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"Great men are almost always bad men," Lord Acton famously said. If that is so, we are
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On March 19, 1687, somewhere in the trackless wilderness of southern Texas, the French
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| Was there ever a “Golden Age” of sport? Lord Stanley hoped to contribute to one when he donated his famous cup in 1892... |
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1970 - First Arctic Winter Games
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau opened the first Arctic Winter Games in Yellowknife, NWT. |
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"Canadians do not like heroes, and so they do not have them."
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Universal Standard Time, which divides the world into 24 time zones, was devised by Canadian engineer Sir Sandford Fleming. |
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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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| The Kingston Symphony. Orchestra organized in 1953 as the New Symphony Association of Kingston. It succeeded several short-lived ensembles dating back to the mid-19th century and an earlier Kingston Symphony Orchestra directed ... |
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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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| Evangelical Christian Church, often called the Christian Church (Christian Disciples), is a denomination stemming from ... |
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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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| 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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| Land claims are dealt with by a process established by the federal government to enable INDIANS, INUIT and ... |
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