to laugh at.
No-one thinks that all Americans are stupid, and if they do, well then they're just as ignorant as everybody interviewed in the video.*
*And if you managed to read all the way to here, if you comment, put the word 'purple' somewhere in your comment just to see how many people are actually able to read before commenting. As sad as it may sound, many people take this video the wrong way and think that it's an attack on their country. Seriously. Not. (And if you read some of the comments, you'll know understand my frustration with some people not doing so!). :)
http://wn.com/Stereotypically_Dumb_Stupid_Americans
READ ME:
If you want to know why there's a 'dumb American' stereotype here's why. This is an excerpt from "The Chaser's War On Everything" in Australia.
To everyone watching this is COMEDY. It brings up a stereotype (read: STEREOTYPE) that some Americans are stupid, as can be seen by the people in this video. The intention is to select the idiotic responses—just like what would happen on Letterman or Leno. It isn't aimed at giving people an insight into American culture; it's a show for people watching to laugh at.
No-one thinks that all Americans are stupid, and if they do, well then they're just as ignorant as everybody interviewed in the video.*
*And if you managed to read all the way to here, if you comment, put the word 'purple' somewhere in your comment just to see how many people are actually able to read before commenting. As sad as it may sound, many people take this video the wrong way and think that it's an attack on their country. Seriously. Not. (And if you read some of the comments, you'll know understand my frustration with some people not doing so!). :)
- published: 24 Aug 2008
- views: 1243242
- author: minou1et1aline
9:02
Gendarmerie royale du Canada- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
In the Stable. The Royal Windsor Horse Show 2012...
published: 17 May 2012
author: SchmidtLondon
Gendarmerie royale du Canada- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
In the Stable. The Royal Windsor Horse Show 2012
- published: 17 May 2012
- views: 653
- author: SchmidtLondon
1:12
Gendarmerie royale du Canada- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The Royal Windsor Horse Show 2012...
published: 17 May 2012
author: SchmidtLondon
Gendarmerie royale du Canada- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The Royal Windsor Horse Show 2012
- published: 17 May 2012
- views: 1685
- author: SchmidtLondon
2:52
Windsor Horse Show 2012
...
published: 17 May 2012
author: SchmidtLondon
Windsor Horse Show 2012
- published: 17 May 2012
- views: 724
- author: SchmidtLondon
6:26
Royal Canadian Mounted Police-Gendarmerie royale du Canada
Horse Guards Parade. 23.05.12...
published: 23 May 2012
author: SchmidtLondon
Royal Canadian Mounted Police-Gendarmerie royale du Canada
Horse Guards Parade. 23.05.12
- published: 23 May 2012
- views: 8691
- author: SchmidtLondon
3:23
Royal Canadian Mounted Police-Gendarmerie royale du Canada
London. Horse Guards . 23.05.12...
published: 31 May 2012
author: SchmidtLondon
Royal Canadian Mounted Police-Gendarmerie royale du Canada
London. Horse Guards . 23.05.12
- published: 31 May 2012
- views: 283
- author: SchmidtLondon
4:02
Royal Canadian Mounted Police-Gendarmerie royale du Canada
London. Horse Guards . 23.05.12...
published: 09 Jun 2012
author: SchmidtLondon
Royal Canadian Mounted Police-Gendarmerie royale du Canada
London. Horse Guards . 23.05.12
- published: 09 Jun 2012
- views: 4414
- author: SchmidtLondon
1:38
Constable Matthew Tucker.RCMP.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police-Gendarmerie royale du Canada. Horse Guards Parade. 23.05.12...
published: 22 Jun 2012
author: SchmidtLondon
Constable Matthew Tucker.RCMP.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police-Gendarmerie royale du Canada. Horse Guards Parade. 23.05.12
- published: 22 Jun 2012
- views: 167
- author: SchmidtLondon
6:07
RCMP. Windsor 2012
The Royal Windsor Horse Show 2012...
published: 03 Jul 2012
author: SchmidtLondon
RCMP. Windsor 2012
The Royal Windsor Horse Show 2012
- published: 03 Jul 2012
- views: 230
- author: SchmidtLondon
3:21
RCMP. Windsor 2012
The Windsor Royal Horse Show 2012...
published: 22 Jul 2012
author: SchmidtLondon
RCMP. Windsor 2012
The Windsor Royal Horse Show 2012
- published: 22 Jul 2012
- views: 122
- author: SchmidtLondon
7:56
RCMP at Windsor Horse Show 2012
The Royal Windsor Horse Show 2012...
published: 06 Sep 2012
author: SchmidtLondon
RCMP at Windsor Horse Show 2012
The Royal Windsor Horse Show 2012
- published: 06 Sep 2012
- views: 62
- author: SchmidtLondon
7:47
The RCMP Musical Ride
The Royal Windsor Horse Show...
published: 06 Sep 2012
author: SchmidtLondon
The RCMP Musical Ride
The Royal Windsor Horse Show
- published: 06 Sep 2012
- views: 130
- author: SchmidtLondon
0:51
RCMP at Horse Guards Parade
Horse Guards Parade. 23.05.12...
published: 16 Sep 2012
author: SchmidtLondon
RCMP at Horse Guards Parade
Horse Guards Parade. 23.05.12
- published: 16 Sep 2012
- views: 115
- author: SchmidtLondon
2:53
The Blues & Royals and RCMP
Horse Guards Parade. 23.05.12...
published: 16 Sep 2012
author: SchmidtLondon
The Blues & Royals and RCMP
Horse Guards Parade. 23.05.12
- published: 16 Sep 2012
- views: 97
- author: SchmidtLondon
2:06
The Blues and Royals & RCMP
Horse Guards Parade. 23.05.12...
published: 16 Sep 2012
author: SchmidtLondon
The Blues and Royals & RCMP
Horse Guards Parade. 23.05.12
- published: 16 Sep 2012
- views: 118
- author: SchmidtLondon
Vimeo results:
55:57
Complexity in Present Day Policing
5th Annual Modelling of Complex Social Systems Symposium: "Complexity in Present Day Poli...
published: 12 Oct 2012
author: The IRMACS Centre
Complexity in Present Day Policing
5th Annual Modelling of Complex Social Systems Symposium: "Complexity in Present Day Policing"
Sept 18, 2012
Dave Walsh (Royal Canadian Mounted Police)
0:06
Police Request Public Assistance Identifying Individuals
November 29th, 2011, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia...The New Glasgow Police Service (NGPS) and ...
published: 29 Nov 2011
author: Jenn Casey
Police Request Public Assistance Identifying Individuals
November 29th, 2011, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia...The New Glasgow Police Service (NGPS) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are requesting the public's assistance identifying these individuals who were in the parking lot of Big Al's Convenience Store in New Glasgow on the evening Amber Kirwan went missing. Amber was last seen on October 9th, 2011 at 01:36 am after leaving a pool hall in New Glasgow following a night out with friends.
Since the start of the investigation, police have gathered images and video footage of these individuals and are sharing these in hopes the public may recognize the individuals. For additional photos and video footage, visit the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Nova Scotia Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Royal-Canadian-Mounted-Police-in-Nova-Scotia/206153899778 . For electronic copies of the videos or pictures please contact Sgt. Brigdit Leger at 902-426-5120.
Anyone who can identify these individuals or has information regarding this investigation are asked to please contact the New Glasgow Police Service or RCMP. If persons with information would like to remain anonymous, they can contact Crime Stoppers any time at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS). Calls to Crime Stoppers are not taped or traced and if police make an arrest and lay charges based on the tip, callers qualify for a cash award from $50 to $2000. Tipsters can also submit secure tips online at www.crimestoppers.ca .
3:34
V SPEC TECHNO - FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION VEHICLE BUILD
Forensic Identification Lab build-up for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)....
published: 03 May 2010
author: alexeyga
V SPEC TECHNO - FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION VEHICLE BUILD
Forensic Identification Lab build-up for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
0:23
The Mounties
The RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police). They did an awesome synchronized routine choreog...
published: 09 Oct 2010
author: Emily Froeschl
The Mounties
The RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police). They did an awesome synchronized routine choreographed to music.
Youtube results:
4:16
RCMP at Horse Guards Parade
Horse Guards Parade. 23.05.12...
published: 16 Sep 2012
author: SchmidtLondon
RCMP at Horse Guards Parade
Horse Guards Parade. 23.05.12
- published: 16 Sep 2012
- views: 158
- author: SchmidtLondon
1:01
RCMP at Horse Guards Parade
Horse Guards Parade. 23.05.12...
published: 29 Sep 2012
author: SchmidtLondon
RCMP at Horse Guards Parade
Horse Guards Parade. 23.05.12
- published: 29 Sep 2012
- views: 60
- author: SchmidtLondon
2:01
RCMP at Horse Guards Parade
Horse Guards Parade. 23.05.12...
published: 29 Sep 2012
author: SchmidtLondon
RCMP at Horse Guards Parade
Horse Guards Parade. 23.05.12
- published: 29 Sep 2012
- views: 116
- author: SchmidtLondon
1:03
On Duty. RCMP at Horse Guards Parade
Horse Guards Parade. 23.05.12...
published: 28 Oct 2012
author: SchmidtLondon
On Duty. RCMP at Horse Guards Parade
Horse Guards Parade. 23.05.12
- published: 28 Oct 2012
- views: 68
- author: SchmidtLondon
1:18
The RCMP - Saskatchewan, Canada
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) originates back to 1873, when the North-West Moun...
published: 18 Feb 2010
author: canadiantourism
The RCMP - Saskatchewan, Canada
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) originates back to 1873, when the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) was formed by an act in Parliament by the Canadian government. It later merged with the Dominion Police, to create Canada's unique national, federal, provincial and municipal policing body.
Tour the RCMP's training base in Saskatchewan, and explore the role that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police play in Canada today.
Want to plan your trip to Canada? Visit http://bit.ly/cdntraditions
Join us on Facebook and Twitter:
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- published: 18 Feb 2010
- views: 10294
- author: canadiantourism
1:01
RCMP: Horse Prep - Saskatchewan, Canada
Join Bob Mills - a retired RCMP officer in Saskatchewan, as he demonstrates the technique ...
published: 18 Feb 2010
author: canadiantourism
RCMP: Horse Prep - Saskatchewan, Canada
Join Bob Mills - a retired RCMP officer in Saskatchewan, as he demonstrates the technique behind how to prep a horse for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Want to plan your trip to Canada? Visit http://bit.ly/cdntraditions
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- published: 18 Feb 2010
- views: 4069
- author: canadiantourism
1:15
RCMP Heritage Centre in Regina - Saskatchewan, Canada
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) originates back to 1873, when the North-West Moun...
published: 18 Feb 2010
author: canadiantourism
RCMP Heritage Centre in Regina - Saskatchewan, Canada
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) originates back to 1873, when the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) was formed by an act in Parliament by the Canadian government. It later merged with the Dominion Police, to create Canada's unique national, federal, provincial and municipal policing body.
Explore the RCMP's history at the RCMP Heritage Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan. Designed by world-renowned architect Arther Erickson, this modern space is a popular destination for locals and tourists alike.
Want to plan your trip to Canada? Visit http://uscw.canada.travel/canadaheritage
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- published: 18 Feb 2010
- views: 3072
- author: canadiantourism
2:58
Why Do Mounties Dress That Way? - Alberta, Canada
Join Sgt. Patrick Webb and Alberta Boot Company President Tim Gerwin, as they discuss the ...
published: 18 Feb 2010
author: canadiantourism
Why Do Mounties Dress That Way? - Alberta, Canada
Join Sgt. Patrick Webb and Alberta Boot Company President Tim Gerwin, as they discuss the history and design of the uniforms for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
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- published: 18 Feb 2010
- views: 2150
- author: canadiantourism
Vimeo results:
55:57
Complexity in Present Day Policing
5th Annual Modelling of Complex Social Systems Symposium: "Complexity in Present Day Poli...
published: 12 Oct 2012
author: The IRMACS Centre
Complexity in Present Day Policing
5th Annual Modelling of Complex Social Systems Symposium: "Complexity in Present Day Policing"
Sept 18, 2012
Dave Walsh (Royal Canadian Mounted Police)
0:06
Police Request Public Assistance Identifying Individuals
November 29th, 2011, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia...The New Glasgow Police Service (NGPS) and ...
published: 29 Nov 2011
author: Jenn Casey
Police Request Public Assistance Identifying Individuals
November 29th, 2011, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia...The New Glasgow Police Service (NGPS) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are requesting the public's assistance identifying these individuals who were in the parking lot of Big Al's Convenience Store in New Glasgow on the evening Amber Kirwan went missing. Amber was last seen on October 9th, 2011 at 01:36 am after leaving a pool hall in New Glasgow following a night out with friends.
Since the start of the investigation, police have gathered images and video footage of these individuals and are sharing these in hopes the public may recognize the individuals. For additional photos and video footage, visit the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Nova Scotia Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Royal-Canadian-Mounted-Police-in-Nova-Scotia/206153899778 . For electronic copies of the videos or pictures please contact Sgt. Brigdit Leger at 902-426-5120.
Anyone who can identify these individuals or has information regarding this investigation are asked to please contact the New Glasgow Police Service or RCMP. If persons with information would like to remain anonymous, they can contact Crime Stoppers any time at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS). Calls to Crime Stoppers are not taped or traced and if police make an arrest and lay charges based on the tip, callers qualify for a cash award from $50 to $2000. Tipsters can also submit secure tips online at www.crimestoppers.ca .
3:34
V SPEC TECHNO - FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION VEHICLE BUILD
Forensic Identification Lab build-up for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)....
published: 03 May 2010
author: alexeyga
V SPEC TECHNO - FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION VEHICLE BUILD
Forensic Identification Lab build-up for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
0:23
The Mounties
The RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police). They did an awesome synchronized routine choreog...
published: 09 Oct 2010
author: Emily Froeschl
The Mounties
The RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police). They did an awesome synchronized routine choreographed to music.
4:32
NEW RCMP Recruiting Video
I'm not sure If this video was already uploaded to the site. If not, then here's a NEW off...
published: 08 Jul 2011
author: MyRCMP
NEW RCMP Recruiting Video
I'm not sure If this video was already uploaded to the site. If not, then here's a NEW official RCMP Recruiting video taking from the OFFICIAL RCMP recruiting site.
Enjoy : D
Jordan
- published: 08 Jul 2011
- views: 87471
- author: MyRCMP
5:01
RCMP Recruiting Video
Here's an official recruiting video of the RCMP.
I apologize about the low sound, I sugg...
published: 08 Jul 2011
author: MyRCMP
RCMP Recruiting Video
Here's an official recruiting video of the RCMP.
