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Time Dissemination
Accurate TIME is disseminated or distributed by telecommunication systems to end users across Canada. Time and frequency references, traceable within stated limits to recognized standards, are available in Canada by ground and satellite based radio, television and telephone.
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Time Zones in Canada
There are six time zones in Canada covering four and a half hours. From west to east these time zones are: Pacific, Mountain, Central, Eastern, Atlantic and Newfoundland. From the first Sunday in November to the second Sunday in March these zones are referred to as standard time zones, and may be abbreviated as PST, MST, CST, etc. From the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November most of Canada follows daylight saving time. During this summer period the time zones may be abbreviated as PDT, MDT, CDT, etc. The boundaries of the standard time zones are not necessarily the same as those of the corresponding daylight saving time zones. For example, the Mountain time zone includes a portion of northeastern British Columbia in the summer, but not during the winter (see maps below). Boundaries shift because some municipalities choose not to participate in daylight saving time. Similarly, Saskatchewan follows CST year-round and, as of 2020, Yukon follows PDT, also known as Yukon Standard Time, year-round.
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Tip O’Neill Award
The James “Tip” O’Neill Award is presented annually to the Canadian baseball player of the year. The winner is chosen by a committee that is organized by the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. The committee reviews that year’s statistics for all Canadian players and announces the winner in early December. The award is named in honour of James “Tip” O’Neill, a Major League Baseball (MLB) star from the 19th century who is often considered Canada’s Babe Ruth. Larry Walker, who first won the award as a 20-year-old in Double-A, received the award nine times — more than any other player. Joey Votto won it seven times, while Justin Morneau and Jason Bay won it three times and Eric Gagné received it twice. Daniel Brabant is the only amateur player to win the award.
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Tipi
Tipis are cone-shaped dwellings that many Plains Indigenous peoples used to live in until the mid-1800s. Today, tipis retain cultural significance and are sometimes constructed for special functions. (See also Architectural History of Indigenous Peoples in Canada.)
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Titanic
The Royal Mail Ship (RMS) Titanic was a British luxury passenger liner that sank on its maiden transatlantic voyage. At approximately 11:40 p.m. on 14 April, 1912, about 740 km south of Newfoundland, Titanic’s starboard (right) side scraped along an iceberg. The collision ruptured several watertight compartments. Water poured in, but the first lifeboat was not launched until an hour later. Approximately two-thirds of the liner’s passengers and crew died. Titanic’s sinking was one of the worst marine disasters in history and remains firmly embedded in popular culture today.
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Titanic Tourism Boom
For good or ill, the City of Halifax seems inextricably linked to the tragic April 14, 1912, sinking of the RMS Titanic, which saw 1,522 souls succumb to icy Atlantic waters.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on June 1, 1998
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Titanium
Titanium (Ti) is a metallic element estimated to form about 0.5% of the rocks of the Canadian SHIELD. Titanium minerals of commercial importance include the dioxides rutile and anatase, which are polymorphs of TiO2 and ilmenite (FeO.TiO2), a mineral that contains 52.7% TiO2.
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Toad Species in Canada
Toad is a common name for frogs belonging to the family Bufonidae. The distinction is not firm, but the word toad is generally applied to frogs with relatively short legs and thick bodies, dry, often “warty” skin and reduced webbing between the toes. Five toad species are found in Canada, living in drier habitats than most other frogs. In Canada, other frogs commonly called toads are the Plains and Great Basin spadefoots (family Scaphiopodidae). For more general information about frogs (including toads) see Frog Species in Canada.
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Tobacco
Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) is an annual (potentially perennial) herbaceous plant of the nightshade family.
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Tobacco Advertising Ban Unconstitutional
This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on October 2, 1995. Partner content is not updated.
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Tobacco-Products Industry
Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) is an annual herbaceous plant of the nightshade family. In Canada, tobacco growing expanded commercially in the late 19th century.
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Tobin Calls Election
At moments during last week's Liberal nomination meeting in the provincial riding of Humber East in Corner Brook, Nfld., the spirit of the legendary Joey Smallwood seemed to permeate the room. At the microphone, a pumped-up Brian Tobin, in a pugilist's stance, was in full rhetorical flight.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on February 12, 1996
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Tobin Challenges Churchill Falls Deal
In the end, the loony Smallwood scheme came to nothing.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on October 7, 1996
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Tobin Fights Fish War at the UN
This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on April 10, 1995. Partner content is not updated. The year was 1980 and a 25-year-old Brian Tobin badly needed advice. Grit organizers wanted Tobin, a cocky former radio disc jockey, television newscaster and provincial Liberal party operative, to run in a traditionally Tory riding on Newfoundland's west coast.
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