OTTAWA (AFP) – The Royal Canadian Mint will soon unveil a gold coin worth one million Canadian dollars (850,000 US dollars), an official told AFP. But the valuable loonie, a sobriquet given to Canadian one-dollar coins, will not go into circulation, said mint spokeswoman Pam Aung Thin.”It’s a new denomination for us,” she said. “However, […]
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Farley Mowat – A Canadian Pirate Ship!
This article caught my attention. Why? First, Farley Mowat is a famous Canadian author that lives in my hometown. Second, I’m sure that there aren’t many Canadian pirate ships. Finally, it is a ship with a man’s name! (Even though the ship has a man’s name, they still refer to it as “she”). Â The […]
Stolen car found almost 30 years later!
Three months after buying a brand new blue Corvette for $6,000 in 1968, Alan Poster had his pride and joy stolen from a parking garage in Manhattan.Unable to afford car insurance at the time, he thought he had lost his prized possession forever. However, in January 2006 U.S. Customs found the ’68 Vette in Long […]
