June
•June’s birthstones are pearl, alexandrite and moonstone.
•The birth flower is rose.
•The zodiac signs for the month of June are Gemini (until June 20) and Cancer (June 21 onwards).
•June’s birthstones are pearl, alexandrite and moonstone.
•The birth flower is rose.
•The zodiac signs for the month of June are Gemini (until June 20) and Cancer (June 21 onwards).
It’s Illegal To Whistle in Petrolia, Ont.
A Petrolia city rep says this unusual law simply aims to limit excessive noise between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., but according to Article 3, 772.3.6 on the town’s website, “Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling or singing is prohibited at all times,
Keep your booze at home
According to the Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act (which dates back to the time of prohibition and bootleggers), you can only legally move a bottle of booze from one province to another with the permission of the provincial liquor control board. The situation changed on May 28th, 2012, allowing you to legally move wine, but little else.
It’s illegal to attach a siren to your bike in Sudbury, Ont.
Since 1973, the only noise-makers Sudbury cyclists can attach to their bikes are bells and horns. Breaking noise bylaws in Sudbury can lead to fines up to $5,000.
Listen from May 26th to May 30th. for your chance to win a pair of tickets to see Isla Grant on Tues, June 3rd. at 7pm at the Savoy Theatre.
When you hear your cue, call 563-5771 to get yourself a pair of tickets. Good Luck!
McGill put the Green in Greenbacks
We’ve taken a lot of jabs from the U.S. for our Monopoly-coloured Canadian currency, but what most don’t realize is the green ink used for American money was invented at McGill University in Montreal, in 1857, by Thomas Sterry Hunt.
We Built a UFO Landing Pad in St. Paul, Alta.
One of Canada’s most unique Centennial projects in 1967 was the building of the world’s first UFO Landing Pad in St. Paul, Alberta. The town provided the land, and local businesses provided building supplies and labour for the raised cement pad. Making things even stranger? Paul Hellyer, then Minister of National Defense, flew in (by helicopter, not spaceship) to officially open it.
Most of the World’s Caesium is in a Lake in Manitoba
The best-known use of this element is in Caesium-based atomic clocks – which are so accurate they would only be off by 2 seconds over a 65 million year lifespan. It’s also used as a lubricant for large drilling projects. The world’s richest deposit of caesium (roughly two-thirds of it) is at Bernic Lake, Manitoba.
Runs May 26-30th.
Joe began playing music at the age of 11 years when he received his first guitar for Christmas. At 16, he formed a band and began playing teen-aged dances, singing rock and roll and pop songs of the day.