GO, CANADA
Scotiabank Arena is the home of this city's basketball team, the talk of the town in 2019
Toronto
"It's fun to stay at the YMCA... you can hang out with all the boys"
The Village People
A sacred oath; in Catholicism, one can be for chastity, poverty or obedience
a vow
This full name for the animal seen here refers to a facial feature
duck-billed platypus
Devout Muslims fast in the daylight hours during this holy month, the ninth on the Islamic calendar
Ramadan
This nearly 2,000-mile-long river leaves the territory of the same name & crosses the border near Eagle, Alaska
the Yukon
"So it's not just gonna happen like that, 'cause I ain't no hollaback girl"
Gwen Stefani
Before singing "He's my brother", The Hollies noted that "He ain't" this
heavy
Take a listen to this woodwind
oboe
Decoration Day is another name for this May observance
Memorial Day
A man-made lake on Mount Royal has a good Canadian name, after this rodent that workmen found traces of
Beaver Lake
"Oh let me be your sledgehammer, this will be my testimony"
Peter Gabriel
The Duke of Sussex is familiar with this verb meaning to pester a military foe with repeated attacks
Harry
It's the company behind Illustrator, Acrobat & Photoshop
Adobe
The liturgical season of Lent begins on this holy day in the middle of the week
Ash Wednesday
To beat the cold, much of downtown in this Olympic city in Alberta is connected by enclosed walkways 15' above the ground called the Plus 15
Calgary
"You're hot then you're cold, you're yes then you're no, you're in then you're out"
Katy Perry
The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet, it can also mean a very small amount
iota
Jesus was said to be born fully formed, so he looks like a little man in works called the "Throne of" this quality he shares with Solomon
Wisdom
The Hebrew name of this festival that often falls in March means "lots", which were cast as part of a plot against the Jews
Purim
In 1925 a joint U.S.-Canadian team became the first to summit this 20,000-foot-high mountain
Mount Logan
"However far away I will always love you / However long I stay I will always love you / Whatever words I say..."
The Cure
Meaning to improve or perfect a skill, it comes from the Middle English for whetstone
hone
On Sept. 2, 1945 Japan formally surrendered & ended World War II aboard this battleship
The Missouri
In England, November 5 is Bonfire Night or his day, commemorating the failed Gunpowder Plot
Guy Fawkes Day