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| Nikongirl | Posted – 10/5/2007 3:08:15 PM | show profile It is Canadian Thanksgiving on Monday and of course Columbus Day in the US, so happy long weekend to all! I hope everyone else in the Northeast is enjoying the non-stop summer we are experiencing here in Toronto...close to 80 with humidex. Gobble Gobble.... |
| nika | Posted – 10/5/2007 6:30:31 PM | show profile Ah, a fellow Canadian! I thought that subject line read a bit odd for an American forum. It made sense to me, but then it was like, wait a minute.... Unfortunately for us in Vancouver, it's the first nice day we've had in quite awhile....and it's supposed to rain all weekend! But I am definitely looking forward to having Monday off. Happy Thanksgiving! |
| crimedog | Posted – 10/5/2007 6:57:04 PM | show profile Toronto has been magnificent! It's like global warming smiled on our fine city. Just came back from walking the dogs and it was beautiful - 70 degrees and mild. It's bizzare seeing the park full of basketball players, tennis nonstop and strollers. |
| voracious reader | Posted – 10/5/2007 7:12:59 PM | show profile AY! My family's Canadian! They'll be visiting us here in the States this weekend and will be bumper to bumper at the Border on Monday! They don't mind because the dollar and loonie are finally equal! :) |
| recovering_jersey_girl | Posted – 10/8/2007 10:23:59 PM | show profile Nika, I looooove Vancouver! I went there a few years ago and I want so badly to go back...It's really sleek and cosmopolitan, but very "green" and close to nature at the same time. |
| Homer | Posted – 10/9/2007 4:14:21 PM | show profile Happy Thanksgiving as well to fellow Canuckleheads! I spent a warm weekend in the Interior of BC with Canadian and American family, although we're not basking in the warmth the way our eastern friends are... Slightly off-topic, since it's unusual to have the ears (eyes?) of those living in/connected to the Great White North: How are you faring in the job market? Are you all gainfully employed? What do you do? I can guess at Nikongirl's line of work, but what about the rest of you? I'm freelance writing, but looking for more gigs. Mediabistro is great; wish we had similar up here. Does anyone know of a Canadian job board like this specifically for media? Is PWAC any good? CAJ? Jeff Gaulin seems mostly limited to community newspapers and IT. Appreciate the feedback, and if this is way too off-topic, perhaps I'll start another thread. |
| Newzaroo | Posted – 10/9/2007 5:42:49 PM | show profile Canadian Thanksgiving? Giving thanks for what? Thanks for CAFTRA. Thanks for UAW organization of CAW auto factories producing Chevy's and Fords. Thanks we rejected socialized medicine so you don't have to. Thanks for allowing you to vacation in Florida. Thanks we didn't bomb your sorry Canadian ass for another cheap rip-off a true all-American holiday. The Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts, and shared maze with native-american indians. They didn't make landfall on a Windsor titty bar and stuff dollars in a lap-dancers sticky g-string. Merry French-Canadian Christmas... Secession, ou la la! |
| Nikongirl | Posted – 10/9/2007 7:30:37 PM | show profile News........ There you go again, you just need to be a foul, smart-ass at all times don't you? FYI Mr. KnowITALL. Read and learn. Point number 1: In the year 986, Bjarni Herjólfsson set sail from Norway to join his family in the new colony, what we now call Newfoundland, Canada. He is the first European known to have seen North America, his voyage brought about the first explorations on the shores of CANADA. Point number 2: The history of Thanksgiving in Canada goes back to an English explorer, Martin Frobisher, who had been trying to find a northern passage to the Orient. He did not succeed but he did establish a settlement in Northern America. In the year 1578, he held a formal ceremony, in what is now called Newfoundland, to give thanks for surviving the long journey. This is considered the first Canadian Thanksgiving. You may want to read up on the following two points as well. Point number 3: Plymouth Rock is the traditional site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony in 1620, in what would become the United States. Point number 4: In 1789 George Washington, the first president of the United States, proclaimed November 26 a day of Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving day continued to be celebrated in the United States on different days in different states until Mrs. Sarah Josepha Hale, editor of Godey's Lady's Book, decided to do something about it. For more than 30 years she wrote letters to the governors and presidents asking them to make Thanksgiving Day a national holiday. Finally, in 1863, President Lincoln issued a White House proclamation calling on the "whole American people" wherever they lived to unite "with one heart and one voice" in observing a special day of thanksgiving. Setting apart the last Thursday of November for the purpose. As always you are wrong. So get your facts straight before you go flapping your mouth for no reason other than to be nasty. |
