Random Canadian tidbits - No 1

This will be the first in a series. Of as many as I can remember to type. The thing about this country, coming from a place like the UK, is that the average person in the UK couldnt answer 5 everyday questions about Canada's contribution to the world we live in (i've already mentioned insulin, telephones and the 24 hour clock, just to mention 3...). Whether the average person in the UK could tell you 5 contributions the UK made to the world, I'm not sure either! But the readers of this blog are anything but average, so a bit of learning and growth for all of you..

Todays tidbit: Lester B Pearson, former prime minister of Canada, won the Nobel Peace prize in 1957 for his role in establishing UN peacekeepers (you know the ones with their sky blue berets..)

And for those of you who havent been here, Toronto's international airport (or YYZ as Sullivan insists on calling it!) is known as the Lester B Pearson International Airport, named after the same former prime minister.

Two tidbits in a day. That'll do you for now!