Southern Ontario

in Southern Ontario Buying a house is at times the biggest benefit that we can look at directly. The whole procedure is very time taking, especially when you are dreaming of a house on a property land. You will have to select the land first, take help of the broker or the real estate agent and buy the house, and then finally make sure that the transaction is made properly. However, if you are buying a property to gain capital then it is a guarantee that this is best and full proof way to gain capital whenever you want. As we all know that the world is getting richer day by day and therefore, investing on the land will be the best possible way to make money later. However, everything in this world comes with few…

Have you ever thought, “Is there a solution for fresh air, clean water, local food, and a thriving economy with great jobs?” Yes there is, and for us here in Ontario, it’s the Greenbelt. Ontario’s Greenbelt was established February 5th, 2005. It’s a 2 million acre (809 thousand hectare) solution for all Ontarians. The Greenbelt goes as far north as Tobermory and extends 325 km from Rice Lake in Northumberland County, east of Toronto, to the Niagara River, west of Toronto. It’s even larger…

Most people live in southern Canada because of the climate, location, and natural resources. To begin, most Canadians live in the south because of the warm climate. Most Canadians would rather live in southern Canada because it has the highest average temperature than any other part of Canada. For example, In the southernmost city in Canada, Windsor, Ontario, where the average temperature is 22 degrees celsius in the summer and below 5 degrees celsius in the winter. We can compare this to…

For me, the understanding and colouring of the modern history of Blackstone Lake starts with the stories and biographies of the settlers that tamed and worked the land surrounding the lake. As they did so, a historical framework of personalities, knowledge of the of the lake and a system of morals developed. I started out to answer what seemed to be some major questions to ask the archives and of history itself. They being the origins of each settler, why they or their ancestors came to Canada,…

The Quebec Act is a law recently passed by the British Parliament in an effort to appease the French and incentivize them to ally with Britain, instead of with us increasingly “subversive” American colonists. Article I of the law states, “all the territories [between Ohio and the Mississippi River, and the Great Lakes and Hudson Bay] be, and they are hereby, during his Majesty's Pleasure, annexed to, and made Part and Parcel of, the Province of Quebec” (for present-day reference, this area…

region was the Clark and Horne Co. whose operations began in 1906 on the west side of First Lake. The five mill operators and their families lived in Rosseau Road, Mitchell south of his mill, McDonald, Clark and Horne lived side by side east of First Lake on the south side of the road. Ownership changed to Lottie Mitchell (née Clark) then James Rankin and rented to Jack Fitzsimmons The abandoned structure fell in 1998 Thomas ' dad Thomas Sr. began the mill north of Second Lake and west of…

The year of 1944 led the nation of Canada into despair over the issue of the WW2. The current situation at that times steered people to believe that Conscription was the only solution to the problem. Conscription was the compulsory enrollment in armed forces which had once tore apart the nation of Canada back in 1917. The after math of was that the conscription crisis of 1944 in Canada, which was an unnecessary action that created bitter disputes between the French & English citizens, which…

controlled by the Horseshoe cottagers. 2003 The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), interested in reducing the significant effort in maintain the two lakes levels through the seasons, droughts and heavy rains decide a new dam is required. Initially the lake level was to be reduced a substantial 18 cm to 198.38 m above sea level. Also no sluice for a 100 year flood and no consideration for the habitat downstream. With objections from cottagers and a new proposal was made by the MNR. 2009-2010…

American Society’s Materialism in A Perfect Day For Bannafish J.D Salinger believes society turns each and every one of us into bananafish. In his short story A Perfect Day For Bananafish he expresses some of his views on the American society and the problems that he has with it. He believes Americans put too much value in material possessions and that their lives, shaped by a constant bombardment of advertisements and new products that are bigger and better than the last, are harmful to…

The Canadian health care system and related issues are hotly debated topics in Canada. The polarity of the debate is well represented in the somewhat divergent perspectives presented in the books: Health Care by Pat and Hugh Armstrong and The Canadian Regime by Patrick Malcolmson et al. Two aspects of the Canadian health care system are debated with vigor and vehemence, and will be the basis of the comparison between the two books, they are: federalism, and privatization. In Canada currently,…