Canada Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Mon, 26 Sep 2022 13:09:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg Canada Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 Atlantic Canada Cleaning Up After Storm https://teachingkidsnews.com/2022/09/26/atlantic-canada-cleaning-up-after-storm/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2022/09/26/atlantic-canada-cleaning-up-after-storm/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2022 12:59:06 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=21012 People in eastern Canada are cleaning up after tropical storm Fiona.

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]]> News Quiz: What Do You Remember About 2021? https://teachingkidsnews.com/2022/01/03/news-quiz-what-do-you-remember-about-2021/ Mon, 03 Jan 2022 16:50:36 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=20048 Can you ace our 2021 news quiz? Give it a try!

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]]> The Canadian Tuxedo and the Olympics https://teachingkidsnews.com/2021/04/18/the-canadian-tuxedo-and-the-olympics/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2021/04/18/the-canadian-tuxedo-and-the-olympics/#comments Sun, 18 Apr 2021 21:02:28 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=19606 What do you think of Team Canada's Olympics outfit?

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]]> https://teachingkidsnews.com/2021/04/18/the-canadian-tuxedo-and-the-olympics/feed/ 1 Best $10 Bill In The World https://teachingkidsnews.com/2019/05/12/best-10-bill-in-the-world/ Mon, 13 May 2019 00:19:44 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=17710 The Canadian $10 bill has been given the Bank Note of the Year Award for 2018, by the International Bank Note Society The bill, which features social justice icon Viola Desmond, is the first one in Canada to be vertical instead of horizontal. In other words, the images on the bill are to be viewed up-and-down rather than sideways.
The bill is made of polymer rather than paper.
It is the first Canadian bank note (bill) to feature a woman other than the Queen of England.

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]]> Canada, Philippines At Odds Over “Illegal” Trash https://teachingkidsnews.com/2019/04/28/canada-philippines-at-odds-over-illegal-trash/ Mon, 29 Apr 2019 00:34:51 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=17702 The Philippines wants Canada to take back its trash. A hundred and three huge shipping containers filled with plastic and electronic garbage have been sitting at a port near Manila, the country’s capital city. The Philippines is made up of […]

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]]> She Said, He Said: A Big Week For Political Testimony https://teachingkidsnews.com/2019/03/03/she-said-he-said-a-big-week-for-political-testimony/ Mon, 04 Mar 2019 02:25:37 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=17645 Politics heated up last week in Canada and in the United States. In both countries, people were giving “testimony” about their leaders–Justin Trudeau (Canada) and Donald Trump (United States). “Testimony,” in this case, is when people make a public statement […]

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]]> Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, 18, Welcomed into Canada as a Refugee https://teachingkidsnews.com/2019/01/20/rahaf-mohammed-al-qunun-18-welcomed-into-canada-as-a-refugee/ Mon, 21 Jan 2019 02:22:22 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=17491 By Monique Conrod A teenager from Saudi Arabia has been welcomed into Canada as a refugee, after fleeing from her family and country.   Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, 18, ran away from her family on January 6. She planned to fly […]

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]]> Huge Australian Steer Goes Viral (But Pssst … There’s A Bigger One In Canada!) https://teachingkidsnews.com/2018/12/09/huge-australian-steer-goes-viral-but-pssst-theres-a-bigger-one-in-canada/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2018/12/09/huge-australian-steer-goes-viral-but-pssst-theres-a-bigger-one-in-canada/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2018 01:43:50 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=17364 Knickers the steer has caught people's interest, around the world.
The 6'4" steer is so much bigger than the cattle he lives with that he has become an Internet sensation. Knickers lives in Australia and weighs 1,400 kilograms. An average bull weighs about 1,100 kgs.
Tyne Logan, at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) told reporter Jacqueline Lynch about an enormous Holstein Friesian steer he had seen. She went along to see for herself just how big Knickers is. On the ABC website, she says Knickers was "pretty intimidating when all of his 1,4000 kilograms first came lumbering through the gate towards me."

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]]> https://teachingkidsnews.com/2018/12/09/huge-australian-steer-goes-viral-but-pssst-theres-a-bigger-one-in-canada/feed/ 1 Canadian Scientist Shares Nobel Prize For Physics https://teachingkidsnews.com/2018/10/28/canadian-scientist-shares-nobel-prize-for-physics/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2018/10/28/canadian-scientist-shares-nobel-prize-for-physics/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2018 02:49:45 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=17264 The Nobel Prize is one of the biggest prizes in the world.
Dr. Strickland will share the prize with Dr. Gérard Mourou of France and Dr. Arthur Ashkin of the United States.
All three scientists won for their work creating tiny (miniature) tools using lasers.
The prize is $1.28 million. It will be divided among the three scientists. Half the money will go to Dr. Ashkin. Dr. Strickland and Dr. Mourou will share the other half.

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