SIMPLY ACCOUNTING

We have a Simply Accounting course starting here at the Centre starting Monday, November 7th to December 5th. The cost is $50.00 plus material cost of $40.00, refundable upon return of manual. There is limited seating so register now by calling 727-3207.

YOUTH SKILLS TRAINING
AND WORK EXPERIENCE PROGRAM

This course started on September 26th, it is a program that provides youth 15 - 30 with employability skills required to become competitive in the skilled workforce through a 14 week workshop program followed by an 11 week work experience component. It is meant to build workforce essentials skills and obtain certificates in Occupational Health & Safety, WHIMIS, Fist Aid, and Smart Serve.

We have some eager young people working hard already and they seem to be enjoying the experience. We enjoy having the extra students and it has been good to meet these young people.

THANKSGIVING DAY

In Canada, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday in October. Unlike the American tradition of remembering Pilgrims and settling in the New World, Canadians give thanks for a successful harvest. The harvest season falls earlier in Canada compared to the United States due to the simple fact that Canada is further north.

The history of Thanksgiving in Canada goes back to a English explorer, Martin Frobisher, who had been trying to find a northern passage to the Orient. He did not succeed but he did establish a settlement in Northern America. In the year 1578, he held a formal ceremony, in what is now called Newfoundland, to give thanks for surviving the long journey. This is considered the first Canadian Thanksgiving. Other settlers arrived and continued these ceremonies. He was later knighted and had an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in northern Canada named after him - Frobisher Bay.

At the same time, French settlers, having crossed the ocean and arrived in Canada with explorer Samuel de Champlain, also held huge feasts of thanks. They even formed ‘The Order of Good Cheer’ and gladly shared their food with their Indian neighbours.

January 31st, 1957 Parliament proclaimed.... "A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed.." To be observed on the 2nd Monday in October.