24 March 2019



30 years ago today, the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Alaska, spilling 41.6 million litres of oil.
Olivia and Oliver currently top the list as the most popular baby names in the country.
The foot is the terminal portion of a limb that bears weight and allows locomotion.
Urban trees live 13 years less than those that grow in the countryside.
The side of a tree with the most leaves is the outside.


The House of Dior produces 234 perfume fragrances.
Founded in 1902, Goodwill Industries operates thrift stores in 16 countries. 
There are more than 440 million blogs on the Internet.
Today in 1853,The Provincial Freeman newspaper was published in Windsor, ON, by Mary Ann Shad, two firsts for a black woman.
Where ignorance is bliss, it’s foolish to borrow your neighbour’s newspaper. 


The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is the No.1 bank in the Caribbean. 
Grappa is protected by the EU, distilled only in Italy, Switzerland and San Marino.
1,700 bars, restaurants and caterers in NB generate 4.1% of the Picture Province’s GDP.
70% of Canadians believe the plastic straw must be banned.
Scotiabank has installed an ATM in a tree. If it goes well, watch it expand to other branches.


From 1884 to 1919, New Guinea was colonized by Germany, The Netherlands and the UK.
Prius means ‘future’ in Japanese and is Latin for ‘to go before’. 
The fat and protein molecules in milk bounce light at a wavelength that causes it to be white.
Robert Harris of Dalhousie, New Brunswick patented the first snowblower in 1870.
The cow is of the bovine ilk: One end is moo, the other, milk. ~Ogden Nash


Food for Thought: My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together. ~Desmond Tutu







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