I apologize about the low sound, I suggest you turn your volume on HIGH in order to understand everything clearly
Enjoy
Best
Jordan
- published: 08 Jul 2011
- views: 11092
- author: MyRCMP
4:11
RCMP Recruitment Video
A Recent Recruitment Video posted on Facebook and other Social Media websites.
Copyright ...
published: 08 Jul 2011
author: MyRCMP
RCMP Recruitment Video
A Recent Recruitment Video posted on Facebook and other Social Media websites.
Copyright of the RCMP, video is hosted for promotional and fan reasons only.
- published: 08 Jul 2011
- views: 32408
- author: MyRCMP
6:34
CBC Archives: RCMP in Training, 50s style, 1958
1958 - In this excerpt from CBC-TV's "Here and There," the clean-cut, strong young trainee...
published: 08 Jul 2011
author: MyRCMP
CBC Archives: RCMP in Training, 50s style, 1958
1958 - In this excerpt from CBC-TV's "Here and There," the clean-cut, strong young trainees get fit with running, gymnastics and self-defence and practice water safety.
See www.cbc.ca/archives for this and 12,000 other clips at the CBC Digital Archives.
- published: 08 Jul 2011
- views: 23443
- author: MyRCMP
3:37
Regina, Saskatchewan, RCMP Training Academy & RCMP Heritage Centre
Regina, Saskatchewan, RCMP Training Academy & RCMP Heritage Centre...
published: 08 Jul 2011
author: MyRCMP
Regina, Saskatchewan, RCMP Training Academy & RCMP Heritage Centre
Regina, Saskatchewan, RCMP Training Academy & RCMP Heritage Centre
- published: 08 Jul 2011
- views: 22458
- author: MyRCMP
0:37
RCMP Musical Ride Centre in Ottawa
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride Centre is located just east of downtown Ott...
published: 08 Jul 2011
author: MyRCMP
RCMP Musical Ride Centre in Ottawa
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride Centre is located just east of downtown Ottawa. This is where they train the horses and the riders for the world-famous Musical Ride.
In late June every year, you can watch the magical Musical Ride at the nightly Sunset Ceremonies (June 23-27, 2010).
Tour the stables, see the horses, learn more about the Mounties and, of course, visit the gift shop! The stables are open 7 days a week from May through August, and on Tuesdays and Thursdays from September through April. The on-site Mountie Shop is open 7 days a week from May through August and from Monday through Friday from September through April.
For more info on the RCMP Musical Ride Centre, visit http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/mr-ce/centre-eng.htm
For more information on things to see and do in Ottawa, or to book your trip, visit www.ottawatourism.ca
- published: 08 Jul 2011
- views: 2072
- author: MyRCMP
8:25
RCMP Musical Ride at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics Part 1
The City of Surreys Celebration Site is the exclusive host to the RCMP Musical Ride during...
published: 08 Jul 2011
author: MyRCMP
RCMP Musical Ride at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics Part 1
The City of Surreys Celebration Site is the exclusive host to the RCMP Musical Ride during the Vancouver 2010 Olympics and to date nearly ten thousand people have enjoyed this Canadian treasure. There has been such an overwhelming response to the RCMP Musical Ride,
- published: 08 Jul 2011
- views: 3860
- author: MyRCMP
8:42
RCMP Musical Ride at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics Part 2
The City of Surrey's Celebration Site is the exclusive host to the RCMP Musical Ride durin...
published: 08 Jul 2011
author: MyRCMP
RCMP Musical Ride at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics Part 2
The City of Surrey's Celebration Site is the exclusive host to the RCMP Musical Ride during the Vancouver 2010 Olympics and to date nearly ten thousand people have enjoyed this Canadian treasure. There has been such an overwhelming response to the RCMP Musical Ride,
- published: 08 Jul 2011
- views: 492
- author: MyRCMP
Vimeo results:
55:57
Complexity in Present Day Policing
5th Annual Modelling of Complex Social Systems Symposium: "Complexity in Present Day Poli...
published: 12 Oct 2012
author: The IRMACS Centre
Complexity in Present Day Policing
5th Annual Modelling of Complex Social Systems Symposium: "Complexity in Present Day Policing"
Sept 18, 2012
Dave Walsh (Royal Canadian Mounted Police)
0:06
Police Request Public Assistance Identifying Individuals
November 29th, 2011, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia...The New Glasgow Police Service (NGPS) and ...
published: 29 Nov 2011
author: Jenn Casey
Police Request Public Assistance Identifying Individuals
November 29th, 2011, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia...The New Glasgow Police Service (NGPS) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are requesting the public's assistance identifying these individuals who were in the parking lot of Big Al's Convenience Store in New Glasgow on the evening Amber Kirwan went missing. Amber was last seen on October 9th, 2011 at 01:36 am after leaving a pool hall in New Glasgow following a night out with friends.
Since the start of the investigation, police have gathered images and video footage of these individuals and are sharing these in hopes the public may recognize the individuals. For additional photos and video footage, visit the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Nova Scotia Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Royal-Canadian-Mounted-Police-in-Nova-Scotia/206153899778 . For electronic copies of the videos or pictures please contact Sgt. Brigdit Leger at 902-426-5120.
Anyone who can identify these individuals or has information regarding this investigation are asked to please contact the New Glasgow Police Service or RCMP. If persons with information would like to remain anonymous, they can contact Crime Stoppers any time at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS). Calls to Crime Stoppers are not taped or traced and if police make an arrest and lay charges based on the tip, callers qualify for a cash award from $50 to $2000. Tipsters can also submit secure tips online at www.crimestoppers.ca .
3:34
V SPEC TECHNO - FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION VEHICLE BUILD
Forensic Identification Lab build-up for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)....
published: 03 May 2010
author: alexeyga
V SPEC TECHNO - FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION VEHICLE BUILD
Forensic Identification Lab build-up for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
0:23
The Mounties
The RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police). They did an awesome synchronized routine choreog...
published: 09 Oct 2010
author: Emily Froeschl
The Mounties
The RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police). They did an awesome synchronized routine choreographed to music.
Youtube results:
2:10
RCMP seize submachine guns
CAMPBELL RIVER - RCMP in Campbell River are continuing their investigation following the s...
published: 08 Jul 2011
author: MyRCMP
RCMP seize submachine guns
CAMPBELL RIVER - RCMP in Campbell River are continuing their investigation following the seizing of two submachine guns from a home in the Willow Point area.
Police were called to a home in the 2200 block of Milford Road by concerned neighbours who saw a home with the front door wide open and the owner's dogs outside. When RCMP arrived they identified themselves and entered the open doorway to ensure nobody was experiencing difficulties inside. RCMP discovered two submachine guns in open view.
Officers seized the weapons and are now investigating why the homeowner had them despite the fact he is prohibited from being in possession of either real or replica weapons of any sort.
RCMP Corporal Brian Brown confirmed the owner's claim the weapons were non-functioning because the barrels had been welded shut but notes five working barrels were in a nearby spare parts box and could easily be changed out to allow the guns to fire. 9mm ammunition was also found near the weapons.
The weapons are being shipped to the firearms crime lab in Vancouver as the investigation continues.
- published: 08 Jul 2011
- views: 10515
- author: MyRCMP
4:43
The P.A.R.E Test
THANKS FOR WATCHING
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS JUST ASK :)
FOLLOW ME on Twitter: https://fr.t...
published: 08 Jul 2011
author: MyRCMP
The P.A.R.E Test
THANKS FOR WATCHING
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS JUST ASK :)
FOLLOW ME on Twitter: https://fr.twitter.com/#!/emilacanadienne
LIKE My Facebook Fanpage: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Emilacanadienne/198254610269762
Thanks for watching,
xox
Emi
- published: 08 Jul 2011
- views: 20127
- author: MyRCMP
0:50
RCMP cadet breaks fitness test record
Benjamin Gravel, 23, is a cadet at RCMP's "Depot" Division. He broke the record for the Ph...
published: 08 Jul 2011
author: MyRCMP
RCMP cadet breaks fitness test record
Benjamin Gravel, 23, is a cadet at RCMP's "Depot" Division. He broke the record for the Physical Abilities Requirement Evaluation (PARE) test with a time of 2:17.
- published: 08 Jul 2011
- views: 37376
- author: MyRCMP
2:19
drunk scotsman
my pics to go along with the song drunk scotsman by irish rovers...
published: 23 Jul 2008
author: minou1et1aline
drunk scotsman
my pics to go along with the song drunk scotsman by irish rovers
- published: 23 Jul 2008
- views: 722862
- author: minou1et1aline
4:22
She's Called Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia slide show....
published: 23 Jul 2008
author: minou1et1aline
She's Called Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia slide show.
- published: 23 Jul 2008
- views: 160523
- author: minou1et1aline
5:44
Cape Breton Tear Jerker
Beautiful music and imagery of Cape Breton....
published: 23 Jul 2008
author: minou1et1aline
Cape Breton Tear Jerker
Beautiful music and imagery of Cape Breton.
- published: 23 Jul 2008
- views: 156400
- author: minou1et1aline
2:27
Stompin' Tom Connors - Bud The Spud (Live 2005)
Stompin' Tom Connors - Bud The Spud
Live From Hamilton Ontario Concert 2005.
Great Tunes F...
published: 23 Jul 2008
author: minou1et1aline
Stompin' Tom Connors - Bud The Spud (Live 2005)
Stompin' Tom Connors - Bud The Spud
Live From Hamilton Ontario Concert 2005.
Great Tunes From A Great Canadian, Eh!
http://www.stompintom.com/
- published: 23 Jul 2008
- views: 323170
- author: minou1et1aline
5:47
Best Hockey Fight Video Ever
A bunch of awesome hockey fights from the 80s, 90s-00s cut together with Guns N Roses "You...
published: 23 Jul 2008
author: minou1et1aline
Best Hockey Fight Video Ever
A bunch of awesome hockey fights from the 80s, 90s-00s cut together with Guns N Roses "You Could be Mine"
- published: 23 Jul 2008
- views: 7181884
- author: minou1et1aline
0:39
The Hardest Hockey Hit in The World Watch It its Hilarious
Comment And Subscribe THANKS...
published: 29 Jul 2008
author: minou1et1aline
The Hardest Hockey Hit in The World Watch It its Hilarious
Comment And Subscribe THANKS
- published: 29 Jul 2008
- views: 8301589
- author: minou1et1aline
0:58
Lecavalier vs Iginla May 29, 2004
Vinny Lecavalier vs Jarome Iginla from the Lightning at Flames Stanley Cup Finals game on ...
published: 29 Jul 2008
author: minou1et1aline
Lecavalier vs Iginla May 29, 2004
Vinny Lecavalier vs Jarome Iginla from the Lightning at Flames Stanley Cup Finals game on May 29, 2004.
via hockeyfights.com
- published: 29 Jul 2008
- views: 100044
- author: minou1et1aline
3:59
Rawlins Cross - Reel 'n' Roll
Rawlins Cross - Reel 'n' Roll Music Video...
published: 29 Jul 2008
author: minou1et1aline
Rawlins Cross - Reel 'n' Roll
Rawlins Cross - Reel 'n' Roll Music Video
- published: 29 Jul 2008
- views: 43298
- author: minou1et1aline
3:48
Rawlins Cross - Long Way Home
Rawlins Cross - Long Way Home music video...
published: 29 Jul 2008
author: minou1et1aline
Rawlins Cross - Long Way Home
Rawlins Cross - Long Way Home music video
- published: 29 Jul 2008
- views: 14272
- author: minou1et1aline
4:37
Ashley MacIsaac - Sleepy Maggie
The music video for Ashley MacIsaac's rendition of Sleepy Maggie, with gaelic vocals by Ma...
published: 29 Jul 2008
author: minou1et1aline
Ashley MacIsaac - Sleepy Maggie
The music video for Ashley MacIsaac's rendition of Sleepy Maggie, with gaelic vocals by Mary Jane Lamond. From his 1995 album "Hi How Are You Today?" Great song, great video.
- published: 29 Jul 2008
- views: 408460
- author: minou1et1aline
2:01
O Canada
Le O Canada français chanté par Lara Fabian...
published: 09 Aug 2008
author: minou1et1aline
O Canada
Le O Canada français chanté par Lara Fabian
- published: 09 Aug 2008
- views: 156979
- author: minou1et1aline
3:37
Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo 2007 Pipes & Drums
Here the massed pipes and drums move into a formation. Tunes are "Minstrel Boy, Frank Sobe...
published: 09 Aug 2008
author: minou1et1aline
Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo 2007 Pipes & Drums
Here the massed pipes and drums move into a formation. Tunes are "Minstrel Boy, Frank Sobey, The Man From Lyonsbrook, The Mockingbird, Rosie's Dream, Nameless Jig.
- published: 09 Aug 2008
- views: 32973
- author: minou1et1aline
4:53
Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo
Promotional video from the famed Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo....
published: 09 Aug 2008
author: minou1et1aline
Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo
Promotional video from the famed Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo.
- published: 09 Aug 2008
- views: 32385
- author: minou1et1aline
4:26
Canadian Forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police tribute
this is a canadian forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police tribute.
The song is called s...
published: 09 Aug 2008
author: minou1et1aline
Canadian Forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police tribute
this is a canadian forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police tribute.
The song is called soldier by shawn hlookoff
I was granted permission from Mr. Hlookoff to use his song.
- published: 09 Aug 2008
- views: 33158
- author: minou1et1aline
Vimeo results:
55:57
Complexity in Present Day Policing
5th Annual Modelling of Complex Social Systems Symposium: "Complexity in Present Day Poli...
published: 12 Oct 2012
author: The IRMACS Centre
Complexity in Present Day Policing
5th Annual Modelling of Complex Social Systems Symposium: "Complexity in Present Day Policing"
Sept 18, 2012
Dave Walsh (Royal Canadian Mounted Police)
0:06
Police Request Public Assistance Identifying Individuals
November 29th, 2011, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia...The New Glasgow Police Service (NGPS) and ...
published: 29 Nov 2011
author: Jenn Casey
Police Request Public Assistance Identifying Individuals
November 29th, 2011, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia...The New Glasgow Police Service (NGPS) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are requesting the public's assistance identifying these individuals who were in the parking lot of Big Al's Convenience Store in New Glasgow on the evening Amber Kirwan went missing. Amber was last seen on October 9th, 2011 at 01:36 am after leaving a pool hall in New Glasgow following a night out with friends.
