2. n. the language of such people, especially Ukrainian. See also Ruthenian (def. 2).

2. n. any event that settles an important question; a make-or-break moment.

2. n. a native or inhabitant of the Gaspé Peninsula in eastern Quebec.

2. a store carrying a wide variety of goods--groceries, dry goods, hardware, etc.

2. n. a statuette given in conjunction with the Genie Award (see Image 1).

2. a number of progressives (six, later ten) in the House of Commons from 1924-1932, so called because of their spirited questioning of government policy and for their energetic championing of the interests of the farmer and of labor.

2. n. & adj. loss of the puck that directly results in a goal against one's own team.

2. smooth, slippery ice formed on the ground after a fall of freezing rain or sleet.

3. any formation of smooth, translucent ice.

2. n. the coating of ice resulting from such freezing rain.

2. leave the North to visit or return to more settled areas.

2. n. a goatlike mammal, Oreamnos montanus, found in the western mountains and related to the European chamois.

3. n. a kind of locomotive (U-class) built in 1905 and used in certain coal mines.

4. n. See quote in rigging goat.

2. v. to spit.

2. n. a member of the North West Mounted Police.

2. n. often Gore, a specific tract of such land.

2. in compounds such as gotchie pull a prank where the perpetrator pulls up on the back of the victim's underwear.

2. n. the principal officer of the Hudson's Bay Company in Canada.

3. n. the representative of the monarch in executive control in one of the provinces of British North America; in modern use, the representative appointed on the advice of the Canadian government to act on behalf of the Queen (or King) of Canada.

2. n. the principal officer of the Hudson's Bay Company in Canada.

2. n. & adj. a school graduation ceremony.

3. n. & adj. a dinner, dance or party to celebrate graduation; a prom.

4. v. to graduate from high school.

2. n. a pupil in such a class, see meaning 1.

2. a large grain elevator which serves as a storage bin at a trans-shipping point where carloads of grain are received from country elevators.

2. the base of the political pyramid, as the voting public, the riding associations, etc.

2. n. a line of grass, sedge, etc. showing above ice and snow and marking the margin of a river, lake, etc.

2. the hide of this animal.

3. a color phase of the black bear.

2. a grayish-brown goose, Anser albifrons, having a white face and a black-blotched breast and breeding in the Canadian Arctic.

2. the North American elk or stag, Cervus canadensis.

2. a small wolf, Canis latrans, usually associated with the prairies but found across Canada, mainly in the region south of the range of the larger timber wolf.

2. among Coast Indians, a long rectangular communal dwelling, built of cedar, housing several families, and used at times for ceremonial affairs.

2. in Indian parlance: the Atlantic Ocean.

2. fish that have not been cured.

2. in lumbering, fishing, etc., an inexperienced man.

2. a fishing vessel engaged in the green fishery.

2. n. See 1950 quote.

2. n. in lumbering, fishing, etc., an inexperienced man.

2. n. Wayne Gretzky's effect on his teammates, making them better players overall.

3. n. brain drain; a movement of talent (both hockey and otherwise) from Canada to the US.

2. n. the championship game whose winner is awarded the Grey Cup.

2. n. a road network that runs along a grid system.

2. n. the meat of the grizzly bear.

3. n. See 1966 quote.

4. n. See grizzly head quote.

5. n. a screening device, usually a grid, of steel bars on which ore or rock is broken by means of a sledge hammer.

2. See quote.

2. n. a large marmot, Marmota caligata, of the western mountains.

2. n. time to eat; a summons to a meal.

3. n. a meal.

2. n. an advance in the form of food and other supplies, to be paid for out of the coming season's catch.

3. n. the money or the means to obtain food and other necessaries for a certain period of time.

4. n. a store or supply of provisions.

5. n. the food itself.

6. n. a mining claim providing a modest income; a claim that produces a relatively small amount of gold.

2. v. provide with a grubstake.

3. v. provide with a grubstake.

4. v. provide with food and other necessaries.

5. v. finance under the grubstake program.

2. n. the person who provides a grubstake.

2. n. See quote.

3. n. a strip of land, usually ploughed but sometimes burned free of grass, intended to stop the advance of a grass fire or a prairie fire.

4. n. in the bush, a strip of land cleared of trees and brush and intended to stop the advance of a forest fire.

2. n. the head driver of a train of dog-sleds.

3. n. an experienced woodsman who conducts sportsmen on hunting, fishing, or other expeditions, piloting the party and looking after the gear and the camp.

2. n. a gully in which placer gold has been found.

2. n. a rubber boot, reaching to just below the knee.

2. n. any thick, sticky mud.

2. n. a long rubber boot reaching to the hips.