Canuck

  Monday, 11 March 2002

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NATIONAL POST ONLINE | Bandleader changes tune on O Canada Senate studies changes: 'Traditionalist' Banks now favours altering lyrics to anthem: "

He said the first known English version of the anthem, printed in 1908, reveals the word "us" on the exactly same syllable and musical note that the word "sons" appears in the current version.

The 65-year-old musician said it is believed the lyric was changed in 1913 because of the Boer War when young men were being sent off to battle. But he added: "Even then, it was not true that we only sent young men off to battles.""

Actually, he supports the idea of reverting to the original text. Interesting bit of history of which very few of us were aware.

< 11:15:07 PM>.

More on the restaurant in rural Ontario that made it into the list of the top 10 restaurants in the world.

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In southern Ontario, winds clocked 125 km/h in places, bringing a drastic change in temperature. People who had been spotted jogging in T-shirts on Saturday morning were sent scuttling for winter jackets and touques less than 24 hours later, as the thermometer plummeted 24 degrees to [~]6C.

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U.S. and Canada Unite to Secure Open PortalThe Federal Bureau of Investigation is giving the Royal Canadian Mounted Police direct access to its fingerprint database [~] the first time a foreign agency has had a direct link to the information. Both countries will send customs inspectors to each other's busiest seaports. The countries are sharing visa information. The Border Patrol has increased the number of joint enforcement and surveillance teams with its Canadian counterparts and has stationed a liaison officer at the Mounted Police headquarters in Ottawa.

My goodness. The Canucks do get something in return. I think.

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Turns out they've been winning accolades from many corners. Follow some of these links.