Since the start of the investigation, police have gathered images and video footage of these individuals and are sharing these in hopes the public may recognize the individuals. For additional photos and video footage, visit the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Nova Scotia Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Royal-Canadian-Mounted-Police-in-Nova-Scotia/206153899778 . For electronic copies of the videos or pictures please contact Sgt. Brigdit Leger at 902-426-5120.
Anyone who can identify these individuals or has information regarding this investigation are asked to please contact the New Glasgow Police Service or RCMP. If persons with information would like to remain anonymous, they can contact Crime Stoppers any time at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS). Calls to Crime Stoppers are not taped or traced and if police make an arrest and lay charges based on the tip, callers qualify for a cash award from $50 to $2000. Tipsters can also submit secure tips online at www.crimestoppers.ca .
3:34
V SPEC TECHNO - FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION VEHICLE BUILD
Forensic Identification Lab build-up for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)....
published: 03 May 2010
author: alexeyga
V SPEC TECHNO - FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION VEHICLE BUILD
Forensic Identification Lab build-up for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
0:23
The Mounties
The RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police). They did an awesome synchronized routine choreog...
published: 09 Oct 2010
author: Emily Froeschl
The Mounties
The RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police). They did an awesome synchronized routine choreographed to music.
Youtube results:
1:30
I am Canadian Anthem
Arrogant Worms did the song for this.
I am disabling comments because of rude things said...
published: 09 Aug 2008
author: minou1et1aline
I am Canadian Anthem
Arrogant Worms did the song for this.
I am disabling comments because of rude things said by both Americans and Canadians, French Canadians and English Canadians. I only want love and peace, guys.
- published: 09 Aug 2008
- views: 521060
- author: minou1et1aline
1:03
funny commercial making fun of Canada
the new nissan canada comercial...
published: 09 Aug 2008
author: minou1et1aline
funny commercial making fun of Canada
the new nissan canada comercial
- published: 09 Aug 2008
- views: 503552
- author: minou1et1aline
0:30
funny canadian beer commercial
what happens when americans make fun of canadians
EDIT: never saw a flamewar coming on th...
published: 09 Aug 2008
author: minou1et1aline
funny canadian beer commercial
what happens when americans make fun of canadians
EDIT: never saw a flamewar coming on this video...it was too cool.
- published: 09 Aug 2008
- views: 284609
- author: minou1et1aline
0:59
I Am Canadian
The Molson Canadian commercial "I Am Canadian"....
published: 24 Aug 2008
author: minou1et1aline
I Am Canadian
The Molson Canadian commercial "I Am Canadian".
- published: 24 Aug 2008
- views: 2542740
- author: minou1et1aline
photo: AP / Jason DeCrow
16 Dec 2012
Dannel Malloy said Lanza shot himself as police entered the building ... Malloy offered no possible motive for the shooting and a law enforcement official has said police have found no letters or diaries left behind that could shed light on it ... police released the names of the victims but expressed no animosity, offering sympathy for Lanza’s family....(size: 8.8Kb)
photo: AP / Guang Niu, Pool
16 Dec 2012
Retired Col. Gen. Viktor Yesin yesterday wrapped up a visit to the United States during which he met with officials at the Pentagon, State Department as well as members of Congress warning about underestimating China’s tactical nuclear weapons buildup ... Yesin warns that U.S. and Western arms specialists are dramatically underestimating China’s nuclear arsenal ... Somewhere between the higher and lower estimates is no doubt the truth ... Mr ... Mr ... ....(size: 4.0Kb)
photo: AP / David Goldman
17 Dec 2012
WASHINGTON—Democrats say meaningful action in the wake of last week's elementary school shooting must include a ban on military-style assault weapons and a look at how the nation deals with individuals suffering from serious mental illness. Several Democratic lawmakers and Independent Sen ... Gun control was a hot topic in the early 1990s, when Congress enacted a 10-year ban on assault weapons ... He added ... Sen ... Rep ... ———....(size: 5.3Kb)
photo: AP / Newtown Bee, Shannon Hicks
15 Dec 2012
Police shed no light on the motive for the mass shooting, one of the deadliest in US history, and among school attacks is second in victims only to the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre, which left 33 people dead, including the gunman....(size: 8.8Kb)
photo: AP / Jessica Hill
15 Dec 2012
Paul Vance, a spokesman for the Connecticut State Police ... Police say Lanza, who grew up in the tight-knit community of 27,000, killed his mother at her Newtown residence before going to the school where he primarily targeted two classrooms ... Connecticut State Police spokesman Lt ... State police personnel lead children from the school ... Police patrol the streets around Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14 ... Police....(size: 24.9Kb)
Yahoo Daily News
18 Dec 2012
(Reuters) - Police made critical errors in pursuing Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton partly because of "systemic bias" against his victims, sex trade workers from a rough Vancouver neighborhood, according to the final report from a public inquiry released on Monday ... Deputy Commissioner Craig Callens, who commands the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in British Columbia, said in a statement that his force will review the report....(size: 4.8Kb)
noodls
17 Dec 2012
On Monday, December 17, 2012, at 10 a.m., in the media gallery at headquarters, there will be a news conference to explain how Toronto Police Service investigators, with the assistance of the 22 Division Community Police Liaison Committee, the Royal Canadian ... Toronto Police Service investigators notified Foreign Affairs, the Royal Canadian Mounted ... The Toronto Police Service would like to thank their Canadian and international....(size: 4.0Kb)
Star Tribune
17 Dec 2012
... police to stop him. Commissioner Wally Oppal's final report released Monday says investigations by Vancouver police and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Port Coquitlam were plagued by problems....(size: 1.0Kb)
Denver Post
17 Dec 2012
Commissioner Wally Oppal's final report released Monday says investigations by Vancouver police and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Port Coquitlam were plagued by problems....(size: 1.0Kb)
Sacramento Bee
17 Dec 2012
Commissioner Wally Oppal's final report released Monday says investigations by Vancouver police and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Port Coquitlam were plagued by problems....(size: 0.9Kb)
Seattle Post
17 Dec 2012
Oppal wrote in his report, "Forsaken," that police did not take the disappearance of the women seriously because the victims were poor, aboriginal and addicted to drugs ... A Vancouver Police Department August 2010 report said 11 women may have been spared had city police or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police acted on information available four years before Pickton's arrest....(size: 4.6Kb)
noodls
17 Dec 2012
Vancouver, British Columbia, December 17, 2012 - The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) facilitates the entry of legitimate travellers and goods, while protecting the safety and security of Canadians and ensuring that Canada's borders are not used for illegal activity ... The Royal Canadian Mounted Police issued a 24-hour driving suspension to the driver and the vehicle was seized....(size: 14.4Kb)
noodls
15 Dec 2012
Critical assistance in the prosecution was provided by the Security Service of Ukraine, German Federal Criminal Police, Netherlands National High-Tech Crime Unit, London Metropolitan Police, Latvian State Police, Lithuanian Criminal Police Bureau, Swedish National Police Cyber Unit, French Police Judiciare, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Romania's ......(size: 8.1Kb)
noodls
15 Dec 2012
Critical assistance in the prosecution was provided by the Security Service of Ukraine, German Federal Criminal Police, Netherlands National High-Tech Crime Unit, London Metropolitan Police, Latvian State Police, Lithuanian Criminal Police Bureau, Swedish National Police Cyber Unit, French Police Judiciare, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, ......(size: 8.6Kb)
noodls
15 Dec 2012
Critical assistance in the prosecution was provided by the Security Service of Ukraine, German Federal Criminal Police, Netherlands National High-Tech Crime Unit, London Metropolitan Police, Latvian State Police, Lithuanian Criminal Police Bureau, Swedish National Police Cyber Unit, French Police Judiciare, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, ......(size: 8.6Kb)
noodls
14 Dec 2012
"Over the years the CPC has helped strengthen the RCMP's accountability to Canadians and Mr. McPhail's experience will be an asset as Canada's national police force continues to evolve." ... In June 2012, the Government of Canada introduced Bill C-42, the Enhancing Royal Canadian Mounted Police Accountability Act ... "The enhanced powers and authorities of the CRCC will increase the RCMP's accountability to Canadians," said Minister Toews....(size: 2.8Kb)
noodls
13 Dec 2012
... transparency and the health and safety of Canadians ... C-15, the Strengthening Military Justice Act; C-21, the Political Loans Accountability Act; C-42, the Enhancing Royal Canadian Mounted Police Accountability Act; C-43, the Faster Removal of Foreign Criminals Act; C-47, the Northern Jobs and Growth Act; and S-7, the Combating Terrorism Act....(size: 4.4Kb)
noodls
13 Dec 2012
... Exploitation Online Protection Centre; the United Arab Emirates' Ministry of Interior; the National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre, a division of the Canadian Police Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, Royal Canadian Mounted Police; the Italian Postal and Communication Police Service; New Zealand Police; INTERPOL and Europol....(size: 4.8Kb)
"Mountie" redirects here. For other uses, see Mountie (disambiguation).
"Mounties" redirects here. For other uses, see Mounties (disambiguation).
"RCMP" redirects here. For the TV series, see R.C.M.P. (TV series).
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police Gendarmerie royale du Canada The Mounties |
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| Abbreviation | RCMP/GRC | ||||||
| Heraldic badge of the RCMP | |||||||
| Motto | Maintiens le droit | ||||||
| "Defending the Law" [1][2] | |||||||
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| Formed | 1920 | ||||||
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| Employees | 29,235 | ||||||
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency | ||||||
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| Federal agency | Canada | ||||||
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| Sworn members |
19,281[3] (Sept. 2011)
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| Unsworn members |
9,954[3] (Sept. 2010)
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| Elected officer responsible | The Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety | ||||||
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| Parent agency | Public Safety Canada | ||||||
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| Patrol vessels | 5 | ||||||
| Fixed-wings | 32 | ||||||
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| While a federal agency, the RCMP also provides direct policing to dependant territories. | |||||||
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) (French: Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC), literally ‘Royal Gendarmerie of Canada'; colloquially known as The Mounties, and internally as ‘The Force') is the national police force of Canada, and one of the most recognized of its kind in the world. It is unique in the world as a national, federal, provincial and municipal policing body. The RCMP provides policing services to all of Canada at a federal level, and also on a contract basis to the three territories, eight of Canada's provinces (the RCMP does not provide provincial or municipal policing in either Ontario or Quebec), more than 190 municipalities, 184 aboriginal communities, and three international airports.[4]
The RCMP was formed in 1920 by the merger of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police (RNWMP, founded 1873) with the Dominion Police (founded 1868). The former was originally named the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP), and was given the Royal prefix by King Edward VII in 1904. Much of the present-day organization's symbolism has been inherited from its days as the NWMP, including the distinctive Red Serge uniform, paramilitary heritage, and mythos as a frontier force. The RCMP/GRC wording is specifically protected under the Trade-marks Act.[5]
As the national police force of Canada, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is primarily responsible for enforcing federal laws throughout Canada, while general law and order including the enforcement of the Criminal Code and applicable provincial legislation is constitutionally the responsibility of the provinces and territories. This responsibility is sometimes further delegated to municipalities which can form their own municipal police departments. This is common in the largest cities.
The two most populous provinces, Ontario and Quebec, maintain their own provincial forces; the Ontario Provincial Police and Sûreté du Québec. The other eight provinces, however, have chosen to contract most or all of their provincial policing responsibilities to the RCMP. Under these contracts the RCMP provides front-line policing in those provinces under the direction of the provincial governments in regard to provincial and municipal law enforcement. When Newfoundland joined the confederation in 1949, the RCMP entered the province and absorbed the then Newfoundland Ranger Force and took over responsibilities in that area. Today the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary has reclaimed some of that province to their jurisdiction. In the three territories, the RCMP serves as the sole territorial police force. Additionally, many municipalities throughout Canada contract the RCMP to serve as their police force. The RCMP consequently provides policing services at the federal, provincial and municipal level.
The RCMP is responsible for an unusually large breadth of duties. Under their federal mandate, the RCMP provides policing throughout Canada, including Ontario and Quebec (albeit under smaller scales there). Federal operations include: enforcing federal laws including commercial crime, counterfeiting, drug trafficking, border integrity, organized crime and other related matters; providing counter-terrorism and domestic security; providing protection services for the Monarch, Governor General, Prime Minister, their families and residences, and other ministers of the Crown, visiting dignitaries, and diplomatic missions; and participating in various international policing efforts. Under provincial and municipal contracts the RCMP provides front-line policing in all areas outside of Ontario and Quebec that do not have an established local police force. There are detachments located in small villages in the far north, remote First Nations reserves, and rural towns, but also larger cities such as Surrey, British Columbia (population 394,976). In these provinces the RCMP maintains units that provide investigational support to their own detachments, as well as smaller municipal police forces, including the investigation of major crimes such as homicides, forensic identification services, police dog services, emergency response teams, explosives disposal, undercover operations, and others. Under its National Police Services branch the RCMP provides support to all police forces in Canada through the operation of support services such as the Canadian Police Information Centre, the Criminal Intelligence Service Canada, Forensic Science and Identification Services, the Canadian Firearms Program and the Canadian Police College.
The RCMP Security Service was a specialized political intelligence and counterintelligence branch with national security responsibilities, but was replaced with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service in 1984, following revelations of illegal covert operations relating to the Quebec separatist movement.[6] CSIS is not part of the RCMP, but is its own entity.
Contents |
History[link]
Founding and early history[link]
Main article: North-West Mounted Police#history
Prime Minister Sir John A. MacDonald first began planning a permanent force to patrol the Northwest Territory after the Dominion of Canada purchased the territory from the Hudson's Bay Company. Reports from Army officers surveying the territory led to the recommendation that a mounted force of between 100 to 150 mounted riflemen could maintain law and order. The Prime Minister first announced the force as the North West Mounted Rifles but concern from the United States of America fearing a military build up led the Prime Minister to rename the force the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) when formed in 1873.[7]
The force was merged with the Dominion Police in 1920 and was renamed as the "Royal Canadian Mounted Police". The new organization was charged with federal law enforcement in all the provinces and territories, and immediately set about establishing its modern role as protector of Canadian national security, as well as assuming responsibility for national counterintelligence.
As part of its national security and intelligence functions, the RCMP was responsible for infiltrating any ethnic or political groups that were considered to be dangerous to Canada's existing order. This included the Communist Party of Canada, but also a variety of minority cultural and nationalist groups. The force was also deeply involved in immigration matters, and especially deportations of suspected radicals. They were especially concerned with Ukrainian groups, both nationalist and socialist.[8] The Chinese community was also targeted because the perceived link to opium dens. Historians estimate that fully two per cent of the Chinese community was deported between 1923 and 1932, largely under the provisions of the Opium and Narcotics Drugs Act (ONDA).[9] Besides the RCMP's new responsibilities in intelligence, drugs enforcement, and immigration, the force also provided assistance to numerous other federal agencies, such as enforcing the residential school system for Aboriginal children.
