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Canadian Club of Toronto
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In the days before radio and television, the Club provided a chance for influential Torontonians to have contact with Canadian and international leaders in a variety of fields. Even today, the club manages to attract notable speakers, the Canadian Club has long had a role in Canadian life as an opinion-formation vehicle for some of Torontos most prominent citizens. The Canadian Club of Toronto was founded in 1897 by a Hamilton journalist, speeches were initially given in the evening, but starting in 1899, the club moved to its present lunchtime format. As of 2010, the Canadian Clubs luncheons are normally held on Mondays in the Fairmont Royal York Hotel, as noted on their website, The Canadian Club is not-for-profit and holds no political or religious affiliations. There are currently forty Canadian Clubs in various cities around Canada, Canadian Club of Toronto website Past List of Speakers from 1904 to Present
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Canadian Soccer Club
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The Canadian Soccer Club is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. It is a newly founded club which plays in the Uruguayan Segunda División, Canadian S. C. was founded in late 2010 from the need of the community of Uruguayans living in Canada to have a team representing them back home. Its founders are Fernando Aldao. Their supporters group is known as La Banda del Norte or LBDN, the club made its official debut in the Uruguayan Segunda División Amateur on 2 October 2011 against Basañez, on a 2–1 home win. Los canadienses won the Clasura title in their season, earning them a promotion to the Uruguayan Segunda División
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Canadian whisky
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Canadian whisky is a type of whisky produced in Canada. Most Canadian whiskies are blended multi-grain liquors containing a large percentage of corn spirits, while the lighter and smoother Canadian whiskies are the most widely familiar, the range of products is actually broad and includes some robust whiskies as well. Historically, in Canada, whisky that had some rye grain added to the bill to give it more flavour came to be called rye. Occasionally barley whisky is used for flavouring. Flavour may also be derived in other ways, such as flavour development from the aging process and it is a common misconception that Canadian whiskies are primarily made using just rye grain. The use of rye grain is not dictated by law, canadas Food and Drugs Act require that whisky labeled as Canadian Whisky, Canadian Rye Whisky or Rye Whisky be mashed, distilled and aged at least three years in Canada. As with Scotch whisky and Irish whiskey, the content of the spirits used may exceed 90%. Thus, much of the used in making a Canadian whisky, prior to aging. To improve marketability, it may contain caramel colour and flavouring, all spirits used in making a Canadian whisky must be aged for at least three years in wooden barrels of not greater than 700 L capacity. The final whisky must contain at least 40 percent alcohol by volume, no distinction is made between the quality of the barrels – new or used, charred or uncharred barrels may be filled for aging. Canadian whisky is recognized internationally as a product of Canada. Products labelled as Canadian whisky in the United States must satisfy the laws of Canada that regulate the manufacture of Canadian whisky for consumption in Canada. Canadian products aged less than three years or not in small wood barrels cannot be called Canadian whisky within Canada and in other countries. Canadian whisky featured prominently in rum-running into the U. S. during Prohibition, hiram Walkers distillery in Windsor, Ontario, directly across the Detroit River from Detroit, Michigan, easily served bootleggers using small, fast smuggling boats
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Beam Suntory
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Beam Suntory, Inc. is an American manufacturer of spirits headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois. It is a subsidiary of Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd, which itself is a subsidiary of Suntory Holdings of Osaka, Japan. The companys principal products include bourbon whiskey, tequila, Scotch whisky, Irish whiskey, Canadian whisky, vodka, cognac, rum, cordials, as a distinct entity, the company was established as Beam Inc. On December 16,2011, Beam Inc. agreed to buy the only independent Irish whiskey distiller that existed at the time, on April 23,2012, Beam announced it would acquire the Pinnacle vodka and Calico Jack rum brands for $600 million. On January 13,2014, Suntory announced a deal to buy Beam Inc. for about $13.6 billion. The acquisition was completed on April 30,2014, for a final cost of about $16 billion – when it was announced that Beam would become a subsidiary named Beam Suntory. Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd trades on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the Chicago Cubs and Beam Suntory announced a long-term sponsorship deal in January 2017, making Beam the official spirits partner of the Cubs and Wrigley Field. In addition to brands produced directly by the company and its subsidiaries, it imports and markets some brands produced by others, additionally, Beam facilities produce spirits for brands owned by other companies, such as Calvert Extra blended whiskey, now owned by Luxco. Beam Suntory – official company website
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Gooderham and Worts
