About Canada

Dates when provinces and territories joined Confederation

On 1867 Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick joined to Create Confederation which was made official by the British North America Act of 1867. As time passed other provinces and territories joined the Confederation as a part of Canada. On 1870 Manitoba, Northwest Territories joined the Confederation, then after a year on 1871 British Columbia joined. On 1873 Prince Edward Island, on 1898 Yukon Territory, on 1905 Alberta, Saskatchewan, on 1949 Newfoundland joined the Confederation. The last territory joined the Confederation is Nunavut which was on 1999.
Now 10 Provinces and 3 Territories constitute Canada.

Color Blindness

A person with Color Blindness can not distinguish certain colors.
Common cause of color blindness is inherent cause or damage in eye, brain or nerve. The most common form of color blindness is not to recognize blue/red color. There is a common misunderstanding that color blind person can sees in only white or black, which is extremely rare. There is no treatment of color blindness but this is not a cause of significant disability.
Sourse: http://referat.clopotel.ro/Color_Blindness-13737.html

Don’t be afraid, enjoy the winter!

I had a winter camp recently. It was really a new experience for me to play in snow. Now I know we can do a lot of activities such as sliding, skiing, snowshoeing, etc in the winter season despite the chilling weather. Snow Shoeing is one of the activities that I liked during the camp. It is a fun activity and it does not require any equipment but the snowshoes. Snowshoeing is just like a walk, but on the thick snow. We can walk as normal when using snowshoes. The snowshoes are the flat sheets which are wider and longer than the regular shoes, and are fitted beneath your shoes with straps. You can walk uphill, downhill or straight without stocking on the thick snow.
Go out to take the benefit of winter season while you enjoy.

Mount Everest, Crown of The World

Mount Everest is the highest peak of the world located on the border of Nepal and Tibet. It is 8,848 meter (29,029 ft.) high from sea level.In Nepali, Mount Everest is known as Sagarmatha, which means head of the sky (sagar means sky and matha means head).

Many people have set Mt. Everest climbing records in the Gunnies Book of World Record. For example, the first woman climber, the youngest climber, the oldest climber, many-time climber and climbing without artificial oxygen, etc.

Pokhara -My hometown

This is the place I always miss and I always remember.This is the city where I grew up.Pokhara is the most beautiful city of Nepal. It is 200 km far from the capital city, Kathamandu. Nepal is a mountainous country, but Pokhara has plane land because it is a valley, surrounded by hills and range of mountains, Annapurna range, to north. The main attractions of Pokhara are Fishtail Mountain and Fewa Lake. The mountain is known as fishtail because, as in picture, it peak is naturally shaped like fish’s tail. The Fewa Lake is situated in the centre of the city. Interesting part of the lake is that the image of fishtail mountain can be seen in its water.

I used to go to Fewa Lake for kayaking very often, which is really a great experience. The island in the middle of the lake is like icing on the cake. In the island lies a beautiful temple. I love to go to the island and enjoy the scenery of mountain.

Canadian food guide

For healthy lifestyle, balanced diet is very important. The amount of diet we need depends on our lifestyle. Individuals of different ages and stages have different needs. For example growing children require more calories; women of childbearing age require extra folic acid; pregnant women need extra iron. Persons over 50’s require vitamin D supplement.

Food guide is very important for better overall health, low disease risk, a healthy body weight, feeling and looking better, getting more energetic, stronger muscles and bones. We can follow the Canadian food guide to eat balanced diet.

Source: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/tour/food_guide_en.swf

Why Daylight Saving?

You rolled back your clock by one hour on November 2nd at 2 am this year. But why? It’s because the daylight saving just ended on that day. Why daylight saving? There are several reasons for this:
• People like it because sunlight is available in the evening of summer. People can enjoy outdoor longer in summer.
• Several studies in the US and UK show that daylight saving reduces traffic accident by nearly 1%.
• Statistics shows that daylight saving reduces the violent crimes by 10% - 13% because evenings are brighter.
• Children’s pedestrian death on the Halloween night before 2007 was 4 times higher than other night. Therefore the daylight saving was extended to the first week of November for safety of trick or treaters in the Halloween.
• Energy conservation: Moving clock a-head one hour reduces energy conservation by 1% per day because as much as 25% of electricity is used for lighting and small appliances. People use more electricity if they are at home in the evening. People plan outdoor activities on longer days of spring and summer and it helps to conserve household electricity.

Source : www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/b.html