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October 14, 2019

Canadarm and its future [Repost]

In addition to our efforts providing technical expertise and training for the rover program, Canada is perhaps more famously known for its development of the Canadarm in 1981, which would…..

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November 28, 2018

The Founding of Old Montreal [Repost]

Montreal’s original founding in 1642, then known simply as Ville-Marie, by the Societe Notre-Dame de Montreal was done with the express purpose of converting the aboriginals in the region the…..

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June 30, 2018

History of the C.S.A. [Repost]

While the Canadian Space Agency wasn’t officially established until December 1990, its roots stretches back much further to the end of the Second World War and the following fifteen years…..

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April 30, 2018

Old Montreal’s decline and rebirth [Repost]

While the early twentieth century looked promising for Old Montreal as the financial, judicial, and municipal activities in the district helped growth continue the unfortunate onset of the 1929 Great…..

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December 18, 2017

Montreal Sites: Notre-Dame Basilica [Repost]

Cited as one of the most dramatic examples of Gothic Revival architecture in the world, the church is perhaps even more interesting for its unusualness. Instead of the traditional glass…..

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November 16, 2017

CSA rover tour and demonstration [Repost]

During the 2012 August long weekend here in Ontario we had the chance to go out to the Canadian Space Agency headquarters in St. Hubert, Quebec for their #CSAtweetup of…..

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October 27, 2017

Old Montreal under British rule [Repost]

Despite the addition of fortifications at Montreal, the city became a British colony after New France was lost in 1763 with Britain’s victory in the French and Indian War. No…..