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Ashley Leitão
Ashley Leitão (, born December 6, 1986) Is a Canadian recording artist. She was the ninth-place finisher on the third season of the reality show ''Canadian Idol'' in 2005.CTV. Ashley Leitão'. Archived frothe originalon October 3, 2012.Calgary Sun. Ashley Bows Out''. July 28, 2005 Her heritage is Portuguese. As of 2005, she resided in Burnaby, British Columbia. After ''Idol'', she and two other contestants formed the group Braided, releasing an album in 2006, on which Leitão duetted with figure skating champion Elvis Stojko. Early life Born in Winnipeg, Leitão is the daughter of a Portuguese baker. Her parents ran a bakery in Winnipeg. Leitão moved with her family to Portugal at age five, and her family ran a bakery there for ten months. They returned to Canada and lived in Burnaby, operating a bakery in North Vancouver. Leitão, musical from a young age, began formal singing lessons at age nine. She graduated from Burnaby's Alpha Secondary School in 2004. ''Canadian Ido ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnipeg
Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,607 and a metropolitan population of 834,678, making it the sixth-largest city, and eighth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. The city is named after the nearby Lake Winnipeg; the name comes from the Western Cree words for "muddy water" - “winipīhk”. The region was a trading centre for Indigenous peoples long before the arrival of Europeans; it is the traditional territory of the Anishinabe (Ojibway), Ininew (Cree), Oji-Cree, Dene, and Dakota, and is the birthplace of the Métis Nation. French traders built the first fort on the site in 1738. A settlement was later founded by the Selkirk settlers of the Red River Colony in 1812, the nucleus of which was incorporated as the City of Winnipeg in 1873. Being far inland, the local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissa O'Neil
Melissa Crystal O'Neil (born July 12, 1988) is a Canadian actress and singer. In 2005, O'Neil won the third season of ''Canadian Idol'', the first Canadian female to have won. As an actress, she is known for her roles as Two / Rebecca / Portia Lin on the Syfy science fiction series ''Dark Matter'' and as Officer Lucy Chen on the ABC police procedural drama series '' The Rookie''. Early life O'Neil was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Her mother is Hong Kong Chinese, and her father is of Irish descent. O'Neil attended Terry Fox Junior High School. She attended Lester B. Pearson High School in Calgary where she performed in musicals, played rugby and was on the basketball team. Career ''Canadian Idol'' In early 2005, while in high school, O'Neil auditioned for the third season of ''Canadian Idol''. The judges were impressed by her vocals, and she made it through to the top 100 round. On the first day, she sang the song "Concrete Angel" by Martina McBride a cappella and again i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 Births
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter the European Community, which becomes the European Union in 1993. * January 11 – The Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, at this time the world's longest prestressed concrete free- cantilever bridge, is opened. * January 13– 24 – South Yemen Civil War. * January 20 – The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel. * January 24 – The Voyager 2 space probe makes its first encounter with Uranus. * January 25 – Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army Rebel group takes over Uganda after leading a five-year guerrilla war in which up to half a million people are believed to have been killed. They will later use January 26 as the official date to avoid a coincidence of dates with Dictator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Mersereau
Bob Ellis Mersereau is a Canadian arts journalist.Rockingham, Graham �"Randy Bachman: lord of the song"''The Spec'' He is a music columnist and longtime arts reporter for CBC Television in New Brunswick."Bob Mersereau's list of top 100 Canadian songs will please some, infuriate others" '''', October 1, 2010. Since 1982, he has been a reporter on the East Coast music scene for CBC Radio, CBC Television, and the '' Telegraph-Journal''. Ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmonton Journal
The ''Edmonton Journal'' is a daily newspaper in Edmonton, Alberta. It is part of the Postmedia Network. History The ''Journal'' was founded in 1903 by three local businessmen — John Macpherson, Arthur Moore and J.W. Cunningham — as a rival to Alberta's first newspaper, the 23-year-old '' Edmonton Bulletin''. Within a week, the ''Journal'' took over another newspaper, ''The Edmonton Post'', and established an editorial policy supporting the Conservative Party against the ''Bulletins stance for the Liberal Party. In 1912, the ''Journal'' was sold to the Southam family. It remained under Southam ownership until 1996, when it was acquired by Hollinger International. The ''Journal'' was subsequently sold to Canwest in 2000, and finally came under its current ownership, Postmedia Network Inc., in 2010. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telegraph-Journal
The ''Telegraph-Journal'' is a daily newspaper published in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. It serves as both a provincial daily and as a local newspaper for Saint John. The newspaper is published by Brunswick News. The ''Telegraph-Journal'' is the only New Brunswick-based newspaper to be distributed province-wide and has the highest readership in the province at a weekly circulation of 233,549 and a daily readership of about 100,000. Brunswick News also publishes a series of editions of regional news, including editions in Fredericton and Moncton under the titles ''Daily Gleaner'' and ''Times & Transcript'', respectively. Corporate management is based in Saint John. History The paper has been published out of Saint John since 1862. Capitalist Kenneth Colin (K.C.) Irving, without formal announcement bought New Brunswick Publishing and the ''Telegraph-Journal'', as well as a local Saint John radio station CHSJ in 1944. Eventually word got out that Irving had bought the paper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto Star