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Gooderham and Worts, also known as Gooderham & Worts Limited, was a Canadian distiller of alcoholic beverages. It was once the largest distiller in Canada, the company was merged with Hiram Walker, which was in turn sold to Allied Lyons. Its distillery facility on the Toronto waterfront was closed in the 1990s, the buildings, dating to the 1860s, were preserved and repurposed as the Distillery District arts and entertainment district. The company was founded by James Worts and his brother-in-law, William Gooderham, Worts had owned a mill in Suffolk, England, moved to Toronto in 1831 and established himself in the same business. He built a prominent windmill at the Toronto waterfront near the mouth of the Don River, the next year, Gooderham joined him in Toronto and in the business. The business prospered, processing grain from Ontario farmers and then shipping it out via the port of Toronto, in 1834, Worts wife, Elizabeth, died during childbirth. Two weeks later, Worts killed himself by throwing himself into the windmills well, with a surplus of wheat, Gooderham expanded the company in 1837 into brewing and distilling, and soon this lucrative business became the firms primary focus. Gooderham served as the manager of the business until 1845. In 1859, work began on a new complex, the area that today is the Distillery District. It was built on the waterfront, with access to Torontos main train lines. In 1862, its first full year of production, the facility made some 700,000 imperial gallons of spirits, at that time, it was a full quarter of all the spirits produced in Canada. In the second half of the 19th century, the rose to become one of Canadas most prominent industrial concerns. Under the control of Williams son, George Gooderham, production increased to two million gallons a year, half of the entire spirits production of Canada. The distillery itself expanded, becoming one of Torontos largest employers, as well as keeping interests in the milling and brewing trades, the company expanded into other ventures. It had a controlling interest in the Toronto and Nipissing Railway, in 1892, the company constructed the Gooderham Building, still a notable Toronto landmark, as its new headquarters. By the end of the century, the companys growth began to slow. Beer and wine became popular in Canada, reducing sales of whisky. The rise of the movement also harmed the company, with the Ontario Temperance Act of 1916 banning the sale of alcohol in the province
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Allied Domecq
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Allied Domecq PLC was an international company, headquartered in Bristol, United Kingdom, that operated spirits, wine, and quick service restaurant businesses. It was once a FTSE100 Index constituent but has acquired by Pernod Ricard. Allied Domecq was the result of a 1994 merger between Allied Lyons and Pedro Domecq, Allied Lyons itself was the result of a 1978 merger between Allied Breweries and the food and catering group J. Lyons and Co. In early 2005, a bid for the company was launched by French-based rival Pernod Ricard SA. Pernod Ricard successfully completed acquisition on 26 July 2005 and sold off the overlapping spirits brands to U. S. -based competitor Fortune Brands and British-based multinational Diageo. On 12 December 2005, Pernod Ricard announced that it had agreed to sell the restaurant businesses to a consortium of three US private equity firms for $2.43 billion, the closing of the sale occurred on 1 March 2006. Allied Domecqs spirits division operated a combination of nine core global brands, mumm champagne Perrier-Jouët champagne Don Pedro Brandy Stolichnaya vodka Tia Maria liqueur Cockburns Port Harveys Bristol Cream sherry Curtis No
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Fortune Brands
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Fortune Brands was a holding company founded in 1969 as American Brands and later renamed in 1997 and split apart in 2011. The corporate headquarters was in Deerfield, Illinois in the United States, the company historically had a significant diversity of products. The company then sold its Titleist and FootJoy product lines to FILA Korea, on October 3,2011, it split the remainder of its business into two publicly traded companies, Fortune Brands Home & Security and Beam Inc. 14,2014, Japans Suntory made a US$16bn offer to buy Beam, the American Tobacco Company was founded in 1890. Brown & Williamson acquired the division in 1994. American Tobacco Company was the division of American Brands. American Tobacco was sold to British American Tobacco in 1994, American Brands acquired Franklin Life Insurance in 1979. It sold the company to American General in 1994, in 1987 American Brands acquired ACCO, a holding company which owned several office supply subsidiaries. Stapler manufacturer Swingline, Inc. which American Brands had acquired in 1970, was combined with ACCO, in 2005, the company spun off ACCO to shareholders, and immediately thereafter ACCO merged with General Binding Corporation. This merged company is now known as ACCO Brands, the Acushnet Company, purchased in 1976, became American Brands golf division. It produced golf balls, shoes, and clubs under the Pinnacle Golf, Titleist, FootJoy, the Acushnet Rubber division, which was Acushnets original business, was sold off in 1985. Cobra Golf was sold to Puma AG in March 2010, many of these operations passed to Fortune Brands Home & Security when the company was split. Fortune Brands had a stable of well known brands, led by Jim Beam. After the other lines were sold and spun off, the remaining spirits business became Beam Inc
