The monument to Isaac Brock (1769 1812) on Queenston Heights in Canada, as high as Nelson s column in London, pays tribute to the military commander of all troops opposing the American invasion of Canada during the War of 1812. Brock s service during the War of 1812 includes leading the capture of Detroit. He was killed on the morning of 13 October 1812, leading a company of the 49th Foot in a counter-attack on the American lodgement atop Queenston Heights. Although Brock died and his uphill charge against the American muskets failed, the invasion was repulsed soon afterwards. A Matter of Honour focuses on Brock s career as a military commander and also as a civil administrator for the government of Upper Canada. Early chapters deal with his life and military service up to 1791. The book also records his command of the 49th Regiment in the Low Countries and at Copenhagen up to his arrival in Canada in 1802. Brock spent more time in Canada than any other British general who fought in
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City hall is in a rush to construct a new parkette in Old Walkerville to showcase the “incredible” $300,000 Hiram Walker sculpture that’s been sitting in storage for three years so it’s completed by the whisky baron’s July 4th birthday.
“We’re planning, as soon as it’s approved by council, to be full steam ahead send it out for tender and get it built,” Heidi Baillargeon, Windsor’s manager of parks development, said Tuesday. A report on the Hiram Walker Parkette goes to city council on Monday.
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Through the looking screen
Pandemic forces change in perspective for parents of young students in three Winnipeg families who can t be as concerned as they once were about their kids time online
Excessive screen-time was once the common enemy in the Milne-Karn, Parenteau and Blum-Payne households.
But the COVID-19 pandemic and related stay-at-home orders have given each family pause when considering each of their children’s relationships with computers.
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Kenny works on an abacus.
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Meet the Milne-Karns, the Parenteaus and the Blum-Paynes.
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Free Press is following these three families to document their experiences in the classroom, with remote learning and home-schooling amid the uncertainty and anxiety of the pandemic.
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