Trivia Tidbit(s)

The news is chockablock full of, yeah, news.  Tidings and reports.  Events / ideas / concepts / hearsay to share.  Or condemn or rationalize, support or debate.  I’ll pass.  For today.

Given it’s a long weekend—it's Family Day on Monday—here’s a tidbit about how it came to be. 

In part, Family Day was initiated because of the lack of holidays between New Year’s and Easter.  More importantly, it honors  families and family life.  This “holiday” is actually only celebrated, or “observed” as the case may be, in Alberta, Ontario, Saskatchewan, and New Brunswick.  This occurs on the third Monday of February.  In British Columbia, it falls on the second Monday of February. 

Nova Scotia Heritage Day is a day off for Canadians in, you guessed it, Nova Scotia.  It aims to recognize cultural or historical contributions to the province.  Prince Edward Island celebrates Islander Day on the second Monday in February while Manitoba celebrates Louis Riel Day on the third Monday in February (Riel, by the by, was a Canadian politician, founder of the province of Manitoba, and a political leader of the Métis people of the Canadian Prairies). 

There you have it—a tidbit or two.  Whatever your holiday, enjoy!