Jay Bortnik’s
Alberta
Trivia
November 2018
©2018
Jay
Bortnik. All rights reserved.
Email: JayBortnik@gmail.com
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First • Foremost • Forever
I am eternally
grateful to
my Lord Jesus
Christ
for
saving me from hell.
Trust in the LORD with all thine
heart;
and lean not unto thine own
understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge him
and he shall direct thy paths
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Alberta Strong + Free
Announcing
Alberta’s Account
Through Tangible
Trivia
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Think
about it …
The
provinces and territories (above)
are represented by
63 Members of Parliament
and
45 Senators.
However,
Albertans
are only represented
by
34 Members of Parliament
and 6 Senators.
(Click here
to see more)_______________
Alberta Now
Agriculture
Top 10 Crops
Grown
in Alberta, 2016
1. Wheat
2. Canola
3. Hay and fodder crops
4. Barley
5. Dry Field Peas
6. Oats
7. Lentils
8. Mixed Grains
9. Corn
10.
Forage Seed
$13.5 billion
Alberta’s
2016 farm cash receipts
2nd only to Saskatchewan.
$4.6 billion
Alberta’s
2016 farm cash receipts
just from Cattle and Calves.
With
53% of all cash receipts in Canada,
Alberta
remains the largest beef producing province.
Click below for more Awesome Alberta Agriculture Information
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(Source: Alberta Agriculture Statistics Yearbook,2016)
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Alberta
Past
About 15 years ago
November 22,
2003
The National
Hockey League’s 1st outdoor
game was held at
Commonwealth
Stadium in
Edmonton.
About 25 years ago
November 28,
1993
An Alberta-based
football team
wins its 11th Grey Cup.
About 70 years ago
November 27,
1948
An Alberta
football team wins
their 1st
Grey Cup in Toronto.
About 230 years
ago
1788
Alberta’s 1st
settlement is established.
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3 Turning Points
March
21, 1928
The
Alberta Government passed the
Sexual Sterilization Act. This allowed
the
government to force sterilizations of
mental
hospital inmates.
March
4, 1938
The
Supreme Court of Canada
struck
down the Alberta Press Act.
What
was the big deal about this?
November
15, 1972
The
Alberta Government passed
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Alberta
Remembers
in November
100 years ago
World War 1
ended
More than 49,000 Albertans
eventually served.
nearly 10% of Alberta’s
population at
the time.
and 35% of all
men
between 18 and
45 years old
Edmonton led the
nation
by providing
13,000 volunteers
Click below to obtain source:
Also See library copies at:
Lethbridge Public Library
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Here's something interesting:
Maths Chase
Maths Chase is a completely free site
where you can quickly test your times tables.
https://www.mathschase.com/
(Above is not our site, but seems useful for learning)
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Here's something interesting:
Maths Chase
Maths Chase is a completely free site
where you can quickly test your times tables.
https://www.mathschase.com/
(Above is not our site, but seems useful for learning)
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aberta haiku
sunny fall morning
hiking through kananaskis
a thermos of tea
©2018 Corinne
Bortnik. All
Rights Reserved.
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An ambitious
Albertan
once said,
“They have good
reason
to be suspicious,
for in the past
there have been occasions
when a friendly hand
from the government
turned out
to have a knife in it.”
Canada’s 1st First Nations Senator
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October 2018
