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Third Annual Life in Canada Review: 2001-2002

© David Newman

This article was supposed to be written last week but with the death of HRH Princess Margaret, I decided to postpone my annual review to make way for a tribute article for the Princess. It's been three years since I joined Suite101. When I joined there was no official minimum in how long an article ought to be (six articles wouldn't have passed the length minimum if they had started the 400-word minimum that year) and we didn't have to state sources. But Suite101 has changed a lot and I believe for the best (except its preference of American spelling, but I guess it makes business sense). In this Life in Canada year we've seen war break out between the West and Afghanistan in the American War on Terrorism. We've said goodbye to many great Canadians such as Mordecai Richler, Mr Dressup, Frank Shuster and Peter Gzowski.

BEST ARTICLES
According to ratings, here are the best articles I've written.
TOP TEN:
1-Maurice Richard: hero d'un people.
2-Explorers of Canada, Part V: Samuel de Champlain
3-Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1919-2000
4-Scottish Canadians
5-Stratford Festival
6-Yesterday, September Eleventh, Two Thousand and One...
7-Hockey: Game or Religion
8-Remember Those Who Fought: Three Canadian Battles
9-Saint Martyrs of Canada
10-Nunavut

WORST ARTICLES
According to ratings, here are the worst articles I've written. (10 is better than 1)
LOW TEN
10-A Look at the Provinces, Part XII: Northwest Territories & Nunavut
9-Acadians
8-Olympic History in Canada
7-A Look at the Province, Part XI: The Yukon Territory
6-The Day That Is September 28th
5-A Look at the Provinces, Part VIII: Nova Scotia
4-Les Canadiens-Francais
3-English-Canadians
2-A Look at the Provinces, Part IV: Manitoba
1-Canada at War: Part Three, Korea and the Gulf War

AVERAGE RATING (since Feb. 1999)
3.00

LONGEST SERIES
Although still in progress, the Explorers of Canada has surpassed the Look at the Provinces series.

LONGEST SERIES, one year
1999-00: A Look at the Provinces: 12 articles about each province
2000-01: Elections: 6 articles about the federal elections
2001-02: Explorers of Canada: the first 20 articles, from Cabot to La Verendrye.

LONGEST ARTICLE
Canadian Nobel Winners with 1,887 words is the longest article ever on Life in Canada.

LONGEST ARTICLE, one year
1999-00: Canadian Nobel Winners, 1,887
2000-01: Governors of Canada (1608-1867), 1,491
2001-02: Canadians in Space, 1,009

SHORTEST ARTICLE
PEI Election results: 314 words. It's the shortest it's ever going to be as well.

SHORTEST ARTICLE, one year
1999-00: Queen Victoria, 337
2000-01: PEI Election Results, 314
2001-02: Explorers of Canada, Part III: Sir Martin Frobisher, 322

AVERAGE LENGTH FOR AN ARTICLE

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