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Brandon DonnellyCanada must become a global superpower
The silver lining to the US starting a trade war with Canada and regularly threatening annexation is that it has forced this country out of complacency. Indeed, I'm hard pressed to remember a time, at least in my lifetime, when patriotism and nationalism has united so much of Canada. According to a recent survey by Angus Reid, the percentage of Canadians expressing a "deep emotional attachment" to the country jumped from 49% in December 2024 to 59% in February 2025. And as further evidence of...
Brandon DonnellyThe bank robbery capital of the world
Between 1985 and 1995, Los Angeles' retail bank branches were robbed some 17,106 times. In 1992, which was the the city's worst year for robberies, the number was 2,641. This roughly translated into about one bank robbery every 45 minutes of each banking day. All of this, according to this CrimeReads piece by Peter Houlahan, gave Los Angeles the dubious title of "The Bank Robbery Capital of the World" during this time period. So what caused this? Well according to Peter it was facil...
Brandon DonnellyThe story behind those pixelated video game mosaics in Paris
If you've ever been to Paris, you've probably noticed the small pixelated art pieces that are scattered all around the city on buildings and various other hard surfaces. Or maybe you haven't seen or noticed them in Paris, but you've seen similarly pixelated mosaics in one of the other 79 cities around the world where they can be found. Or maybe you have no idea what I'm talking about right now. Huh? Here's an example from Bolivia (click here if you can't see...
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If you hang around Park City long enough, you will come across things with the name Ontario. There's Ontario Avenue. There's the Ontario hiking trail at Deer Valley. And I'm sure there are other things.
As a Canadian, I couldn't help but wonder why. So today I looked it up. And it turns out that the mining company that first put Park City on the map was the Ontario Silver Mining Company (see above stock certificate).
Established in 1872, it was a major contributor to Park City's economy (when it was a mining town) and it is usually credited as the mine that generated the most consistent yield in Utah during the late 19th century.
Cool, so why was it called Ontario? Well, according to the Park City Museum, the mine was first discovered by prospectors from Canada (though they later sold off their claim to George Hearst for a handsome $30,000).
I can't seem to find any info about these Canadians, but the province of Ontario did get its name in 1867, so at least the chronology check outs.
Image: Park City Museum
If you hang around Park City long enough, you will come across things with the name Ontario. There's Ontario Avenue. There's the Ontario hiking trail at Deer Valley. And I'm sure there are other things.
As a Canadian, I couldn't help but wonder why. So today I looked it up. And it turns out that the mining company that first put Park City on the map was the Ontario Silver Mining Company (see above stock certificate).
Established in 1872, it was a major contributor to Park City's economy (when it was a mining town) and it is usually credited as the mine that generated the most consistent yield in Utah during the late 19th century.
Cool, so why was it called Ontario? Well, according to the Park City Museum, the mine was first discovered by prospectors from Canada (though they later sold off their claim to George Hearst for a handsome $30,000).
I can't seem to find any info about these Canadians, but the province of Ontario did get its name in 1867, so at least the chronology check outs.
Image: Park City Museum
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