Canada Edition
World Common Cup Day leads today's complete edition for Canada.
Daily Edition
Official observances, world days, local context, and everyday celebrations for people who need something worth reading, sharing, or talking about today.
A day for tea, coffee, water, juice, and the conversations that begin when someone offers another person a drink.
At 11:00 AM, Canada stops. The bugle plays The Last Post and 38 million people go silent for two minutes. The poppy is on every lapel, the cenotaphs are full, and the veterans are fewer every year. In Ottawa, the ceremony at the National War Memorial is broadcast on every channel. In every small town, the legion hall is full. The veterans drink together afterward and tell the stories they can tell and keep the ones they cannot.
You see African bush elephants, black rhinoceros, and giant sable antelope across Angola's savannas. You find that people in Angola typically keep dogs, cats, and goats as domestic animals. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.