You remember the words of President Kennedy a week or so ago, when someone asked him when he was in Canada, and Dean Rusk was in Europe, and Vice President Johnson was in Asia, `` Who is running the store ''??

Goodwin was telegrapher for the `` American Telegraph Company '' and the `` Troy and Canada Junction Telegraph Company ''.

During the trip Selkirk decided that the route through Illinois territory to Indiana and the eastern United States was the best route for goods from England to reach Red River and that the United States was a better source of supply for many goods than either Canada or England.

A television series was also created, based on the book, which airs in the United States, Australia, Canada, the UK, Norway and Venezuela.

Born Joseph Aloysius Dwan in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dwan moved with his family to the United States when he was 11 years old.

In Canada, Jesuit missionaries such as Fathers LeClercq, Le Jeune and Sagard, in the 17th century, provide the oldest ethnographic records of native tribes in what was then the Dominion of Canada.

* In the year 1000, the Icelander Leif Ericson was the first European to set foot on North American soil, corresponding to today's Eastern coast of Canada, i. e. the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, including the area of land named " Vinland " by Ericson.

Van Vogt was born on a farm in Edenburg, a Russian Mennonite community east of Gretna, Manitoba, Canada.

In 1787 a bishop of Nova Scotia was appointed with a jurisdiction over all of British North America ; in time several more colleagues were appointed to other cities in present-day Canada.

In Canada this practice occurred during the 1890s, but was not commonplace until the 1920s.

Alexander Mackenzie, PC ( January 28, 1822 – April 17, 1892 ), a building contractor and newspaper editor, was the second Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873 to October 8, 1878.

Mackenzie's faith was to link him to the increasingly influential temperance cause, particularly strong in Ontario where he lived, a constituency of which he was to represent in the Parliament of Canada.

` Alexander Mackenzie `, the Royal Military College of Canada March for bagpipes, was composed in his honour by Pipe Major Don M. Carrigan, who was the College Pipe Major 1973 to 1985.

He studied theology and canon law, and after acting as parish priest in his native diocese for twelve years was sent by the pope to Canada as a bishop's chaplain.

The per capita GDP in 2007 was by far the highest of any province in Canada at C $ 74, 825 ( approx.

Crandall University 106736150RR0001 was registered as a charitable organization in Canada on 1967-01-01.

Many area codes reserved 999 ; 320 was also formerly reserved in Bell Canada territory.

Acadia University / 106681893RR0001 was registered as a charitable organization in Canada on 1967-01-01.

In 2001, it achieved high rankings in the annual Maclean's University Rankings, including Best Overall for Primarily Undergraduate University in their opinion survey, and it received the Canadian Information Productivity Award in 1997 as it was praised as the first university in Canada to fully utilize information technology in the undergraduate curriculum.

The Maritimes were connected to central Canada by the Intercolonial Railway in the 1870s, removing a longstanding barrier to trade.

In 1992 an arbitration panel awarded the islands an exclusive economic zone of to settle a longstanding territorial dispute with Canada, although it represents only 25 percent of what France had sought.

Canada was one of the 33 countries ( including only four Commonwealth members ) that voted in favour of the 1947 UN partition resolution that lead to the creation of the State of Israel, thus beginning a longstanding relationship with the Jewish state based on a shared commitment to democratic values, understanding, and mutual respect.

Weston has explored her longstanding interest in homes and gardens as co-author of two best-selling books, In a Canadian Garden ( 1989 ) and At Home in Canada ( 1995 ).

Daily, despite the longstanding relationship between CHUM and the Atlantic Satellite Network ( ASN ) ( now A Atlantic following CTVglobemedia's 2008 restructuring of the former A-Channel into the A system, incorporating ASN as its affiliate for Atlantic Canada ).

* Senior department officials revised a longstanding policy that rated the threat to various species based primarily on their populations within U. S. borders, giving more weight to populations in Canada and Mexico, countries with less extensive regulations than the U. S.

