The distilling industry is that part of the food and beverage industries engaged in clarifying, flavouring, blending and aging alcohol to make potable spirits (eg, brandies, grain spirits, rum) and establishments which manufacture ethyl alcohol, whether they are or are not used in potable spirits.

J.L. Orme & Sons. Ottawa music, and later furniture, firm, founded in 1861, and one of the oldest surviving names in the Canadian music trade. James Lawrence Orme (d 1893) arrived from Scotland in 1856 and for a few years was partner in a toymaking enterprise in Belleville, Upper Canada (Ontario).

Shrike is the common name for the family Laniidae of singing birds.

Fifth Business, novel by Robertson Davies (New York and Toronto, 1970; London, 1971).

Laura SECORD, a Queenston housewife whose husband had been injured during the BATTLE OF QUEENSTON HEIGHTS, overheard talk regarding the upcoming American attack.

Canadian Literature (founded 1959) was the first quarterly concerned entirely with the discussion of Canadian writing. Published by UBC, it was edited by George WOODCOCK 1959-77.

Bible colleges, institutes and seminaries are mainly sponsored by the EVANGELICAL Protestant churches in Canada, although there are several Roman Catholic institutions in Canada. One of the first lay colleges in North America was established by T.

The Edmonton Eskimos are a football team from Edmonton, Alta. They began play in 1910 and participated in the first 2 East-West Grey Cup games, losing to the University of Toronto in 1921 and Queen's University the following year.

The complex social organization, the biology and the industrious nature of honeybees (genus Apis) have long fascinated people.

Beetle, term referring to the insect order Coleoptera [Greek, "sheath wing"], the largest order of living organisms.

Microsoft Canada Inc is the Canadian subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation, a US-based computer products, services and software company founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975. The Canadian arm was established in 1985 and headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario.

Ballet is a stylized form of Western theatrical dance based on a codified system of movement. It can be used to tell a story, evoke a mood, illustrate a piece of music, or simply provide a presentation of theatrical movement that is entertaining or intriguing in itself.

Leadership passed to his rival, the Reverend George Lloyd, after whom the colony's first town was named LLOYDMINSTER in July 1903. Despite initial setbacks, the Barr colonists opened up the vast area west of Saskatoon.

 Bats are nocturnal MAMMALS of the order CHIROPTERA (literally "hand wing"). Bats are the only flying mammals. Most bats in Canada are plain-nosed (family Vespertilionidae).

La Barre du jour (BJ), magazine fd 1965 by Nicole BROSSARD, Marcel Saint-Pierre, Roger Soublière and Jan Stafford to stimulate writing and to transform both the production and the reading of literature.

Bailiff, sheriff's deputy employed for the execution of judgements (eg, seizure of judgement debtor's goods, repossession of chattels, and evictions); also, an officer of the court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.

Changes to the BANK ACT in the 1990s allowed banks to expand their business beyond traditional banking services into securities, insurance and other financial products.

Shipping is often the least expensive way of moving large quantities of goods over long distances. The existence of reliable water transportation has been a key to the economic and political well-being of most nations throughout history.

The balance of payments, or balance of international payments, is an accounting statement of the economic transactions that have taken place between the residents of one country (including its government) and the residents of other countries during a specified time, usually a year or a quarter.

Although the barrier posed by these walls was sometimes increased by setting a ditch below their outer faces, fortification did not progress beyond this rather simple conception until the 16th century.

Festival Ottawa, 1978-83 (Festival Canada (Ottawa), 1971-7).

Downtown Toronto arena, home of the famed Maple Leaf hockey team and venue for other sports and entertainment activities. Designed by Ross & Macdonald with associates Jack Ryrie and Mackenzie Waters, it was built in 1931 at a cost of about $1.

Caro (Marie Julienne Pauline Caroline) Lamoureux. Soprano, b Montreal 3 Jan 1904, d there 11 Aug 1998. She studied voice with Céline Marier and stage technique with Jeanne Maubourg and Albert Roberval.

​Aboriginal people (First Nations, Inuit, Métis) who reside in what is now Canada have diverse cultural traditions that are reflected in the variety of their musical genres and styles.