PATRIOTIC EYEWEAR
By Denis Langlois
2017 MARKS THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF CANADA . EVENTS ARE BEING HELD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR -- NOT JUST ON CANADA DAY -- TO CELEBRATE THIS SESQUICENTENNIAL MILESTONE . SOME QUICK FACTS : WHEN THE 1867 CONSTITUTION ACT OFFICIALLY PROCLAIMED CANADIAN CONFEDERATION ON JULY 1 , 1867 , THERE WERE ONLY FOUR PROVINCES : ONTARIO , QUEBEC , NOVA SCOTIA AND NEW BRUNSWICK . BY 1905 , CANADA WAS COMPRISED OF NINE PROVINCES AND TWO TERRITORIES . NEWFOUNDLAND JOINED CANADA IN 1949 , WHILE NUNAVUT BECAME A TERRITORY IN 1999 . TODAY , MORE THAN 35 MILLION PEOPLE CALL CANADA HOME . HERE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE RED AND WHITE SPECS THAT CAN ALLOW YOU TO SHOW OFF YOUR CANADIAN PRIDE THROUGHOUT CANADA ’ S 150TH BIRTHDAY YEAR :
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