In 1935, the RCMP, collaborating with the Regina Police Service, crushed the On-to-Ottawa Trek by sparking the Regina Riot, in which one city police officer and one protester were killed. The Trek, which had been organized to call attention to the abysmal conditions in the relief camps, therefore failed to reach Ottawa, but nevertheless had profound political reverberations.
The RCMP employed special constables to assist with strikebreaking in the interwar period. For a brief period in the late 1930s, a volunteer militia group, the Legion of Frontiersmen were affiliated with the RCMP. Many members of the RCMP belonged to this organization, which was prepared to serve as an auxiliary force. In later years, special constables performed duties such as policing airports and, in certain Canadian provinces, the court houses.
In 1932, men and vessels of the Preventive Service, National Revenue, were absorbed, creating the RCMP Marine Section. The acquisition of the RCMP schooner St. Roch facilitated the first effective patrol of Canada's Arctic territory. It was the first vessel to navigate the Northwest Passage from west to east (1940–42), the first to navigate the Passage in one season (from Halifax to Vancouver in 1944), the first to sail either way through the Passage in one season, and the first to circumnavigate North America (1950).[10]
Counterintelligence work was moved from the RCMP's Criminal Investigation Department to a specialized intelligence branch, the RCMP Security Service, in 1939.
Post-war[link]
April 1, 1949, Newfoundland joined in full confederation with Canada and the Newfoundland Ranger Force amalgamated with the RCMP.
Following the 1945 defection of Soviet cipher clerk, Igor Gouzenko and his revelations of espionage, the RCMP Security Service implemented measures to screen out "subversive" elements from the public sector.[11]
Queen Elizabeth II approved in Regina, Saskatchewan on July 4, 1973 a new badge for the RCMP, in recognition of which the force presented the sovereign with a tapestry rendering of the new design.[12]
In the late 1970s, revelations surfaced that the RCMP Security Service force had in the course of their intelligence duties engaged in crimes such as burning a barn and stealing documents from the separatist Parti Québécois, and other abuses. This led to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Certain Activities of the RCMP, better known as the "McDonald Commission," named for the presiding judge, Mr Justice David Cargill McDonald. The Commission recommended that the force's intelligences duties be removed in favour of the creation of a separate intelligence agency, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS).
Modern era[link]
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In 1993, the Special Emergency Response Team (SERT), were transferred to the Canadian Forces, creating a new unit called Joint Task Force 2 (JTF2). JTF2 inherited some equipment and SERT's former training base near Ottawa.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have been involved in training and logistically supporting the Haitian National Police since 1994, a controversial matter in Canada considering allegations of widespread human rights violations on the part of the HNP. Some Canadian activist groups have called for an end to the RCMP training.[13] The RCMP has also provided training overseas in Iraq and other peace-keeping missions.
The suspected driver of the reconnaissance vehicle involved in the Khobar Towers bombing fled to Canada where he was arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the winter of 1997, and was extradited to the United States.
Main article: Mayerthorpe tragedy
On March 3, 2005, four RCMP officers were fatally shot during an operation to recover stolen property and investigate a possible marijuana grow-op and serve an arrest warrant just outside of Mayerthrope, Alberta. Shooter James Roszko, 46, then killed himself. It was the single worst multiple killing of RCMP officers since the North-West Rebellion. One of the four Mounties killed had been on the job for only 17 days. The victims were:
- Const. Lionide (Leo) Nicholas Johnston, 34 – Mayerthorpe Detachment
- Const. Anthony Fitzgerald Orion Gordon, 28 – Whitecourt Town Detachment General Policing and Highway Patrol
- Const. Brock Warren Myrol, 29 – Mayerthorpe Detachment
- Const. Peter Christopher Schiemann, 25 – Mayerthorpe Detachment General Policing and Highway Patrol[14]
On October 29, 2005, constable Paul Koester shot and killed Ian Bush while he was in custody. An internal investigation resulted in no action being taken against the constable,[citation needed] and, as a result, a public inquest was commissioned. The inquest recommended that the RCMP refrain from carrying out internal investigations with regard to fatal incidents involving the RCMP and the public.[citation needed]
Main article: Spiritwood Incident
On July 7, 2006, two RCMP officers were shot to death near Mildred, Saskatchewan. The killer, Curtis Dagenais, 41, was missing until July 18, when he turned himself in. The victims were:
- Const. Robin Cameron, 29: Spiritwood Detachment
- Const. Marc Bourdages, 26: Spiritwood Detachment
Dagenais was subsequently convicted of two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder of a third Mountie who arrived shortly after the initial firefight.
In 2006, the United States Coast Guard's Ninth District and the RCMP began a program called "Shiprider," in which 12 Mounties from the RCMP detachment at Windsor and 16 Coast Guard boarding officers from stations in Michigan ride in each other's vessels. The intent is to allow for seamless enforcement of the international border.[15]
On December 6, 2006, RCMP Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli resigned one day after informing the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security that his earlier testimony about the Maher Arar case was inaccurate. The RCMP had improperly given information to the US that resulted in Arar, a Canadian returning to Montreal via the US, being sent to Syria where he was imprisoned for 10 months and tortured into signing a false confession of links to terrorists.[citation needed] Earlier, on September 28, 2006, and before the same Commons committee, Commissioner Zaccardelli had issued a carefully worded public apology to Arar and his family:
Mr. Arar, I wish to take this opportunity to express publicly to you and to your wife and to your children how truly sorry I am for whatever part the actions of the RCMP may have contributed to the terrible injustices that you experienced and the pain that you and your family endured.[16]
On January 26, 2007, after months of negotiations between the Canadian government and Arar's Canadian legal counsel, Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued a formal apology "for any role Canadian officials may have played in what happened to Mr. Arar, Monia Mazigh and their family in 2002 and 2003"[citation needed] and announced that Arar would receive $10.5 million settlement for his ordeal and an additional $1 million for legal costs.
On October 6, 2007, Constable Christopher John Worden of Hay River Detachment, Northwest Territories was shot and killed in Hay River while on duty in that community. A nationwide arrest warrant was issued for Emrah Bulatci. Bulatci was apprehended on October 12 in Edmonton, Alberta.
On October 14, 2007, Robert Dziekański, an emigrant from Poland, died at Vancouver International Airport. Dziekański had failed to clear Customs and after eight hours of loitering became agitated, perhaps because he spoke no English and therefore was unable to ask for assistance. Four RCMP officers were summoned after he threw a computer and a small table. During his arrest, he was Tasered at least twice within 25 seconds of the officers' arrival. After dropping to the floor, he was held down and handcuffed by the officers. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. The incident was videotaped and eventually released to the public, resulting in outrage over the RCMP's handling of the unarmed man. The Dziekanski confrontation has provoked considerable debate about the use of Tasers in policing.
On November 6, 2007, Constable Doug Scott, 20, was killed in Kimmirut, Nunavut when responding to a report of a possible impaired driver. He had been with the service for only six months.[17]
In 2007, the RCMP was named Newsmaker of the Year by The Canadian Press.[18]
History of the RCMP uniform[link]
The RCMP are famous for their distinctive Red Serge, referred to as "Review Order" (of dress uniform), consisting of: high collared scarlet tunic, midnight blue breeches with yellow leg strip, Sam Browne belt with white sidearm lanyard, oxblood riding boots (possibly with spurs), brown felt campaign hat (wide, flat brimmed) with the characteristic "Montana crease", and brown gloves (with brown leather gauntlets for riders). Review Order is worn by the mounted troop performing the Musical Ride, an equestrian drill in which mounted members demonstrate their riding skills and handling of the cavalry lance. On normal duties, the RCMP uses standard police methods, equipment, and uniforms. Horses are still used for such ceremonial operations as escorting the Governor General's open landau to the Opening of Parliament.
The Red Serge tunic that identified initially the NWMP, and later the RNWMP and RCMP, is of the standard British military pattern. The NWMP was originally kitted out from militia stores, resulting initially in several different styles of tunic, although the style later became standardized. This style was used both to emphasize the British nature of the force and to differentiate it from the blue American military uniforms. The blue shoulder epaulets were added in the 1920s, long after King Edward VII granted the Force "Royal" status for its service in the Second Boer War, replacing gold-trimmed scarlet straps from the earlier uniforms. Currently, RCMP personnel under the rank of inspector wear blue "gorget" patches on the collar, while officers from inspector to commissioner have solid blue collars, along with blue pointed-sleeve cuffs.
Initially the NWMP wore buff breeches. Later dark blue breeches with yellow-gold strapping (stripes) were adopted. Members of the NWMP were known to exchange kit with U.S. cavalry units along the border and it is suggested that this was the initial source for the breeches; however, blue breeches were considered early on, although with a white strap. Dark blue with yellow-gold strapping is another British cavalry tradition.
The wide, flat-brimmed Stetson hat was not adopted officially until about 1904. Although the NWMP contingent at Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee wore the Stetson, it was an unofficial item of dress. The primary official summer headdress at the time was the white British foreign service helmet, also known as a pith helmet. This was not particularly practical as headdress in the Canadian west, and members wore a Stetson type hat on patrol and around camp. Sam Steele is often credited with introducing the Stetson-type hat, and when he left the force to command Lord Strathcona's Horse and took the regiment to South Africa he also adopted the Stetson for this unit. For winter a Canadian military fur wedge cap or busby was worn.
Black riding boots were later changed to the modern brown style. The original crossbelts were later changed to the brown Sam Browne type currently worn. The brown colour of the boots and belt worn with the Red Serge come from the individual member applying numerous coats of polish, often during their time in training at Depot Division.
Sidearms are standard now, but were often not worn in the early years.
The everyday uniform consists of a grey shirt with dark blue tie, dark blue trousers with gold strapping, regular patrol boots called "ankle boots," regular duty equipment, and a regular policeman's style cap. A blue Gore-Tex open-collar jacket (patrol jacket) is worn by members on operational duty, while a dark blue jacket (blue serge), is worn by sergeant majors and certain non-commissioned officers (NCOs) usually involved in aspects of recruit training or media relations. Officers wear white shirts and the patrol jacket or blue serge, depending on their duties. Short-sleeved shirts with no tie are worn in the summer by all members. Winter dress consists of a long-sleeved shirt and tie for all members and, depending on the climate of the detachment area, heavier boots, winter coats (storm coats) and a fur cap are worn.
In British Columbia the hat features a black bearskin rim belt.
In 1990, Baltej Singh Dhillon became the first Sikh officer in the RCMP to be allowed to wear a turban instead of the traditional Stetson. On March 15, the federal government, despite protests, decided that Sikhs would be permitted to wear turbans while on duty as RCMP officers.
Women in the RCMP[link]
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RCMP female officer
On May 23, 1974, RCMP Commissioner Maurice Nadon announced that the RCMP would begin to accept applications from females as regular members of the force. This opened up positions that had been previously reserved for male members. Troop 17 was the first group of 32 females who arrived at Depot in Regina on September 18 and 19, 1974, to begin training to become regular members. This first all-female troop graduated from Depot on March 3, 1975. After an initial period of being required to wear rather unflattering discrete female rig, women officers were ultimately given standard RCMP uniforms and all officers are now identically attired regardless of gender, with two exceptions. The ceremonial dress uniform, or "walking-out order", for female members currently consists of a long, blue skirt and footwear with a higher heel that slips on, commonly known as pumps. Female officers are also attired with a small black clutch purse when walking-out order is called for. The second exception in uniform is the official maternity uniform, worn when pregnant female officers are assigned to administrative duties.
In 1981 the first female was promoted to corporal and the first females served on the musical ride; in 1987 the first female served in a foreign post; in 1990 the first female was appointed detachment commander; in 1992 the first female officers were commissioned and in 1998 the first female Assistant Commissioner was appointed.
From December 15, 2006, to July 2007, Beverley Busson served as interim Commissioner of the RCMP, making her the first woman to hold the top position in the force. She was replaced by William J. S. Elliott on July 6, 2007, (Elliott was sworn in on July 16—the first civilian to lead the RCMP.)[19][20]
A regiment of dragoons[link]
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police Gendarmerie royale du Canada |
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|---|---|
| 150px Cap badge of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
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| Active | 1873–present |
| Country | Canada |
| Type | Dragoons |
| Role | Federal, National & Paramilitary Police Force |
| Size | 15 divisions |
| Garrison/HQ | RHQ—Ottawa |
| Nickname | The Mounties |
| Motto | Maintiens le droit (Defend the law)[2][21] |
| Battle honours | see Battle honours |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Bob Paulson (Commissioner) |
| Commissioner-in-Chief | HM The Queen |
| Honorary Commissioner | HRH The Prince of Wales[22] |
| Honorary Deputy Commissioner | HRH The Earl of Wessex[23] |
| Insignia | |
| Shoulder flash | 100px |
| Tartan | RCMP |
| Abbreviation | RCMP/GRC |
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Guidon of the RCMP
Although the RCMP is a civilian police force, in 1921, following the service of many of its members during the First World War, King George V awarded the force the status of a regiment of dragoons, entitling it to display the battle honours it had been awarded.
Service in wartime[link]
During the Second Boer War, members of the North-West Mounted Police were given leaves of absence to fight with the 2nd Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles (CMR) and Lord Strathcona's Horse. The force raised the Canadian Mounted Rifles, mostly from NWMP members, for service in South Africa. For the CMR's distinguished service there, King Edward VII honoured the NWMP by changing the name to the Royal Northwest Mounted Police (RNWMP) on June 24, 1904.
During the First World War, the Royal Northwest Mounted Police (RNWMP) conducted border patrols, surveillance of enemy aliens, and enforcement of national security regulations within Canada. However, RNWMP officers also served overseas. On August 6, 1914, a squadron of volunteers from the RNWMP was formed to serve with the Canadian Light Horse in France. In 1918, two more squadrons were raised, A Squadron for service in France and Flanders and B Squadron for service in the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force
In 1939, No. 1 Provost Company (RCMP), Canadian Provost Corps, was raised for service in Europe and served throughout the Second World War as Military Police.
Honours[link]
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police were accorded the status of a regiment of Dragoons in 1921, with its first guidon presented in 1935.[24][25] As a regiment of dragoons, the RCMP was entitled to wear battle honours for its war service as well as carry a guidon. The RCMP mounted the King's Life Guard at Horse Guards Parade in 1937 leading up to the coronation of King George VI.
