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Welcome to program 434 of Shortwave Radiogram.

I'm Tony Pavick in Hope, British Columbia, Canada in
for the vacationing Kim Andrew Elliott.

Here is the lineup for today's program, in MFSK modes as noted

  1:32 MFSK32: Program preview (now)
  2:35 MFSK64: The flags of Canada with fun facts and trivia
27:45 MFSK32: Closing announcements


 

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The Flags of Canada....


Canada/ Canada/ ᑲᓇᑕ




Image: Canada
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Established: 1 July 1867
Création : 1er juillet 1867
ᓴᖅᑭᑕᐅᔪᖅ: ᔪᓚᐃ 1, 1867
Population: 41 million
Population : 41 millions
ᐃᓄᒋᐊᖕᓂᖏᑦ: 41 ᒥᓕᐊᓐ
Capital: Ottawa, Ontario
Capitale : Ottawa, Ontario
ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖃᕐᕕᒃ: ᐋᑐᕚ, ᐋᓐᑎᐅᕆᐅ
Motto: A mari usque ad mare "From Sea to Sea"
Devise : D’une mer à l’autre
ᒨᑐ: ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒥᑦ
Trivia: The board game Trivial Pursuit was invented in Canada.
Anecdote : Le jeu « Trivial Pursuit » a été inventé au Canada.
ᓱᓕᔪᖅ: ᑲᑎᒪᔩᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᒐᖓᑦ "Trivial Pursuit" ᓴᖅᑭᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ.


 

Newfoundland and Labrador


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Date of Confederation: 31 March 1949 (was an nation on its own prior to that)
Population: 550,000
Capital: St John's
Motto: Quaerite prime regnum Dei "Seek ye first the kingdom of God"
Trivia: Prior to 1949 the call signs of radio station in Newfoundland began with
the letter V. Three radio stations with V calls still exist, VOCM, VOAR, and VOWR


 

Nova Scotia


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Date of Confederation: 1 July 1867
Population: 182,000
Capital: Halifax
Motto: Munit Hæc et Altera Vincit "One defends and the other conquers"
Trivia: There are more speakers of Gaelic in Nova Scotia than there are in Scotland.
Tha barrachd luchd-labhairt na Gàidhlig ann an Alba Nuadh na tha ann an Alba


 

Prince Edward Island



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Date of Confederation: 1 July 1873
Population: 1 million
Capital: Charlottetown
Motto: Parva sub ingenti "The small protected by the great"
Trivia: Even though Prince Edward Island is known as the birthplace of the Canadian
confederation in 1867, the province resisted becoming a part of Canada until 1873.



 

New Brunswick


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Date of Confederation: 1 July 1873
Population: 869,000
Capital: Fredericton
Motto: Spem reduxit "Hope restored"
Trivia: Radio Canada International's transmitters were located in Sackville, New Brunswick
 

Quebec/ Québec


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Date of Confederation: 1 July 1873
Date de la Confédération : 1 juillet 1873
Population: 9 million
Population : 9 millions
Capital: Quebec City
Capitale : Ville de Québec
Motto: Je me souviens "I remember"
Devise : Je me souviens
Trivia: Quebec’s most famous food is poutine. This dish of French fried potatoes covered in
cheese curds and smothered in gravy is one of the most popular foods in Canada
Anecdote : Le plat le plus célèbre du Québec est la poutine. Ce plat de pommes de terre
frites recouvertes de le fromage en grains et nappé de sauce est l'un des aliments les
plus populaires au Canada

 

Ontario



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Date of Confederation: 1 July 1873
Population: 1,500,000
Capital: Toronto
Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet "Loyal she began, loyal she remains"
Trivia: It can take about four days to drive east to west across the province, as
many days as it takes to go from its western border to BC.


 

Manitoba


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Date of Confederation: 15 July 1870
Population: 16 million
Capital: Winnipeg
Motto: Gloriosus et Liber "Glorious and free"
Trivia: The town of Gimli, on the west shores of Lake Winnipeg, is the largest
Icelandic community outside of Iceland. The community hosts an Icelandic Festival
known as Islendingadagurinn every summer.
Bærinn Gimli, við vesturströnd Winnipegvatns, er stærsta íslenska samfélag utan Íslands.
Samfélagið stendur fyrir Íslandshátíð sem kallast Islendingadagurinn á hverju sumri.

 

Saskatchewan



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Date of Confederation: 1 September 1905
Population: 1,260,000
Capital: Regina
Motto: Multis e Gentibus Vires "From Many Peoples, Strength"
Trivia: Saskatchewan has 3 purple sand beaches: Hunter Bay, Candle Lake, and Prince Albert
National Park.

 

Alberta



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Date of Confederation: 1 September 1905
Population: 5 million
Capital: Calgary
Motto: Fortis et liber "Strong and free"
Trivia: The town of Vulcan, Alberta is known as the "Official Star Trek Capital of Canada"
It features a statue of the original series' USS Enterprise, and other Star Trek themed attractions.

 

British Columbia


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Date of Confederation: 20 July 1871
Population: 5,600,000
Capital: Victoria
Motto: Splendor sine occasu 'Splendour Without Diminishment'
Trivia: British Columbia’s provincial mammal is the Spirit Bear, known as the Kermode Bear
(Ursus americanus kermodei), a rare black bear with white fur.

 

Yukon


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Date of Confederation: 13 June 1898
Population: 48,000
Capital: Whitehorse
Motto: Larger than life
Trivia: There are more moose in the Yukon, over 70,000, than there are people.

 

Northwest Territories



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Date of Confederation: 15 July 1870
Population: 45,000
Capital: Yellowknife
Motto: Spectacular Northwest Territories
Trivia: Automobile licence plates in the Northwest Territories are shaped like a polar bear.


 

Nunavut/ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ


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Date of Confederation: 1 April 1999
ᐅᓪᓗᖓ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦ: ᐄᐳᕈ 1, 1999
Population: 41,000
ᐃᓄᒋᐊᖕᓂᖏᑦ: 41,000
Capital: Iqaluit
ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖃᕐᕕᒃ: ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ
Motto: ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓴᙱᓂᕗᑦ (Nunavut Sannginivut) "Our land, our strength"
ᒨᑐ: ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓴᙱᓂᕗᑦ
Trivia: There are no roads to Nunavut from the rest of Canada. The only way to travel to Nunavut
is by boat or plane.
ᓱᓕᔪᖅ: ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒧᑦ ᑎᑭᑦᑐᓐᓇᖅᑐᑎᑦ ᐅᒥᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᖕᒥᓲᒃᑯᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ.

 

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I'm Tony Pavick in Hope, British Columbia, Canada in
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James Castor of The Jimmy Castor Bunch was born on January 23, 1940.
He died in 2012.

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