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Encyclopedia > Juliana Thiessen Day

Juliana Renée Thiessen Day (born 1980 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a former Miss Canadian Universe and the Canadian representative to the Miss Universe pageant in 1998. 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Regina, Saskatchewan Regina is the provincial capital of Saskatchewan, Canada and was incorporated as a city on June 19, 1903. ... The Miss Universe beauty contest has been held since 1952 (not to be confused with the similar Miss World). ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...


She married Logan Day, son of former Canadian Alliance leader Stockwell Day, in 1999. The Canadian Alliance (in full, the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance) was a Canadian right_of_centre conservative political party that existed from 2000 to 2003. ... Stockwell Day Stockwell Burt Day, MP (born August 16, 1950), is a Canadian politician. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...


In 2000, Thiessen Day was briefly the subject of controversy in Canada, when a CBC producer covering the federal election said of Thiessen Day on election night, This is Logan Day's wife. I've never met her, but apparently she's got breasts that'd stop a.... This article is about the year 2000. ... The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known by the abbreviation CBC, is Canadas government-owned radio and television broadcaster. ... The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000. ...


The producer's microphone was on, and his comments were unwittingly broadcast to the entire province of British Columbia. Because the Canadian television networks were using a shared video and audio feed, his comments were broadcast on CTV and Global stations as well. The producer was forced to apologize. Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Splendour without diminishment) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Area 944,735 km² (5th)  - Land 925,186 km²  - Water 19,549 km² (2. ... CTV is Canadas largest privately owned English language television network. ... The Global Television Network (more commonly called Global) is a major English-language television network in Canada, owned by CanWest Global Communications. ...


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Canadian federal election, 2000 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (716 words)
New leader Stockwell Day was expected to appeal far more to the crucial Ontario voters, and the Canadian Alliance was hoping for major improvements.
The campaign was dogged by accusations that the party would allow private health care to operate along-side the public Medicare system and introduce two-tier health care, and for threatening gay rights and abortion rights, all of which the party denied.
On election night, controversy arose when a CBC producer's gratuitously sexist comment about Stockwell Day's daughter-in-law, Juliana Thiessen Day, was accidentally broadcast on the Canadian networks' pooled election feed from Day's riding.
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