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The launch of the North-West America at Nootka Sound, 1788. In 1788, some 120 Chinese contract labourers arrived at Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island. [1] [2]: 312 British fur trader John Meares recruited an initial group of 50 sailors and artisans from Canton and Macao, China, hoping to build a trading post and encourage trade in sea otter pelts between Nootka Sound and Canton. [1]
In 1995, the National Film Board of Canada produced a documentary, directed by Guy Nantel , called Dashan, Ambassador to China's Funny Bone. [25] In 1998, China's New Weekly Magazine chose Dashan as one of the "Outstanding People of the Past 20 Years". [26] In 1999, Time magazine selected Dashan as one of the "Leaders for the 21st Century". [27]
China Today is a news program that focuses on news issues and current affairs around China. China Today 30 minute's episodes are broadcast on CCTV-9 at 22:00 China Standard Time ( UTC +8), or 14:00 UTC every day, and rebroadcasts twice at 01:00 and 07:00 UTC+8 the next morning, or 17:00 and 23:00 UTC.
The play The Christian Brothers, first performed in 1975 and written by Ron Blair, is a one-man show depicting a Christian Brother teaching at a Catholic school in Australia in the 1950s, focusing much on the Brother's use of corporal punishment. [80] In the 1985 film Lamb, Liam Neeson plays a Christian brother
CJOH-DT (channel 13) is a television station in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, serving the National Capital Region as part of the CTV Television Network.It is owned and operated by network parent Bell Media alongside Pembroke-licensed CTV 2 outlet CHRO-TV (channel 5).
In 1937, when Japan attacked China, the government of Chiang Kai-shek asked for the overseas Chinese communities to support the homeland. [21] From 1937 onward, the Chinese Canadian community regularly organized fund-raising events to raise money for China. [22] By 1945, the Chinese Canadians had contributed $5 million Canadian dollars to China ...
The Canadian government will appeal a court ruling that Ottawa's use of emergency powers in early 2022 to end anti-government protests was unreasonable, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said on ...
On 2 August 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued its ruling on the Hours of Service litigation brought by the American Trucking Associations and Public Citizen. The Court upheld the 2011 Hours of Service regulations in all aspects except for the 30-minute break provision as it applies to short haul drivers.