A blue law is a type of law, typically found in the United States, Scandinavia and, formerly, in Canada, designed to enforce religious standards, particularly the observance of Sunday as a day of worship or rest, and a restriction on Sunday shopping.

In a speech on the subject of confederation, made in 1866 to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, John A. Macdonald said of the planned governor: " We place no restriction on Her Majesty's prerogative in the selection of her representative ...

Many jurisdictions that restrict pit bulls, including Ontario, Canada, Miami, Florida, U. S., Denver, Colorado, U. S .,, and Malden, Massachusetts, U. S. apply the restriction to the modern American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, or any other dog that has the substantial physical characteristics and appearance of those breeds.

There is no restriction in the CSIS Act on where CSIS may collect " security intelligence " or information relating to threats to the security of Canada.

A dispute arose in 2003 when Massimo Magliaro, a former spokesperson for the leader of Italy's post-fascist Italian Social Movement leader Giorgio Almirante, having been politically appointed as head of RAI's international channel, decided to repudiate RAI's supply obligations as well as its 2001 agreement to launch a 24 hour RAI Canada channel, in favour of challenging Canada's regulatory regime by aggressively attacking Telelatino's quality and service and indicating that it wanted to deliver RAI programming through its own international channel on its own terms without restriction and not through TLN or through any Canadian programming partner.

Canada started seeing a drastic increase in immigration from Finland during the late 1920s and forward, as the United States Immigration Act of 1924 did not consider Finland to be among the Western European favourable countries to have immigration from, resulting in a strong restriction of 500 Finnish immigrants per year to the US.

This, he claimed, discriminated against non-Anglicans, including Catholics, who are the largest faith group in Canada.

The Lions also played a test against Canada on their way home, winning 19 to 8 in Toronto.

* Bloody Sunday ( 1938 ), police violence against unemployment protesters in Vancouver, Canada

Many thousands of the station's fans marched in the streets and on Parliament Hill against the decision, and the parent company of CHOI, Genex Corp., appealed the CRTC decision unsuccessfully to the Federal Court of Canada.

9 ( 1 )( c ) of the Radiocommunication Act creates a prohibition against all decoding of encrypted programming signals, followed by an exception where authorization is received from the person holding the lawful right in Canada to transmit and authorize decoding of the signal.

On April 4, 1999, the Rockies made history as they played their Opening Day game against the defending National League champion San Diego Padres at Estadio de Beisbol Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico – marking the first time Major League Baseball opened the regular season outside the United States or Canada.

In some countries, the guarantee against being " twice put in jeopardy " is a constitutional right ; these include Canada, Mexico and the United States.

Although not participating at all in the opening days of the invasion, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien announced on October 7 that Canada would contribute forces to the international force being formed to conduct a campaign against terrorism.

Anti-nuclear activists protested against the test on the border of the U. S. and Canada with signs reading " Don't Make A Wave.

Howard of the Connecticut National Guard had an interest in the company manufacturing Gatling guns, and took a personally-owned Gatling gun to Saskatchewan in Canada in 1885 for use with the Canadian military against the Métis during Louis Riel's North-West Rebellion.

In Canada, advocating genocide or inciting hatred against any ' identifiable group ' is an indictable offence under the Criminal Code of Canada with maximum prison terms of two to fourteen years.

Following the War of 1812, the US Army began construction on " Fort Blunder ", an unnamed fortification built by the Americans at the northernmost end of Lake Champlain to protect against any further attacks from British Canada.

* 1837 – The Rebels of Lower Canada ( Quebec ) rebel against the British for freedom.

In their annual report, the Board has criticised many governments, including Canada, for permitting the medicinal use of cannabis, Australia for providing injecting rooms and the United Kingdom for proposing to downgrade the classification of cannabis, which it has since done ( although this change was reversed by the Home Secretary on 7 May 2008 against the advice of its own commissioned report )

* 1837 – Canadian journalist and politician William Lyon Mackenzie calls for a rebellion against the United Kingdom in his essay " To the People of Upper Canada ", published in his newspaper The Constitution.

Many in the colony however, began to chafe against the aristocratic Family Compact who governed while benefiting economically from the region's resources, and who did not allow elected bodies the power to effect change ( much as the Château Clique ruled Lower Canada ).

: Rioting against African-Americans results in thousands leaving for Canada.

Canada won five medals, all silver and bronze, while defending World Champion Clas Thunberg stayed at home, protesting against this form of racing.

Alcohol and pills were acceptable but Canada then had stiff penalties against marijuana possession.

Most of the member congregations of the UUA are in the United States and Canada, but the UUA has also admitted congregations from Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines and Pakistan ( although UUA policy appears at present to be against admitting any new congregations from outside North America, rather having them form their own national bodies and having these bodies join the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists ).

These included Lower Canada ( present-day Quebec ) and Vancouver Island, where Governor James Douglas encouraged black immigration because of his opposition to slavery and because he hoped a significant black community would form a bulwark against those who wished to unite the island with the United States.

After losing the first game of a best-of-three final series against the Soviets, Gretzky propelled Canada with a five-assist performance in the second game, including the game-winning pass to Lemieux in overtime, to extend the tournament.

His temper boiled over after Canada's 3 – 3 draw versus the Czech Republic, as he launched a tirade against the perceived negative reputation of Team Canada amongst other national squads, and called rumours of dissent in the dressing room the result of " American propaganda ".

At the international level, women's rowing traditionally has been dominated by Eastern European countries, such as Romania, Russia, and Bulgaria, although other countries such as Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, and New Zealand often field competitive teams.

In women's play, Rhonda Rajsich ( USA ) has won the most US Open titles with four, one more than Christie Van Hees ( Canada ) with three.

Both the men's and women's tournaments were won by Canada, defeating the host USA in both games.

Hayley Wickenheiser ( born August 12, 1978 ) is a women's ice hockey player from Canada.

Wickenheiser is a member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team.

She settled in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, where she again became involved in women's education, and was a suffragette and one of the founders of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.

Aomori has hosted several international curling events, two in 2003 ( including the Asian Winter Games ), and the local women's " Team Aomori " was selected to represent Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy < sup ></ sup > and at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada.

Adrienne Clarkson, then Governor General of Canada, alternately proposed that the Cup be presented to the top women's hockey team in lieu of the NHL season.

Olympic women's ice hockey champion Cassie Campbell joined Hockey Night in Canada as a rinkside reporter, becoming ( on October 14, 2006 ) the first woman to do colour commentary on a Hockey Night in Canada broadcast.

Canada beat Denmark in the women's curling final, securing the latter their first Winter Olympic medal ever.

In 1999, she was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada by then-Governor General Adrienne Clarkson in recognition of her successful recording career, her role in Lilith Fair, and the charitable donations she made to women's shelters across Canada.

Katriona Lemay-Doan of Canada wins in the women's event ( 2.

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Near the end of the war, Canada, Soviet Russia, Germany, and Poland also recognized women's right to participate in the elective franchise.

For the women's prison in Quebec, Canada, see Joliette Institution.

Her last title in women's doubles came on August 21, 2006, at the Tier I Rogers Cup in Montreal, Canada, where she partnered Nadia Petrova.

* Canada defeats the United States 3-2 to win the women's Olympic Gold Medal.

Not only was the women's suffrage movement gaining momentum in Canada and calls were coming out of the prairies for socialist changes to the governmental system, but war continued to rage around the world.

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.

It is upscale women's salon carrying some of the most prestigious and expensive women's designer labels in Canada.

* Emily Stowe ( 1831-1903 ), women's rights activist and the first female doctor in Canada