As I cut & paste every year since 2016: Victoria Day: Under Canadian law, the date is reserved in anniversary of the birth of the monarch. A national commemoration dating from the time of Queen Victoria, whose birthday was May 24, 1819, an amendment to the Statutes of Canada in 1952
Tag: Long weekends rule!
Your Canadian HoUliday Weekend Open Thread – Sunday Edition
It's Day Two of the three-day Victoria Day weekend up here in Canada. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7opwenLcR0 Reminder - Leonard Cohen is hippier dogshit than The Doors. We are a bit hampered here in BC because the "circuit breaker" closures for the third-wave mean that all indoor dining is still off-limits until Tuesday. Movie theatres are
Your “It’s Pronounced ‘Labour Day'” Holiday Monday Open Thread
First, the history lesson, courtesy the fine folks at the TedTalks: Now, the significance. In Canada, Labour Day marks the end of summer. All Canadians must leave the fishing, logging or mining camps where they have laboured during the summer and return to their hometowns. It's a long journey, for the Canada Act