- Battle honours
- North West Canada 1885
- South Africa 1900–2
- The Great War: France and Flanders 1918, Siberia 1918–19
- The Second World War: Europe, 1939–45
- Honorary distinction
- The badge of the Canadian Provost Corps (Military Police), presented September 21, 1957 at a Parliament Hill ceremony for contributions to the Corps during the Second World War
Organization[link]
International[link]
The RCMP International Operations Branch assists the Liaison Officer (LO) Program to deter international crime relating to Canadian criminal laws. The IOB is a section of the International Policing, which is part of the RCMP Federal and International Operations Directorate. Thirty-five Liaison Officers are placed in 25 other countries and are responsible for organizing Canadian investigations in other countries, developing and maintaining the exchange of criminal intelligence, especially national security with other countries, to provide assistance in investigations that directly affect Canada, to coordinate and assist RCMP officers on foreign business and to represent the RCMP at international meetings.[26]
Liaison Officers are located in:
The RCMP was a member agency in the Afghan Threat Finance Cell, and RCMP officers were embedded with military units in Afghanistan.[27]
National[link]
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is organized under the authority of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act. In accordance with the Act, it is headed by the Commissioner, who, under the direction of the Minister of Public Safety , has the control and management of the Force and all matters connected therewith.
The Commissioner is assisted by Deputy Commissioners in charge of:[28]
- Federal and International Policing
- Police Support Services
- Contract and Aboriginal Policing
- Human Resources
- East
- Ontario ("O" Division)
- National Capital Region ("A" Division)
- National Headquarters,
- Quebec ("C" Division)
- New Brunswick ("J" Division)
- Nova Scotia ("H" Division)
- Prince Edward Island ("L" Division)
- Newfoundland and Labrador ("B" Division)
- West
- British Columbia ("E" Division)
- Alberta ("K" Division)
- Saskatchewan ("F" Division)
- Manitoba ("D" Division)
- Yukon ("M" Division)
- Northwest Territories ("G" Division)
- Nunavut ("V" Division)
Regional[link]
In 1996, the RCMP began moving towards a more regional management system under the direction of deputy commissioners. These are: Pacific, Northwestern, Central and Atlantic. This was done to allow greater grass-roots involvement in decision-making and also allows the RCMP to invest more resources into frontline services.
The RCMP divides the country into divisions for command purposes. In general, each division is coterminous with a province (for example, C Division is Quebec). The province of Ontario, however, is divided into two divisions: A Division (Ottawa) and O Division (rest of the province). There is one additional division – Depot Division, which is the RCMP Academy at Regina, Saskatchewan, and the Police Dog Service Training Centre[29] at Innisfail, Alberta. The RCMP headquarters are located in Ottawa, Ontario.
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Mountie in Banff, Alberta
- A Division: National Capital Region (Ottawa, Ontario, and Gatineau, Quebec)[30]
- B Division: Newfoundland and Labrador[31]
- C Division: Quebec[32]
- D Division: Manitoba[33]
- E Division: British Columbia[34]
- F Division: Saskatchewan[35]
- G Division: Northwest Territories[36]
- H Division: Nova Scotia[37]
- J Division: New Brunswick[38]
- K Division: Alberta[39]
- L Division: Prince Edward Island[40]
- M Division: Yukon[41]
- O Division: Ontario[42]
- V Division: Nunavut[43]
- Depot Division at Regina and the Police Dog Service Training Centre[29] at Innisfail.
Personnel[link]
The RCMP employs 29,235 men and women, including police officers, civilian members, and Public Service Employees.[3]
Actual personnel strength by ranks:
- Commissioner 1
- Deputy commissioner 9
- Assistant commissioner 25
- Chief superintendent 51
- Superintendent 186
- Inspector 440
- Corps sergeant major 1
- Sergeants major 3
- Staff sergeants major 16
- Staff sergeants 942
- Sergeants 2,140
- Corporals 3,672
- Constables 11,717
- Special constables 78
- Civilian members 3,760
- Public servants 6,194
- Total 29,235
Regular members[link]
The term regular member, or RM, originates from the RCMP Act and refers to the 17,916 regular RCMP officers who are trained and sworn as peace officers, and include all the ranks from constable to commissioner. They are the police officers of the RCMP and are responsible for investigating crime and have the authority to make arrests. RMs operate in over 750 detachments, including 200 municipalities and more than 600 Aboriginal communities. RMs are normally assigned to general policing duties at an RCMP detachment for a minimum of three years. These duties allow them to experience a broad range of assignments and experiences, such as responding to alarms, foot patrol, bicycle patrol, traffic enforcement, collecting evidence at crime scenes, testifying in court, apprehending criminals and plain clothes duties. Regular members also serve in over 150 different types of operational and administrative opportunities available within the RCMP, these include: major crime investigations, emergency response, forensic identification, international peacekeeping, bike or marine patrol, explosives disposal and police dog services. Also included are administrative roles including human resources, corporate planning, policy analysis and public affairs.
Auxiliary constables and other staff[link]
Besides the regular RCMP officers, several types of designations exist which give them assorted powers and responsibilities over policing issues.
Currently, there are:
- Auxiliary constables: 2,400+[44]
- Community safety officers: 16
- Reserve constables : not reported
- Special constables: 78[3]
- Civilian members: 3,760[3]
- Public servants: 6,194[3]
- Auxiliary constables (A/Cst.)
- Volunteers within their own community, appointed under provincial police acts.[44] They are not police officers and can not identify themselves as such. However, they are given peace officer powers when on duty with a regular member (RM). Their duties consist mainly of assisting the RM in routine events, for example cordoning off crime scene areas, crowd control, participating in community policing, assistance during situations where regular members might be overwhelmed with their duties (e.g., keep watch of a backseat detainee while RM interviews a victim). They are identified by the wording of "RCMP Auxiliary" on cars, jackets and shoulder flashes.
- Community safety officers (CSO)
- In 2008, a new designation within the RCMP in British Columbia was created based on the UK Police Community Support Officer program. Community safety officers are paid, unarmed RCMP staff members with similar RCMP uniform but distinct shoulder badges with baton and pepper spray.[45][46] CSOs work with regular members in five areas: community safety; crime prevention; traffic support; community policing and investigation support.[47] They are peace officers but are not police officers.[48]
- Reserve constables (R/Cst.)
- A program reinstated in 2004 in British Columbia to allow for retired, regular RCMP members or other provincially trained officers to provide extra manpower when a shortage is identified.[49] R/Cst. are appointed under Section 11 of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act as paid part-time, armed officers with the same powers as regular members.[50] However, they are not allowed to carry force-issued sidearms and use of force options unless they are called upon to duty.[49] They generally carry out community policing roles but may also be called upon if an emergency occurs.[49][51]
- Special constables (S/Cst.)
- Employees of the RCMP, they have varied duties depending on where they are deployed, but are often given this designation because of an expertise they possess which needs to be applied in a certain area. For example, an Aboriginal person might be appointed a special constable in order to assist regular members as they police an Aboriginal community where English is not well understood, and where the special constable speaks the language well.
- From the early years of policing in northern Canada, and well into the 1950s, local aboriginal people were hired by the RCMP as special constables and were employed as guides and to obtain and care for sled dog teams. Many of these former special constables still reside in the North to this day and are still involved in regimental functions of the RCMP.
- Civilian members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- While not delegated the powers of police officers, they are instead hired for their specialized scientific, technological, communications and administrative skills. Since the RCMP is a multi-faceted law enforcement organization with responsibilities for federal, provincial and municipal policing duties, it offers employment opportunities for civilian members as professional partners within Canada's national police force.
Civilian members represent approximately 14% of the total RCMP employee population, and are employed within RCMP establishments in most geographical areas of Canada. The following is a list of the most common categories of employment that may be available to interested and qualified individuals.
- Operations
- Telecommunications Operator (Dispatcher)[52]
- Scientific
- Technical
- Forensic Identification Services
- Instrument Technology
- Document Examination
- Counterfeit Analysis
- Firearms Technology
- Electronics Technology
- Information Technology
- Communications
- Computer systems development
- Telecommunications
- Information Services/Public Affairs
- Administrative
- Policy Development & Analysis
- Staff Development & Training
- Human Resource Management
- Human Resource Assessment and Research
- Translation
- Police Records Information Management Environment (PRIME-BC)
- Public Service Employees
- Also referred to as Public Servants, PSes or PSEs, they provide much of the administrative support for the RCMP in the form of detachment clerks and other administrative support at the headquarters level. They are not police officers, do not wear a uniform, have no police authority and are not bound by the RCMP Act.
- Municipal Employees
Abbreviated as "ME" they are found in RCMP detachments where a contract exists with a municipality to provide front-line policing. MEs are not actually employees of the RCMP, but are instead employed by the local municipality to work in the RCMP detachment. They conduct the same duties that a PSE would and are required to meet the same reliability and security clearance to do so. Many detachment buildings house a combination of municipal and provincially funded detachments, and therefore there are often PSEs and MEs found working together in them.
Ranks[link]
The rank system of the RCMP illustrates their origin as a paramilitary force. The insignia were based upon the Canadian Army of the time, which is almost identical to that of the current British Army. Higher ranks have been increased over the years since the formation of the force, whereas the rank of inspector, which was initially a subaltern, is now a field officer level, the lower officer ranks having been dropped. With the military introducing the warrant officer, the RCMP non-commissioned officers were maintained using the older military style.
The numbers are current as of September 1, 2011[3]
| Rank Structure of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Commissioned officers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commissioner Commissaire 1 |
Deputy Commissioner Sous-commissaire 9 |
Assistant Commissioner Commissaire adjoint 25 |
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| Chief Superintendent Surintendant principal 51 |
Superintendent Surintendant 186 |
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| Inspector Inspecteur 440 |
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| Non-commissioned officers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Corps Sergeant Major Sergent-major du corps 1 |
Sergeant Major Sergent-major 3 |
Staff Sergeant Major Sergent-major d'état major 16 |
Staff Sergeant Sergent d'état-major 942 |
Sergeant Sergent 2,140 |
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| Corporal Caporal 3,672 |
Constable Gendarme 11,717 |
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| (no rank badge) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The ranks of inspector and higher are commissioned ranks and are appointed by the Governor-in-Council. Depending on the dress, badges are worn on the shoulder as slip-ons, on shoulder boards, or directly on the epaulettes. The lower ranks are non-commissioned officers and the insignia continues to be based on British army patterns. Since 1990, the non-commissioned officers' rank insignia has been embroidered on the epaulette slip-ons. Non-commissioned rank badges are worn on the right sleeve of the scarlet/blue tunic and blue jacket. The constables wear no rank insignia. There are also special constables, auxiliary constables, and students who wear identifying insignia.
Insignia are as follows:[53]
- Commissioner (crown over bath star over crossed sword and baton)
- Deputy Commissioner (crown over crossed sword and baton)
- Assistant Commissioner (crown over three bath stars in a triangular formation)
- Chief Superintendent (crown over two bath stars)
- Superintendent (crown over bath star)
- Inspector (crown)
- Corps Sergeant Major (coat of arms of Canada)
- Sergeant Major (crown over four downward-pointing chevrons)
- Staff Sergeant Major (wreathed crown)
- Staff Sergeant (four upward-pointing chevrons)
- Sergeant (crown over three downward-pointing chevrons)
- Corporal (two downward-pointing chevrons)
Equipment and vehicles[link]
Land fleet[link]
RCMP Land Transport Fleet Inventory includes:[54]
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High-speed catamaran patrol vessels Nadon, Higgitt and Lindsay
- Cars: 5,600
- Trucks: 2,350
- Motorcycles: 34
- Small snowmobiles: 481
- All-terrain vehicles: 181
- Gas railway car: 1
- Tractors: 27
- Buses: 3
- Total: 8,677
Many of the following vehicles have been used by the RCMP as marked and unmarked police vehicles:
- Chevrolet Camaro B4C
- Chevrolet Caprice
- Chevrolet Impala
- Chevrolet Lumina
- Chevrolet Silverado
- Chevrolet Suburban
- Chevrolet Tahoe
- Chrysler PT Cruiser
- Dodge Caravan
- Dodge Diplomat
- Dodge Durango
- Dodge Intrepid (Chrysler Intrepid)
- Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor
- Ford Escape
- Ford Econoline
- Ford Excursion
- Ford Expedition
- Ford Explorer
- Ford Freestar
- Ford Mustang SSP
- Ford Super Duty
- Ford Taurus
- Ford Windstar
- GMC Yukon (see Chevrolet Suburban/Tahoe)
- Honda Civic
- Jeep Cherokee[clarification needed]
- Plymouth Caravelle
- Smart Fortwo
- Toyota Camry
- Toyota Prius
Marine craft[link]
The RCMP is responsible for policing in Canadian Internal Waters, including the territorial sea and contiguous zone as well as the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Seaway; such operations are provided by the RCMP's Federal Services Directorate and includes enforcing Canada's environment, fisheries, customs and immigration laws. In provinces and municipalities where the RCMP performs contract policing, the force is also responsible for policing on freshwater lakes and rivers.
To meet these challenges, the RCMP operates what is known as the Marine Division, with five Robert Allan Ltd.–designed high-speed catamaran patrol vessels; Inkster and the Commissioner-class Nadon, Higgitt, Lindsay and Simmonds, based on all three coasts and manned by officers specially trained in maritime enforcement. Inkster is based in Prince Rupert, BC, Simmonds is stationed on the south coast of Newfoundland, and the rest are located on the Pacific Coast.[55] The boats have the RCMP badge, but are painted with Canadian Coast Guard colours and marking Coast Guard Police.
