Most of us don’t know much about Canada , there are some fun traditions that happen yearly . For instance; Bathtub racing in Nanaimo, B.C. Every July Nanaimo plays host to the World Championship Bathtub Race. Every boat that competes in the 58 km race has to include a component with the general shape and design of an old style ROLL EDGE bathtub. Run by the Loyal Nanaimo Bathtub Racing Society, this all started in 1967 with 200 tubbers competing as part of the celebration for Canada’s 100th birthday. Now the race is part of the annual four-day Nanaimo Marine Festival.
Canada has been world renown for having monopoly colored currency, but the truly unique things that American’s don’t realize is the green ink used for American money was invented at McGill University in Montreal, in 1857, by Thomas Sterry Hunt. Canada has a strong sense of Christmas spirit, thanks to thousands of kind Canadians that kids around the world get answers to their letters and emails to Santa each year. Canada Post volunteers have answered more than 1 million letters in 30 languages (including braille). They ask that you don’t include cookies, but do include the postal code: HO HO HO.
As a whole Canada is the largest exporter of green lentils in the world – about 1.5 million metric tons annually, with 95% of it coming from Saskatchewan. If you pick up a pack of Halls you’ll be getting another little taste of home since they are made in Scarborough, Ontario. The plant at Bertrand produced more than 6 billion pieces of “medicine” for the U.S. last year – enough that if you lined them side-by-side they would circle the earth at the equator approximately 3.4 times.
Accu-Cut has joined the team Canada by living by the same standards as they live by. Honesty and the ability to offer the best high quality carpet cutting machines in the nation. We also take this one step further by offer a Preventative Maintenance Plan, This plan prevents future repairs and also ensures that any new employees that you may have in the warehouse learn about the features of the machine.
By Trevor Brockie