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Every Canadian Prime Minister as the lead singer of a 1980s metal band:

23. Justin Trudeau
22. Stephen Harper
21. Paul Martin
20. Jean Chretien
19. Kim Campbell
18. Brian Mulroney
17. John Turner
16. Joe Clark
15. Pierre Trudeau
14. Lester B. Pearson
13. John Diefenbaker
12. Louis St. Laurent
11. R.B. Bennett
10. William Lyon Mackenzie King
9. Arthur Meighen
8. Sir Robert Borden
7. Sir Wilfrid Laurier
6. Sir Charles Tupper
5. Sir Mackenzie Bowell
4. Sir John Sparrow David Thompson
3. Sir John Abbott
2. Alexander Mackenzie
1. Sir John A. Macdonald

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Aug 27
Throughout this week, I am taking a nostalgic look at school supplies in Canada.
Today, it is LePage mucilage glue, something nearly every Canadian child used at some point.
And it all began with discarded cod skins and an inventor from Prince Edward Island.

🧵 1/8 A vintage bottle of LePage's Grip Spreader Mucilage No. 7, featuring a dark glass body with a yellow and black label, and a red plastic cap with a damaged tip, set against a blue background.
The history of LePage begins with William Nelson LePage. Born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island in 1849, he became a chemist who specialized in adhesives.
Seeing the potential of fish byproducts, he used discarded cod skins to develop a new adhesive.

🧵 2/8 An old black-and-white illustration of a man with a full beard and wavy hair, wearing a high-collared shirt, depicted in a detailed, textured style.
LePage began to launch a major advertising campaign in magazines and newspapers for his glue in the 1870s and 1880s.
The campaign was highly successful and 50 million bottles of glue were sold between 1880 and 1887.

🧵 3/8 A vintage advertisement for LePage's Liquid Glue, featuring a whimsical illustration of anthropomorphic cats using the glue in a dark, spider-web-filled setting. The text "We All Use LePage's" and "Liquid Glue" is prominently displayed in bold red letters, with the slogan "It Sticks Everything" and a list of materials including ornaments, leather, glass, marble, and more. The scene includes cats at tables with glue bottles, a spilled container, and mice scurrying around, with a signature "J. Conant" at the bottom left.
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Aug 24
Throughout this week, I am taking a nostalgic look at school supplies in Canada.
Today, it is the story of the maps that were in every classroom in Canada, all provided by a Canadian dairy and chocolate company.
This is the story of the Neilson's Maps!

🧵 1/7 A vintage map of the Dominion of Canada, featuring a colorful illustration with a focus on the country's provinces and territories. The map is overlaid with advertisements for Neilson's chocolate bars, including Jersey Milk Chocolate, Jersey Nut, Malted Milk, and Crispy Crunch, with images of the chocolate bar wrappers placed at various points. The top and bottom borders of the map contain bold red text promoting Neilson's as "The Best Chocolate Bars in Canada" and "Jersey Milk Chocolate - The Best Milk Chocolate Made." The map includes detailed geographical features and...
Neilson's Dairy was founded in 1893 by William Neilson in Toronto. The company began as a milk retailer and quickly grew in size. Before long, it was providing ice cream as a product, but later expanded into other treats as Canada's population grew.

🧵 2/7 A black-and-white sketch of an older man with white hair and a mustache, wearing a suit and tie, depicted in a formal portrait style. The drawing includes detailed shading and is signed with the artist's initials "T.C." in the lower right corner.
William Neilson died in 1915 and his son Morden took over. It was under him the chocolate division was created. Among their products are Mr. Big, Crispy Crunch and Jersey Milk.
In the 1930s, the company sent out letters to schools in Canada, offering maps for free.

🧵 3/7 A black-and-white photograph of a large vintage billboard advertising Neilson's Jersey Milk Chocolate. The billboard features bold, stylized text with "Neilson's" at the top in an ornate font and "Jersey Milk Chocolate" prominently displayed below, along with the phrase "The Best Milk Chocolate Made." A smaller sign with the Jersey Milk Chocolate logo is centered on the billboard, which is mounted on a tall, lattice-like structure against a cloudy sky.
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Aug 23
It is the longest recreational, multi-use trail network in the world.
The trail extends over 28,000 km and took 25 years to complete.
Today, it is maintained by thousands of people.
This is the story of the Trans Canada Trail!

🧵 1/12 A map of Canada and parts of the United States, with a highlighted trail route marked in green, blue, and orange lines stretching across Canada from the east coast to the west coast, passing through cities like Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Ottawa, Toronto, and Montreal. The map includes labels for geographical features such as Hudson Bay, Great Bear Lake, and Lake Huron, and cities like Seattle, Chicago, and New York.
The idea for the trail came about in 1992 as part of Canada's 125th anniversary celebrations.
The original goal was to have the entire trail made up of off-road gateways that followed existing trails, new trails and old railway lines.

🧵 2/12 A newspaper article titled "Canada 125 suggests cross-Canada trail" by Charles Russell. The text mentions a citizen staff writer project, detailing a proposal for a trans-Canada trail, its organization, funding of $36 per meter from private donors or corporations, and a negative response from corporate Canada.
To build the trail, it took funding from all levels of government, as well as thousands of organizations and companies.
The network that makes up the Trans Canada Trail consists of more than 400 community trails.