The RCMP owns and operates 377 smaller boats at various locations across Canada, this number comprising all vessels less than 9.2 m (30 ft) long. This category ranges from from canoes and car toppers[clarification needed] to rigid-hulled inflatables and stable, commercially built, inboard/outboard vessels. Individual detachments often have smaller high-speed rigid-hulled inflatable boats and other purpose-built vessels for inland waters, some of which can be hauled by road to the nearest launching point.[55]
| Ship Name | Type | Class | Base | Specifications | Propulsion | Top Speed | Builder | Year Commissioned | Crew |
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| Inkster | Patrol vessel | n/a | Prince Rupert, BC | 19.75 m (64.8 ft) fast patrol aluminum catamaran |
25 kn (46 km/h; 29 mph)+ | Allied Shipbuilders Limited of North Vancouver, BC | 1996 | 4 | |
| Nadon | Patrol vessel | Commissioner Class PV (RAven Class) | Nanaimo, BC | 17.7 m (58 ft) fast patrol catamaran |
2 x 820 hp (610 kW) D2840 LE401 V-10 MAN Diesel engines | 36 kn (67 km/h; 41 mph) | Robert Allan Ltd. | 1991 | 4 |
| Higgitt | Patrol vessel | Commissioner Class PV | Campbell River, BC | 17.7 m (58 ft) fast patrol catamaran |
2 x 820 hp (610 kW) D2840 LE401 V-10 MAN Diesel engines | 36 kn (67 km/h; 41 mph) | Robert Allan Ltd. | 1992 | 4 |
| Lindsay | Patrol vessel | Commissioner Class PV | Patricia Bay, Victoria, BC | 17.7 m (58 ft) fast patrol catamaran |
2 x 820 hp (610 kW) D2840 LE401 V-10 MAN Diesel engines | 36 kn (67 km/h; 41 mph) | Robert Allan Ltd. | 1993 | 4 |
| Simmons | Patrol vessel | Commissioner Class PV | South coast Newfoundland | 17.7 m (58 ft) fast patrol catamaran |
2 x 820 hp (610 kW) D2840 LE401 V-10 MAN Diesel engines | 36 kn (67 km/h; 41 mph) | Robert Allan Ltd. | 1995 | 4 |
Aircraft fleet[link]
As of January 2011 the RCMP had 42 aircraft (10 helicopters and 32 fixed-wing aircraft) registered with Transport Canada (TC).[56] and 41, the Quest Kodiak is not shown, listed on the RCMP Air Services website.[57] All aircraft are operated and maintained by the Air Services Branch. Only the Twin Otter and the Avanti are twin-engine aircraft, all the others, including the helicopters, are single engine.
| Aircraft | Number (TC)[56] |
Variants | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aérospatiale AS350 | 8 | AS 350B3 | Helicopter, AStar 350 or "Squirrel" |
| Cessna 206 Stationair | 6 | U206G, T206H | Fixed wing, Stationair (Station wagon of the Air), general aviation aircraft |
| Cessna 208 Caravan | 3 | 208, 208B | Fixed wing, Caravan, short-haul regional airliner and utility aircraft |
| Cessna 210 Centurion | 4 | 210R | Fixed wing, Centurion, high-performance general aviation aircraft |
| Twin Otter | 2 | 300 Series | Fixed wing, 20-passenger STOL feederliner and utility aircraft |
| Eurocopter EC120 Colibri | 2 | EC 120B | Light helicopter, "Hummingbird" |
| Piaggio P180 Avanti | 1 | P180 | Fixed wing, business aircraft, pusher configured |
| Pilatus PC-12 | 15 | PC-12/45, PC-12/47, PC-12/47E | Fixed wing, turboprop passenger and cargo aircraft |
| Quest Kodiak | 1 | 100 | Fixed wing, un-pressurized, turboprop-powered fixed-tricycle-gear, STOL |
Equipment[link]
- Smith & Wesson model 5946
- Smith & Wesson Model 3953
- Heckler & Koch MP5
- Remington 870 12 Gauge Shotgun
- SIG Sauer 220R - .45 / SIG Sauer 226R - .40 S&W
- Colt Canada C7 rifle
- C8 Carbine
- Taser International M26 & X26
Past equipment:
- Fabrique Nationale (FN) C1A1 variant of theFN FAL
- .30-30 Winchester
- Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk1
- Winchester '76 rifle
- Enfield Mark II revolver
- Adams revolver
- Webley & Scott Bull Dog revolver[58]
- Colt New Service revolver
- Smith & Wesson Model 10 revolver
- Smith & Wesson Model 3 revolver
- Snider-Enfield
- Tranter revolver
- .476 Enfield
- Beaumont-Adams Revolver
Popular awareness of the RCMP[link]
The Mounties have been immortalized as symbols of Canadian culture in numerous Hollywood Northwestern movies and television series, which often feature the image of the Mountie as square-jawed, stoic and polite, yet with a steely determination and physical toughness that sometimes appears superhuman. Coupled with the adage that the Mountie "always gets his man," the image projects them as fearsome, incorruptible, dogged yet gentle champions of the law. The RCMP's motto is actually Maintiens le droit, French for "Defending the Law"; it accidentally also means "Keep Right," describing the rule of the road in Canada (which is one of the few Commonwealth realms to drive on the right-hand side).[1][2] The Hollywood motto derives from a comment by the Montana newspaper, the Fort Benton Record: "They fetch their man every time".[59]
In 1912, Ralph Connor's Corporal Cameron of the North-West Mounted Police: A Tale of the MacLeod Trail appeared, becoming an international best-selling novel. Mounties fiction became a popular genre in both pulp magazines and book form. Among the best-selling authors who specialized in tales of the Mounted Police were James Oliver Curwood, Laurie York Erskine, James B Hendryx, T Lund, Harwood Steele (the son of Sam Steele) and William Byron Mowery.
In other media, a famous example is the radio and television series, Sergeant Preston of the Yukon. Dudley Do-Right (of The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show) is a 1960s example of the comic aspect of the Mountie myth, as is Klondike Kat, from Total Television. The Broadway musical and Hollywood movie Rose-Marie is a 1930s example of its romantic side. A successful combination were a series of Renfrew of the Royal Mounted boy's adventure novels written by Laurie York Erskine beginning in 1922 running to 1941. In the 1930s Erskine narrated a Sgt Renfrew of the Mounties radio show and a series of films with actor-singer James Newill playing Renfrew were released between 1937 and 1940. In 1953 portions of the films were mixed with new sequences of Newill for a Renfrew of the Mounted television series.
A former Mounted Police corporal (1919–1923), Bruce Carruthers, served as an unofficial technical advisor to Hollywood in many films with RCMP characters.[60]
Modern culture[link]
In 1959, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation aired R.C.M.P., a half hour dramatic series about an R.C.M.P. detachment keeping the peace and fighting crime. Filmed in black and white, in and around Ottawa by Crawley Films, the series was co-produced with the BBC and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and ran for 39 episodes. It was noted for its pairing of Québécois and Anglo officers.
Canadians also poke fun at the RCMP with Sergeant Renfrew and his faithful dog Cuddles in various sketches produced by the Royal Canadian Air Farce comedy troupe. On That '70s Show Mounties were played by SCTV alumni Joe Flaherty and Dave Thomas. The British have also exploited the myth: the BBC television series Monty Python's Flying Circus featured a group of Mounties singing the chorus in The Lumberjack Song in the lumberjack sketch.
The 1972–90 CBC series The Beachcombers featured a character named Constable John Constable who attempted to enforce the law in the town of Gibsons, British Columbia.
In comic books, the Marvel Comics characters of Alpha Flight were described on several occasions as "RCMP auxiliaries," and two of their members, Snowbird and the second Major Mapleleaf were depicted as serving members of the force. In the latter case, due to trademark issues, Major Mapleleaf was described as a "Royal Canadian Mountie" in the opening roll call pages of each issue of Alpha Flight he appeared in.
Charles Bronson and Lee Marvin starred in the 1981 movie Death Hunt that fictionalized the RCMP pursuit of Albert Johnson.
In the early 1990s, Canadian professional wrestler Jacques Rougeau utilized the gimmick of "The Mountie" while wrestling for the WWF. He typically wore the Red Serge to the ring, and carried a shock stick as an illegal weapon. As his character was portrayed as an evil Mountie, the RCMP ultimately won an injunction preventing Rougeau from wrestling as this character in Canada, though he was not prevented from doing so outside the country. He briefly held the Intercontinental Championship in 1992.
The 1998 swan song of Nick Berry's time on UK drama Heartbeat featured his character, Sergeant Nick Rowan, transferring to Canada and taking the rank of constable in the Mounties. The special telemovie was titled Heartbeat: Changing Places.
In the 1994–98 TV series Due South paired a Mountie, (and his deaf half-wolf) with a streetwise American detective cleaning up the streets of Chicago, mainly deriving its entertainment from the perceived differences in attitude between these two countries' police forces. A pair of Mounties staffed the RCMP Detachment in the fictional town of Lynx River, Northwest Territories, in the CBC series North of 60. The series, which aired from 1992 to 1998, was about events in the native community, but the Mounties featured prominently in each episode.
Another TV series from 1990s, Bordertown featured a NWMP corporal paired with a U.S. marshal securing law and order on a frontier U.S.-Canadian bordertown. In the ABC TV mini-series Answered by Fire, at least three mounties are featured.
The 1987 Brian De Palma film The Untouchables featured cooperation between the Treasury Department task force, led by Eliot Ness, and the Mounties against liquor smuggling across the American-Canadian border.
Mountie merchandise[link]
There are products and merchandise that are made in the image of the RCMP, like Mounties statues or hats. Before 1995, the RCMP had little control over these products.
The RCMP Heritage Centre is a multi-million dollar museum designed by Arthur Erickson that opened May 2007 in Regina, Saskatchewan at the RCMP Academy, Depot Division. It replaced the old RCMP museum and is designed to celebrate the role of the force in Canada's history.
Trademark[link]
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police received an international license on April 1, 1995 requiring those who use the RCMP to pay a licensing fee. Proceeds from the fees would be used for community awareness programmes.[61] Those that do not pay the licensing fee are legally unable to use the name of the RCMP or their correct uniforms, though a film such as Canadian Bacon used the name "Royal Mounted Canadian Police" (RMCP) and the character in the Dudley Do-Right film did not wear accurate insignia.
Through a Master Licensing Agreement (MLA) with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the RCMP Foundation is responsible for managing the commercial use of the RCMP name,[62] image and protected marks. The Foundation issues selected companies a royalty-based agreement allowing them to produce and market high quality official RCMP merchandise. Walt Disney Co. (Canada) Ltd. was contracted to aid in the initial set up of the Licensing Program[63] but contrary to popular belief, Disney never owned or controlled any of the RCMP's protected marks.
Following expiration of the Disney contract in 2000, all responsibilities and activities were taken over by the then Executive Director and his staff, reporting to the Foundation President and Board of Directors. In 2007, through a decree signed by Commissioner Beverley Busson, the operating name was changed to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Foundation.
Criticism[link]
Main articles: List of controversies involving the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Police misconduct
See also[link]
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- Emergency Response Team (RCMP)
- RCMP recruitment
- List of Canadian organizations with royal patronage
- Courage in Red, a 13 part documentary about the RCMP
References[link]
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- ^ "Inquiry Into Certain Activities of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Royal Commission of," Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved August 26, 2007.
- ^ p.52 Sendzikas, Aldona Stanley Barracks: Toronto's Military Legacy Dundurn Press Ltd., 01/01/2011
- ^ Hewitt, Steve. "Policing the Promised Land: The RCMP and Negative Nation-building in Alberta and Saskatchewan in the Interwar Period", The Prairie West as Promised Land ed. R. Douglas Francis and Chris Kitzan (Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2007), 318-320.
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- ^ Kelly, Nora and William. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police - A Century Of History 1873-1973. (Edmonton, Hurtig Publishers. 1973) pp 199-200.
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- ^ RCMP Executive
- ^ a b Police Dog Service Training Centre
- ^ A Division
- ^ B Division
- ^ C Division
- ^ D Division
- ^ E Division
- ^ F Division
- ^ G Division
- ^ H Division
- ^ J Division
- ^ K Division
- ^ L Division
- ^ M Division
- ^ O Division
- ^ V Division
- ^ a b Auxiliary Constable Program
- ^ Community Safety Officers
- ^ Enhanced Policing Options—Community Safety Officers[dead link]
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Canadians (singular Canadian) are the people who are identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be genetic, residential, legal, historical, cultural or ethnic. For most Canadians, several (frequently all) of those types of connections exist and are the source(s) of them being considered Canadians.
Aside from the Aboriginal peoples, who according to the 2006 Canadian Census numbered 1,172,790, 3.8% of the country's total population,[4] the majority of the population is made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. After the initial period of French and then British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-aboriginal peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continues today. Elements of Aboriginal, French, British and more recent immigrant customs, languages and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada and thus a Canadian identity. Canada has also been strongly influenced by that of its linguistic, geographic and economic neighbour, the United States.
Canadian independence grew gradually over the course of many years since the formation of the Canadian Confederation in 1867. World War I and World War II in particular gave rise to a desire amongst Canadians to have their country recognized as a fully-fledged sovereign state with a distinct citizenship. Legislative independence was established with the passage of the Statute of Westminster 1931, the Canadian Citizenship Act of 1946 took effect on January 1, 1947, and full sovereignty was achieved with the patriation of the constitution in 1982. Canada's nationality law closely mirrored that of the United Kingdom. Legislation since the mid 20th century represents Canadians' commitment to multilateralism and socioeconomic development.
