Still more jealous bitterness was engendered by the O'Banion gang's seizure from a West Side marshalling yard of a freight-car load of Canadian whisky worth $100,000 and by one of the biggest coups of the Prohibition era -- the Sibley warehouse robbery, which became famous for the cool brazenness of the operation.

Examples of assistive technology for visually impairment include the Canadian currency tactile feature, which a system of raised dots in one corner, based on Braille cells but not standard Braille.

* 1868 – Thomas D ' Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation is assassinated by the Irish, in one of the few Canadian political assassinations, and the only one of a federal politician.

The Burgess Shale Formation, located in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, is one of the world's most celebrated fossil fields, and the best of its kind.

In June 2000, she donated $ 40 million to the Hamilton Community Foundation to be used largely in improvement of Hamilton-area health facilities, an act that represented one of the single largest charitable donations in Canadian history.

Canadian media scholar Harold Innis had the theory that people use different types of media to communicate and which one they choose to use will offer different possibilities for the shape and durability of society ( Wark, McKenzie 1997 ).

The agreement was complicated by the fact that some Canadian destinations were served by only one of the two networks.

Conversely in francophone Canada, one hundredth of a Canadian dollar is informally called a sou ( penny ), though cent is official in both English and French.

This policy is also why Canadian viewers do not see American advertisements during the Super Bowl, even when tuning into one of the many American networks carried on Canadian televisions.

The evidence was inconclusive, suggesting that an increased availability of OTT options is not having a negative impact on the availability or diversity of Canadian content, one of the key policy mandates of the CRTC, nor are there signs that there has been a significant decline of televisions subscriptions through cable or satellite.

Many Canadian editors, though, use the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, often along with the chapter on spelling in Editing Canadian English, and, where necessary ( depending on context ), one or more other references.

The Canadian Citizenship Act of 1947 provided for a distinct Canadian Citizenship, automatically conferred upon most individuals born in Canada, with some exceptions, and defined the conditions under which one could become a naturalized citizen.

The question of why the Maritimes fell from being a centre of Canadian manufacturing to being an economic hinterland is thus a central one to the study of the region's pecuniary difficulties.

In time, cable television was widely established to carry available Canadian stations as well as import American stations, which constituted the vast majority of signals on systems ( usually only one or two Canadian stations, while some systems had duplicate or even triplicate coverage of American networks ).

On June 9, 1944 the trustees approved another coat of arms based on the shield part of the seal, this one by Canadian artist and designer Thoreau MacDonald.

By 2012, despite natural gas prices at a ten-year low and a higher Canadian dollar, oil prices had recovered enough to restart economic growth.

This collection might include specimens of the US 1 dollar coin, the Canadian Loonie, the Euro, 1 Indian Rupee and 1 Singapore dollar.

This comes with a similar project from Canadian start-up Global Alumina trying to come with a 2 billion dollar alumina plant in the same region.

* IKEA has been criticised by Citytv in Canada for charging as much as twice the price in their Canadian stores for the same items sold in their American stores, this despite the Canadian dollar reaching parity with the U. S. dollar.

For the Canadian 1 dollar coin ( loonie ), see Canadian 1 dollar coin.

The coin has become the symbol of the Canadian dollar: media often discuss the rate at which the loonie is trading against other currencies.

The design for the coin was meant to be a voyageur theme, similar to the country's previous one dollar / silver dollar coin, but the master dies were lost or stolen while in transit to the Royal Canadian Mint in Winnipeg.

In 2010, citing Royal Canadian Mounted Police sources, the Jane's Intelligence Review said the LTTE controls a portion of the one billion dollar drug market in the Canadian city of Montreal.

The Royal Canadian Mint still makes many silver coins with various dollar denominations.

The Canadian 2 dollar coin, commonly called toonie, was introduced on February 19, 1996 by Public Works minister Diane Marleau.

Following the silver devaluation of 1873, the yen devalued against the US dollar and the Canadian dollar units since they adhered to a gold standard, and by the year 1897 the yen was worth only about US $ 0. 50.

* CAD, ISO 4217 currency code of the Canadian dollar

Some researchers have attempted to place a dollar figure on ecosystem services, such as the value that the Canadian boreal forest is contributing to global ecosystem services.

The first international convention for coin collectors was held 15 – 18 August 1962, in Detroit, Michigan, and was sponsored by the American Numismatic Association and the Royal Canadian Numismatic Association.