Through a longstanding partnership, The Canadian Press is the exclusive distributor of The Associated Press ( AP ) and Associated Press Television News ( APTN ) material in Canada.

Upper Canada College also has a longstanding homecoming tradition, although the event is referred to as " A-Day " ( Association Day ).

There are Canadians who would like to see their judges be elected as is the case for some American judges, but there is no indication that the longstanding British tradition of appointing judges will be altered in Canada anytime soon.

The Siksika Nation has had a longstanding land claim dispute with the Government of Canada over events dating back to 1910.

During his time in Canada, Sapir also acted as an advocate for Indigenous rights, arguing publicly for introduction of better medical care for Indigenous communities, and assisting the Six Nation Iroquois in trying to recover eleven wampum belts that had been stolen from the reservation and were on display in the museum of the University of Pennsylvania, the belts were only returned to the Iroquois in 1988.

Since 1986, ISARC has been a leader in mobilizing faith communities to advocate for systemic change in the Province of Ontario, Canada.

Robinson was an outspoken advocate of the rights of aboriginal peoples both in Canada and internationally.

There are also other organizations that support and advocate the monarchy, such as the United Empire Loyalists ' Association of Canada, the Canadian Royal Heritage Trust, the Orange Order in Canada, and the Friends of the Canadian Crown.

* Mike Salisbury ( born 1966 ), a leading advocate of the natural burial movement in Canada

Bob Leckie of the RCAF was a strong advocate for years for an industry to design and build aircraft in Canada yet the Department of National Defense, according to Avro's Roy Dobson, gave " a cold reception " to doing more than building under licence.

Prime Minister of Canada | Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau was a major advocate of the Charter.

He was an advocate of individual freedoms and promoted the rights of the provinces against the centralizing initiatives of the federal government while also promoting national unity against Quebec separatism and hosted the 1967 " Confederation of Tomorrow " conference in Toronto in an unsuccessful attempt to achieve an agreement for a new Constitution of Canada.

Pattullo was also a great advocate for British Columbia, and suggested such things as the annexation of Yukon by BC, and the construction of the Alaska Highway to reduce the power of eastern Canada over BC.

The Liberals and NDP are more pluralistic including generous government support for minority cultures, while the BQ favour viewing Canada as two separate societies ( English Canada and Quebec ), and advocate strong protections for French language and culture in Quebec while remaining unconcerned about issues with other minorities or in other parts of the country.

Considered a prominent left-wing member of the Liberal Party of Canada, Copps was an advocate for women's and minority rights, and protection of the environment.

To a friend, Long Lance justified his decision to assume a Blackfoot Indian identity by saying it would help him be a more effective advocate, that he had not lived with his own people since he was sixteen, and now knew more about the Indians of Western Canada.

He was also an advocate of the Unite the Right movement, which resulted in the creation of the Conservative Party of Canada.

A well-known advocate of proportional representation, he is a member of the National Advisory Board of Fair Vote Canada and has been a guest speaker at their conferences.

In 2009, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada " for her distinguished career as an educator, politician and advocate for social justice in Canada ".

He played an especially important role as an advocate for the Canada – United States Free Trade Agreement and the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Adolphus Egerton Ryerson ( 24 March 1803 – 19 February 1882 ) was a Methodist minister, educator, politician, and public education advocate in early Ontario, Canada.

A Reformer and advocate of responsible government, Macdonald served in all eight Assemblies of the United Province of Canada prior to Confederation.

She is a former Miss World Canada and Miss World first runner-up, and has been an advocate for human rights in her role as president and co-founder of Stop Child Executions.

In 2009, Orbinski became an Officer of the Order of Canada and in the citation was recognized by the Governor General as an advocate for those who have been silenced by war, genocide and mass starvation.

But in February 2003, Burns wrote an article in The London Free Press newspaper endorsing the Canadian Alliance and promising that the Ontario party would live on, at least in spirit: " The Ontario Party of Canada will, for the time being, become an ardent advocate for the best interests of Ontarians and comment on national, provincial and municipal matters.