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canadianman29 · 09-22-2010, 01:28 PM

IN THE NEWS
June 29
Earlier this month the US Center for disease control reported five cases of pneumonia, which were later discovered to be connected to AIDS, resulting in the first recorded AIDS related deaths. (In the next couple years over 16,000 cases will be reported worldwide.)

Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope has reached the national Capital of Ottawa, Ontario. After a largely disappointing journey across Quebec, Terry Fox enter Ontario and the Marathon of Hope kicks into high gear. Today, he's closing in on Ottawa, where he will spend Dominion Day (Now known as Canada Day, July 1). However, Terry is most excited about the surge in fundraising through the first towns of Ontario (they are now up around $300,000 across Canada). Terry's run through Quebec didn't go well. Compounding the problem, was the fact that neither Terry or Darrell Fox or driver Doug Alward could speak French. According to Leslie Scrivener, author of a book about Terry Fox, the young men would simply point to what they wanted in grocery stores, and did without showers because they had no idea how to ask for one. "I felt like an idiot, an alien from another planet," Doug Alward said. "so we went four or five days without a wash." Despite the setbacks Terry greatly enjoyed visiting old Quebec City, admiring the churches, statues and cobbled streets. Terry recieved a warmer reception in Montreal. His group stayed in a luxury hotel room courtesy of Four Seasons Hotel president Isadore Sharpe who had lost a son to cancer. Sharp paid for a full page newspaper ad which said "Let's make Terry's run really count!" The chain donated two dollars for each mile Terry ran, and challenged 999 other corporations to do the same. To slow down his pace so he'd arrive in Ottawa on Dominion Day, Terry took his first day off in 73 days on June 23rd in Montreal. He tried to relax, but the pause only made him edgy. Terry entered Ontario at the town of Hawkesbury on June 28. He was greeted by a brass band and the release of thousands of balloons printed with the slogan, "WELCOME TERRY. YOU CAN DO IT." In Ottawa Terry and his crew met Governor General Ed Schreyer and his wife Lily at Government House. (Darrell Fox recalls feeling a bit silly attending the meeting in shorts and a T-shirt). Terry made the opening kickoff at a CFL exhibition game between Ottawa and Saskatchewan. He opted to kick with his good leg. The crowd of 16,000 gave him a standing ovation.

July 1
"O Canada" is officially signed into law as the National Anthem of Canada. The song was composed by Calixa Lavallee in 1880 as a patriotic song to be used during that year's, St. Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony. The first lyrics to the song were written in French by Sir Adolphe Basile Routhier in 1880 for the same ceremony. An English translation did not appear until 1906, and it was two more years before Robert Stanley Weir penned the English lyrics, which are not a translation of the French. Weir's words were altered in 1914 and again in 1980 to their present form, although the French lyrics remain unaltered.

09-22-2010, 01:28 PM	#27
canadianman29 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 204	IN THE NEWS June 29 Earlier this month the US Center for disease control reported five cases of pneumonia, which were later discovered to be connected to AIDS, resulting in the first recorded AIDS related deaths. (In the next couple years over 16,000 cases will be reported worldwide.) Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope has reached the national Capital of Ottawa, Ontario. After a largely disappointing journey across Quebec, Terry Fox enter Ontario and the Marathon of Hope kicks into high gear. Today, he's closing in on Ottawa, where he will spend Dominion Day (Now known as Canada Day, July 1). However, Terry is most excited about the surge in fundraising through the first towns of Ontario (they are now up around $300,000 across Canada). Terry's run through Quebec didn't go well. Compounding the problem, was the fact that neither Terry or Darrell Fox or driver Doug Alward could speak French. According to Leslie Scrivener, author of a book about Terry Fox, the young men would simply point to what they wanted in grocery stores, and did without showers because they had no idea how to ask for one. "I felt like an idiot, an alien from another planet," Doug Alward said. "so we went four or five days without a wash." Despite the setbacks Terry greatly enjoyed visiting old Quebec City, admiring the churches, statues and cobbled streets. Terry recieved a warmer reception in Montreal. His group stayed in a luxury hotel room courtesy of Four Seasons Hotel president Isadore Sharpe who had lost a son to cancer. Sharp paid for a full page newspaper ad which said "Let's make Terry's run really count!" The chain donated two dollars for each mile Terry ran, and challenged 999 other corporations to do the same. To slow down his pace so he'd arrive in Ottawa on Dominion Day, Terry took his first day off in 73 days on June 23rd in Montreal. He tried to relax, but the pause only made him edgy. Terry entered Ontario at the town of Hawkesbury on June 28. He was greeted by a brass band and the release of thousands of balloons printed with the slogan, "WELCOME TERRY. YOU CAN DO IT." In Ottawa Terry and his crew met Governor General Ed Schreyer and his wife Lily at Government House. (Darrell Fox recalls feeling a bit silly attending the meeting in shorts and a T-shirt). Terry made the opening kickoff at a CFL exhibition game between Ottawa and Saskatchewan. He opted to kick with his good leg. The crowd of 16,000 gave him a standing ovation. July 1 "O Canada" is officially signed into law as the National Anthem of Canada. The song was composed by Calixa Lavallee in 1880 as a patriotic song to be used during that year's, St. Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony. The first lyrics to the song were written in French by Sir Adolphe Basile Routhier in 1880 for the same ceremony. An English translation did not appear until 1906, and it was two more years before Robert Stanley Weir penned the English lyrics, which are not a translation of the French. Weir's words were altered in 1914 and again in 1980 to their present form, although the French lyrics remain unaltered.