According to the 2016 Canadian Census, Kingston, Ontario is the 25th largest city in Canada, with a population of almost 124,000 in the city proper. Kingston Penitentiary—The Big House—was the ‘home’ of infamous sex-killer Paul Bernardo, as well as other notorious or onerous Canadian criminals. …
Trivia Eh?
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 …
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 …