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  2. Time in Canada - Wikipedia

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    In a press release, the provincial government stated an intention to maintain alignment of clock time with Washington, Oregon, California, and Yukon. [27] The move follows a consultation earlier in 2019, in which the province received over 223,000 responses, 93% of which said they would prefer year-round DST as compared to the status quo of ...

  3. Benjamin Franklin - Wikipedia

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    A portrait of Franklin c. 1746–1750, [Note 3] by Robert Feke widely believed to be the earliest known painting of Franklin [69] [70] Join, or Die, a 1754 political cartoon by Franklin, urged the colonies to join the Seven Years' War in the French and Indian War; the cartoon was later resurrected, serving as an iconic symbol in support of the ...

  4. Perth, Ontario - Wikipedia

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    Perth in 1908. The town was established as a military settlement in 1816, shortly after the War of 1812.The settlement of Lanark County began in 1815. In that year "the Settlement forming on the Rideau River" as it was officially referred to (and which soon became known as "Perth Military Settlement") began to function under Military direction.

  5. Why Americans shifted, scrapped minutes and changed time ...

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    Exactly 141 years ago at high noon, time changed forever in America. In Boston, time moved forward 16 minutes. In Baltimore 6. New Yorkers lost about 4 minutes. Those in Atlanta said goodbye to 22 ...

  6. No, Ben Franklin Did Not Invent Daylight Saving Time - AOL

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    Though President Franklin D. Roosevelt relaunched it in 1942, the time change wasn’t official until 1966, when President Lyndon Johnson signed a law to make the start and end dates of Daylight ...

  7. List of time zones by country - Wikipedia

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    This is a list representing time zones by country. Countries are ranked by total number of time zones on their territory. Time zones of a country include that of dependent territories (except Antarctic claims). France, including its overseas territories, has the most time zones with 12 (13 including its claim in Antarctica and all other counties ).

  8. List of oldest buildings in Canada - Wikipedia

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    The imposing, four-storey, red-brick cotton mill building features a flat-roofed central tower, and numerous multi-pane mullion windows. It was Canada's second largest cotton mill at the time. The mill opened in the spring of 1885, with full production being reached in November 1889. It now sits rehabilitated to serve as government offices. [74]

  9. Matheson House (Perth) - Wikipedia

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    Matheson House is a historic house in Perth, Ontario, Canada. It was constructed in 1840 for Roderick Matheson, a local merchant and later a member of the Senate of Canada. [1] A two-storey, five-bay sandstone house of Palladian-inspired design, Matheson House is surrounded by a stone garden wall.