Happy 150th Birthday Canada

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Canada 150 tulip.


The Netherlands bred a tulip that looks like a maple leaf to celebrate Canada's 150th birthday!

• During Canada's 150th anniversary celebrations, 300,000 Canada 150 tulips will be showcased in the NCC's flower beds in the Capital Region and thousands more will bloom in community gardens across Canada.
• Canada 150 tulips will be planted in the fall and will bloom in the spring of 2017.

Tulips were first planted in Canada's Capital in 1945 when the Netherlands sent 100,000 tulips as a postwar gift of gratitude to thank Canadian soldiers for the role they played in the liberation of the Netherlands.

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Get your free Park pass.... To Celebrate Canada's Birthday....

http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/index.aspx

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Governor of the Bank of Canada Stephen Poloz, right, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance Ginette Petitpas Taylor look on after the unveiling of the Canada 150 commemorative bank note in Ottawa on Friday, April 7, 2017

OTTAWA -- The Bank of Canada has unveiled a new commemorative $10 bank note to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation -- and it will mark the first time a Canadian woman and an indigenous Canadian have been featured on the country's currency.
It is also just the fourth time in Canada's history that a special, commemorative bank note has been produced.

The new, mostly purple polymer note "is intended to captivate our imagination and instill pride in what we, as a nation, have accomplished," bank governor Stephen Poloz said as he revealed that the note was three years in the making.
"It celebrates the natural beauty and majesty of our land and some of the important parliamentarians who helped shape our great country."

The front of the bill depicts the faces of four federal political figures the Bank says helped shape the country: Sir John A. Macdonald, Sir George-Etienne Cartier, Agnes Macphail and James Gladstone.

The note marking the country's 150th anniversary, to be released before summer, will be a commemorative and won't replace the existing design.

Its front also carries images of Parliament's Hall of Honour, the names of all the provinces and territories and a depiction of the Memorial Chamber Arch in the Peace Tower.
The arch includes a colour-shifting security feature designed to prevent counterfeiting. There are also maple leaves that appear to be 3D, but are flat to the touch.
On the back, a range of images capture the country's diverse landscape, including the "Lions" or "Twin Sisters" mountains overlooking Vancouver, a Prairie wheat field, the Canadian Shield in Central Canada, Cape Bonavista on the East Coast and the Northern Lights.

The design also incorporates Inuit and Metis cultural elements, including a holographic reproduction of the "Owl's Bouquet" stencil print created by Inuit artist Kenojuak Ashevak, who lived in Nunavut -- the last territory to join Confederation, in 1999. An arrow sash pattern, an important Metis symbol, is woven though the overall design.

The new note will be available June 1 when 40 million go into circulation.

http://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/new-10-ba...dian-1.3359321

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The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are coming to Canada to mark the country’s 150th birthday.

The pair has accepted an invitation for a royal visit from June 29 to July 1, 2017 to mark the 150th anniversary of Confederation, visiting Ottawa, Nunavut, and elsewhere in Ontario.
More details of their visit are still to come and will be published at a later date by the Canadian Heritage department.

This will be the 18th visit to Canada for The Prince of Wales and the fourth visit for The Duchess of Cornwall. The couple most recently visited Canada in May, 2014.



http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/prince-...nada-1.3373168

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Canada 150 tulip.


The Netherlands bred a tulip that looks like a maple leaf to celebrate Canada's 150th birthday!

• During Canada's 150th anniversary celebrations, 300,000 Canada 150 tulips will be showcased in the NCC's flower beds in the Capital Region and thousands more will bloom in community gardens across Canada.
• Canada 150 tulips will be planted in the fall and will bloom in the spring of 2017.

Tulips were first planted in Canada's Capital in 1945 when the Netherlands sent 100,000 tulips as a postwar gift of gratitude to thank Canadian soldiers for the role they played in the liberation of the Netherlands.

That's pretty..are they going to be on sale anytime soon?

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I guess they've been out since last fall - only Home Hardware carries them

https://www.homehardware.ca/en/rec/i...9206?Ntt=tulip

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I guess they've been out since last fall - only Home Hardware carries them

https://www.homehardware.ca/en/rec/i...9206?Ntt=tulip

Thank you @Natalka

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I guess they've been out since last fall - only Home Hardware carries them

https://www.homehardware.ca/en/rec/i...9206?Ntt=tulip

Thank you @Natalka