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The Great Western Garment Company ( GWG) was a Canadian denim and western wear clothing company founded in 1911 in Edmonton, Alberta by Charles A. Graham and Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first Premier of Alberta. The company was acquired by Levi Strauss, starting in 1961.
Edmonton has a humid continental climate ( Köppen climate classification Dfb ). [ 1] It falls into the NRC 4a Plant Hardiness Zone. [ 2] The city is known for having cold winters. [ 3] Its average daily temperatures range from a low of −10.4 °C (13.3 °F) in January to a summer peak of 23 °C (73.4 °F) in July. [ 4]
Named by. Joseph Tyrrell, 1887. Within the earth science of geology, the Edmonton Group is a Late Cretaceous ( Campanian stage) to early Paleocene stratigraphic unit of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin in the central Alberta plains. [ 2] It was first described as the Edmonton Formation by Joseph Burr Tyrrell in 1887 based on outcrops along ...
T 3 is the more metabolically active hormone produced from T 4.T 4 is deiodinated by three deiodinase enzymes to produce the more-active triiodothyronine: . Type I present in liver, kidney, thyroid, and (to a lesser extent) pituitary; it accounts for 80% of the deiodination of T 4.
The suffix-gate derives from the Watergate scandal in the United States in the early 1970s, which resulted in the resignation of US President Richard Nixon. [2] The scandal was named after the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., where the burglary giving rise to the scandal took place; the complex itself was named after the "Water Gate" area where symphony orchestra concerts were staged on ...
This is a list of postal codes in Canada where the first letter is T. Postal codes beginning with T are located within the Canadian province of Alberta. Only the first three characters are listed, corresponding to the Forward Sortation Area (FSA).
This is a list of senior high schools in Alberta accredited by Alberta Education. [1]The listed schools include public, separate, private and charter high schools, as well as all other organizations accredited to teach high school courses, including outreach schools, adult education schools, distant learning and homeschooling coordination centres, and coordination centres for in place ...
Alberta is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. [2] Located in Western Canada, the province has an area of 661,190 km 2 (255,290 sq mi) and is bounded to the south by the United States state of Montana along 49° north for 298 km (185 mi); to the east at 110° west by the province of Saskatchewan for 1,223 km (760 mi); and at 60° north the Northwest Territories for 644 km ...