AUG. 9TH – NATIONAL PEACEKEEPERS’ DAY
by National Peacekeepers’ Day is an official remembrance day for Canadian veterans of military peacekeeping activities. It is officially marked on 9 August of each year …
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AUG. 6TH – CIVIC HOLIDAY
The Civic Holiday is celebrated on the first Monday of August and it’s a public holiday in some provinces and territories. The civic holiday is …
AUG. 4TH – FOOD DAY CANADA
Food Day Canada is a culinary celebration that originated in Canada as “The World’s Longest BBQ” in reaction to the BSE crisis of 2003. This …
AUGUST
August’s birthstones are the peridot, sardonyx, and spinel. Its birth flower is the gladiolus or poppy, meaning beauty, strength of character, love, marriage and family. …