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CCG IRB Station Mahone Bay, Chester, NS. CCG IRB Station Notre Dame Bay, Lewisporte, NL. CCG IRB Station Pictou, Pictou, NS. CCG IRB Station Saint John River, Grand Bay-Westfield, NB. CCG IRB Station Shediac, Shediac, NB. Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Halifax, CFB Halifax. Canadian Coast Guard College, Westmount, NS.
The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG; French: Garde côtière canadienne, GCC) is the coast guard of Canada.Formed in 1962, the coast guard is tasked with marine search and rescue (SAR), communication, navigation, and transportation issues in Canadian waters, such as navigation aids and icebreaking, marine pollution response, and support for other Canadian government initiatives.
The most recent consistory for the creation of cardinals was held on 30 September 2023, when Pope Francis created 21 cardinals, including 18 cardinal electors. [ 5] Polycarp Pengo was the most recent cardinal elector to turn 80, on 5 August 2024; Mauro Piacenza will be the next cardinal elector to turn 80, on 15 September 2024.
Baffin Island, Nunavut — most extensive Canadian island at 507,451 km 2 (195,928 square; Ellesmere Island, Nunavut — tallest Canadian island at 2,616 m (8,583; Island of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador — most extensive Canadian Atlantic island at 108,860 km 2 (42,031 square
Compass rose with the eight principal winds. A compass rose, sometimes called a wind rose, rose of the winds or compass star, is a figure on a compass, map, nautical chart, or monument used to display the orientation of the cardinal directions ( north, east, south, and west) and their intermediate points. It is also the term for the graduated ...
Gérald Cyprien Lacroix ISPX [1] ( French pronunciation: [lakʁwa]; born July 27, 1957) is a Canadian Catholic prelate who has served as the Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada since 2011. He has been a cardinal since 22 February 2014. He was previously Auxiliary Bishop of Quebec. [2] He is a member of the Council of Cardinals and the ...
This is a list of notable people who are from Quebec, Canada, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that province. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
5,599,077 km 2 (2,161,816 sq mi) Canada has a vast geography that occupies much of the continent of North America, sharing a land border with the contiguous United States to the south and the U.S. state of Alaska to the northwest. Canada stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west; to the north lies the Arctic ...