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One Of The Most Important Desalination Plants
910 wordsNickel is one of the most important elements on the periodic table. It has plenty of history, as well as a huge importance to society. Its has unique chemical, physical, and geological properties. Nickel is used commercially in abundance, as it is used anywhere from simple art products such as ceramics to complex structures such as tubing for desalination plants. It is even used in the American five-cent coin, the "nickel." Nickel was discovered by Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, in Sweden, during the y...
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Marathon Of Hope Terry Fox Run
370 wordsTerry Fox was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, but raised in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, a community near Vancouver on Canada's west coast. As an active teenager involved in many sports, in 1977 Terry was only 18 years old when he was diagnosed with bone cancer and forced to have his right leg amputated six inches above the knee. The night before his operation, Terry read an article about an amputee who had competed in the New York Marathon. Indirectly that story, along with Terry's observation...
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Worlds Population Hudson Bay
1,051 wordsSince more than 70 % of the Earth is covered with water, one would assume that there is enough water for everyone. However, this statement would be incorrect. Only 3 % of that water is considered usable and 2 % of the usable water is locked in the polar ice caps. This leaves 1 % of that water for the use of humans. Canada possesses a substantial amount of this water, while other countries are less fortunate. One of these countries is the United States of America, the biggest users of water in th...
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Hockey Career Of Wayne Gretzky
548 wordsEARLY HOCKEY YEARS Born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, January 26, 1961. Wayne began skating at the age of three on a backyard rink built by his father, Walter. He began playing organized hockey in grade school and was soon such a dominant scorer that he was moved out of his age bracket to play with players several years older. Gretzky's idols as a young hockey player were his father and Hall of Fame forward Gordie Howe. After playing in several local and regional leagues, Gretzky advanced to pl...
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Fur Trade Great Lakes
489 wordsThe Algonquin was a northern tribe that settled in Canada some time around the 1400 s, and now have settled in Quebec and nearby Ontario. The Algonquians history was not exactly a pleasant one they suffered many hardships and obstacles to over come. Samuel de Champlain established the first permanent French settlement on the St. Lawrence at Tadoussac in 1603. Champlain was so impressed with the Algonquin's furs that he explored the St. Lawrence as far west as the Lachine Rapids. Champlain left f...
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An Alternative Program For A Secondary School Introduction
761 wordsAn Alternative Program for a Secondary School. Introduction. Modern secondary school faces a great amount of problems which require precise and thorough investigation and application of different including alternative methods of solution. Potential dropping out. According to School Improvement Research Series (1995), dropping out from school is a complex social problem. In 1993 National Education Goals Report indicated that the school completion rate among students at the age of 19 - 20 remained...
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Carbon Dioxide Global Warming
819 wordsThe purpose of this written report is to inform the reader about the concerns and facts involved with reforestation. Reforestation began in Ontario after World War II. What happened was, professional foresters were assigned to an area and became responsible for its well being. Under the Crown Timber Act, long term management was prepared. Then the many steps needed to rebuild a forest began. Included in this report will be information on the effects of cutting and replanting, such as Carbon Diox...
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Prime Minister Roman Catholic
1,324 wordsSir Wilfrid Laurier By Ritchie Rocha The first French Canadian to become prime minister of Canada was Wilfrid Laurier. Although French was his native tongue, he became a master of the English language. This and his picturesque personality made him popular throughout Canada, and he led the young country in a 15 -year period of great development. Wilfrid Laurier was born in St-Lin, Quebec, and studied law at McGill University. After three years in the Quebec legislature, he was elected to the Cana...
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Minds Of Members Of Parliament Worry And Despair War
263 wordsThe year 1917, was a time of worry and despair. As there was not enough people in Europe to fight in the war. Ideas of conscription floated through the minds of members of Parliament. Before WWI began, the French and the English were already having disagreements over Regulation 17, which was introduced by the Ontario Department of Education in 1913. The French felt they were having their rights taken away and that the English were being strongly favoured. Many French Canadians were beginning to ...
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Make A Difference Percent Of The Worlds
1,014 wordsEnsuring Our Future Through Conservation The worlds natural rainforests are one of humanity's only remaining hopes to continue its existence. Rainforests are vast forests filled with lush vegetation, teeming with life (both animal and plant), of which only about 40 percent has been completely discovered and studied. Rainforests are a beautiful place that can only be properly described by the scientist / naturalist , Charles Darwin when he said Delight is a weak term to express the feelings of a ...
