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GATINEAU, QC, June 14, 2012 /CNW/ - Canada's national history museum has acquired the silver "last spike" that symbolizes the 1885 completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and the uniting of the country from sea to sea. This historic artifact was donated to the Canadian Museum of Civilization by heirs of William Van Horne, the legendary railway executive who led the construction project. The donation was unveiled today at the Canadian Pacific Railway Pavilion in Calgary....
Canadian Governor General Michaelle Jean's geography lesson for Ottawa school children was highlighted by her mistakenly naming a mountain range.The British queen's representative was hosting the lesson at her official residence Thursday, one year to the day before the Olympic Winter Games begin in and around Vancouver, British Columbia.Pointing to a projected map of the province, Jean referred to the mountain range nearest Vancouver as the Rocky Mountains. In the televised event, newly...
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Aug. 12, 2008) - HAWKEYE Energy is pleased to announce that it has filed formal submission documents with BC Hydro registering the company for B.C. Hydro's 2008 Clean Power Call (CPC) which is also referred to as the Request for Proposal (RFP). HAWKEYE submitted Phase 1 of its 350 MW run-of-river GREEN ENERGY GRID(TM) portfolio into the (CPC) with a mandate to construct twelve (12) run-of-river projects totaling 180 megawatts (MWs) of renewable green...
