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David Thompson: The Greatest Geographer the World has Known
David Thompson was an outsider, struggling to find a foothold in the empire that had consumed his country...
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With the current almost religious belief in privatization and the recent debate about selling off Ontario Hydro, it is timely ...

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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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1971 - First Ministers' Conference
At a first ministers' conference, a quest for a new amending formula faltered when Québec demanded complete jurisdiction over fiscal policy.
"Canada has rarely been the promised land. About the closest we've come is the title of Wayne Johnston's 1998 novel The Colony of Unrequited Dreams."
   - Margaret Atwood
The first novel written by a Canadian and published in Canada was St Ursula’s Convent or The Nun of Canada, Containing Scenes from Real Life by 17-year old Catherine Julia Hart in 1824.
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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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CBC Winnipeg Orchestra
CBC Winnipeg Orchestra. Radio orchestra active 1947-84. Preceded by a CBC concert orchestra conducted by Geoffrey Waddington in 1940 and a succession of string orchestras conducted by Martin Fleisher ca 1940, Albert Pratz ...


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