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Trivia EH? Kingston, Ontario

According to the 2011 Canadian Census, Kingston, Ontario is the 25th largest city in Canada, with a population of almost 120,000 in the city proper. Kingston Penitentiary—The Big House—is the ‘home’ (but not for much longer) of infamous sex-killer Paul Bernardo, as well as other notorious or onerous Canadian criminals. There are only 15 World [...]

11May2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Trivia EH? IMAX

The idea for IMAX came about in 1967, at EXPO ’67, when a group of Canadian entrepreneurs and filmmakers felt that a single, powerful projection system was the way to go. IMAX debuted at EXPO ’70, in Osaka. The first permanent installation of an IMAX theatre took place at Toronto’s Ontario Place in 1971. At [...]

10May2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Trivia EH? RIM and the BlackBerry

As of late 2011, there were approximately 70 million BlackBerry users worldwide. In Canada, one-third of Smartphone users have chosen BlackBerry. RIM, a Waterloo, Ontario based company, was founded in 1984. The first BlackBerry hit the market in 1999 (in Germany). Dubbed the “850”, it acted as a two-way pager. In the third quarter of [...]

19Apr2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Trivia EH? Canadian Tire

It was the Billes’ brothers, J.W. and A.J., who in 1922 purchased the Hamilton Tire and Garage Ltd. Store in east-end Toronto; relocated in 1923 to downtown Toronto, it became Canadian Tire Corporation. By 2012, Canadian Tire had diversified and expanded to include all the following brands: The Forzani Group Ltd. Mark’s Work Wearhouse® PartSource® [...]

12Apr2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Trivia EH? Pablum

Pablum was invented in 1930 by three doctors and a nutritionist, all from The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, along with co-inventor Harry H. Engel, of Mead Johnson & Company. The name Pablum is based on the Latin word pabulum, meaning “food” or “fodder”. Another product developed by the co-inventors of Pablum, a year [...]

23Mar2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Trivia EH? Canadian Club

It’s true: Canadian Club was first invented and marketed by American distiller Hiram Walker. For various reasons, he moved across the border, and a little later, began to market his famous whisky. Maturation — the amount of time alcoholic spirits spend aging — helped Mr. Walker’s sales, and later, sales of the sons who inherited [...]

16Mar2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Trivia Eh? Sir Alexander Mackenzie

Sir Alexander Mackenzie, born a Scot, was knighted by King George III in 1802 for his achievements in exploration (founding of the Northwest Passage). Mackenzie was married twice, though it’s difficult to find detail concerning his first wife, thought to be a Metis. He was 48 when he married his second wife, Geddes, who was [...]

10Feb2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Trivia EH? Christopher Plummer

Despite taking training to become a classical pianist, Plummer took two different, but related directions and became famous on both stage and screen. Plummer’s maternal great-grandfather was Canadian Prime Minister Sir John Abbott. Born in Toronto, Plummer soon moved to Quebec to be raised at the Abbott family home. Plummer is bilingual. He so disliked [...]

27Jan2012 | | 2 comments | Continued
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Trivia Eh? Kim Cattrall

Despite winning several prestigious awards and nominations, Cattrall, along with Sex and the City 2 co-stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristen Davis won a Razzie award in 2011 for worst actress! Not a good thing, but it’s something Kim apparently wasn’t perturbed about. In very recent WHOtv.com story, she said she’d like to [...]

20Jan2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Trivia Eh? William Shatner

In 2011, Shatner reaching the ripe “young” age of 80: had many accomplishments, including: putting out his seventh musical album, re-igniting the ‘war’ between the Star Trek and Star Wars universes, and getting ready for a role in the 2012 third season opener of Rookie Blue. Shatner has also been booked to appear at the [...]

23Dec2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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