October 2018

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October 2018

     Jay Bortnik’s 

Alberta

Trivia

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Always First and Foremost:

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

(Proverbs 3:5-6).

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Alberta Strong & Free

Announcing Alberta’s Account

Through Tangible Trivia

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In fact, Alberta was

part of what was called

the North West Territories

before it became a province

 within Canada.

There is roughly 111 km

between latitudes.

So between 51˚ latitude

 and 49˚ latitude,

there are 222 km.

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Alberta Now

Albertans had a “hand in winning”

12 medals at the

2018 Winter Olympic Games

(out of 29 Canadian medals won)

Alberta’s Area

661,848 km²

A little less than the area of

Norway and Finland combined.

Alberta’s Population

4.3 million (2018 estimate)

Bigger than 24 U.S. states.

Alberta’s

International Exports

$100 Billion (2017)

2^nd only to Ontario and

equal to the

combined

international exports of:

Newfoundland & Labrador

Nova Scotia

Prince Edward Island

New Brunswick

Manitoba

Saskatchewan
60% of British Columbia

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Alberta Past

About 20 years ago

October 4, 1998

Calgary’s General Hospital

buildings were imploded.

About 30 years ago

October 22, 1988

The Lubicon Band First Nation

(near Little Buffalo, Alberta)

settled a long-standing land claim

with Alberta.

About 75 years ago

May 23, 1943

William Aberhart

- Alberta’s 7^th Premier –

died.

Then Ernest Manning

became Alberta’s 8^th Premier,

and went on to become

 Alberta’s longest serving premier.

About 100 years ago

July 9, 1918

1^st air mail flight

in Western Canada

from Calgary to Edmonton.

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2 Turning Points

in Alberta History

October 4, 1950

The Interprovincial Oil Pipeline

from the Leduc Oil fields

around Edmonton,

to Superior, Wisconsin (USA),

went into full operations.

Oil later reached Superior

on December 5.

In 1953, the pipeline was

extended to Sarnia, Ontario

and then to Montreal in 1976.

The pipeline ran 1770 km

and cost $95,000,000.

 October 15, 1953

The original

Trans-Mountain Oil Pipeline

 from Edmonton, Alberta

to Vancouver, British Columbia,

was completed.

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How Alberta’s First Ladies

Changed Canada … Forever

1^st female Chief Jusice of the Supreme

 Court of Canada (and longest serving)

1^st female leader of the Opposition

1^st female leader of Government (Senate)

1^st Elected Reform Party member

1^st female commercial jet pilot

1^st black female lawyer in Canada

1^st woman to introduce legislation

1^st woman elected as an MLA

1^st woman elected as a city alderman

1^st woman appointed Police Magistrate

1^st woman to head a provincial archives

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Alberta’s First Ladies

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Corinne Bortnik’s

Alberta haiku

wind in their long manes

the wild alberta horses

run free on the land

©2018 Corinne Bortnik. All Rights Reserved.

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An ambitious

Albertan

once said,

“Ideas are contagious

and epidemic. 

They break out

unexpectedly

and without warning.”

 Nellie McClung

 And again,

another ambitious

Albertan

once said,

“A little learning is

a dangerous thing,

 but a lot of ignorance

is just as bad.”

 Bob Edwards

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