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Population[link]
See also: Population of Canada by year
Canadians make up 0.5% of the world's total population,2010[5] having relied upon immigration for population growth and social development.[6] Approximately 41% of current Canadians are first or second generation immigrants,[7] meaning one out of every five Canadians currently living in Canada was not born in the country.[8] Statistics Canada projects that, by 2031, nearly one-half of Canadians above the age of 15 will be foreign-born or have one foreign-born parent.[9]
Immigration[link]
Main article: immigration to Canada
The French originally settled New France in present-day Quebec and Ontario, during the early part of the 17th century.[10] Approximately 100 Irish-born families would settle the Saint Lawrence Valley by 1700, assimilating into the Canadien population and culture.[11][12] The French also settled the Acadian peninsula alongside a smaller number of other European merchants, who collectively became the Acadians.[13] During the 18th and 19th century; immigration westward (to the area known as Rupert's Land) was carried out by French settlers (Coureur des bois) working for the North West Company, and by British (English and Scottish) settlers representing the Hudson's Bay Company.[14] This led to the creation of the Métis, an ethnic group of mixed European and First Nations parentage.[15]
The British conquest of New France was proceeded by small number of Germans and Swedes who settled alongside the Scottish in Port Royal, Nova Scotia, while some Irish immigrated to the Colony of Newfoundland.[16] In the wake of the 1775 invasion of Canada by the newly-formed Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, approximately 60,000 United Empire Loyalist fled to British North America, a large portion of whom migrated to New Brunswick.[17] After the War of 1812, British (included British army regulars), Scottish and Irish immigration was encouraged throughout Rupert's Land, Upper Canada and Lower Canada.[18]
Between 1815 and 1850 some 800,000 immigrants came to the colonies of British North America, mainly from the British Isles as part of the great migration of Canada.[19] These included some Gaelic-speaking Highland Scots displaced by the Highland Clearances to Nova Scotia.[20] The Irish Potato Famine of the 1840s significantly increased the pace of Irish immigration to Prince Edward Island and the Province of Canada, with over 35,000 distressed individuals landing in Toronto in 1847 and 1848.[21][22] Beginning in late 1850s, Chinese immigrants into the Colony of Vancouver Island and Colony of British Columbia peaked with the onset of the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush.[23] The Chinese Immigration Act of 1885 eventually placed a head tax on all Chinese immigrants, in hopes of discouraging Chinese immigration after completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway.[24]
The population of Canada has consistently risen, doubling approximately every 40 years, since the establishment of the Canadian Confederation in 1867.[25] From the mid to late 19th century Canada had a policy of assisting immigrants from Europe, including an estimated 100,000 unwanted "Home Children" from Britain.[26] Block settlement communities were established throughout western Canada between the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Some were planned and other were spontaneously created by the settlers themselves.[27] Canada was now receiving a large amount of European immigrants predominately Italians, Germans, Scandinavians, Dutch and Ukrainians.[28]
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Legislative restrictions on immigration (such as the Continuous journey regulation and Chinese Immigration Act) that had favoured British and other European immigrants were amended in the 1960s, opening the doors to immigrants from all parts of the world.[29] While the 1950s had still seen high levels of immigration by Europeans, by the 1970s immigrants increasingly were Chinese, Indian, Vietnamese, Jamaican and Haitian.[30] During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Canada received many American Vietnam War draft dissenters.[31] Throughout the late 1980s and 1990s Canada's growing Pacific trade brought with it a large influx of South Asians, that tended to settle in British Columbia.[32]
In 2009, Canada received 252,179 "permanent residents" - the top ten source countries were China (29,049), the Philippines (27,277), India (26,122), the United States (9,723), the United Kingdom (9,566), France (7,300), Pakistan (6,214), Iran (6,065), South Korea (5,864), and Morocco (5,222).[33] These countries were followed closely by Algeria (4,785), United Arab Emirates (4,640), and Iraq (4,567) with Sri Lanka, Colombia, and Germany each contributing over 4,000 individuals.[33] Immigrants of all backgrounds tend to settle in the major urban centres.[34][35]
The majority of illegal immigrants come from the southern provinces of the People's Republic of China, with Asia as a whole, Eastern Europe, Caribbean, Africa and the Middle East all contributing to the illegal population.[36] Estimates of illegal immigrants range between 35,000 and 120,000.[37] A 2008 report by the Auditor General of Canada Sheila Fraser, stated that Canada has lost track of approximately 41,000 illegal immigrants whose visas have expired.[38]
Citizenship[link]
Main article: Canadian nationality law
3 January 1947
Canadian citizenship is typically obtained by birth in Canada, birth abroad when at least one parent is a Canadian citizen and was born in Canada, or by adoption abroad by at least one Canadian citizen.[39] It can also be granted to a permanent resident who lives in Canada for three out of four years and meets specific requirements.[39] Canada established its own nationality law in 1946 with the enactment of the Canadian Citizenship Act, which took effect on January 1, 1947.[40] The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, was passed by the Parliament of Canada in 2001 as Bill C-11, which replaced the Immigration Act of 1976 as the primary federal legislation regulating immigration.[41] Prior to the conferring of legal status on Canadian citizenship, Canada's naturalization laws consisted of a multitude of Acts beginning with the Immigration Act of 1910.[42]
According to Citizenship and Immigration Canada there are three main classifications for immigrants: Family class (closely related persons of Canadian residents), Economic class (admitted on the basis of a point system that account for age, health and labour-market skills required for cost effectively inducting the immigrants into Canada's labour market) and Refugee class (those seeking protection by applying to remain in the country by way of the Canadian immigration and refugee law).[43] In 2008, there were 65,567 immigrants in the family class, 21,860 refugees, and 149,072 economic immigrants amongst the 247,243 total immigrants to the country.[7] Canada resettles over one in 10 of the world’s refugees[44] and has one of the highest per-capita immigration rates in the world.[45]
The majority of Canadian citizens live in Canada; however, there are approximately 2,800,000 Canadians abroad as of November 1, 2009.[46] This represents about 7.5% of the total Canadian population. Of those abroad the United States, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, China, and Lebanon have the largest Canadian diaspora. Canadians in United States are the greatest single expatriate community at over 1 million in 2009, representing 35.8% of all Canadians abroad.[47] Under current Canadian law, Canada does not restrict dual citizenship but Passport Canada encourages its citizens to travel abroad on their Canadian passport, so they can access Canadian consular services.[48]
Ethnic ancestry[link]
Main article: Ethnic origins of people in Canada
Canada has thirty four ethnic groups with at least one hundred thousand members each, of which eleven have over 1,000,000 people and numerous others are represented in smaller amounts.[Note 2] According to the 2006 census, the largest self-reported ethnic origin is Canadian/Canadien (32%),[Note 3] followed by English (21%), French (15.8%), Scottish (15.1%), Irish (13.9%), German (10.2%), Italian (4.6%), Chinese (4.3%), North American Indian (4.0%),[Note 4] Ukrainian (3.9%), and Dutch (Netherlands) (3.3%).[49] In the 2006 census, over five million Canadians identified themselves as a member of a visible minority. Together, they make up 16.2% of the total population: most numerous among these are South Asian (4.0%), Black (2.5%), and Filipino (1.1%).[49] Aboriginal peoples are not considered a visible minority under the Employment Equity Act,[50] and is the definition that Statistics Canada also uses.
| Ethnic origin[Note 2] | % | Population | Area of largest proportion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian/ Canadien[Note 3] |
32.22% | &1000000001006629000000010,066,290 | Quebec (66.2%) |
| English Canadian | 21.03% | &100000000065700150000006,570,015 | Newfoundland and Labrador (43.2%) |
| French Canadian (excluding Acadians & Québécois) |
15.82% | &100000000049412100000004,941,210 | Quebec (28.9%) |
| Scottish Canadian | 15.11% | &100000000047198500000004,719,850 | Prince Edward Island (40.5%) |
| Irish Canadian | 13.94% | &100000000043541550000004,354,155 | Prince Edward Island (29.2%) |
| German Canadian | 10.18% | &100000000031794250000003,179,425 | Saskatchewan (30.0%) |
| Italian Canadian | 4.63% | &100000000014453350000001,445,335 | Ontario (7.2%) |
| Chinese Canadian | 4.31% | &100000000013465100000001,346,510 | British Columbia (10.6%) |
| North American Indian[Note 4] | 4.01% | &100000000012536150000001,253,615 | Northwest Territories (36.5%) |
| Ukrainian Canadian | 3.87% | &100000000012090850000001,209,085 | Manitoba (14.8%) |
| Dutch Canadian (Netherlands) |
3.32% | &100000000010359650000001,035,965 | Alberta (5.3%) |
| Polish Canadian | 3.15% | &10000000000984565000000984,565 | Manitoba (7.3%) |
| East Indian Canadian | 3.08% | &10000000000962665000000962,665 | British Columbia (5.7%) |
| Russian Canadian | 1.60% | &10000000000500600000000500,600 | Manitoba (4.3%) |
| Welsh Canadian | 1.41% | &10000000000440965000000440,965 | Yukon (3.1%) |
| Filipino Canadian | 1.40% | &10000000000436190000000436,190 | Manitoba (3.5%) |
| Norwegian Canadian | 1.38% | &10000000000432515000000432,515 | Saskatchewan (7.2%) |
| Portuguese Canadian | 1.32% | &10000000000410850000000410,850 | Ontario (2.4%) |
| Métis | 1.31% | &10000000000409065000000409,065 | Northwest Territories (6.9%) |
| British Canadian (British Isles not included elsewhere) |
1.29% | &10000000000403915000000403,915 | Yukon (2.3%) |
| Swedish Canadian | 1.07% | &10000000000334765000000334,765 | Saskatchewan (3.5%) |
| Spanish Canadian | 1.04% | &10000000000325730000000325,730 | British Columbia (1.3%) |
| American Canadian | 1.01% | &10000000000316350000000316,350 | Yukon (2.0%) |
| Hungarian Canadian (Magyar) |
1.01% | &10000000000315510000000315,510 | Saskatchewan (2.9%) |
| Jewish Canadian (From all continents) |
1.01% | &10000000000315120000000315,120 | Ontario (1.5%) |
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Culture[link]
Main article: Culture of Canada
Canada's culture, like that of most any country in the world, is a product of its language(s), religion(s), political and legal system(s). Being a settler nation, Canada has been shaped by waves of migration that have combined to form a unique blend of art, cuisine, literature, humour and music.[51] Today, Canada has a diverse makeup of nationalities and constitutional protection for policies that promote multiculturalism rather than cultural assimilation or a single national myth.[52] In Quebec, cultural identity is strong, and many French-speaking commentators speak of a Quebec culture as distinguished from English Canadian culture.[53] However as a whole Canada is a cultural mosaic a collection of several regional, aboriginal, and ethnic subcultures.[54][55] Canadian society is often depicted as being "very progressive, diverse, and multicultural".[56]
Canadian government policies such as official bilingualism, publicly-funded health care, higher and more progressive taxation, outlawing capital punishment, strong efforts to eliminate poverty, an emphasis on multiculturalism, imposing strict gun control, leniency in regard to drug use, and, most recently, legalizing same-sex marriage are social indicators of how Canada's political and cultural evolution differ from that of the United States.[57] American media and entertainment are popular, if not dominant, in English Canada; conversely, many Canadian cultural products and entertainers are successful in the United States and worldwide.[58] The Government of Canada has also influenced culture with programs, laws and institutions. It has created Crown corporations to promote Canadian culture through media and has also tried to protect Canadian culture by setting legal minimums on Canadian content.[59]
Canadian culture has historically been influenced by Aboriginal, French and British cultures and traditions. Most of Canada's territory was inhabited and developed later than other European colonies in the Americas, with the result that themes and symbols of pioneers, trappers, and traders were important in the early development of the Canadian identity.[60] First Nations played a critical part in the development of European colonies in Canada, particularly for their role in assisting exploration of the continent during the North American fur trade.[61] The British conquest of New France in the mid 1700s brought a large Francophone population under British Imperial rule, creating a need for compromise and accommodation.[62] The new British rulers left alone much of the religious, political, and social culture of the French-speaking habitants, guaranteeing the right of the Canadiens to practise the Catholic faith and to the use of French civil law (now Quebec law) through the Quebec Act of 1774.[63]
The Constitution Act of 1867 was designed to meet the growing calls of Canadians for autonomy from British rule, while avoiding the overly-strong decentralization that contributed to the Civil War in the United States.[64] The compromises made by the Fathers of Confederation set Canadians on a path to bilingualism, and this in turn contributed to an acceptance of diversity that later led to both multiculturalism and the recognition of Aboriginal contributions to Canadian society.[65][66]
The Canadian Forces and overall civilian participation in the First World War and Second World War helped to foster Canadian nationalism,[67][68][69] however in 1917 and 1944 conscription crisis's caused a considerable rift along ethnic lines between Anglophones and Francophones.[70] As a result of the First and Second World Wars, the Government of Canada became more assertive and less deferential to British authority.[71] With the gradual loosening of political ties to the United Kingdom and the modernization of Canadian immigration policies, in the 20th century immigrants with African, Caribbean and Asian nationalities have added to the Canadian identity and its culture.[72] The multiple origins immigration pattern continues today with the arrival of large numbers of immigrants from non British or French backgrounds.[73]
Multiculturalism in Canada was adopted as the official policy of the government during the premiership of Pierre Elliot Trudeau in the 1970s and 1980s.[74] The Canadian government has often been described as the instigator of multicultural ideology because of its public emphasis on the social importance of immigration.[75] Multiculturalism is administered by the Department of Canadian Heritage and reflected in the law through the Canadian Multiculturalism Act[76] and section 27 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.[77] In parts of Canada, especially the major urban areas, multiculturalism itself is the cultural norm and diversity is a force that unites the community.[78][79]
Religion[link]
Main article: Religion in Canada
Canada as a nation is religiously diverse, encompassing a wide range of groups, beliefs and customs.[80] The preamble to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms references "God", and the monarch carries the title of "Defender of the Faith".[81] However Canada has no official religion and support for religious pluralism (Freedom of religion in Canada) is an important part of Canada's political culture.[82][83] With Christianity on the decline, having once been central and integral to Canadian culture and daily life;[84] it has been recently suggested that Canada has come to enter a post-Christian period in a secular state, where the practice of religion has "moved to the margins of public life", with irreligion in Canada on the rise.[85]
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Top self-identified religious affiliations as of 2001.[86]
The 2001 Canadian census reported that 77.1% of Canadians identify as being Christians; of this, Catholics make up the largest group (43.6%).[87][88] The largest Protestant denomination is the United Church of Canada (9.5%), followed by the Anglicans (6.8%), Baptists (2.4%), Lutherans (2%), and other Christians (4.4%).[88] About 16.5% of Canadians declare no religious affiliation, including agnostics, atheists, humanists, and other groups. The remaining 6.3% are affiliated with non-Christian religions, the largest of which is Islam (2.0%), followed by Judaism (1.1%).[87][88]
Before the arrival of European colonists and explorers, First Nations followed a wide array of mostly animistic religions.[89] During the colonial period, the French settled along the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, specifically Latin rite Roman Catholics, including a number of Jesuits dedicated to converting Aboriginals; an effort that eventually proved successful.[90] The first large Protestant communities were formed in the Maritimes after the British conquest of New France, followed by American Protestant settlers displaced by the American Revolution.[91] The late nineteenth century saw the beginning of a large shift in Canadian immigration patterns. Large numbers of Irish and Southern Europeans immigrants were creating new Roman Catholic communities in English Canada.[92] The settlement of the west brought significant Eastern Orthodox immigrants from Eastern Europe and Mormon and Pentecostal immigrants from the United States.[93]
The earliest documentation of Jewish presence in Canada are the 1754 British Army records from the French and Indian War.[94] In 1760, General Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst attacked and won Montreal for the British. In his regiment there were several Jews, including four among his officer corps, most notably Lieutenant Aaron Hart who is considered the father of Canadian Jewry.[94] The Islamic, Sikhism and Buddhism communities although small, are as old as the nation itself. The 1871 Canadian Census (first "Canadian" national census) indicated thirteen Muslims among the populace,[95] with approximately 5000 Sikh by 1908.[96] The first Canadian mosque was constructed in Edmonton in 1938, when there were approximately 700 Muslims in Canada.[97] Buddhism first arrived in Canada when Japanese immigrated during the late 19th century.[98] The first Japanese Buddhist temple in Canada was built in Vancouver in 1905.[99] The influx of immigrants in the late 20th century with Sri Lankan, Japanese, Indian and Southeast Asian customs, has contributed to the recent expansion of the Sikhism and Buddhist communities.[100]
Languages[link]
Main article: Languages of Canada
English - 57.8%
English and French (Bilingual) - 17.4%
French - 22.1%
Sparsely populated area ( < 0.4 persons per km2)
A multitude of languages are used by Canadians, with English and Canadian French, a dialect of old French, (the official languages) being the mother tongues of 59.7% and 23.2% of the population respectively.[101] Approximately twenty percent or over six million people in Canada list a non-official language as their mother tongue.[102] Some of the most common first languages include: Chinese (3.1%), Italian (1.4%), German (1.2%), Spanish (1.2%), Punjabi (1.1%), Tagalog (0.9%), Tamil (0.8%), Gujarati (0.6%).[103] Less than one percent of Canadians (just over 250,000 individuals) can speak an aboriginal language. About half this number (129,865) reported using an aboriginal language on a daily basis.[104]
English and French are recognized by the Constitution of Canada as official languages.[105] Thus all federal government laws are enacted in both English and French with government services available in both languages.[105] Two of Canada's territories give official status to indigenous languages. In Nunavut, Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun are official languages alongside the national languages of English and French, and Inuktitut is a common vehicular language in territorial government.[106] In the Northwest Territories, the Official Languages Act declares that there are eleven different languages: Chipewyan, Cree, English, French, Gwich’in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey and Tłįchǫ.[107] Multicultural media offers specialty television channels, newspapers and other publications in many minority languages, that are widely accessible across the county.[108]
In Canada, as elsewhere in the world of European colonies, the frontier of European exploration and settlement tended to be a linguistically diverse and fluid place, as cultures using different languages met and interacted. The need for a common means of communication between the indigenous inhabitants and new arrivals for the purposes of trade and (in some cases) intermarriage led to the development of Mixed languages.[109] Languages like Michif, Chinook Jargon and Bungi creole tended to be highly localized and were often spoken by only a small number of individuals who were frequently capable of speaking another language.[110]
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Notes[link]
- ^ The population count appearing may differ from the official estimates and projections released by Statistics Canada. Data displayed is as a rough estimate of the current Canadian population. Source: "Canada's population clock". Statistics Canada. http://www.statcan.gc.ca/ig-gi/pop-ca-eng.htm.