They may wish to take advantage of a spike in demand for a particular coin ( for example, during the annual release of Canadian numismatic collectibles from the Royal Canadian Mint ).

The special issue Canadian Gold Maple Leaf coin contains the highest purity gold of any bullion coin, at 99. 999 % or 0. 99999, while the popular issue Canadian Gold Maple Leaf coin has a purity of 99. 99 %.

* 1987 – The Royal Canadian Mint introduces the $ 1 coin, known as the Loonie.

This huge success of the Krugerrand encouraged other gold-producing countries to mint and issue gold bullion coins of their own, including the Canadian Gold Maple Leaf in 1979, the Australian Nugget in 1981, the Chinese Gold Panda in 1982, the American Gold Eagle in 1986, and the British Britannia coin in 1987.

When the Canadian two-dollar coin was introduced in 1996, it was in turn nicknamed the " toonie " ( a portmanteau of " two " and " loonie ").

REGINA " in a different typeface from any other Canadian coin ; it is also the only coin to consistently bear its issue date on the obverse.

The Rob Roy is similar to a Manhattan but is made exclusively with Scotch whisky, while the Manhattan is traditionally made with rye and today commonly made with bourbon or Canadian whisky.

Simon Fraser University ( commonly referred to as SFU ) is a Canadian public research university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, and satellite campuses in Vancouver and Surrey.

According to the American calendar, the U. S. summer season is commonly regarded as beginning on Memorial Day weekend ( the last weekend in May ) and ending on Labor Day weekend ( the first weekend in September ), more closely in line with the meteorological definition ; the similar Canadian tradition starts summer on Victoria Day one week prior ( although summer conditions vary widely across Canada's expansive territory ) and ends, like the United States, on Labour Day.

The Victoria Vikes ( more commonly known as the UVic Vikes or simply the Vikes ) represent the University in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport ( CIS ) community in a number of competitive sports, as well as through a variety of intercollegiate leagues.

William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG ( December 17, 1874 – July 22, 1950 ), also commonly known as Mackenzie King, was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s.

After the passage of a cold front, winds tend to switch to the northwest, and a frequent pattern is for a long-lasting low-pressure area to form over the Canadian Maritimes, which may pull cold northwestern air across the Great Lakes for a week or more, commonly identified with the negative phase of the North Atlantic Oscillation ( NAO ).

Ethnographic literature most commonly uses " Blackfoot people ", and Canadian Blackfoot people use the singular Blackfoot.

Robinson, a self-described socialist, is commonly regarded as being one of the most left-wing figures in Canadian politics.

" In North America, it is most commonly associated with Canada and Canadian English.

While not as commonly lampooned as the Canadian " eh ", there are few features that are ' more eagerly recognized by New Zealanders as a marker of their identity than the tag particle, " eh ."'.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ( French: Société Radio-Canada ), commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC / Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster.

CTV Television Network ( commonly referred to as CTV ) is a Canadian English language television network, owned by Bell Media, which is a subsidiary of BCE Inc ..

* Canada – Beaver, Canadian Horse ( both official ); commonly upheld as symbols, though unofficial: Canada Lynx, Grizzly Bear, Loon, Canadian Goose, Cougar, Polar Bear, Grey Wolf, Orca Whale

* 1970 Canadian Poets ' Award, more commonly known as the People's Poet Award and Medal

Excitement was high ; the 19 November 1981 issue of the Globe and Mail said that " Telidon may become as commonly used as the telephone and will have just as great a social impact, a representative of the Videotex Consultative Committee told the Canadian Computer Show and Conference in Toronto.

and commonly abbreviated to GYBE or GY! BE ) is a Canadian post-rock band which originated from Montreal, Quebec in 1994.

Ramon John Hnatyshyn (; March 16, 1934December 18, 2002 ), commonly known as Ray Hnatyshyn, was a Canadian politician and statesman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 24th since Canadian Confederation.

* Cree mythology-A North American tribe most commonly found west of Ontario in the Canadian Prairies, although there are tribes located in the North-West Territories and Quebec.

The University of Western Ontario, commonly referred to among Canadian universities as Western, is a public research university located in London, Ontario, Canada.

John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham GCB, PC ( 12 April 1792 – 28 July 1840 ), also known as " Radical Jack " and commonly referred to in Canadian history texts simply as Lord Durham, was a British Whig statesman, colonial administrator, Governor General and high commissioner of British North America .< ref >