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Canadian honoured for heroic Mount Everest rescue | Meagan McGrath, photo CP/Sudbury Star |
Having seen Mt Everst from Air Nepal's Dakota in the mid 70s, \ being able to be waestruck by Tensing and "Meagan McGrath, 29, was scaling down the world's highest mountain on May 21 when she came across Nepalese climber Usha Bista."
"I am indebted to these people for life," Bista said Sunday,"Since April 2002 - Mt Kilamanjaro in Africa till
Mt. Everest - Nepal (tallest in world) - May, 2007 - 8,848 metres (29,028 feet) Canadian heroine and climber from Sudbury , a Captain in the Canadian Air Force, an aerospace engineer, works at the Air Force Experimentation Centre in Ottawa achieved the Seven Summits On Monday 5.26th in Katmandu, where she was honored by the president of the Nepal Mountaineering Association, Ang Tshering, who called her a hero for saving Bista's life. She was given bouquets and yellow scarfs used for special occasions. "I am indebted to these people for life. I can't believe the love and concern they showed to rescue me in spite of such a difficult situation," Bista said. |
| 1st official Canadian Citizenship ceremony |
|  | 1st Canadian Citizenship ceremony @ Supreme Court Country of Immigrants from all over* On the steps of the Candian Supreme Court on Wellington St 3 Jan. 1947 Launch* at Supreme Court – the 60th anniversary celebrations kicked off on February 16 at the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario with a special citizenship ceremony. mine was last year in Ottawa ;-)))* (Front row: L-R:) Naif Hanna Azar from Palestine, Jerzy Wladyslaw Meier from Poland, Louis Edmon Brodbeck from Switzerland, Joachim Heinrich Hellmen from Germany, Jacko Hrushkowsky from Russia, and Anton Justinik from Yugoslavia. (Back row: L-R:) Zigurd Larsen from Norway, Sgt. Maurice Labrosse from Canada, Joseph Litvinchuk, Roumania, Mrs. Labrosse from Scotland, Nestor Rakowitza from Roumania and Yousuf Karsh from Armenia with Mrs. Helen Sawicka from Poland |
| | Young, dynamic and . . doing well ! ! ! Michaëlle Jeana journalist born in Haiti has been appointed 27th Governor General of Canada, to take office on October 1st, 2005. Mixed reaction both positive and negative. Despite being a multi-awards winning journalist, i was surprised that she did not speak so much towards Canadians as to neeting the needs of south nations she will have to satisfy her critics as to whether she is able to serve to needs of majority of Canada's diverse population and serve Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II |
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Nemorino Tue May 19, 2009 10:23 UTC
Interesting travelogue about Peter Gzowski. -- Thanks for having a look at my Frankfurt am Main page. | ukirsari Mon Dec 3, 2007 13:18 UTC
ken, happy birthday to you :) | scottishvisitor Tue Sep 18, 2007 20:53 UTC
I see like most Canadians you like your sport - I also like to have four seasons | freddie18 Thu Oct 26, 2006 01:42 UTC
Hi Ken. Great tips about Canada especially the Four Seasons. Will be checking more of your pages soon. Regards from Freddie of Toronto |
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