The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. The newspaper is the country's largest daily newspaper by circulation. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and part of Torstar's Daily News Brands division. The newspaper's offices are located at One Yonge Street in the Harbourfront neighbourhood of Toronto. The newspaper was established in 1892 as the ''Evening Star'' and was later renamed the ''Toronto Daily Star'' in 1900, under Joseph E. Atkinson. Atkinson was a major influence in shaping the editorial stance of the paper, with the paper having reflected his values until his death in 1948. The paper was renamed the ''Toronto Star'' in 1971. The newspaper introduced a Sunday edition in 1973. History The ''Star'' was created in 1892 by striking ''Toronto News'' printers and writers, led by future mayor of Toronto and social reformer Horatio Clarence Hocken, who became the newspaper's founder, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Province
''The Province'' is a daily newspaper published in tabloid format in British Columbia by Pacific Newspaper Group, a division of Postmedia Network, alongside the '' Vancouver Sun'' broadsheet newspaper. Together, they are British Columbia's only two major newspapers. Formerly a broadsheet, ''The Province'' later became tabloid paper-size. It publishes daily except Saturdays, Mondays (as of October 17, 2022) and selected holidays. History ''The Province'' was established as a weekly newspaper in Victoria in 1894. A 1903 article in the '' Pacific Monthly'' described the ''Province'' as the largest and the youngest of Vancouver's important newspapers. In 1923, the Southam family bought ''The Province''. By 1945 the paper's printers went out on strike. ''The Province'' had been the best selling newspaper in Vancouver, ahead of the '' Vancouver Sun'' and '' News Herald''. As a result of the six-week strike, it lost significant market share, at one point falling to third place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Forces
} The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF; french: Forces armées canadiennes, ''FAC'') are the unified military forces of Canada, including sea, land, and air elements referred to as the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army, and Royal Canadian Air Force. Personnel may belong to either the Regular Force or the Reserve Force, which has four sub-components: the Primary Reserve, Supplementary Reserve, Cadet Organizations Administration and Training Service, and the Canadian Rangers. Under the ''National Defence Act'', the Canadian Armed Forces are an entity separate and distinct from the Department of National Defence (the federal government department responsible for administration and formation of defence policy), which also exists as the civilian support system for the Forces. The Canadian Armed Forces are a professional volunteer force that consists of approximately 68,000 active personnel and 27,000 reserve personnel, increasing to 71,500 and 30,000 respectively under "Strong, Secur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of National Defence (Canada)
The Department of National Defence (DND; french: Ministère de la Défense nationale) is the department of the Government of Canada which supports the Canadian Armed Forces in its role of defending Canadian national interests domestically and internationally. The department is a civilian organization, part of the public service, and supports the armed forces; however, as a civilian organization is separate and not part of the military itself. National Defence is the largest department of the Government of Canada in terms of budget, and it is the department with the largest number of buildings (6,806 in 2015). The department is responsible to Parliament through the minister of national defence Anita Anand . The deputy minister of National Defence, the senior most civil servant within the department, is responsible for the day-to-day leadership and operations of the department and reports directly to the minister. The department exists to aid the minister in carrying out their r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amber Fleury
Amber Fleury (born April 10, 1979) is a Canadians, Canadian recording artist, and was the eighth-place finisher in the third season of ''Canadian Idol'', which aired during the summer of 2005. Born in Dauphin, Manitoba, she now lives in Calgary, Alberta where she is a paralegal.Burroughs, Alexandra (June 28, 2005). "Calgarian puts her heart into Idol", ''Calgary Herald'', p. C3. Early life and career Fleury was born in Dauphin, Manitoba. Her parents found that she was able to sing on key from as young as age two. At age ten, Fleury appeared on the nationally televised "Tommy Hunter Show" in Toronto, Ontario. At age twelve, she released a five-song mini album "Say It Again" produced by Gary Buck. At age thirteen, she won a vocal competition in Edmonton; soon after, she recorded and released the album ''Lila's Child'' and toured Western Canada. The first single off the "Lila's Child" album, "Just Getting Used to Your Love", peaked at #18 on the Top 60 Canadian Country Music Charts. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casey LeBlanc
Cassandra Beth "Casey" LeBlanc (born November 4, 1987) is a Canadian recording artist, She was a contestant on the third season of the popular reality television show ''Canadian Idol'', and was the fifth-place finisher. Born in Woodstock, New Brunswick, Woodstock, New Brunswick, the eldest daughter of Constance and Leo LeBlanc, she is from Nackawic, New Brunswick. Her two younger siblings include Evan and Delaney LeBlanc. Canadian Idol In the Top 32 round, she sang Sam Cooke's "Bring it on Home to Me" which earned her a place in the Top 10. Performances Songs that Casey performed include: * Top 32: "Bring It On Home to Me" (Sam Cooke) * Top 10: "From This Moment" (Shania Twain) (Canadian Hits week) * Top 9: "Heaven Help Us All" (Stevie Wonder week) * Top 8: "Like A Prayer" (Madonna) (Eighties week) * Top 7: "I Could Write a Book" (Big Band week) * Top 6: "I'll Stand By You" (The Pretenders) (Classic Rock week) * Top 5: "Timeless Love" (The Guess Who week) Recap On the August 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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