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2 unusual facts about western Canada


CHQM-FM

It is Western Canada's oldest and one of the most-listened-to commercial FM stations in Vancouver along with sister station CFBT-FM.

Royal College of Chiropractic Sports Sciences

Prior to the Field Practitioner Program beginning in Western Canada, the Canadian Council of Chiropractic Sports Sciences (CCCSS) was established in June 1986.


1 Area Support Group

1 Area Support Group is a Canadian Army formation that provides support to other Canadian Army formations and units in western Canada.

Aaron Pritchett

Pritchett most recently toured Western Canada with Toby Keith and fellow 604 Record artist Jessie Farrell this fall to promote his album, Thankful, which was released on September 9, 2008.

Canada Wide Media

Canada Wide Media Limited is an independently owned publishing company in Western Canada, based in Burnaby, British Columbia.

Hugo Ross Trophy

When the WCRFU joined with the Canadian Rugby Union in 1921, the Hugo Ross Trophy champion were able to play for the Grey Cup against teams outside of Western Canada.

Kyle, Saskatchewan

On the road to it stands one of the last few Drive-in theaters in Western Canada, which remains a very popular evening attraction for both young and old in the summer months.

Rundle, Calgary

Rundle was established in 1973 and was named after Robert Terrill Rundle, a missionary that worked in Western Canada in the mid-19th century.

Viewers Choice

Originally Viewer's Choice was the monopoly provider of pay-per-view service in Eastern Canada, while Western International Communications was granted similar rights for its Home Theatre service in Western Canada, mirroring the regions held by Astral and WIC for pay TV service (The Movie Network and Superchannel, respectively).

Warren on the Weekend

It was broadcast on several AM radio stations, mainly in Western Canada, on Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pacific Time on the Corus Radio Network.


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2d Troop Carrier Squadron

After the United States entry into World War II, flew aerial mapping missions over Western Canada and the Alaska Territory, mapping uncharted territory to support the building of the Alaska Highway.

Acanthinites

Acanthinites has only one described species, A. magnificus and lived in what is now the province of British Columbia in western Canada.

At the Hundredth Meridian

The song is a reference to the 100th meridian west, which is a line of longitude that separates much of Western Canada from the Central and Atlantic regions of Canada and is where the Great Plains begin, as lead-singer Gordon Downie states in the song.

Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts

This record was followed by "Not Guilty", a 5-track EP released in 1980 on A&M Records, that had modest success in Western Canada.

Bill Waiser

Bill has published several books, including Park Prisoners: The Untold Story of Western Canada's National Parks and (with Blair Stonechild) Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion, which was a finalist for the 1997 Governor General's Literary Awards for non-fiction.

Canadian Major Junior Hockey League

The Western Hockey League was known as the CMJHL in its inaugural season of 1966–67 before changing its name to the Western Canada Hockey League

Character displacement

Threespine sticklebacks (Gasterosteus spp.) in post-glacial lakes in western Canada have contributed significantly to recent research of character displacement (e.g., Schluter 1993, Schluter 1995).

Clovis culture

According to the standard accepted theory, the Clovis people crossed the Beringia land bridge over the Bering Strait from Siberia to Alaska during the period of lowered sea levels during the ice age, then made their way southward through an ice-free corridor east of the Rocky Mountains in present-day western Canada as the glaciers retreated.

Defence Scheme No. 1

According to the plan, Canadian flying columns stationed in Pacific Command in western Canada would immediately be sent to seize Seattle, Spokane, and Portland.

Dennis Heeney

In the provincial elections of 1986 and 1988, he was the leader of the province's Confederation of Regions Party, a group that opposed the extension of French-language rights and sought greater autonomy for western Canada (unlike the Western Canada Concept and Western Independence Party, it did not seek full independence for the western provinces).

Langenburg, Saskatchewan

The original community was called "Colony Hohenlohe" after Prince Hohenlohe von Langenburg, a German nobleman who had visited western Canada in 1883 and subsequently recommended it to German emigrants as more suitable destination than the United States.

Larry Maguire

The party's support base in western Canada collapsed, however, and Maguire finished third against Liberal Party of Canada candidate Glen McKinnon.

Lawrence Lambe

He also studied Devonian fishes from New Brunswick and Paleozoic corals, collected Tertiary insects and plants in British Columbia but it is for his work on vertebrates from western Canada, especially dinosaurs, that he is most famous.

Lupinus kuschei

Lupinus kuschei, Yukon lupine, is a species of flowering plant from the order of Lamiales which can be found in Alaska and Western Canada.

Manitoba Aviation Council

Like the aviation industries in British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan, all the western Canada provinces have active councils that have provided many benefits to their aviation communities.

Mike Flicker

After relocating to Vancouver, British Columbia in 1971, Flicker was hired as chief engineer at Aragon Studios (later renamed Mushroom Studios), which became the premier state-of-the-art studio in western Canada.

Neidpath Castle

Neidpath, Saskatchewan, a town in western Canada named after Neidpath Castle

Palliser, Calgary

Named after John Palliser, an early explorer and geographer of western Canada, the neighbourhood was established in 1967.

Portobello West

The name 'Portobello West' was suggested by Carlie's father, Grant 'Fuzzy' Smith, as a reference to the famous Portobello Road market in London, England and also to the location of the new market (in Western Canada).

Ryan Holmes

Holmes was born in Vernon, British Columbia, a rural town in western Canada.

Ven Begamudré

He currently divides his time between western Canada and the island of Bali.

War Department Light Railways

Having built thousands of miles of new frontier track in Western Canada in the previous decades, these "colonials", led by J. Stewart, supplied the Canadian Corps who went on to victory at Vimy.

WCMA

Western Canadian Music Awards, an annual music awards festival to celebrate the music of Western Canada

Westeel

Today Westeel maintains its head office in Winnipeg, Manitoba and five production facilities in Western Canada including Winnipeg, Manitoba, Saskatoon, Regina, and Tisdale, Saskatchewan, and Olds, Alberta

William C. Gribble, Jr.

During World War II, he served on the staff of the 340th Engineer General Service Regiment as it first built a section of the Alaska Highway in western Canada and later assisted MacArthur's drive in New Guinea and the Philippines.