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Painting: Beginnings

Painting: 19th and Early 20th Century

Stephán Gudmundsson Stephansson

Pélagie-la-Charette

Antonine Maillet

THIS MONTH'S FEATURE ARTICLES

Historical and biographical themes written in a narrative style

Shawnadithit: Last of the Beothuk

Shawnadithit grew anxious waiting for her uncle, Longnon, to return to camp at the junction of Badger Brook and the Exploits River, deep in the wilds of ...

Though he was tired and old, just a few days shy of his 75th birthday, Sir Charles Tupper persevered, lashing out at his critics. ...

Wilfrid Laurier took leadership of the Liberal party of Canada on 18th of June 1887. Frail and intellectual, preferring the ...

Canada's national anthem was first heard one fine June evening in 1880, on the campus of Laval University in Quebec City. A small ...

1914 - Hillcrest Mine Explosion
An explosion of methane gas at Hillcrest, Alta, killed 189 men in Canada's worst mining disaster.

"The best all-round Americans, in my view, are Canadians."
- Richard Ford

The Halifax Gazette, first issued on 23 March 1752 by John Bushnell, was Canada’s first newspaper.

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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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Winnipeg Male Voice Choir

Winnipeg Male Voice Choir. An enterprise of the Men's Music Club . Founded in 1916 as a quartet of club members, it had increased by 1918 to 46. On the death in 1920 of its founding conductor, George Price, Cyril F. Musgrove ...

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