Ontario Reader 2010 ISBN 978-0-9865745-0-4 This entirely new edition of Ontario Reader contains a wide range of stories and information about life in Ontario and Canada. Here are some examples.

CANADIANS AND SPORTS

• Starting the year with an icy swim
• Olympic flame travels across Canada
• Terry Fox: A story of hope and courage
• Hockey in Punjabi
• Soccer Moms and the 2010 World Cup
• Teen sets record as youngest to swim across Lake Ontario

CANADA’S PEOPLE

• Population is growing and changing
• We are sorry: Prime Minister apologizes to Canada’s Aboriginal people
• Canada’s newcomers: Immigration is changing
• Why I came here: You can be Canadian and Egyptian at the same time
• Native grandmother walks around the Great Lakes to save our water

NEWCOMERS AT WORK

• Best employers for newcomers
• Mentor opens door to Canadian workplace
• Brothers face tough times in trucking business
• Shoemaker to the world
• Asian supermarket queen
• K’naan: Canadian musician performs for the world

MONEY

• Canadian newcomers send millions to help relatives back home
• Minimum wage going up in 2010
• Value of loonie rising
• How much does it cost to drive a car?
• Lottery winner changes from happy butcher to sad millionaire
• New tax replaces GST and PST in Ontario

LANGUAGE & EDUCATION

• Summer school is cool
• Annual spelling bee helps adult ESL students learn and have fun
• Scrabble: World’s most popular word game
• East-West: Canadian is China’s most famous foreigner

FOOD & HEALTH

• Passion for garlic
• Liquid gold: Maple syrup producers benefit from high prices
• Pancakes around the world
• Smoke-free Ontario

TORONTO

• Garbage: Toronto stinks as workers go on strike
• Where does the garbage go?
• CN Tower no longer tallest in the world
• Ethnic neighbourhoods: Birth of Little Ethiopia

CANADA & USA

• Canada & U.S.A.: A mouse in bed with an elephant
• Where’s life better, in Canada or the United States?
• Highway H20: World’s largest inland waterway
• Elections update