WebThe University of Western Ontario (UWO), also known as Western University or Western, is a public research university in London, Ontario, Canada.The main campus is located on 455 hectares (1,120 acres) of land, surrounded by residential neighbourhoods and the Thames River bisecting the campus's eastern portion. The university operates twelve …

WebHistory. The Western Canada Aviation Museum was incorporated in 1974. In November of that year, it put forward an application to the federal government for a grant to set up a 19-acre (7.7 ha) site at St. Andrews Airport. However, the museum ended up in downtown Winnipeg near the Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature. By the next year, the museum …

WebWestern Libraries is the library system of the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario.In 1898, the university Senate appointed James Waddell Tupper as the University of Western Ontario's first University Librarian. In 1918, John Davis Barnett founded the Western Libraries collection with a donation of 40,000 books from his personal library. ...

WebAuthor David J. Hughes in his 2004 book entitled North America's Natural Gas Crisis, predicted that the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin would likely continue to be the main gas supply area in Canada for many years, however, declining production and the likelihood that much of the gas will be diverted to fuel new oil sands plants mean that ...

WebStyles. The governor of Western Australia is styled "His Excellency" during his term in office (or Her Excellency for a female governor).In August 2014, three of the four living past governors – John Sanderson, Ken Michael and Malcolm McCusker – were given the style "The Honourable", on the recommendation of the premier. The other living former …

WebLabour Day in Australia is a public holiday on dates which vary between states and territories.It is the first Monday in October in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and South Australia.In Victoria and Tasmania, it is the second Monday in March (though the latter calls it Eight Hours Day).In Western Australia, Labour Day is the first …

WebOriginally founded as a trust company named Pacific & Western Trust Corporation in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1980. It later moved its head offices to London, Ontario. On August 1, 2002, it was granted a Schedule I Canadian chartered bank licence and becomes Pacific & Western Trust Bank of Canada before finally changing its name to VersaBank …

WebAs of 2017, Canada was the fifth largest producer of natural gas in the world with a total of 473 million cubic metres per day (16.7 × 10 ^ 9 cu ft/d). in 2017. Liquefied Natural Gas Production. There are four LNG plants that serve Canada's domestic demand. Two additional LNG facilities are in the planning stages, with Stolt LNGaz slated to open in …

WebPublic holidays in Canada, known as statutory holidays, stat holidays, or simply stats, consist of a variety of cultural, nationalistic, and religious holidays that are legislated in Canada at the federal or provincial and territorial levels. While many of these holidays are honoured and acknowledged nationwide, provincial and territorial legislation varies in …

WebHaida Gwaii (/ ˈ h aɪ d ə ˈ ɡ w aɪ /; Haida: X̱aaydag̱a Gwaay.yaay / X̱aayda gwaay, literally "Islands of the Haida people") is an archipelago located between 55–125 km (34–78 mi) off the northern Pacific coast of Canada. The islands are separated from the mainland to the east by the shallow Hecate Strait. Queen Charlotte Sound lies to the south, with …