| nika | Posted – 10/9/2007 8:05:54 PM | show profile haha, very good Nikon! jersey, I love living in Vancouver! It's got the perfect lifestyle for me, couldn't imagine living anywhere else....although I may have to. Which brings me to Homer... I find that the media job market in Vancouver isn't that great. There really aren't that many publications, therefore there aren't many jobs. Things are probably a bit different in Toronto. I work as an editor for an entertainment magazine, which I love. I also publish a fashion magazine and freelance on the side. A good job resource for the Canadian job market is Media Job Search Canada -- mjsc.ca |
| Newzaroo | Posted – 10/9/2007 11:46:11 PM | show profile The hell, you say... Abe Lincoln calls for unity in 1863 around an event proclaimed to be Thanksgiving in 1789 by George Washington, based on the Pilgrims dining with Indians after they landed on Plymouth Rock in 1620, which happened 42 years after failed English explorer Martin Frobisher landed in Newfoundland and gave thanks for surviving a long journey to a godforsaken land first touched in 986 by a Norwegian. Right? So, for almost 900 years, between 986 and 1863 there was no Thanksgiving in Canada until Lincoln urged "the whole American people to unite with one heart and one voice, no matter where they lived. Now, in 2007 we all live on the same North American continent, but Canadians are no more Americans than Mexicans are Canadians. Nikongirl, have you applied for a job editing Bill Clinton's revisionist history books? Start with the chapter "I never had sex with that woman, Ms Lewinsky." You'd have better luck blowing hot-air on that history. |
| Newzaroo | Posted – 10/9/2007 11:54:17 PM | show profile Happy Holidays!!!! ________________ |
| Nikongirl | Posted – 10/10/2007 9:14:22 AM | show profile NEWS.....Wrong again kiddo. >>>So, for almost 900 years, between 986 and 1863 there was no Thanksgiving in Canada until Lincoln urged "the whole American people to unite with one heart and one voice, no matter where they lived.<<<< He meant the whole AMERICAN people. FYI - CANADA is NOT part of AMERICA. Lincoln did NOT have any jurisdiction in CANADA. CANADIANS celebrated the harvest (Thanksgiving) EVERY year since 986. I intended this thread to be a happy holiday wish. Why did you have to ruin it? |
| crimedog | Posted – 10/10/2007 10:04:18 AM | show profile Nikon - avoid newsglue - he's sniffing for a fight yet has no skills. |
| Homer | Posted – 10/10/2007 2:02:32 PM | show profile I guess I can also give thanks that up here we don't have as many uptight, belligerent, misinformed, misguided, obnoxious asses gleefully crashing an otherwise pleasant message board... Yeah, I'm sure the native Americans are so happy you stopped by to "share maize" with them. How'd that work out for them? Anyhoo, yes, the Canadian media jobs do indeed appear to be concentrated in the centre of the universe, i.e., Toronto -- Canada's New York. The rest of us scattered across the country work in newspapers, niche publications or freelance. Just wish there were more... |
| shanirfriedman | Posted – 10/14/2007 12:26:58 AM | show profile | email poster Hey Fellow Canadians Across the Land Two questions: (1) would you say that the word Canuck is viewed favourably or perjoratively, or does it depend on whether it's said by a Canadian or American? (2) History discussion aside, how many of you celebrated Thanksgiving in Canada? I'm in NY, but none of my family there has ever observed it. And if anyone's interested, I have a blog: allthingscanadian.blogspot.com Would love your feedback. |
| writesonwater | Posted – 10/14/2007 2:24:17 AM | show profile | email poster I'm Canadian, and don't mind Canuck. Do you mind Yank? ;) I had a very happy thanksgiving with Canadian kin in B.C. before heading back to the sunny South, and will have American thanksgiving in November. I must say I miss the wide open spaces, cool weather and all those blues and greens. Oh, Canada ;) |
| crimedog | Posted – 10/14/2007 8:24:33 AM | show profile Canuk? Never hear the term in Toronto. It's a relic. |
