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On Sunday, July 1st, Signal Hill National Historic Site is pleased to welcome visitors to celebrate Canada’s 151st anniversary with free admission and a variety of special activities, such as the annual Sunrise Salute Ceremony.
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The Government of Canada recognizes the national historic significance of Assiniboine Park and Zoo
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Assiniboine Park and Zoo, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Today, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, Catherine McKenna, celebrated Canada Day with Canada’s newest citizens at a citizenship ceremony held at the Rideau Canal National Historic Site’s Hartwells Lockstation.
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Known as Pimachiowin Aki (“the Land that Gives Life”), this internationally recognized network of protected areas is situated in the North American Boreal Shield and spans an area of 29,040 km2. For millennia, the Anishinaabeg (Ojibwe), Indigenous people of this region, have lived intimately with this place in the boreal forest.
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Today, Pimachiowin Aki, a 29,040 square kilometre expanse of boreal forest spanning the Manitoba–Ontario border, has been inscribed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage List. The Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, Catherine McKenna, took the opportunity to celebrate this treasured place as the nineteenth member of Canada’s family of World Heritage sites, and to congratulate those involved in its nomination.
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Parks Canada will kick off Canada’s birthday celebrations with a special sunrise event at Signal Hill National Historic Site.
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Assiniboine Park and Zoo National Historic Event
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PROVINCE HOUSE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE CONSERVATION PROJECT – PHASE TWO
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Parks Canada begins next phase of Province House conservation project
