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Golf
Golfer George Lyon. An outstanding all-round athlete, Lyon's chief claim to fame is his gold medal victory in golf in the 1904 Olympics at St Louis (courtesy Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. www.sportshall.ca). Golf Golf is an outdoor game played with a small hard ball and a set of clubs with iron or wooden heads. The object of the game is to make one's way round a specially laid out course in as few strokes...
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Golf Courses
Golf Courses are specially designed pieces of land of variable dimensions and topography that are used for the playing of golf. They are usually divided into 18 segments, each consisting of a starting point, or tee, from which a player strikes a ball towards his ultimate target.
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Gomery Enquiry May Mark the End of an Era in Quebec
WHEN THE DAM finally burst, the dung that had been piling up for more than a week behind a publication ban at the Gomery inquiry sent political operatives running for cover, and politicians in Ottawa and Quebec City shifting damage control into overdrive.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on April 18, 2005
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Gomery Inquiry Learns Illicit Cash Flowing for Years
SOMETIMES the testimony at the Gomery commission starts to run together in your head, and the significance of it isn't obvious until you pause and give your head a shake. I had one such light-bulb moment when Michel Béliveau, a former LIBERAL PARTY official in Quebec, testified late last week.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on May 16, 2005
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Gomery Inquiry Reveals Liberal In-fighting
JUSTICE JOHN GOMERY'S command of French is flawless, but his accent is unique: he sounds like a bad French actor imitating how an Anglo is supposed to sound when speaking French - cute, but seldom heard in real life.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on May 23, 2005
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Gomery Inquiry Uncovers Creative Accounting
Robert St-Onge never meant to become a proxy for everyone who feels like he got taken to the cleaners in the advertising scandal, and when his moment in the spotlight came, he made no attempt to hide his vile mood.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on May 9, 2005
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Goodale's Something-for-Everyone 2005 Budget
The Government gives them space inside the Parliament Buildings every budget day - the cut-our-taxes gripers, the spend-our-way pleaders, the doom-and-gloom second-guessers.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on March 7, 2005
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Goods and Services Tax (Reference)
This case was a reference to the Supreme Court of Canada that arose out of a challenge by the Province of Alberta as the constitutionality of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) as enacted by the federal Excise Tax Act.
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Goose
The goose is a member of a widespread group of waterfowl ranging in size from the giant Canada goose to the diminutive cackling goose.
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Gore Creek Skeleton, an Early Human in North America
Forensic analysis of the skeleton revealed that it belonged to a man in his twenties or early thirties.
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Gourlay, Winter & Leeming Ltd.
Gourlay, Winter & Leeming, Ltd. Toronto retailer of pianos, player pianos, organs, music boxes, and phonographs, and manufacturer of pianos. The firm was established in 1890 by Robert S. Gourlay (b New York 21 Sep 1852, d Toronto 28 Nov 1932), Francis William Winter, and Thomas Leeming.
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Gouverneur
The governor of New France was the king’s official representative in the colony and the commander of military forces. He was also in charge of diplomatic relations with Indigenous peoples and other colonies.
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Government
Canada’s federal and provincial governments are divided into three branches — the legislative, executive and judicial. Together, the branches pass and administer laws. The executive also administers a vast array of programs and services, from tax collecting to national security, and from the provision of health care to the maintenance of highways.
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Government Building
Government has always been the most important patron of ARCHITECTURE in Canada, and this role has increased rapidly over the past few decades. As its duties and responsibilities expand, so do its building needs. Today all levels of government contribute to all aspects of our built environment.
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Governments and Music
Government has played an increasingly significant role in shaping Canada's musical life through legislation, regulation, and consultation, and through direct or arm's-length financial and organizational assistance.
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