| voracious reader | Posted – 10/14/2007 11:16:23 AM | show profile Shanirfriedman...Funny you should ask whether Canadians celebrate their Thanksgiving day. Like I said a few posts back, in my family, they usually come down to visit me for a long weekend. While growing up, they used to also come back a month later to celebrate our Thanksgiving too! In two weeks, I'm heading back to Montreal for my second "sojourn" of the year (just thought I'd throw in a little French) weather permitting! Seems like I see more of my Canadian family, they're all from my mother's side, then I do the rest of my family, from my father's side, who are all America. C'est la vie! |
| shanirfriedman | Posted – 10/14/2007 2:28:29 PM | show profile | email poster Hey Voracious Reader my family is the exact same way. I never see my American family (paternal), who live here in New York, and I do see and talk to my Canadian family often. Just goes to show once again the superiority of Canadians. |
| nika | Posted – 10/14/2007 3:31:26 PM | show profile I've never actually been called a canuck, so it doesn't matter to me. But, oddly enough, I see it mentioned a lot in the media. I celebrate Thanksgiving in October in Canada, and then I head down to the states for American Thanksgiving in November. Two Thanksgivings! |
| Nikongirl | Posted – 10/14/2007 10:15:27 PM | show profile I am an AmeriCanadian. When I first moved to Oh Canada, I always celebrated both October and November but it was hard getting used to it so early in October. Now all these years later, I much prefer the October Thanksgiving as it happens at Harvest time, which is what it is celebrating AND it makes more sense to have it then rather than less than a month before Christmas. I am still always surprised by the 'Civic holiday' in August. We celebrate Lord Simcoe day here in Toronto, different provinces celebrate a variety of other things that weekend. Now our recently re-elected Ontario Premier just added a brand new February holiday to celebrate 'family day'. Gotta love Canucks, just making it up as they go along and everyone gets a new long weekend. *re: the OP, Canucks is not an insult. As Crime said, it is not used much in Toronto. |
| writesonwater | Posted – 10/14/2007 10:40:58 PM | show profile | email poster Flying into Victoria the week before Canadian Thanksgiving, it was gorgeous to see bright orange fields full of pumpkins. Harvest time indeed. |
| Homer | Posted – 10/15/2007 3:11:33 PM | show profile We often celebrate two Thanksgivings as well, having Cdn and American family. I like October for all the reasons stated -- more of a harvest time, and there's a break before another turkey day. The American side of the family, though, puts more emphasis on Thanksgiving than Christmas. They're not religious and feel it makes more sense to celebrate things/people they're thankful for rather than take part in the commercialization of a religious observance. As for Canuck, I suppose, like Yank, depends on your tone and intent when you say it. I don't mind it; the country has a hockey team called Canucks, the U.S. has a baseball team called Yankees, so what's the big deal? Now, cheesehead, that's another story... |
| voracious reader | Posted – 10/15/2007 4:15:44 PM | show profile shanirfriedman - I guess the reason why I see more of my Canadian family than my American family is that since Montreal is a day ride away, when we see our family, we SEE our family. Growing up I remember those week long trips to either Montreal or the Laurentians. Likewise, what would Christmas break be without them visiting New York and all of us visiting the City to see the Rockettes? Nowaday, we follow the Benjamin Franklin rule, family is like fish, after three days it stinks. We all make multiple trips visiting each other, but keep them short! Usually just long weekends. Sometimes, we're lucky enough to have family from Toronto join us while we're in Montreal. As far as my father's side, we do see them too. In fact, whenever there is something special to celebrate, we tend to fly all over the place! But again, we only get to see them for a few hours or a day or two at most. Positively no sleepovers, just hotel visits. |
| writesonwater | Posted – 10/15/2007 7:32:45 PM | show profile No sleepovers? Occasionally that's the fun part -- one family crammed into each bedroom. Okay, the airmattresses get old and even four bathrooms aren't always enough. But ... at Christmas in the frozen midwest, we all zero in at one of my husband's 6 siblings house and it's great (for three days.) Enough to make you holler "Goodnight Johnboy." After that, it's good to hit that frozen highway home. |
