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Happy Flag Day Canadians

#1

Frank

Frankie Williamson

The Canadian flag is 46 years old today. Feel proud to bear the red and white overseas.



#2

Mathias

Mathias

Happy Flag to our friends to the North. May the hockey Gods bless and keep you.


#3

LittleSin

LittleSin

...we have a flag day?


#4

Frank

Frankie Williamson

Bad Canadian is bad.


#5

Espy

Espy

Congrats to... uh... your flag? For... being... wavy?


#6

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

Did our Prime Minister celebrate in the traditional fashion?


#7

Frank

Frankie Williamson

Hey, I just looked it up, USA's Flag Day is June 14th. We both have days for our flags.
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HCGLNS said:
Did our Prime Minister celebrate in the traditional fashion?
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Yes, he replaced the Canadian flags in Ottawa with pictures of his face.


#8

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

That's the tradition for Maple Syrup Day!

The tradition for flag day is for the Prime Minister to choke out a protester before tossing him to the Mounties.


#9

Frank

Frankie Williamson

I miss Chretien, he was not afraid to choke a bitch.


#10

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

Frankie Williamson said:
I miss Chretien, he was not afraid to choke a bitch.
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If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself.


#11

LittleSin

LittleSin

Frankie Williamson said:
Bad Canadian is bad.
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For a while I forget we had a Canadian flag. Our premier took it dwn for MONTHS in protest of the Mainland government and their treatment of us. In its place we had the old republic flag. We almost had a separatist movement. :p


#12

Frank

Frankie Williamson

You east coasters just need to find huge, polluting, shitty, tar sand deposits. Then you can write your own ticket in this country.


#13

LittleSin

LittleSin

We have over fishing from foreign cuntries while we, the natives of these waters (not counting the Native natives) aren't really allowed to fish at all.

Is that something?


#14

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

In case you're curious National Maple Syrup Day was Feb 6th.


#15

LittleSin

LittleSin

HCGLNS said:
In case you're curious National Maple Syrup Day was Feb 6th.
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Now there's a day worth celebrating.


#16

Frank

Frankie Williamson

LittleSin said:
We have over fishing from foreign cuntries while we, the natives of these waters (not counting the Native natives) aren't really allowed to fish at all.

Is that something?
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Yes, it's a reason Canada should seriously just start opening fire on Spanish and Portuguese fishing ships


#17

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

Groundhog Day, Maple Syrup Day, Valentines Day, Flag Day, Hockey Day

It's like the government wants us to party all month long!


#18

LittleSin

LittleSin

I just notices my "countries" typo and laughed.


#19

Jay

Jay

Must be a Western Canada thing.... eh?


#20

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

We have a flag!?


#21

checkeredhat

checkeredhat

I honestly didn't know we had a Flag Day either. This is honestly the first year I've heard of it.

And just a few years ago, the Ontario government declared February 20th a stat holiday ("Family Day"), arbitrarily, to give us a day off in February. So when I read about Flag Day this morning, I immediately questioned why they didn't just declare the already existing National Flag Day a stat holiday instead.


#22

jwhouk

jwhouk

Hockey Day is in March, people.

(March 3rd, in case you care.)


#23

checkeredhat

checkeredhat

jwhouk said:
Hockey Day is in March, people.

(March 3rd, in case you care.)
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I don't know what March 3rd Hockey Day you're talking about, but I believe my blue-nosed countryman is referring to the CBC Hockey Day in Canada.


Hockey Day in Canada

Since 2000, the CBC has aired an annual special Hockey Day in Canada broadcast to celebrate the game in Canada. The broadcast includes hockey-related features all afternoon, leading up to a tripleheader of NHL action featuring the seven Canadian teams (Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, Montreal Canadiens, Ottawa Senators, Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks, Winnipeg Jets). One exception was the 2008 edition that featured four games including two American teams (Detroit and Colorado) along with the six Canadian teams; this was due to the NHL's schedule format at the time, as there was no inter-conference games between Canadian teams. Lead commentators, Don Cherry and Ron MacLean broadcast from a remote area. The broadcast includes live broadcast segments from smaller communities right across the country and features panel discussions on issues facing "Canada's game" at both the minor and pro levels. The day is usually in mid-February, but was broadcast in early January in 2002 and 2006 due to the 2002 Winter Olympics and 2006 Winter Olympics, respectively; the 2007 event was also held in January (January 13), though no sporting events key to Canada were scheduled. The 2010 events were held on January 30 because of the 2010 Winter Olympics, held in February.
Hockey Day in Canada has also featured special events, such as world-record all-night pick-up hockey games from Red Deer, Alberta (in 2001) and Windsor, Nova Scotia (2002). Viewers got to see the games after the CBC ended regular programming for the night, without commentary.
Hockey Day in Canada also reached out to other ethnic groups as well – the 2007 event on January 13, 2007 featured Italian language commentary of the Vancouver Canucks / Toronto Maple Leafs matchup, which was seen on the Telelatino (TLN) cable channel, with special features and commentary by Alf De Blasis, who hosts soccer games for TLN. This was the first time Hockey Night in Canada was presented in Italian.[11] The following two years, matches were presented in Punjabi, Mandarin and Cantonese. CBC has subsequently added a regular schedule of games broadcast in Punjabi via the network's website and some cable/satellite providers. However, just prior to the beginning of 2010 NHL regular season, CBC ended the broadcast in Punjabi citing financial strains.[12]
Hockey Day in Canada was held in Whitehorse, Yukon on February 12, 2011. The Edmonton Oilers hosted the Ottawa Senators, the Toronto Maple Leafs visited the Montreal Canadiens and the Vancouver Canucks welcomed the Calgary Flames.[13]
With the return of the Winnipeg Jets for the 2011-12 NHL season, there are an odd number of Canadian teams in the NHL, meaning HDIC will again require the presence of an American team. This year, the Jets will play the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockey_Day#Hockey_Day_in_Canada


#24

jwhouk

jwhouk

March 3, 1875. Generally believed to be the date of the first organized game of hockey, played at the Victoria Ice Rink in Montreal between players from McGill University, organized by one James G. A. Creighton.


#25

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

jwhouk said:
March 3, 1875. Generally believed to be the date of the first organized game of hockey, played at the Victoria Ice Rink in Montreal between players from McGill University, organized by one James G. A. Creighton.
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Not this debate again! Please :tina:


#26

jwhouk

jwhouk

...What?

Look, I know - they were likely playing the game in Newfoundland well before that. This happens to be the first game played under a set of rules in an indoor rink.

And hockey's gotta have a birthday, anyways. Why not March 3?


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