In terms of per capita alcohol consumption—and as a Canadian, I hate to burst my fellow Canadians champagne bubbles—Canada is way down the list! We’re often perceived to be big beer drinkers, for example, but on average per year we lag far behind the Czechs (8.5 litres), the Austrians (6.7 litres), …
The Canadian Railway Story – Part I
“For they looked in the future and what did they see They saw an iron road running from the sea to the sea” Gordon Lightfoot – Canadian Railroad Trilogy Canada has one of the greatest railway systems in the world. From our first railroad, the Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad, opened on July 21, …
Canadian Tire
We were talking to one of our American ex-patriots, currently living in in Ontario, and she said this about first walking into a Toronto-area Canadian tire: “I thought it was a tire store!” Indeed. Canadian Tire is one of the most sought-after organizations in Canada to work for, and has under its …