The Presidents Cup has never been short on emotion. It gives golf something stroke-play majors cannot: national pride, team-room strategy, Sunday singles pressure, and the rare sight of elite golfers celebrating like hockey players after a clutch putt. The 2026 edition will bring that energy to Medinah Country Club near Chicago, a venue already loaded with match-play history. For Canadian golf fans, it also follows the 2024 Presidents Cup at Royal Montreal, which added anothe

The first Monday in August feels simple: a summer long weekend, a chance to leave town, visit a lake, or sleep in. Yet the Civic Holiday is one of Canada’s most unusual public holidays because it is widely observed without being one single national holiday. It has no founding battlefield, no shared ceremony, and no federal statute that gives it the same status across the country. Its history is local, practical, and very Canadian. Communities wanted a summer pause, and over t