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Tonight, we would like to hear from you. 🫎
Who are you remembering today? A grandparent, a neighbour, a name on a cenotaph, a friend who served.
Share their name, or a memory of them, in the comments. We will read every one. Lest we forget. 👇

At 11 in the morning on November 11, 1918, the guns fell silent. Canada first marked the day in 1919, and in 1931 it became Remembrance Day, fixed to this date. Lest we forget. 🫎🇨🇦
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On this day in 1918, the guns fell silent. 🇨🇦 At 11 in the morning on November 11, the armistice ended the fighting of the First World War, the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
Canada first marked the day in 1919, calling it Armistice Day. For a decade it was held on the Monday of that week instead, until Parliament fixed it to November 11 in 1931 and gave it the name we use now: Remembrance Day.
Of the 620,000 to 650,000 Canadians who served in that war, between 61,000 and 67,000 were killed, depending on how the count is made. We remember them all. Lest we forget.

Somewhere in Canada today, a small town is gathering at its cenotaph. 🦝 The names carved there are neighbours, classmates, family. The wreaths are laid, the Last Post sounds, and for two minutes the whole country is quiet together.
To everyone who served, and to the families who waited at home: thank you. We remember. Lest we forget. 🇨🇦

Did you know? 🇨🇦 The poppy we wear today grew from a poem. In Flanders Fields was written by Canadian doctor and soldier John McCrae on May 3, 1915, the day after he buried his friend Alexis Helmer at the Second Battle of Ypres. It was printed in Punch magazine on December 8, 1915.
Canada made the poppy its own in 1921, when the Great War Veterans Association held the first Poppy Day on November 11 of that year. A small red flower, and a promise we still keep. Lest we forget.

Today is Remembrance Day. 🫎
At 11 this morning, Canada pauses for two minutes of silence, for those who served and those who never came home.
How will you spend the two minutes?
🟢 At a ceremony, poppy on
🔴 Quietly, wherever I am
Lest we forget. The court keeps the silence with you.

Tuesday night check-in 🦞 Open your fridge. What is the most Canadian thing in there?
We'll go first: a half-used bottle of maple syrup that has outlasted three fridges.
Your turn 👇

On this day in 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald went down in a storm on Lake Superior, with all 29 crew lost. Gordon Lightfoot's song made sure Canada never forgot. We remember the 29. 🚢🇨🇦
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On this day in 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald went down in a storm on Lake Superior, in Canadian waters, with all 29 crew lost. She remains the largest ship ever to sink in the Great Lakes. A year later, Gordon Lightfoot of Orillia, Ontario turned the story into a song that hit number one in Canada, and the 29 have never been forgotten. We remember them. 🚢🇨🇦

It's Tuesday in Canada. The toque forecast: on at breakfast, off by lunch, back on by supper, because November cannot make up its mind and neither can we. 🇨🇦

Two minutes.

At 10:58am on November 11, 1918, in the village of Ville-sur-Haine, Belgium, Private George Lawrence Price of the 28th Battalion was shot by a sniper. He was 25, born in Falmouth, Nova Scotia. At 11:00, the guns fell silent. He is believed to be the last Canadian soldier killed in the First World War.

Two minutes from peace. Tomorrow at 11, we hold two minutes of silence. Lest we forget. 🇨🇦

Did you know? 🇨🇦 Canada has TWO official national sports. Hockey is the national winter sport and lacrosse is the national summer sport, both declared in the National Sports of Canada Act in 1994. Lacrosse has Indigenous roots and was called Canada’s national game as far back as 1859. Two seasons, two sports, one very crowded trophy shelf.

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Settle a Tuesday question, Canada 🦝
The correct coffee order is:
🟢 Double-double, obviously
🔴 Black. Like February.
The court rules tonight.

Monday night check-in 🫎 First snow bets: name the date the first real snowfall lands where you live. Closest guess gets bragging rights and absolutely no prize money. 👇

Did you know? 🇨🇦 Canada has more lakes than every other country on Earth, COMBINED. Over 800,000 of them. We don't have a housing market, we have a dock market.
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Canadian inventions, part 2: the snowmobile. Joseph-Armand Bombardier of Valcourt, Quebec spent years determined to drive on snow like it was a road, and patented his snowmobile in 1937. Every skidoo trail in this country starts with one stubborn man in Quebec refusing to stay home all winter. 🇨🇦

It's Monday in Canada. Somewhere right now, a snow brush is being located after seven months of not thinking about the snow brush. It is behind the hockey sticks. It is always behind the hockey sticks. 🇨🇦

Did you know? 🇨🇦 For all his fame, the moose is not Canada's national animal. That honour belongs to the beaver, official since 1975. The moose serves as our unofficial minister of standing in the middle of the road.

Settle a Monday question, Canada 🫎
The first snowfall of the season:
🟢 Pure magic, every single year
🔴 A personal attack by the sky
The court rules tonight.

Sunday night check-in 🫎 Best smell of a Canadian November: fresh snow, woodsmoke, or a roast in the oven? Defend your pick 👇

Today is National Indigenous Veterans Day. First observed in Winnipeg in 1994, it honours the more than 12,000 First Nations, Métis and Inuit people who served in the World Wars and the Korean War. We remember. 🇨🇦
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Today in Canada: November 8 is National Indigenous Veterans Day. First observed in Winnipeg in 1994, it honours the more than 12,000 First Nations, Métis and Inuit people who served in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War. We remember them, and we thank them. Lest we forget. 🇨🇦

It's Sunday in Canada. The national agenda: one slow coffee, one load of laundry, and a firm belief that the snow tires will change themselves. They will not. They never do. 🇨🇦

Did you know? 🇨🇦 Canada has the longest coastline on Earth, 243,042 kilometres of it. That is roughly six trips around the planet, and somehow still not enough beach weather.

Settle a Sunday question, Canada 🫎
Christmas lights before Remembrance Day:
🟢 Too early. The poppy comes first.
🔴 Never too early. Light them up.
The court rules tonight.

Weekend roll call 🫎 What's the most Canadian thing on your to-do list this weekend?
We'll go first: checking if the rink has public skating, just in case.
Your turn 👇

🎁 Coffee's on us, Canada. Moose Mail is giving away a $25 Tim Hortons gift card, two Fridays in a row. Subscribe free to the newsletter and you are automatically entered. First winner announced in Issue #3 on Friday, Nov 20. Full rules: moosemail.fun/giveaway
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🎁 Coffee's on us, Canada. Moose Mail is giving away a $25 Tim Hortons gift card, two Fridays in a row. Subscribe free to the newsletter and you are automatically entered. First winner announced in Issue #3 on Friday, Nov 20. Full rules: moosemail.fun/giveaway
Open to Canada (excluding Quebec), age of majority, no purchase necessary. This giveaway is not sponsored, endorsed or administered by Meta or Tim Hortons. ☕🫎

On this day in 1885, the last spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway was driven at Craigellachie, BC, and Canada was connected coast to coast by rail. 🚂 One spike, one country.
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