🧵 3/12 A scenic view of a gravel trail winding through lush greenery, flanked by trees and grass. In the foreground, a wooden fence holds two signs: one reading "CALEDON TRAILWAY" with a logo of a bird and sun, and another for the "TRANS CANADA TRAIL" featuring a stylized maple leaf and people.
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Aug 14
🎶 You don't know what you got 'til it's gone 🎶
There was a time when walking into certain department stores included the beautiful aromas of wonderful food.
Such was the case with the Zellers Restaurant.
This is its story!

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Zellers was established on Aug. 4, 1928 (some sources say 1931) in London, Ontario when Walter P. Zeller founded the first store. This first store was 7,000 square-feet and 60 women were hired on the opening day to work in 21 departments.

🧵 2/6 A black-and-white photograph of two men in formal suits sitting at a table, eating a meal with utensils. The table is set with plates, a glass of water, and a coffee cup. The background features a decorative curtain and ornate wall details.
As for The Skillet, the in-store restaurant brand, that debuted in 1960. In Quebec, it was known as Café Fleur de Lys.
The restaurants proved to be so popular that they began to pop up in many of the 300 Zellers locations across the country.

🧵 3/6 A black-and-white photo of a vintage diner kitchen with two women in aprons working behind the counter. The counter is equipped with various kitchen appliances, including a mixer and coffee urns, and is adorned with signs advertising menu items like "Golden Cheese Dream" and "Fish Fillet." The backdrop features the word "SKILLET" in large letters, and the setting includes hanging pots and a Coca-Cola sign.
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Aug 6
Anna Swan was much more than someone who grew to be 7'11".
She acted in Shakespeare, excelled in music and loved to play the piano.
She lived the life she wanted, and found her soulmate in the process.
This is the story of a fascinating woman.

🧵 1/9 A sepia-toned vintage studio portrait photograph from the 19th century shows a very tall woman, Anna Swan, standing to the left and wearing a plaid full-length dress with puffed sleeves, a high collar, a beaded necklace, and a decorative tiara on her head. She poses with one hand resting on her hip. To her right stands a much shorter man dressed in a formal suit with a bow tie, his arms crossed as he looks up toward her. The background is plain, and the floor has a patterned carpet.
The third of 13 children, Anna was 16 pounds at birth. By the age of four, she was 4 feet 6 inches. At six, she was 5 feet 2 inches.
She continued to grow and at 12 she was 6 feet 1 inches. At 18, she reached her full height of 7 feet 11 inches.

🧵2/9 A black-and-white vintage studio portrait from the 19th century shows four people of varying heights standing side by side. From left to right: a shorter man with a mustache and beard, dressed in a formal suit with a bow tie, holding a cane; a very tall man with a mustache, wearing a dark suit and tie, with his arm around the tall woman beside him; a very tall woman in an elaborate full-length dress with ruffled sleeves, a high collar, and floral hair adornment, holding a small fan or handkerchief; and a shorter woman in a long dress with puffed sleeves. The background is plain, and the flo...
Highly intelligent, she excelled in literature and music. She loved acting and singing, as well as playing the piano. At one point, she even played Lady Macbeth.
At 17, she started working for P.T. Barnum to bring in money for her family.

🧵3/9 A sepia-toned vintage studio portrait from the 19th century shows a very tall woman standing in the center, wearing a dark hat with lace trim, dangling earrings, a multi-strand necklace, and a light-colored full-length dress with ruffled bodice and long sleeves. She holds a small object in her hand and smiles slightly. To her left stands a much shorter woman in a dark full-length dress and head covering, looking up at the tall woman with her hand on her hip. To her right stands a much shorter man in a formal dark suit and tie, also looking up with his arms crossed. The background is plain, ...
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Aug 3
When you wear denim jeans with a denim jacket, you create a very unique look. Sometimes you can even include a denim shirt.
This look is known as The Canadian Tuxedo....but why?
It all began in the 1950s in Vancouver. This is the story.

🧵 1/7 A young man with a large afro hairstyle and sunglasses, dressed in a denim jacket, jeans, and brown boots, posing with one hand on his hip and the other on a yellow and black motorcycle in a grassy rural field with trees and buildings in the background.
It all began when Bing Crosby was checking into an upscale Vancouver hotel in 1951 after a hunting trip. Walking in, he was wearing a denim jacket and jeans.
The hotel clerk, Art Cameron, stated he thought the person coming in was an unhoused person.

🧵 2/7 Three people sitting on the ground against a wooden log fence in an outdoor setting: a young boy on the left in a blue shirt looking thoughtful, a middle-aged man in the center wearing a straw hat, red bandana, checkered shirt under a denim jacket, and holding a rope, and another boy on the right in a plaid shirt and cowboy hat smiling, with boots hanging on the fence above and a coiled rope nearby.
This is because denim was something worn by miners, rail workers and cowboys at the time. When a bellhop explained that it was Bing Crosby, Cameron apologized and booked Crosby a room.

🧵 3/7 A black-and-white photo of a man in a white cowboy hat, dark suit with wide lapels, red ribbon, and smoking a pipe, walking through a crowd of people including children, women in dresses, and men in military uniforms, who are clapping, reaching out, and cheering along a roped pathway outside a building with an "EXPRESS AGENCY" sign.
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