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Canada is a North American country with ten

provinces and three territories, bordering three
oceans. The world's second-largest country by total
Petya's ransom note displayed on a
area, it is sparsely populated and highly urbanized.
One-third of its people live in the Toronto, Montreal compromised system
and Vancouver metropolitan areas, and most of the
rest live in other urban areas, including in Calgary, Cyberattacks on Ukraine spread a
Edmonton, Quebec City, Winnipeg, Hamilton, and new variant of the Petya malware
the capital, Ottawa. The British North America Act (ransom note pictured) around the
of July 1, 1867 (now celebrated as Canada Day) world and cause severe disruptions.
united the colonies of Canada, New Brunswick, and
Nova Scotia in the semi-autonomous federal A police helicopter attacks the
Dominion of Canada, which became largely Supreme Court and the Interior
independent with the Statute of Westminster 1931. Ministry of Venezuela.
Bilingual in English and French at the federal level,
In sailing, the America's Cup
Canada is one of the world's most ethnically diverse
concludes with Emirates Team New
and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale
Zealand defeating Oracle Team USA.
immigration from many countries. Its advanced
economy is the tenth largest in the world. It ranks
An oil truck explosion in Ahmedpur
among the highest in international measurements of
East, Pakistan, kills at least 150
government transparency, civil liberties, quality of
people and injures more than 100
life, economic freedom, and education.
others.
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The World Health Organization
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Did you know...

Flag of New Brunswick
... that although New Brunswick was
confederated into Canada 150 years ago today,
the province's flag (pictured) was not adopted
until 1965?
... that Tui Manu'a Matelita, the Samoan
queen of Manu'a, was described by Robert
Louis Stevenson as "a little slip" of a girl, "who
sits all day in a pink gown, in a little white
European house"?
... that Australia have held the Frank Worrell
Trophy since 1995?
... that Horace Hodes discovered the main
function of vitamin D in his first year of
medical school?
... that rioters burned the first permanent
provincial seat of Canada?
... that the fossil ant Cephalotes dieteri has a
smaller head than its sister species?
... that Jordyn Huitema scored her first goal for
the Canadian women's national soccer team in
an exhibition game against Costa Rica, and
scored her second goal less than a minute
later?
... that "Fatshe leno la rona", the national
anthem of Botswana, was reportedly not the
government's preferred choice because it was
composed by the co-founder and leader of an
opposition party?
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On this day...
July 1: Canada Day; Republic Day in
Ghana (1960); Independence Day in
Rwanda (1962)
Kwame Nkrumah
1643 The Westminster Assembly
of Divines, assembled to restructure
the Church of England, held its first
meeting in Westminster Abbey,
London.
1867 As per the British North
America Act, the Province of
Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova
Scotia joined into confederation to
create the modern nation of
Canada.
1922 Seven of the sixteen
American railroad labor
organizations in existence at the
time staged a nationwide strike that
lasted two months.
1960 Ghana became a republic
with Kwame Nkrumah (pictured) as
its first president.
2008 Rioting erupted in
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, in response
to allegations of fraud surrounding
the recent legislative elections.
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A banknote in the denomination of one

Prince Edward Island dollar. This dollar
was introduced in Prince Edward Island
(PEI) in 1872, when it was a British
colony, by the Bank of PEI. It replaced the
PEI pound at a rate of 1 pound to 4.866
dollars. Although PEI joined Canada in
1873, its dollar was reissued once before
being absorbed into the Canadian dollar.

Other notes: $2, $5, $10, $20

Banknote: British American Banknote Company

(image courtesy of the National Numismatic
Collection, National Museum of American
History)