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Frederick Horsman Varley

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Tom Thomson

Charlottetown Summer Festival

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Historical and biographical themes written in a narrative style

Fire on the Hill!

Suddenly there was a commotion at the main door of the chamber. Two men rushed in and one shouted “Fire... Everybody get out!”...

David Thompson was an outsider, struggling to find a foothold in the empire that had consumed his country...

While the games always carried a sacred aspect, held on the open plains of Elis, surrounded by magnificent groves of ...

Hunter ordered them to drill down just another metre or so. And then, finally, there it was! Primal ooze, the black goo that made ...

1996 - Borders Bookstore Dispute
The US bookstore chain Borders announced plans to invest in a chain of large bookstores in Canada. In May, the Investment Review Division of the federal government blocked the plan under the cultural exemption of NAFTA.

"Once in every generation we've had to conquer our fate over again."
- A.R. M. Lower

In 1965 Toronto physician Dr. Elliott Jacques coined the phrase "mid-life crisis" after his research showed that an individual’s motivation declines after age 35.

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Gallery

Browse the rich visual resources of The Canadian Encyclopedia through thematic galleries of Canadian Art, History, Nature, People, and Science and Technology.

Interactive Resources

Illustrations, lively text, animations, sounds and games help make learning about Canadian history, art, geography, architecture and other topics entertaining as well as informative.

Canucklehead

The ultimate test of your knowledge of Canada, trivial and otherwise. You can choose from more than 60 dynamic quizzes with visual or text clues. Your scores depend on the speed with which you answer and the number of clues you need. Results are sent to you by email and high scores are posted on the site.

Timeline

This unique resource includes more than 6000 events from Canadian and world history. It can be searched by era, subject, keyword or date. To find out what happened on your birthday, select the month and day of your birth.

100 Greatest Events

This selection of the 100 "greatest" events in Canadian history was made by editor in chief James H. Marsh to draw attention to events that have left an indelible memory in the minds of later generations.

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MuchMusic

MuchMusic. "The nation's music station." A specialty TV channel largely devoted to music videos, it was established in 1984 by producer John Martin (b Manchester 15 May 1948, d Toronto 23 Feb 2006) and Moses Znaimer of ...

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