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| Hunter ordered them to drill down just another metre or so. And then, finally, there it was! Primal ooze, the black goo that made ... |
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The strike in Asbestos, Quebec, is one of those events that resonate beyond the immediate and define history. It was, as ... |
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1891 - Vancouver Opera House Opens
The Vancouver Opera House, built for $100,000 by the Canadian Pacific Railway, opened on Granville Street. |
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"History doesn't repeat itself: history repeats myth."
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Prime ministers have lost their seat in a general election five times: Arthur Meighen twice in 1921 and 1926, Mackenzie King also twice in 1925 and1945 and Kim Campbell in 1993. |
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Browse the rich visual resources of The Canadian Encyclopedia through thematic galleries of Canadian Art, History, Nature, People, and Science and Technology.
Illustrations, lively text, animations, sounds and games help make learning about Canadian history, art, geography, architecture and other topics entertaining as well as informative.
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.
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.
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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| Tom (Thomas Alvin) Kines. Tenor, folklorist, ballad historian, editor, administrator, b Roblin, Man, 3 Aug 1922, d Ottawa 1 Feb 1994. He sang in public at five and learned many of the folk tunes that his grandfather had picked up ... |
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| Pierre Elliott Trudeau, politician, writer, constitutional lawyer, prime minister of Canada 1968-79 and 1980-84 (b at ... |
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| Few countries were affected as severely as Canada by the worldwide Depression of the 1930s. It is estimated that ... |
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| Louis Riel, Métis leader, founder of Manitoba, central figure in the NORTH-WEST REBELLION (b at Red River ... |
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| Few countries were affected as severely as Canada by the worldwide Depression of the 1930s. It is estimated that ... |
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| Evangelical Christian Church, often called the Christian Church (Christian Disciples), is a denomination stemming from ... |
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| The Group of Seven was founded in 1920 as an organization of self-proclaimed modern artists. The original members - ... |
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| Sears Canada Inc, headquartered in Toronto, is a Canadian retailer incorporated in 1952. In 1953 operating under the ... |
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| John Ware, "Nigger John," horseman, rancher (b near Georgetown, SC 1845; d near Brooks, Alta 11 Sept 1905). ... |
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