The first Thanksgiving day after Canadian Confederation was back in 1872 and it didn’t become an annual event until 1879. At this point, Thanksgiving day was announced each year based on what important event there was to be thankful for. The actual day and theme of Thanksgiving was changed year to year. Finally, in 1957 the Canadian Government set the day of and theme for the Thanksgiving holiday.
On January 31, 1957, the Canadian Parliament proclaimed: “A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed … to be observed on the 2nd Monday in October”.
Forget about the world economy, money and investments. For this Thanksgiving long weekend go spend time with people you care about and be thankful for what you have and for those you have around you. Remember, there are people that are lucky if they even eat at all this weekend, let alone enjoy a huge feast.
Happy Thanksgiving!, and with that I give you this video from Audi:
The winners of this years International Engine of The Year Awards have been announced and to no ones surprise, BMW has dominated and taken the top prize again with the same engine that won for 2007.
International Engine of The Year
BMW 3-litre Twin Turbo (135, 335, X6)
Best New Engine of The Year
BMW Diesel 2-litre Twin Turbo (123d)
Green Engine of The Year
Toyota Hybrid 1.5-litre (Prius)
Best Performance Engine
Porsche 3.6-litre Turbo (911 Turbo, GT2)
Sub 1L
Toyota 1-litre 3-cylinder (Aygo,Yaris/Echo/Vitz, Citroën C1, Peugeot 107, Subaru Justy)
If you’ve ever had something valuable stolen you’ll know the empty, violated feeling you get when you realize someone has taken off with something of yours. Well, if your name is York Heiden you would have felt that way TWICE in one day. You see, heiden’s Audi Quattro was stolen from him twice in the same day.
“I was speechless,” Heiden said, recalling how he stood where the car had been found, keys dangling from his fingers, the emotional high of finding the car dashed. “All I could do was hold the key up in my hand and look at it.”
There’s two lessons to be learned here. 1. Don’t leave your keys in the ignition and 2. If you’re gonna do something to disable the car from being stolen again, do it right. The good news is, after being stolen the second time, the police were able to recover Heiden’s Audi with some minor interior damage, and a broken headlight.
