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bethannny
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12 Mar 2018, 12:27 pm

AnneOleson wrote:

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Oops, I don’t think i was very clear. I’d like the poster to provide photos, as she offered, of the alleged Arabic language street signs. Not, that I want the current system changed. I don’t believe that there are official Arabic road signs in Toronto or Mississauga.
In Ottawa street names are a mix of English or French, generally English unless its a French surname. But the type of road is listed on the signs in both languages, e.g. Rue Main Street, or Chemin Oak Road. It really confuses my voice operated GPS when I’m there. It only speaks English and mangles the French words!

PS There are Olive Garden and Denny’s restaurants in Canada. And not all Canadians like hockey!

Ottawa is very different. Yes I know you have diversity up there and it is increasing but it's not like the GTA by any stretch at all. You have the french influence because you're a twin city to Gattineau. I know someone who lives in Gattineau actually she was practically culture shocked when she went to Markham to visit her sister.

P.S there is no Olive Garden in Canada (go and google away) and Denny's are as rare as they come. I never said all Canadians liked Hockey. I don't like it all, I hate Tim Horton's and I refuse to raise vowels.. wait nevermind - I'm going off center here.

I’ve lived a great part of my life in Toronto/Mississauga and have close family all across southern Ontario. I know that it has changed from the ‘60s. (It was someone else who mentioned hockey and its a pet peeve of mine, the idea that Canadians are practically born with hockey sticks in hand!). I did Google Olive Garden to be certain. I remembered eating at them in Edmonton. Apparently there is one in Burlington, but most are out west. Smaller town Quebec did not used to be diversified at all. Gatineau residents should be used to a variety of cultures with the embassies in Ottawa, and government workers transferred in from across Canada, but if they don’t cross the river, perhaps not. Montreal has a very diverse population with immigrants from Haiti and former French African countries.

That's Burlington Vermont, not Burlington Ontario. There is no Olive Garden in Canada at all period.

All aside, Canadians don't realize how different things really are from our country and the United States, It's not just political differences.

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12 Mar 2018, 12:29 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:

I never said “all Canadians like hockey.” I was alluding more to the fact that hockey is the national sport of Canada.

Many people like hockey in NYC.

What’s wrong with Tim Horton’s, aside from its utter ubiquitousness in Canada? They make nice sandwiches there.

Tim Horton's is unappealing to me. I like second cup or making my own coffee.

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12 Mar 2018, 8:14 pm

Bethanny, I may have jumped the gun on the Burlington Olive Garden, but they do exist in western Canada. Ive eaten there.

KK, sorry I didn’t mean to imply you said all Canadians love hockey. Im just sick of the Tim Hortons and Canadian Tire ads making it sound like all Canadians love to play it. I was so thankful that my son wasn’t interested. I had no desire to sit in cold arenas at five a.m.! I used to enjoy watching hockey when there was less teams and live NHL games are exciting to attend. For winter sports I prefer skiing. More solitary.

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12 Mar 2018, 8:46 pm

I used to really like hockey when I was a kid. In our neighborhood in NYC, we rarely played ice hockey. It was usually "street hockey," played with roller skates on concrete. A famous NHLer did come from NYC, though: Nick Fotiu, who played primarily in the 1980s. He was an "enforcer."

I still like it somewhat----but I do agree when people wonder when a "hockey game will break out," since there's so much fighting in the NHL.

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12 Mar 2018, 9:15 pm

My brothers used to play street hockey. No roller skates though. Girls didn’t play hockey much back then. I think it was the late 80s, early 90s when I stopped watching hockey. As you say, so much fighting.

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13 Mar 2018, 1:08 pm

In case anyone's hungry for Italian up north.

Olive Garden, Langley, BC
https://www.olivegarden.com/locations/b ... entre/4346

Olive Garden, Calgary, AB
https://www.olivegarden.com/locations/a ... plaza/4345

Olive Garden, Edmonton, AB
https://www.olivegarden.com/locations/a ... in-rd/4342

Olive Garden, Winnipeg, MB
https://www.olivegarden.com/locations/m ... -park/4340

In case anyone's looking for breakfast up north, there are 73 Denny's restaurants spread out across Canada.
https://www.dennys.ca/locations/

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13 Mar 2018, 4:47 pm

redrobin62 wrote:

None in Ontario or Quebec though. The Ontario to Quebec corridor is the most populous part of Canada. Most people here do not know about these restaurants. We eat at predominately Canadian chains or ethnic places. Again we have a culture all of our own.

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13 Mar 2018, 7:26 pm

bethannny wrote:

Olive Garden went out of business in Ontario, they used to have a significant presence. I've eaten there before, in Ontario.

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