by Diana Filer
1. The first Canadian YMCA was opened in Montreal in 1851.
2. Carallyn Bowes was the first woman to run across Canada, in 1976, from Halifax, NS, to Burnaby, BC. It took her 133 days and 13 pairs of shoes
3. Baggataway is the eastern Canadian First Nations precursor to lacrosse.
4. The bullfrog is an animal that never sleeps.
5. Fireflies are also known as lightning bugs.

