The Prairies
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Symbolic Industries/Companies:
Fur Trade, Hudson’s Bay Company, Railroad, CP Rail, CN Rail, Farming and Agriculture, Pool Grain Elevators, Combines, Massey-Ferguson, Oil and Energy, West-Jet, Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan
Symbolic Plant and Wildlife:
Gophers/Prairie Dogs, Cattle, Bison, White Tailed Deer, Antelope, Grouse, the Beaver, Western Red Lily, Wheat, Canola, Elk, Horses, Coyotes, Blue Birds, Pigs, Chickens
Symbolic People/Places:
Tommy Douglas, Ralph Klein, John Diefenbaker, Cowboys, NDP, Clifford Sifton, Bible Bill (William Aberhart), Grey Owl, Louis Riel, Al Capone, North West Mounted Police, Peter Loughheed
Alberta – Calgary, Edmonton, Lloydminster
Saskatchewan – Saskatoon, Regina, Moose Jaw, Lloydminster, Eston
Manitoba – Winnipeg, Flin Flon, Red River
Symbolic Sports:
Football - Calgary Stampeders, Edmonton Eskimos, Saskatchewan Rough Riders, Winnipeg Blue-Bombers
Hockey – NHL, Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, WHL, Brandon Wheat Kings, Saskatoon Blades
In the Media:
Corner Gas, Little Mosque on the Prairies
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