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Charlottetown 1864: The Persuasive Power of Champagne

On Monday August 29, 1864 half the cabinet of the Canadian government boarded the steamer Queen Victoria at Quebec. They had heard that ...

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When BC agreed to join the Canadian confederation, it did so with the understanding that within 10 years Canada would build ...

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The parades held in support of the Nine-Hour Movement and the printers' strike led to an annual celebration...

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Soldiers rounding up terrified civilians, expelling them from their land, burning their homes and crops - it sounds like a ...

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1604 - Champlain Explores Bay of Fundy
Samuel de Champlain began exploring the Bay of Fundy to seek an ideal site for a permanent settlement, becoming the first European to create a geographical description of the area.

"If you are a Canadian, you have a bond with alienated Americans... in a way Canadians are expatriate Americans from birth."
   - David Cronenberg

O Canada was first sung in 1880, but was not made Canada's official national anthem until one hundred years later.

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Charlottetown 1864: The Persuasive Power of Champagne

Charles-François Coron. Organist, tailor, notary, b St-François-de-Sales (Ile Jésus, later part of Laval, near Montreal) 21 Dec 1704, d there 13 Feb 1767. A comparison of extant documents suggests that there ...



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