Healthy Home Newsletter July 2018 - Volume XVl, Issue 7

July 2018 - Volume XVI, Issue 7
Canada: 151 Years
July 1 st - Canada Day
Canada Day celebrates the creation of the dominion of
Canada through the British North America Act on July 1, 1867,
uniting three British colonies—the provinces of Nova Scotia,
New Brunswick and Canada. The three colonies united to form
one country divided into four provinces. The Province of
Canada became Ontario and Quebec.
A proclamation was issued by Governor General Lord
Monck, on June 20, 1868, asking for “all Her Majesty's loving
subjects throughout Canada to join in the celebration of the
anniversary of the formation of the union of the British North
America provinces in a federation under the name of Canada on
July 1.”
The holiday was formally established by statute in 1879,
and was originally called Dominion Day, making reference to
the term “dominion,” which was first used to describe a political
union within the British Empire for Canada, at a time when the
British government was hesitant to adopt the name proposed by
the Fathers of Confederation: Kingdom of Canada.
The name was officially changed to Canada Day on
October 27, 1982, largely harkening back to the adoption of the
earlier Canada Act. However, many Canadians had already
been informally referring to the holiday as “Canada Day” for a
number of years before the official name change.
On Dominion Day 1923, the Chinese Immigration Act of
1923 went into effect. Until the act was repealed in 1947, many
Chinese-Canadians referred to July 1 as “Humiliation Day” and
refused to celebrate Canada’s birthday.
Quebec also has Moving Day on 1 July, due to the fact that
most leases there begin and end on that day, with many people
changing residences.
Under the Holidays Act, Canada Day is always observed on
July 1 unless that date falls on a Sunday, in which case it is
observed on July 2.
If it falls on a Saturday, the following Monday is generally
also a day off for those businesses ordinarily closed on
Saturdays.
Cool Blogs, Sites
& Online
Resources to
Check Out!
An Amazing
Website to
Visit This Month:
Super Cook
If you want to surf the Internet
in a semi-productive way -- but
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-- then check out Supercook.
Here's how it works: You tell it
which ingredients you have in
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give you a big list of recipes
you can make using just those
ingredients. It's a fun way to
stay thrifty, clean out the
fridge, and make sure food
doesn't go to waste. (From
supercook.com)
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