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Ask a Canuck

Not a question, but a really nice story.

http://www.today.com/news/photo-strangers-act-kindness-toward-special-needs-man-goes-viral-t49371

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Damn onions... :cry:
 
I read that story the other day. Godfrey deserves the 'viral' status. He did good.
 
How do you heat your dwellings?

(I know that your houses are usually better built than the ones in the USA, but I still have the impression that you waste a lot of energy, to be honest.)
 
otters said:
How do you heat your dwellings?

(I know that your houses are usually better built than the ones in the USA, but I still have the impression that you waste a lot of energy, to be honest.)
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Predominantly with natural gas, oil, or electricity. Working wood-burning stoves and fireplaces are also popular. Most newer homes are well-insulated, sealed, and have weatherproof, double-glazed windows which help keep heating costs down. However, a lot of the older buildings don't fare as well. Much of central Peterborough was built in the late 1800s, and only those buildings which have been properly upgraded are properly insulated.
 
Brian Smith said:
How does it feel, being Uncle Sam's hat? Does it feel anything similar to being Uncle Sam's beard?

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iQHAgpXlGLo/U8l0kUA93OI/AAAAAAAAQZM/KEYchdDqv1w/s1600/AmericasHatBeard.png

Serious question: who are the heroes of Canadian LGBT rights?
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Brent Hawkes head of Metropolitan Community Church

George Hyslop

Svend Robinson

Jim Egan

Alexander Wood

Pierre Elliot Trudeau

Richard North and Chris Vogel

Greg Malone and Tommy Sexton

Kyle Rae

Ken Poppert


There are probably a whole lot of others.
 
otters said:
How do you heat your dwellings?

(I know that your houses are usually better built than the ones in the USA, but I still have the impression that you waste a lot of energy, to be honest.)
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I have learnt that people in other countries are often less comfortable in their homes, because heating is only available/customary in certain seasons, and because heating is often accomplished with appliances used "as needed" when a room is chilly.

The method of heating may vary in Canada (the Prairies use natural gas, usually for a forced hot-air furnace, occasionally for hot water radiators, electric baseboard heat or natural gas in BC, and I understand down east they still may be using tanks of oil delivered to the home (which stopped in western canada in the 1960's I think) but whatever the method, it is integrated into the home. The furnace comes on for heat as easily as the tap comes on for water.

The house is always 20.5° (or 23 perhaps, if you're a "woman who wears sweaters"). When it is -37° and howling with wind outside. But it's the same when it is +17°, and it surprised me to discover people in other countries might just tolerate it with an extra blanket or a thicker shirt. Unimaginable here. I remember the news: they shot Ceausescu for making everyone keep their thermostats at 15° to save enough energy for his palace...

In our climate, heating is definitely the biggest user of energy. In some areas, so is cooling in the summer. It is desirable in the southern prairies. Necessary in southern Manitoba and down east - I think Toronto would be uninhabitable without air conditioning.

The large size of the country is maybe the next biggest user of energy. Our biggest cities (Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto) are being squeezed into more European dimensions. But most Canadians live in detached houses. Our cities are as big as a European capital, but with a tenth the population.

Metro Edmonton: 9500 km[SUP]2[/SUP], population 1.1 million.
Metro London, UK: 8400 km[SUP]2[/SUP], population 14 million.

So far they are unwilling to build proper transit systems for cities with that much space. So we drive everywhere. In the winter, over streets rutted with snow and ice, meaning people prefer a bigger car better able to handle the roads. This uses energy too.

Within the home, though, I think we are just as likely to use energy efficient light bulbs or use timers to efficiently control their use, etc. And our homes are superbly insulated.

It will also get better. Most of the world is preoccupied with saving energy in high-density cities in temperate climates. The solutions that also work in our climate have all already been implemented. We will develop different new solutions that work here as well.

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11-526-s/2013002/part-partie1-eng.htm

Incidentally I have no idea how you Europeans manage in cities so crowded. I can't imagine the equivalent of sharing my property with 10 other families. GAH!
 
My question for other Canucks. Have you been coast to coast to coast yet?

I've not seen Atlantic Canada yet, nor the north.
 
^ The farthest south I've been is New York City. Farthest east, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Farthest west, Kelowna, British Columbia.

EDIT: Farthest north, Banff, Alberta. (I had to Google it.)
 
star-warrior said:
What will you do if the Americans invaded your nation in an act of agression to seize natural resources?
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They tried once. We whooped their butts. Besides, a whole lot of the rest of the world wouldn't be very happy about it.
 
Canada is not very invadeable.

We can see you coming from a long distance. And it's big. It would be relatively easy to destroy the cities. (which you would need to keep if you wanted access the resources anyway). But after that you could never control the country. We have only 4 people per square kilometre, and we'd spread out if the cities were under attack. It would take a long time to search and/or bomb that much forest.
 
Does anyone eat Canada Mints?My Mom used to keep her large purse full of pink ones,green(winter green)and white ones(peppermint-my least favorite as a kid)I would eat a ton of them while in church.I loved when they would get soft from high humidity.Were they really made in Canada? :)
 
I am one episode away from having finished watching season 4 of Corner Gas. I'm absolutely loving it. There are indeed a few jokes that go above my head, but for the most part it's great. Oscar has me in right stitches sometime. What a character. You'd hate to live next door to someone like that in real life though.
 
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