Hope you are enjoying the first long weekend of the summer of Canada's sesquicentennial. Victoria Day is celebrated on the penultimate Monday in May, having to fall before May 25, the queen's actual birthday.
The day symbolically starts summer in Canada and is also known in cottage country as the time to clean up the winter's damage to the cottage. Quebec being Quebec celebrates National Patriots Day on the same day.
2017 Stanley Cup playoffs scoreboard
We have a Canadian team still going in the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs chase. The Ottawa Senators have been fading fast after going up 2-1 over the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Sens gave up 3 early goals in Game 4 and a 7-0 lashing yesterday in Game 5. Ottawa is now facing elimination in Game 6 on Tuesday in Ottawa. Game 7 is Thursday, if needed.
Maclean's has a nice story on how Canadian the Ottawa Senators really are.
Bon Cop Bad Cop 2 premieres in Canada
Anne with an E makes Netflix debut
If you are looking to spend the day indoors, you can sneak out to the cinema and watch Bon Cop Bad Cop 2. You can find our review here. You can also stream Anne with an E if you missed it on CBC. We wrote about that here.
Washington Post travel section celebrates going to Canada
Where to visit Canada in 2017
All Canada national parks are free in 2017
CanadianCrossing.com travel coverage
If you are making travel plans for the summer to take advantage of the free national parks in 2017, and if Banff is your destination, you might want to hurry. Prime spots are going fast. The National Post offers up 10 Canadian parks to take in this summer. You can click on Parks Canada to get started for your 2017 Discovery Pass.
We have lots of stuff coming up soon. We should know this week which party will sort of be in control in British Columbia. The Nova Scotia election is next week. The CBC summer and fall schedules should be out soon. Saturday, the Conservatives decide their new party leader. And we only have 15 days until the CFL preseason schedule starts.
We can ignore for some time the idea of renegotiating NAFTA. Despite the bombastic nature of Donald Trump, Congress is controlled by free trade proponents.
So enjoy the holiday. Relax and do what you need to do. Then come back and keep learning more about Canada.
photo credit: Parks Canada
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