SECOND PART OF ALL ABOUT CANADA

SECOND PART IN ALL ABOUT CANADA 

SPORTS IN CANADA: 

• BASKETBALL: IN 1891 JAMES NAISMITH INVENTED BASKETBALL AN INDOOR SPORT. THE PLAYERS THREW A BALL INTO A FRUIT BASKET. CANADIANS HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL TEAM IN THE NATIONAL BASKET ASSOCIACION. 
• ICE HOCKEY: IS THE MOST POPULAR SPORT IN CANADA, THEY MAKED A 5$ NOTE. CANADIANS ARE BRILLANT AT ICE HOCKEY, THE MENS TEAM WON TREE GOLD MEDALLS, AND WOMANS WON FOUR GOLD MEDALLS. WAYNE GRETZKY WAS A FAMOUS ICE HOCKEY PLAYER, HE WAS VERY STRONG AND FAST, HE SCORED MORE GOALS THAN ANY ICE HOCKEY PLAYER. 
• CANADIAN FOOTBALL: TWO TEAMS OF 12 PLAYES TRY TO GET AN OVAL SHAPED BALL IN TO THE GOAL AREA. EVERY YEAR MILLIONS OF CANADIANS WATHCH THE GREY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP. 

• LACROSSE: TWO TEAMS OF 10 PLAYERS USED THEIR LACROSS STICK TO CARRY AND PASSTO GOAL AREA, ONLY THE GOALY CAN USE HIS HANDS. 

CELEBRITIES AND POP CULTURE 

• JUSTIN BIEBER: BORN IN 1994 IN ONTARIO, JUSTIN IS FAMOUS BECAUSE HIS MOTHER PUBLISHED A VIDEO IN WHICH HE WENT SINGING WITH FOUR YEARS. 
• RYAN GOSLING: WAS BORN ON 12th NOVEMBER IN 1980 IN ONTARIO 
• KEANU REEVES: WAS BORN IN LEBANON IN 1964. HE STARRED INTHE FILM BIL AND TEDS EXCELLENT ADVENTURE, BUT BECAMO A STAR AFTER THIS APPEARANCE IN SPEED. 

• WINNIE HARLOW:IS A FAMOUS MODEL WITH A CHRONIC SKIN DISORDER CALLED VITILIGO.SHES NOT ONLY A MODEL, BUT A ROLE MODEL. 

FOOD 

• MAPLE SYRUP: THE CANADIANS MAKE THE MAPLE SYRUP FROM THE SAP OF THE MAPLE TREE. TODAY MAPLE SYRUP IS A SYMBOL OF CANADA. 
• BEAVER TAIL: THE BEAVER TAIL IS THICK FRIED PASTRY WITH CINNAMON SUGAR ON TOP. 
• POUTINE: IN CANADA YOU CAN EAT FRIES WITH WHITE CHEESE AND GRAVY. 

• NANAIMO BARAS: IT IS YELLOWCUSTARD WITH COCONUT BISCUIT AND CHOCOLATE ON TOP. 

FESTIVALS 

• INTERNATIONAL FIREWORKS: THE NATIONAL FESTIVAL IS IN JULY. 
• THE WINTERLUDE FESTIVAL: IN OTTAWA YOU CAN GO DOGSLEDDINGSKATE IN ICE RINK, SEE ENORMOUS ICE SCULPURES... 
• THE CALGARY STAMPEDE: IS A GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH, ARE 10 DAYS IN JULY, THE SPECTACLE HAVE SPECTACLE OF LIVE MUSIC, DANCERS, ACROBATSAND SINGERS... 

• BALLON FESTIVAL: 100 BALLONS FLY IN THE SKY IN AUGUST. 

CANADIAN SYMBOLS 

• CANADIAN FLAG: IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAURIFUL FLAGS, GOT THIS FLAG ON 15th FEBRUARY 1965 
• THE BEAVER: WHERE IMPORTANT ANIMAL IN THE CANADIAN FUR TRADE, BEAVERS ARE IMPORTANT TO AGRICULTURE BECAUSE THEY BUILD DAMS. 
• THE MOUNTIES: ARE PART OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE IN HORSES.