En los EE.UU., the third Mon­day in Februa­ry is a natio­nal holi­day. Washing­ton’s Bir­th­day (often cele­bra­ted as Pre­si­dents” Day) honors George Washing­ton, the first Ame­ri­can president.

If you live in Onta­rio, Alber­ta, Sas­kat­che­wan, Príncipe Eduardo …

In honor of Ame­ri­can Thanks­gi­ving Day, Cana­dian Living maga­zine has pos­ted a quiz: How do Cana­dian Thanks­gi­ving feasts dif­fer from Ame­ri­can Thanksgivings?

I’ve found that the meals them­selves are fair­ly simi­lar – tur­key, stuf­fing, gra­vy, …

Novem­ber 11 is Remem­brance Day in Canada.

El año pasado, we blog­ged about «Why is eve­ryone wea­ring pop­pies? » to explain Cana­da’s Remem­brance Day traditions:

A natio­nal public holi­day, Remem­brance Day is cele­bra­ted at the …

It’s Vic­to­ria Day here in Cana­da today.

For most Cana­dians, the holi­day is the unof­fi­cial start of sum­mer, with bar­be­cues, beach pic­nics, or wee­kends at the lake (at least if the wea­ther cooperates).

Pero el …

Before I moved to Cana­da, Yo solía pensar que los EE.UU.. had the mono­po­ly on poli­ti­cal cor­rect­ness. Al menos en Nueva Inglaterra, donde viví, eve­ryone wishes you « Hap­py Holi­days, » ins­tead of « Mer­ry Christ­mas » …