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In 2017, Blanchard, using the name Rick White, [14] with an accomplice, was arrested for stealing PlayStations from a Best Buy in Ontario. [1] [15] [16] In 2023, Blanchard was the focus of the Hulu documentary The Jewel Thief. The documentary chronicled his entire criminal career and Blanchard was interviewed in addition to his mother, several ...
Canada's Ultimate Challenge is a Canadian reality television series, which premiered in February 2023 on CBC Television. [1] The series, touted as a cross-national "obstacle course", features teams of Canadians competing in various physical challenges, such as whitewater rafting or rock climbing, at various locations throughout Canada, until the ultimate winning team is chosen.
The Alaska boundary dispute was a territorial dispute between the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, which then controlled Canada 's foreign relations. It was resolved by arbitration in 1903. The dispute had existed between the Russian Empire and Britain since 1821, and was inherited by the United States as a ...
Settler colonialism in Canada is the continuation and the results of the colonization of the assets of the Indigenous peoples in Canada. As colonization progressed, the Indigenous peoples were subject to policies of forced assimilation and cultural genocide. The policies signed many of which were designed to both allowed stable houses.
The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist (French: vol de sirop d'érable du siècle, lit. 'maple syrup heist of the century') was the theft over several months in 2011 and 2012 of nearly 3,000 tonnes (3,000 long tons; 3,300 short tons) of maple syrup, valued at C$18.7 million (equivalent to C$24.1 million in 2023) from a storage facility in Quebec.
John Tillmann. John Mark Tillmann (February 24, 1961 – December 23, 2018) [1] was a Canadian art thief and white supremacist [2] who, for over two decades, stole over 10,000 antiques and art objects from museums, galleries, archives, and antique shops mainly in Atlantic Canada. Tillman had an extensive criminal record for obscene telephone ...
Ultimate Canada is a not-for-profit organization that serves as the governing body of the sport of Ultimate (also known as "Ultimate Frisbee") in Canada. It runs the Canadian Ultimate Championships (CUC) and Canadian University Ultimate Championship (CUUC) series.
Gimli Glider. Air Canada Flight 143, commonly known as the Gimli Glider, was a Canadian scheduled domestic passenger flight between Montreal and Edmonton that ran out of fuel on Saturday, July 23, 1983, [1] at an altitude of 41,000 feet (12,500 m), midway through the flight. The flight crew successfully glided the Boeing 767 to an emergency ...