Since the implementation of concordats between the ELCA and the Episcopal Church of the United States and the ELCIC and the Anglican Church of Canada, all bishops, including the Presiding Bishop ( ELCA ) or the National Bishop ( ELCIC ), have been consecrated using the historic succession, with at least one Anglican bishop serving as co-consecrator.

Since the 1990s the region has experienced an exceptionally tumultuous period in its regional economy with the collapse of large portions of the ground fishery throughout Atlantic Canada, the closing of coal mines and a steel mill on Cape Breton Island, and the closure of military bases in all three provinces.

Since ferry services were inoperable during the winter months, " rum-runners " traveled across the frozen Detroit River by car to Canada and back with trunk loads of alcohol.

Since 2003, Canada has also been working with Gabon in the Group of Friends of the Great Lakes Region, which Canada co-chairs, in support of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region.

Since March 4, 1963, Canada has a high commission in Kingston.

Since slavery had been abolished in Canada in 1833, but was still legal in southern states of the U. S., a Lake Erie crossing was sometimes required for fugitive slaves seeking freedom:

Since 1991, the CBC and Radio Canada, its Francophone counterpart, are governed by the Broadcasting Act.

Since the out break of the Syrian civil war, the Syrian economy has been hit by massive economic sanctions restricting trade with the Arab League, Australia, Canada, the European Union, ( as well as the European countries of Albania, Croatia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway, Serbia, and Switzerland ) Georgia, Japan, Turkey, and the United States.

Since 1931, over a dozen new Commonwealth realms have been created, all of which now hold the same powers as the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand over matters of change to the Monarchy ( Ireland and South Africa are now republics, and Newfoundland is part of Canada ).

Since its launch in the United States, the TiVo has also been made available in New Zealand, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and Spain.

Since the first North American cases in 1999, the virus has been reported throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America.

Since 1910, the governor general was also always made the Chief Scout for Canada, which was renamed Chief Scout of Canada after 1946 and again in 2011 as Patron Scout.

Since then all new Dodge models have been sold in Canada under the Dodge name.

Since these are considered PDO, they refer not just to styles of brandy but brandies from a specific region, i. e. a brandy made in California in a manner identical to the method used to make Cognac and which tastes similar to Cognac, cannot be called Cognac in places that restrict the use of that term to products made in the Cognac region of France ( such places include Europe, the United States and Canada ).

Since the combination of Equine Canada ( EC ) and United States Dressage Federation ( USDF ) tests in 2003, the small size arena is no longer utilized in rated shows in North America.

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

Since the early 1990s, Safdie, a citizen of Canada, Israel, and the United States, has focused on his architectural practice, Safdie Architects, which is based in Boston and has branches in Toronto, Jerusalem, and Singapore.

Since usage of the word " eh " is not as common in the United States as it is in Canada, it is often used by Americans, and indeed Canadians themselves, to parody Canadian English.

Since then, the pan-national Crown has had both a shared and separate character and the sovereign's role as monarch of Canada has been distinct to his or her position as monarch of any other realm, including the United Kingdom.

Since the days of King Louis XIV, the monarch is the fount of all honours in Canada and new orders, decorations, and medals, which form " an integral element of the Crown ," may only be created with the approval of the sovereign through letters patent.

Since 2008, the National Film Board of Canada has produced short films about each of the laureates, which are screened at the awards ceremony and streamed online.

Since official metrication, meteorologists in Canada use kilopascals ( kPa ), although in some other countries hectopascals are still in use.

Since Mississippi ratified its constitution in 1890, with provisions such as poll taxes, residency requirements, and literacy tests, it made registration more complicated and stripped blacks from the polls.

Since 1994, proponents of the three-state strategy have promoted ratification resolutions in the legislatures of most of the 15 states that never ratified the ERA approved by Congress in 1972.

Since the 1942 Quirin case, the US signed and ratified the 1949 Geneva Conventions, which are, therefore, considered to be a part of US municipal law, in accordance with the Supremacy Clause in the Constitution of the United States.

Since the prison was unknown to the international community, its operation by the US was in violation of the Geneva Convention of 1929, which the U. S. had ratified.

Since the proceedings of the Tucson convention never were ratified by the United States Congress the Provisional Territory never became a legal entity.

Since then efforts were made to improve and develop Bislig until the advent of Citihood campaign in 1999 and by virtue of Republic Act No. 8804 Bislig was converted into a component city duly ratified and approved in a plebiscite conducted in 18 September 2000.

Since the 1942 Quirin case, the U. S. signed and ratified the 1949 Geneva Conventions, which were thus considered to be a part of U. S. municipal law, in accordance with Article 6, paragraph 2, of the Constitution of the United States ( the Supremacy Clause ).

Since then, several attempts at a more democratic sharing of profits have been made, but none have ever been ratified.

Since the United States had not yet ratified the Treaty of Versailles, the allies would not share any intelligence with Foulois, and technically the U. S. was still at war with Germany.

