Comments on: Simcoe Day (a.k.a. "Civic Holiday") http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/08/04/simcoe-day-aka-civic-holiday/ Joey deVilla's Personal Blog Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:31:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1-alpha-10188 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/08/04/simcoe-day-aka-civic-holiday/comment-page-1/#comment-7953 Anonymous Sat, 05 Aug 2006 04:18:23 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/08/04/simcoe-day-aka-civic-holiday/#comment-7953 Apparently, Burlington needed to be different, and calls it Joseph Brant day. This is the ONLY remotely interesting thing about Burlington (other than the fact that there's a semiconductor company and small fab there) Apparently, Burlington needed to be different, and calls it Joseph Brant day.

This is the ONLY remotely interesting thing about Burlington (other than the fact that there’s a semiconductor company and small fab there)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/08/04/simcoe-day-aka-civic-holiday/comment-page-1/#comment-7952 Anonymous Fri, 04 Aug 2006 23:07:51 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/08/04/simcoe-day-aka-civic-holiday/#comment-7952 "Across Canada, it's known as "Civic Holiday", but its name varies from province to province. Here in Ontario, it's called 'Simcoe Day'" The Wikipedia page you link to has it differently: "in Ontario it is generally referred to as Civic Holiday but is named differently in some cities. In Toronto it is Simcoe Day while in Ottawa it is Colonel By Day, for instance" Here in British Columbia, we are boring, and call it BC Day. “Across Canada, it’s known as “Civic Holiday”, but its name varies from province to province. Here in Ontario, it’s called ‘Simcoe Day’”
The Wikipedia page you link to has it differently: “in Ontario it is generally referred to as Civic Holiday but is named differently in some cities. In Toronto it is Simcoe Day while in Ottawa it is Colonel By Day, for instance”
Here in British Columbia, we are boring, and call it BC Day.

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