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In the 1960s, the Pan-Am Pool was built for the 1967 Pan-Am Games, which was to take place in Winnipeg as the first Pan-Am Games held in Canada. In March that year, Winnipeg Mayor Stephen Juba applied to the Canadian Amateur Swimming Association for the Aquatic Hall of Fame and Museum of Canada to be housed at the Pool.
The Vancouver Aquatics Centre is an indoor facility. [1] It replaces the Crystal Pool at Sunset Beach that was opened in 1928 and was demolished in 1974. [2] A contract to renew the facility was let in 2023 and the project is expected to take seven years to complete. [3]
Vortex Aquatic Structures International was founded in 1995 in Montreal, Canada by Stephen Hamelin. [10] [11] In 2005, Virginie Guilbeault joined Vortex and later became Executive Vice-president in 2017. [12] Vortex entered the waterslide market in 2015 with the acquisition of North Carolina-based AquaBlue, a designer and manufacturer of ...
With Canada having the world's longest coastline, as well as the world's largest freshwater system and tidal range, [4] aquaculture is an obvious choice for Canada. The vast range of aquatic organisms farmed in Canadian aquaculture production is beneficial to the industry's attempt to implement ecologically sustainable methods within the major ...
Canada operated the Sea Knight, designated as CH-113; the type was used predominantly in the SAR role until 2004. Other export customers for the type included Japan , Sweden , and Saudi Arabia . The commercial version of the rotorcraft is the BV 107-II , commonly referred to simply as the "Vertol".
Ubisoft Quebec office in 2013. French video game publisher Ubisoft announced its plans to open a development studio in Quebec City in April 2005. [2] [3] The studio, Ubisoft Quebec, was formally opened on 27 June 2005. [4]
The Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre (GHAC) is an indoor Olympic-sized aquatic centre in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. [3] It is located in the Grandview Heights neighbourhood of South Surrey, and was designed by HCMA Architecture + Design, [4] built at a cost of $55 million and opened in June 2016. The facility features a 10-lane 50-meter ...
Bringing non-native species such as invasive fishes into Canada can damage the environment and ecosystem by repressing native species due to food competition or preying. Invasive fishes enter the fresh waters of Canada in several ways including drifting, deliberate introduction, accidental release, experimental purposes and, most commonly ...