by Diana Filer
1. The Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs is Anita Anand.
2. The Giller Prize is a Canadian award given annually for fiction, book or short stories, nominated by the publisher of such fiction
3. The Land God Gave to Cain is much of the North Shore of the St Lawrence River, so described by Jacques Cartier when exploring its desolate landscape. It is also the title of a novel by Hammond Innes.
4. The Canadian Horse is the oldest breed of horse in North America. It was designated the National Horse of the country in 2002.. It is called ‘le petit cheval de fer’ because of it famous toughness.
5. Gordon Sumner of the rock band The Police is known as Sting. His habit of wearing black and yellow sweaters did this for him.
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