- ^ a b c Data for ethnic origin was collected by self-declaration, labels may not necessarily describe the true (genetic) ancestry of respondents. Many respondents also acknowledged multiple ancestries, thus data reflects both single and multiple responses and may exceed the total population count. Source: "Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada - Data table". Statistics Canada. http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-562/pages/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=PR&Code=01&Data=Count&Table=2&StartRec=1&Sort=3&Display=All&CSDFilter=5000. Retrieved 2011-01-16. Additional data: "2006 Census release topics". Statistics Canada. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/rt-td/index-eng.cfm. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
- ^ a b c All citizens of Canada are classified as "Canadians" as defined by Canada's nationality laws. However since 1996 "Canadian" as an ethnic group has been added to census questionnaires for possible ancestry. "Canadian" was included as an example on the English questionnaire and "Canadien" as an example on the French questionnaire. "The majority of respondents to this selection are from the eastern part of the country that was first settled. Respondents generally are visibly European (Anglophones and Francophones), however no-longer self identify with their ethnic ancestral origins. This response is attributed to a multitude and/or generational distance from ancestral lineage. Source 1: Jack Jedwab (April 2008). "Our ‘Cense’ of Self: the 2006 Census saw 1.6 million ‘Canadian’". Association for Canadian Studies. http://www.acs-aec.ca/pdf/polls/12154527016855.pdf. Retrieved 2011-03-07. Source 2: Don Kerr (April 2007). The Changing Face of Canada: Essential Readings in Population. Canadian Scholars' Press. pp. 313–317. ISBN 978-1-55130-322-2. http://books.google.com/books?id=CofPBh5BRhwC&pg=PA313. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ a b c The category "North American Indian" includes respondents who indicated that their ethnic origins were from a Canadian First Nation, or another, non-Canadian aboriginal group (excluding Inuit and Métis). Source: "How Statistics Canada Identifies Aboriginal Peoples". Statistics Canada. http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/12-592-x/12-592-x2007001-eng.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
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Further reading[link]
Main article: Bibliography of Canada
- Beaty, Bart; Derek Briton (2010), How Canadians Communicate III: Contexts of Canadian Popular Culture, Athabasca University Press, ISBN 978-1-897425-59-6, http://books.google.ca/books?id=jjqitK-cRb4C&lpg=PA183&dq=Contemporary%20Canadian%20Art&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=true
- Bumsted, J. M (2003). Canada's diverse peoples: a reference sourcebook. Library of Congress ( ABC-CLIO). ISBN 1-57607-672-5. http://books.google.ca/books?id=Pb5AvfpCZZkC&lpg=PA42&dq=The%20people%20of%20Canada&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=true.
- Carment, David; David Jay Bercuson (2008), The world in Canada: diaspora, demography, and domestic politics, McGill-Queen's Univ. Press, ISBN 9780773532960, http://books.google.ca/books?id=OZJFUAPGh_0C&lpg=PA18&dq=Canada%20in%20World%20Affairs&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=true
- Cohen, Andrew (2008). The Unfinished Canadian: The People We Are. Emblem ed. ISBN 978-0-7710-2286-9. http://books.google.ca/books?id=glcBcaMC6doC&lpg=PP1&dq=who%20is%20a%20Canadian&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=true.
- Kearney, Mark; Randy Ray (2009), The Big Book of Canadian Trivia, Dundurn Press, ISBN 978-1-55488-417-9, http://books.google.ca/books?id=RoBytz0-XuQC&lpg=PP1&dq=The%20Big%20Book%20of%20Canadian%20Trivia&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=true
- Kelley, Ninette; Michael J. Trebilcock (2010), The Making of the Mosaic: A History of Canadian Immigration Policy (2nd ed.), University of Toronto Press, ISBN 978-0-8020-9536-7, http://books.google.ca/books?id=3IHyRvsCiKMC&lpg=PP1&dq=Immigration%20to%20Canada%E2%80%8E&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=true
- Resnick, Philip (2005). The European Roots Of Canadian Identity. Peterborough, Ont.: Broadview Press. ISBN 1-55111-705-3. http://books.google.ca/books?id=JJLOERVCUg0C&lpg=PP1&dq=The%20European%20Roots%20Of%20Canadian%20Identity&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=true.
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- Canada: A People's History - Teacher Resources - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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- Multicultural Canada - Department of Canadian Heritage
- The Canadian Immigrant Experience - Library and Archives Canada
- The Dictionary of Canadian Biography – Library and Archives Canada
- Canadiana: The National Bibliography of Canada – Library and Archives Canada
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Not to be confused with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Mounted police are police who patrol on horseback (equestrians) or camelback. They continue to serve in remote areas and in metropolitan areas where their day-to-day function may be picturesque or ceremonial, but they are also employed in crowd control because of their mobile mass and height advantage and increasingly in the UK for crime prevention and high visibility policing roles. Mounted police may be employed for specialized duties ranging from patrol of parks and wilderness areas, where police cars would be impractical or noisy, to riot duty, where the horse serves to intimidate those whom it is desired to disperse through its larger size, or may be sent in to snatch trouble makers or offenders from the crowd. For example, in the UK, mounted police are most often seen at football matches, although they are also a common sight on the streets of many towns and cities as a visible police presence and crime deterrent during the day and night. Some mounted police units are trained in search and rescue due to the horse's ability to travel where vehicles cannot.
A well-known mounted police force is the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). The RCMP now uses standard police methods and does not use any horses operationally. However, horses are used in the Musical Ride as well as by several provincial and municipal police detachments. In the United States, mounted patrols are still essential to local law enforcement operations.
The U.S. Border Patrol had 200 horses in 2005. Most of these are employed along the U.S.-Mexico border. In Arizona, these animals are fed special processed feed pellets so that their wastes do not spread non-native plants in the national parks and wildlife areas they patrol.[1] The Houston, Texas Police Department's Mounted Patrol Unit has become increasingly well known due to the decision to, over time, remove the shoes of all its mounted horses and embrace the concept of naturalizing their horses' diet and care in addition to riding them barefoot.[2]
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Tack used by mounted police is similar to standard riding tack, with adaptations for police use. Synthetic saddles are often favored over those made of natural leather to reduce weight, important both because of long riding hours and because police officers must carry numerous articles of personal equipment. High-traction horseshoes made of speciality metals or fitted with rubber soles are typically used in urban areas in place of standard steel horseshoes, which are prone to slip on pavement. Rubber soled shoes also produce less noise than steel shoes and jar the hoof less. Horses working in riot control wear facial armor, made of perspex so that the animals can still see. The officers themselves are often equipped with especially long wooden or polycarbonate batons for use on horseback, as standard patrol batons would have insufficient length to strike individuals at ground level.
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References[link]
- ^ "Border Patrol Horses Get Special Feed that Helps Protect Desert Ecosystem". Enn.com. 2005-06-09. http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/1731. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
- ^ "MountedPatrol.pub" (PDF). http://www.aanhcp.net/MountedPatrol_HiRes1.pdf. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
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London May (born 20 July), is a rock musician best known for playing drums in Glenn Danzig's post-Misfits/pre-Danzig punk/goth band Samhain, which he joined in the summer of 1985. May played on the group's best known release, "November-Coming-Fire" as well as "Final Descent" and "Live: '85-'86"
Previously, May was the drummer for Dischord Records band, Reptile House,[1] which later became Dischord Records band Lungfish.
He remained with Samhain until February 1987, when he was replaced by Chuck Biscuits.
Later, he performed briefly with Dain Bramage (replacing a pre-Nirvana Dave Grohl), Voice of Doom, Dag Nasty[2](with Minor Threat's Brian Baker and Doug Carrion of The Descendents), and remained for longer stints in Lunchbox (with T.S.O.L.'s Ron Emory), Dead, White, and Blue, Distorted Pony (recorded/produced by Steve Albini), Sheppard Pratt (on drums and guitar, produced by The Cramps/Nick Cave's Kid Congo Powers), The Amazing Chan Clan (on guitar), and Carbonation (on guitar with producer Paul Stacy of Oasis/Black Crows).
London re-joined Samhain for their 1999 reunion tour, switching off on bass and drums with Steve Zing. He later drummed for Tiger Army[3] and recorded their classic "Power Of Moonlight" CD along with Son of Sam's first album, "Songs From The Earth", which featured vocalist Davey Havok of AFI and a guest appearance by Glenn Danzig.[4]
In 2003 London joined The Hunns (featuring skateboarding legend Duane Peters) for a blitzkrieg 35 date tour of Europe. While on tour London met the German born FrankEEE and together they formed the rock "melancholia" band 'The Foul and the Fragrant' and have released two albums. The Foul and The Fragrant is an international project in which the members use internet file sharing to write and record material.[5]
In 2008 May founded the Los Angeles-based hardcore punk rock tribute band Millions Of Dead Comps. with Chris Bratton (ex-Chain Of Strength, Inside Out, Drive Like Jehu) and all proceeds from their performances are donated to charity. To date, the group has raised over $2000 for various charities in and around Los Angeles.[6]
In 2009 Metallica selected Samhain to appear as a special guest artist on their Guitar Hero: Metallica video game and May's original drum track from "Mother Of Mercy," a song from the 1986 album, "Samhain III November-Coming-Fire," is featured. The game has sold over 1.5 million copies and has been nominated for 2010 music video game of the year.[7]
London and his former band Distorted Pony re-convened in 2010 for their 20th anniversary and have been rehearsing and recording new material in preparation for a new release and European tour. In May, the band played three consecutive nights in Los Angeles to celebrate there return to the stage after disbanding 17 years ago.
Also in 2010, Minor Threat/Fugazi/Dischord Records front man Ian Mackaye and London have been working on the upcoming 25th anniversary re-release of Reptile House's first Dischord 7" from 1985 (which Mackaye also produced.)
May has also traveled the globe as a solo performer and fund raiser, recently performing in Cairo, Egypt and Beijing, China where he helped raise money for animal welfare by performing in a Misfits tribute band.
In March 2010 London (also a part-time ER nurse) spent a week in earthquake ravaged Haiti where he volunteered as part of an emergency medical team.
Branching out even further, London recently starred in the Ron Howard produced TV pilot, The Great Escape, for TNT/FOX network.
Featured Releases[link]
- REPTILE HOUSE
- Bouncing Babies Album comp. 1982
- I Stumble As The Crow Flies 7" 1985
- SAMHAIN
- November-Coming-Fire LP, CD 1986
- Final Descent CD 1990
- Box Set CD 2000
- Live: '85-'86 CD 2001
- VOICE OF DOOM
- Faith Is Torn 7" 1987
- DEAD, WHITE, AND BLUE
- Play It Safe 7" 1991
- Ego 7" 1991
- Heads CD 1992
- DISTORTED PONY
- Punishment Room CD 1992
- Gasoline Boost 7" 1993
- Instant Winner CD 1994
- Ow! Quit It 7" comp. 1994
- Smitten CD comp. 1994
- Bring Me The Head of Corporate Rock and Roll CD comp. 1994
- The Best of Bomp! CD comp. 1994
- SHEPPARD PRATT
- Blossom, Bone, and Still Alone CD 1994
- SON OF SAM
- Songs from the Earth CD 2001
- Punkzilla Comp. CD comp. 2001
- TIGER ARMY
- Tiger Army II: Power of Moonlite CD 2001
- Give 'Em the Boot III CD comp. 2002
- Punk-O-Rama Vol. 8 CD comp.(video only) 2002
- 30 DOLLAR MUSIC SCHOOL
- TREEPHORT
- Enchanted Forest CD (producer) 2004
- THE FOUL AND THE FRAGRANT
- Dead In The Center CD 2005
- All The Fetisch CD 2010
References[link]
- ^ "Reptile House biography". All Music Guide. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p425081/biography. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
- ^ "Interview: Peter Cortner". The Big Takeover zine. http://www.bigtakeover.com/interviews/interview-peter-cortner-part-2. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ^ "Tiger Army News Archive 2001". Tiger Army official website. http://www.tigerarmy.com/news_2001.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
- ^ "Son of Sam "Songs of the Earth"". Punk News. http://www.punknews.org/review/95. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ^ "MUSIC WITHOUT BOUNDARIES". THE FOUL & THE FRAGRANT official site. http://www.thefoulandthefragrant.com/_theband/_theband.php. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ^ "Millions of Dead Comps". Los Angeles times. http://theguide.latimes.com/music/millions-of-dead-comps-event. Retrieved 2009-08-13. [dead link]
- ^ "Sneak Peek: 'Guitar Hero: Metallica'". Spin Magazine. http://www.spin.com/articles/sneak-peek-guitar-hero-metallica. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
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