Today, i read an article in the newpaper published on July 2, 2008. (out-of-date)
Canada Day Celebrations covered many pages. One of the articles named"Calebrations mark our 141st birthday". The piece of news came from Ottawa.
July 1, 2008 was the nation's 141st birthday. The whole country came out to celebrate it.
At the National War Memorial, Canadians of different status and positions got together to commemorate soldiers in the Battle of Beaumont Hamel in the First World War.
At Halifax's Pier21, immigrants gathered together to celebrate becoming new citizens. There are 61 people from 27 countries sworn to be citizen on that day.
In Edmonton, the downtown were full of revelers who wanted to join the city's annual Silly Summer parade. The floats got bigger and better year by year.
In Ottawa, tens of thousands people gathered on Parliament Hill while waving flags in red and white. The prime minister spoke on the Hill. On behalf of Canada, he wished everyone a happy Canada Day and it was a time to celebrate their home and native land. He also noticed that the crowd has never been larger than this time. The governor-general was proud of her country. They also interviewed a family among the crowd, who were so glad of shaking hands with the prime minister.
All in all, it was a so important and excited day that every Canadian was proud of.
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Good for you Wendy - I think you are the only person who has summarized a newspaper article so far. So - what did you do to celebrate Canada Day?
Unfortunatly, i think on Canada Day, i did nothing but staying at home and finishing homework....
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