Since the donation of the Abbey Moutier-Grandvalto and all its possessions to Bishop Adalbero II in 999 till the Reformation, Basel was ruled by prince-bishops ( see Bishop of Basel, whose memory is preserved in the crosier shown on the Basel coat-of-arms – see above ).

Since then, over 389 flamingos ( mainly Greater Flamingos ) grew up in Basel and were distributed to other zoos around the globe.

Since 1996 he has taught piano at the Academy of Music in Basel, Switzerland.

Since May 4, 2009, with the opening of the highway section between the port Birmensdorf and Zurich, the branch South-the last section of the so-called " Western Bypass "-the A3 motorway is continuous between Basel and Sargans.

Since he published these texts without the knowledge of the Basel medical faculty, he was expelled from " Facultet und Consilio “ of the Basel University.

Since 1 December 2000 he has been Chairman of the Financial Stability Institute at the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland.

Since 1979 the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution has addressed some of the major environmental problems of the UNECE region through scientific collaboration and policy negotiation.

A right to education has been created and recognized by some jurisdictions: Since 1952, Article 2 of the first Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights obliges all signatory parties to guarantee the right to education.

Since then the Court has appeared to be more open to finding states guilty of torture and has even ruled that since the Convention is a " living instrument ", treatment which it had previously characterised as inhuman or degrading treatment might in future be regarded as torture.

Since the passage of the Human Rights Act 1998, the courts have been able to declare an Act of Parliament to be incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights, but such a declaration of incompatibility has no legal effect unless and until it is acted upon by the government.

" and " Since the signing of the Convention, there have been no disputes among the parties regarding the definition of biological agents or toxins ..."

Since the entering into force of the 1928 Convention Relating to International Exhibitions, the Bureau International des Expositions ( BIE ; ) has served as an international sanctioning body for world's fairs.

Since the advent of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989 ( children defined as under 18 ), almost every country ( except the U. S. & Somalia ) in the world has become voluntarily legally committed to advancing an anti-discriminatory stance towards young people of all ages.

Since the Berne Convention does not offer any guidance on which law shall be applied to determine copyright ownership, this ruling is still the relevant case law in this question and the principle is applied in the U. S. even in other recent cases.

Since its conception in 2005, AirCappella has played outside the College, having represented Vassar at the 2007 and 2009 International Whistlers Convention in Louisburg, North Carolina.

Since the Anglo-American Convention of 1818, Oregon had been jointly occupied by both the United States and the United Kingdom.

Since the gathering was held by a bolting faction of a Convention formally called by the Social Democracy of America, subsequent party histories do not regard this first organizational meeting as a formal " Convention " — although the party organ established at the same time, The Social Democratic Herald, did consider it such.

Since 1975, when they were first awarded, they have been handed out at the World Fantasy Convention.

Since denominational institutions could not receive public funds, the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec decided to reorganize the university, creating two federated colleges.

Since the churches were located chiefly in the central provinces, the name was changed in 1888 to " Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec " ( BCOQ ).

Since then, the European Court of Human Rights ( ECHR ) has ruled that the trial violated Articles 6 ( right to a fair trial ) because the defendants had been refused legal aid and had only been represented by volunteer lawyers, and Article 10 ( right to freedom of expression ) of the Convention on Human Rights, again because the defendants had been refused legal aid, and awarded a judgment of £ 57, 000 against the UK government.

Since 1999, the Hungarian Baptist Churches Convention is affiliated to the Baptist Union of Romania alongside other 15 territorial communities ( or associations )-Arad, Bacău, Brăila, Bucharest, Cluj, Constanţa, Craiova, Oradea, Sebiş ( Arad County ), Sibiu, Suceava, Hunedoara and Timişoara.

Since then Protocol 6 of the Convention has called for nations to outlaw capital punishment except in time of war or national emergency, and at present this pertains in all countries of the Council.

Since its opening day, it has hosted seven NBA Finals series with the Lakers, three WNBA Finals, the 2000 Democratic National Convention, the 2002 U. S. Figure Skating Championships, the 52nd NHL All-Star game, two NBA All-Star Games ( in 2004 and 2011 ), the Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, since 2002, the WTA Tour Championships, from 2002 – 2005, UFC 60 in 2006, UFC 104 in 2009, the inaugural Latin Grammy Awards in 2000, the annual Grammy Awards, since 2000, with the exception of 2003, the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships, the Summer X Games indoor competitions, since 2003, as well as numerous concerts and HBO Championship Boxing matches.

Since 2000, the United Nations General Assembly has been negotiating a Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism.

Since it is located halfway between the cities of Geneva and Lausanne, many international companies and organizations have offices in Gland, among others Sun Microsystems, IUCN ( International Union for Conservation of Nature ), the Ramsar Convention and World Wide Fund for Nature.

Since the first Convention in 1946, nearly 269, 000 attendees have heard the challenge to participate in God's global mission.

Since its opening day, the arena has hosted the 1960 Democratic National Convention, the 1968 and 1972 NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four, the 1992 NCAA Women's Basketball Final Four, the 1963 NBA All-Star Game, and the boxing competitions during the 1984 Summer Olympics.