Canada Day 2025
(Published on 1. July 2025, 00:45 by FullDeck-Missing)
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Solution code: Column 8, top to bottom, 9 digits no spaces
Comments
on 3. July 2025, 19:49 by uvo_mod
WTF?
on 3. July 2025, 19:21 by Nagesh
Nice puzzle. But Canada is a country which is promoting terrorism from its soil.
on 3. July 2025, 10:54 by JVA
I blame Canada for this sudoku
on 3. July 2025, 00:29 by SanFranSam
In honor of Canada Day, I am going to break open my last pint of maple ice cream. :)
on 2. July 2025, 01:48 by DreamLibrarian
Delightful puzzle, and a happy Canada Day to our northern cousins!
on 1. July 2025, 23:24 by h1dd3ntrip7e
Happy Canada D'eh! Remember where we've come from, and hold true to where we want to go! Cheers, great puzzle!
From a proud though mindful Canadian.
on 1. July 2025, 13:13 by ViKingPrime
There's many things to be proud of as a Canadian (and also a great many not-so-proud things) but I think my favourite bit of Canadian history is the trial of Joseph Howe, back in 1835.
For those unfamiliar, Joseph Howe was a newspaper editor charged with "seditious libel" - essentially inciting people against the crown - which had a definition as broad as the courts wanted to define it.
He had been a thorn in the government's side, as he continued to publish articles about ongoing corruption. He wrote a letter accusing the police of pocketing an amount of £30,000 over a thirty year period (about 8-9 million Canadian in today's money), which led to the government deciding enough was enough.
Joseph Howe had to represent himself during his trial as no lawyer would defend him. The judge literally instructed the jury to find him guilty given the facts of the case.
He took six hours to present his case, citing example after example of corruption and how vital freedom of press was in addressing it.
The judge insisted the jury find him guilty; it took them all of ten minutes to acquit him.
He would later become embroiled in politics, standing against Confederation at one point only to come on board with the process later. He may have fought against the concept of Canada at one point but he helped greatly to define what it means. He set the example of freedom of speech and the idea of working for the public good.
I like to think what it means to be Canadian isn't the trappings of a country; it's not a flag or a border, not the maple leaf or the hockey or anything else on the surface. To be Canadian is to live with integrity and to strive to do the right thing in a world filled with complexity.
You can read a transcription here from the provincial government website:
https://nslegislature.ca/about/history/joe-howe/howedefense
I may go do that myself now having finished this puzzle. I feel suddenly a bit more Canadian today.
Great puzzle, by the way. I'm surprised at how well it all seems to fall into place. Excellent setting!
>> Thank you so much for this comment! What a wonderful snippet of history and take away lesson! Missing is also Canadian and thoroughly approves (as does FullDeck, despite the lack of Canadian citizenship).