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Pernod Ricard
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Pernod Ricard is a French company that produces distilled beverages. The companys eponymous products, Pernod Anise and Ricard Pastis, are both anise-flavoured liqueurs and are referred to simply as Pernod or Ricard. The company also produces other types of pastis. After the banning of absinthe, Pernod Ricard was created from the Pernod Fils company and it is now a worldwide conglomerate. Pernod Ricard owns the distilled beverage division of the former corporation Seagram, in 2005, the company acquired a British-based competitor, Allied Domecq plc. In 2008, Pernod Ricard announced its acquisition of Swedish-based V&S Group, in 2013 Pernod Ricard joined leading alcohol producers as part of a producers commitments to reducing harmful drinking. As of 2015, India is the third largest market by value. 1797 – Henri-Louis Pernod, a Swiss distiller, opened his first absinthe distillery in Switzerland,1805 – Maison Pernod Fils was founded in Pontarlier, Franche-Comté in eastern France by Henri-Louis Pernod and started the production of the anise-flavored liquor known as absinthe. 1871 – Distillerie Hémard was founded near Paris,1872 – Société Pernod Père & Fils opened in Avignon. 1915 – Production and consumption of absinthe was prohibited in France,1926 – All 3 distilleries merged to form Les Établissements Pernod. 1951 – Pastis 51 was launched,1965 – Takeover of Distillerie Rousseau, Laurens et Moureaux, producer of the Suze liquor since 1889. 1932 – Ricard, which soon became Frances favourite long drink, was founded in Marseille by Paul Ricard,1940 – Production of pastis was prohibited by the Vichy regime. 1944 – Production of pastis became legal again,1968 – Paul Ricard retired, his son Patrick became CEO in 1978. 1975 – Old rivals Pernod and Ricard merged to form Pernod Ricard S. A.1988 – Pernod Ricard acquired Irish Distillers,1989 – Pernod Ricard acquired Orlando Wyndham. 1993 – Pernod Ricard worked with Cuban companies to create Havana Club International,2001 – Pernod Ricard purchased 38% of Seagrams Wines and Spirits business. 2005 – Pernod Ricard purchased Allied Domecq,2008 – Pernod Ricard purchased V&S Group including the Absolut Vodka brand, from the Swedish government. Pernod Ricard also previously owned the carbonated citrus drink Orangina, both brands were sold in 2001 to Cadbury Schweppes. The Havana Club trademark remains unchallenged elsewhere in the world, having been validated by court decisions in a number of other than the US
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Canada
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Canada is a country in the northern half of North America. Canadas border with the United States is the worlds longest binational land border, the majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate, but southerly areas are warm in summer. Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its territory being dominated by forest and tundra. It is highly urbanized with 82 per cent of the 35.15 million people concentrated in large and medium-sized cities, One third of the population lives in the three largest cities, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Its capital is Ottawa, and other urban areas include Calgary, Edmonton, Quebec City, Winnipeg. Various aboriginal peoples had inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years prior to European colonization. Pursuant to the British North America Act, on July 1,1867, the colonies of Canada, New Brunswick and this began an accretion of provinces and territories to the mostly self-governing Dominion to the present ten provinces and three territories forming modern Canada. With the Constitution Act 1982, Canada took over authority, removing the last remaining ties of legal dependence on the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Canada is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy, with Queen Elizabeth II being the head of state. The country is officially bilingual at the federal level and it is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many other countries. Its advanced economy is the eleventh largest in the world, relying chiefly upon its abundant natural resources, Canadas long and complex relationship with the United States has had a significant impact on its economy and culture. Canada is a country and has the tenth highest nominal per capita income globally as well as the ninth highest ranking in the Human Development Index. It ranks among the highest in international measurements of government transparency, civil liberties, quality of life, economic freedom, Canada is an influential nation in the world, primarily due to its inclusive values, years of prosperity and stability, stable economy, and efficient military. While a variety of theories have been postulated for the origins of Canada. In 1535, indigenous inhabitants of the present-day Quebec City region used the word to direct French explorer Jacques Cartier to the village of Stadacona, from the 16th to the early 18th century Canada referred to the part of New France that lay along the St. Lawrence River. In 1791, the area became two British colonies called Upper Canada and Lower Canada collectively named The Canadas, until their union as the British Province of Canada in 1841. Upon Confederation in 1867, Canada was adopted as the name for the new country at the London Conference. The transition away from the use of Dominion was formally reflected in 1982 with the passage of the Canada Act, later that year, the name of national holiday was changed from Dominion Day to Canada Day
