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Now that Canada Day is over with for another year, there is time for reflection on what there actually is to celebrate each July 1. Many Canadians feel they are celebrating an amazing country ...
On Canada Day, we celebrate the progress we made toward independence, the steps we took toward unity and the continued national pride we hold in our country. Through festivities like concerts, ...
On Canada Day, newcomers to Saskatchewan reflect on identity, inclusion and calling a new country home. As many in Saskatchewan celebrate Canada Day, the day holds many different meanings.
Nothing like a holiday week in Canada to turn our gaze to the United States as we sip a cold, physically distant one. Say, do they look like they’re about done with the current presidential ...
Heritage Park has marked Canada Day since it opened 61 years ago, and Bernie said many families make it an annual tradition. “We want everyone to celebrate being Canadian and what it means to be ...
Every “Canada Day” is a day of reflection for me, as a Métis person with British/Ukrainian ancestry, about what decolonization looks like in the contemporary context. This year, however, my ...
It’s Canada Day — the 154th such annual occasion in which we will all reflect upon and again likely fail to figure out exactly what it means to be Canadian. It’s even tougher this year. We ...
Out of our serious trials of recent years, a different kind of Canada Day has taken shape, one more conscious and clear-eyed, and one that’s still evolving. First, COVID-19 shut down Canada Day. Then, ...
Sannella will be spending her first Canada Day officially as a citizen, a title she says comes with responsibility. “Yes, it is a privilege to be a citizen, it’s a privilege to vote, it’s a privilege ...
I was struggling with the notion of Canada Day being cancelled because of the recent, terrible news about Indigenous residential schools and the need to confront our nation’s past.
This year, on the 156th anniversary of Confederation, there’s a sense of emerging from the worst of times while figuring out how to do Canada Day differently.