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Time Of Death Young Woman
1,263 wordsForensic Entomology: A New Type of Detective The use of Forensic Entomology is quickly becoming recognized and accepted as a valid form of forensic identification. Although some problems have been found with the method, many police departments want to add its use to their crime-solving arsenal. Some people cannot understand how a simple bug can be used to solve a crime. Nevertheless, forensic entomology has been documented and proven very effective in crime solving. This is why I believe that fo...
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Casino Gambling Local Businesses
656 wordsA major economic issue was recently brought up I Niagara Falls concerning casino gambling and it s legalization. Gambling is an economic solution for Niagara Falls because of many reasons. If Niagara Falls was to allow gambling, there would be a yearly revenue of millions of dollars. Thousands of tourists visit Niagara Falls each year to see the Falls. In return, casino gambling would be used to benefit the city of Niagara Falls. Across the boarder in Niagara Falls Ontario, casino gambling has b...
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Industrial Hemp Million Acres
1,225 wordsHemp is our Savior It has been once said that as a human race, if our current rate of deforestation of trees continues at the same rate as today, in less than fifty years we will no longer be able to survive on this planet. Sometime in the near future, a great change must be made for the fate of human kind. This change is going to have to be to legalize industrial hemp. Hemp is a plant that has a wide variety of uses. It has been proven that the stalk of the hemp plant can produce three times as...
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Hydroelectric Energy Water Flowing Dams
555 wordsHydroelectric energy potentially is the result of a fortunate coincidence in which nature and the need to modernize, are combined together in an on- going cycle. The cycle being evaporated, precipitation and concentration. Having water, though, does not necessarily mean having hydroelectric potential. To be in usable form, that water must be in continuous supply, accessible and concentrated in rivers with a volume flows and a descent rate, sufficient to drive generating turbines. The only way th...
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University Of California Industrial State
885 wordsThis recognized economist was borned in October 15, 1908 at Ontario, Canada. He comes from a Scottish farming community on the north shore of Lake Erie. His father was a teacher at first who later became a farmer. His father was very interested in politics and he was somehow related to it in his community. He used to give speeches concerned on his liberal way of thinking. John remembers how much his dad advised him of how he has to bring changes to the world. Nowadays, he is married to Catherine...
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Marijuana Smoking Tobacco Smoke
906 wordsMarijuana Legal or Illegal Cannabis, sold as marijuana, hashish and hash oil, is the most frequently used illicit drug in Canada. Roughly one in four Canadian adults report having used cannabis at some time in their lives. Cannabis use has been on the rise among young people. ? For example, a 1997 Addiction Research Foundation survey found that 25 per cent of Ontario junior high school students used cannabis in the previous year, up from 13 per cent in 1993. ? (cannabis) Knowing this, should the...
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Level Of Education System Of Education
1,710 wordsIs multiculturalism a Multiculturalism Multiculturalism Is multiculturalism a disruptive or an integrative force in Canadian society? In terms of education, multiculturalism is becoming increasingly disruptive in Canadian society. It seems that there is a new issue in the media focus regarding education on a weekly basis. Its becoming increasingly apparent that most, if not all issues in recent years stem from the debate of whether to centralize or decentralize our current system of education. P...
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French Canadian Conservative Party
543 wordsSir John Alexander Macdonald Macdonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1815. His father, Hugh Macdonald, set up a small manufacturing business in Glasgow. The business failed, and the Macdonald family immigrated to Canada when John was five years old. It was only through the perseverance of his mother that Macdonald received a good education. At the age of ten Macdonald was sent away from home to attend the Midland Grammar School in Kingston, Ontario. When he was 15, he was apprenticed to Geor...
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Blood Pressure Career Path
1,206 wordsI was in Nursing Nursing I was in a hospital for my co-op placement, I chose this because I was considering nursing as my chosen career path. For this reason, I have researched the nursing career. I have spent many hours in this setting and feel that I have a pretty good understanding as to what goes on day to day. Before choosing to become a nurse, one must first examine themselves and look to see if they have the right qualities for this demanding job. Some qualities are such; caring, compassi...
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Constitutional Negotiations Robert Bourassa Quebec
865 wordsOctober 20, 1996 Robert Bourassa Robert Bourassa died at 5: 45 am on Wednesday, October 9 th on the eighth floor of the Midtown Montreal Hospital. Bourassa was 63, and succumbed to malignant melanoma cancer. He was a skilled politician and strategist to some, but to most was just a nuisance. He had been a fixture on this countrys political terrain for the most part of the last three decades and will not be easily forgotten. Robert Bourassa was the son of a minor federal government functionary, a...
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