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However, from the start, the alliance between the world's leading economic power, the world's largest colonial empire and the world's first Communist state was marked by mutual distrust and ideological tension. The Cold War began shortly after the end of World War II over disagreements on how postwar Europe should be rebuilt. While neither side ever “officially” fought the other, as the consequences would be too appalling with the Soviet Union’s Red Army and the Americans possession of the…

Remand custody, or pre-trial detention cases have been vastly increasing over the last ten years. Individuals who have not been sentenced yet are in remand custody, which is when an individual is in custody but awaiting their trail or sentence (Griffiths, 2014, p.179). Previously inmates had the larger number in prisons; however, the remand population has climbed and on most cases has outnumbered convicted inmates (Weinrath, 2009, p.355). Through the Justice of the Peace or a judge, individuals…

French and Indian wars were four wars fought one after another in North America between 1689 and 1763. The wars were fought between France and England, which became part of Britain during the second war. Spain, at times, sided with the French. All fought with the support of Indian allies. In the end, France lost nearly all its land in North America. Britain gained most of the French territory, and Spain acquired the rest. Battle of Monongahela Location of Acadia Causes of the French and…

Liberalism, a collection of ideologies all committed to the principle of the dignity and freedom of the individual as the foundation for society. Many would be correct to argue that liberalism is the only contemporary ideology that is both viable and promotes the betterment of the people through political and economic systems by its emphasis on the will of the people. Liberalism provides society with security, freedoms and economic safety, such as Canada’s Anti-terrorism Act of 2015, the United…

Conscription is the compulsory enlistment of citizens for their country’s military service. This involves leaving any education, work and family behind in order to go to military training camps. World War Two was a time that saw unprecedented levels of damage and destruction. This put many countries in a state of economic and political desperation. During this period the Canadian government chose to introduce conscription in order to help the allied countries win the war. Canada’s use of…

During March, May, and June of 1774 the five Intolerable Acts were passed by the British parliament. The Boston Tea Party and the Boston Massacre led to these new laws. The first act, Boston Port Act was passed on March 31, 1774. With this new law, the ports in Boston were closed. Once all the ruined tea was paid for the ports would open, but until then the ports stayed closed. Closing the ports caused more of an outrage among the colonies. To insure that no one traveled through the ports armed…

I’m going to tell you more about their habitats and facts about their diet and their behavior. The wood turtle range extends from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick south to Rockingham County, Virginia (Buhrmann and Mitchell 1989), and west to southern Quebec, and more. The Wood Turtle always found in close association with water, nut the degree of association varies geographically. Hardly (1991) reported Wood turtle in Michigan and Wisconsin occupying habitats in or near moving water including…

The day before his operation, Terry had read an article about Dick Traum, an amputee who had completed the New York marathon. Terry Fox was inspired by Dick Traum and decided that he would run a marathon across Canada to raise awareness and money for cancer research. Throughout his chemotherapy treatment, he had seen many people suffering and dying from cancer and decided to do something to help those people. Terry Fox had shared his idea of running a marathon to help raise money for cancer…

Theres also the Liberal government in Quebec, which has proposed legislation to ban niqabs and burkas from the public sector. But they're Liberal, utterly beyond any accusations such as those levelled at Harper. In fact, many of the very same people who are accusing Harper of bigotry and xenophobia…

I had two days to pack my suitcase for a three-week vacation. I had two days to prepare myself that I was even going to be departing on a three-week vacation. Let's rewind to when I was placed on the waiting list for my ninth grade Quebec bursary trip. I was defeated, destroyed, heartbroken. Waitlisted is almost as bad as receiving a straight up “NO!” However only two days before the program was deemed to start, two days before we had to be in another province; 1589 kilometers away, my mother…