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    Yalda Night

    Yalda Night (also known as Shab-e Yalda or Chelleh Night) is a cultural festival in the Middle East and Central Asia. It is celebrated on the longest night of the year, usually on 21 December. The festival symbolizes hope, renewal and the enduring bond of community. In Canada, members of the Iranian, Kurdish, Afghan and other diasporas continue to celebrate Yalda Night. They also share their traditions and values with other cultural communities. The festival has grown from a regional tradition into an international celebration of unity and togetherness through storytelling, poetry, music and shared meals.

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    Yarrow

    Yarrow, common name for some 200 species of herbaceous plants of the genus Achillea of the Compositae (Asteraceae) family; three species occur in Canada (Achillea millefolium, A. ptarmica, A. sibirica). Common yarrow (A. millefolium var. lanulosa), also known as milfoil, is an erect, aromatic perennial with rhizomes (underground stems). It grows across Canada in grassy places and roadsides from BC to Newfoundland, North to Great Bear Lake. The genus was named for the Gk hero, Achilles, who was supposed to have used the plant to heal his soldiers' wounds. Lanulosa comes from Lat lana, "wool." The leaves grow alternately up the densely hairy, 30–100 cm stem and are finely divided with a feathery appearance [Lat millefolium, "thousand leaf"]. Flowers, borne in flat clusters of numerous flowerheads, are composite structures. 

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    Yeast

    at genus level is based on the morphology of the spores and vegetative cells and, at species level, by the ability to metabolize different sugars and related compounds.

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    Yellowjacket

    Yellowjacket is the common name for wasps in the genera Vespula and Dolichovespula. They belong to the insect family Vespidae in the order Hymenoptera, which also includes other types of wasps such as hornets, as well as bees and ants. Worldwide, there are about 50 recognized species of yellowjacket, 17 of which are native to Canada. These native species include the common (Vespula alascensis), Eastern (V. maculifrons), Western (V. pensylvanica) and aerial (Dolichovespula arenaria) yellowjacket. One species, the German yellowjacket (V. germanica), is introduced to Canada and is especially common in Ontario and Quebec.

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    Yellow Perch

    The yellow perch (Perca flavescens) is a quintessential species of perch. Yellow perch is one of the most widespread species of perch in Canada. They are closely related to the sauger and walleye.

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    Yew

    Yew is the common name for evergreen conifers, genus Taxus, of the yew family (Taxaceae).

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    York Boat

    The York boat, named for the Hudson’s Bay Company’s York Factory, was one of three types of inland boats (the others being scows and sturgeon-heads) used by the HBC in the fur trade. It was the company’s most suitable boat for lake travel, although it also plied rivers. For about a century beginning the 1820s, this freight-carrying boat was the main mode of transportation between York Factory on Hudson Bay and inland trading posts.

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    York Factory

    York Factory, also known as York Fort, Fort Bourbon by the French, and Kischewaskaheegan by some Indigenous people, was a trading post on the Hayes River near its outlet to Hudson Bay, in what is now Manitoba. During its life, it served as a post and later as a major administrative centre in the Hudson’s Bay Company’s fur trade network. It also bore witness to the largest naval battle to take place in Arctic Canada, the Battle of Hudson Bay in 1697.

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    York University

    York expanded rapidly in the 1960s, establishing new faculties and programs such as Atkinson College for part-time degree studies, the Centre for Research in Experimental Space Science, the Institute of Social Research and the Faculty of Administrative Studies.

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    York Winds

    York Winds. Wind quintet formed in Toronto in 1972.

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    You'll Get Used to It

    'You'll Get Used to It'. World War II song in quick-march tempo, written in 1940 by Freddie Grant about life in a camp for German and Austrian nationals (many of whom were refugees) in England during the hostilities.

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    Young Canada Works

    Young Canada Works (YCW) is a youth employment program established in 1996 and administered by the government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage. The program is part of the government-wide approach to addressing the employment needs of Canada's youth.

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    Young Men's Christian Association

    The Young Men's Christian Association is a worldwide charitable organization that offers a wide range of opportunities for the development of persons in spirit, mind and body and service to the human community.

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    Young Offers Act Reform

    This week, when Joe Wamback addresses the Commons committee reviewing proposed changes to the Young Offenders Act, he will tell the politicians about the horrific assault that almost killed his son last summer.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on February 28, 2000

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    Young Women's Christian Association

    The Young Women's Christian Association co-operates closely with the YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION in many Canadian communities but has retained its distinct identity.

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