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June 30 The Chinese Exclusion Act

Published: June 30, 2022, 5:33 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 2 seconds

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June 29 Thoroughbred Horse Racing in Canada

Published: June 29, 2022, 5:32 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 57 seconds

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June 28 Chinese Canadians and the Prairie West

Published: June 28, 2022, 5:30 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 45 seconds

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June 24 1968 Saint-Jean Baptiste Day

Published: June 24, 2022, 5:26 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 9 seconds

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June 22 Dief the Chief Becomes Prime Minister

Published: June 22, 2022, 5:25 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 49 seconds

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June 21 National Aboriginal Day Treaty 8

Published: June 21, 2022, 5:24 a.m.
Duration: N/A

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June 20 National Library of Canada Opens

Published: June 20, 2022, 5:22 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 38 seconds

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June 17 Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

Published: June 17, 2022, 1:20 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 13 seconds

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June 16 Saskatchewan Wakes up to a Socialist Government

Published: June 16, 2022, 5:39 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 47 seconds

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June 15 Herman Jackrabbit Smith-Johannsen

Published: June 15, 2022, 5:37 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 8 seconds

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June 14 Province of Canadas First Parliament

Published: June 15, 2022, 3:35 a.m.
Duration: N/A

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June 13 The Last Fatal Duel

Published: June 13, 2022, 12:34 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 12 seconds

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June 9 The Politics of The Great Depression

Published: June 10, 2022, 3:33 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 42 seconds

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June 8 Mackenzie King Becomes Longest Serving PM

Published: June 9, 2022, 3:32 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 56 seconds

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June 7 The Beothuk

Published: June 7, 2022, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 38 seconds

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June 6 D-Day

Published: June 7, 2022, 3:28 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 19 seconds

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June 3 Newfoundland Referendum of 1948

Published: June 4, 2022, 3:27 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 36 seconds

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June 2 Stan Rogers Passes

Published: June 3, 2022, 3:23 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 8 seconds

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June 1 The Cypress HIlls Massacre

Published: June 2, 2022, 3:20 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 26 seconds

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May 31 Ernest Manning

Published: May 31, 2022, 5:28 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 10 seconds

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May 30 Neal Beaumont is Born

Published: May 30, 2022, 5:26 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 37 seconds

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May 27 - Algonquin Park is Established

Published: May 27, 2022, 5:25 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 1 second

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May 26 The Avrocar or Flying Saucer

Published: May 26, 2022, 5:23 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 11 seconds

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May 25 Battle of Eccles Hill

Published: May 25, 2022, 5:21 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 43 seconds

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May 24 Tommy Chong is Born

Published: May 24, 2022, 5:18 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 17 seconds

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May 19 Parks Canadas Anniversary.

Published: May 19, 2022, 5:14 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 43 seconds

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June 27 O Canada Officially Adopted

Published: May 18, 2022, 5:28 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 45 seconds

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May 18 Fire in Montreal

Published: May 18, 2022, 5:12 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 28 seconds

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May 17 The Vickers Vedette

Published: May 17, 2022, 5:09 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 6 seconds

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May 13 Roch Carrier is Born

Published: May 13, 2022, 5:08 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 51 seconds

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May 12 Farley Mowat is Born

Published: May 12, 2022, 5:07 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 8 seconds

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May 11 The West End Gang

Published: May 11, 2022, 5:06 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 53 seconds

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May 10 The Legacy of Batoche

Published: May 10, 2022, 5:04 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 32 seconds

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May 9 The Chocolate Bar War

Published: May 9, 2022, 5:01 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 21 seconds

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May 6 North Americas first Pesticide Ban

Published: May 6, 2022, 5 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 4 seconds

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May 4 Law and Order in the Klondike

Published: May 4, 2022, 5:58 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 31 seconds

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May 3 Stampede Wrestling

Published: May 3, 2022, 5:56 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 29 seconds

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April 29 The Frank Slide

Published: April 29, 2022, 5:52 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 43 seconds

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April 28 Expo 67 Opens

Published: April 28, 2022, 5:54 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 26 seconds

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April 27 The Sacking of York

Published: April 27, 2022, 5:50 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 39 seconds

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April 20 The Rainmaker

Published: April 20, 2022, 5:45 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 43 seconds

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April 19 Black Loyalists During the American Revolution

Published: April 19, 2022, 5:44 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 19 seconds

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April 15 Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp is Liberated

Published: April 15, 2022, 5:41 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 54 seconds

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April 14th Surplus Children

Published: April 14, 2022, 5:27 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 21 seconds

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April 12 The March of New Brunswicks 104th

Published: April 12, 2022, 5:23 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 14 seconds

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April 11 Byng and Vimy Ridge

Published: April 11, 2022, 5:21 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 30 seconds

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April 7 The First Stamps

Published: April 7, 2022, 6:19 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 37 seconds

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April 6 Vancouver Incorporated as a City

Published: April 6, 2022, 5:18 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 27 seconds

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April 5 The Ripple Rock Explosion

Published: April 5, 2022, 6:16 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 29 seconds

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April 4 E. H. Norman Takes His Own Life

Published: April 4, 2022, 5:15 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 47 seconds

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April 1 A Small Town Mayor and the First Offical Game of Curling

Published: April 1, 2022, 5:12 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 46 seconds

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March 31 Last Tot of Rum for Navy

Published: March 31, 2022, 5:10 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 37 seconds

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March 30 The Labrador Joins Newfoundland

Published: March 30, 2022, 5:08 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 43 seconds

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March 29: Budge Crawley Wins Oscar

Published: March 29, 2022, 5:06 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 18 seconds

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March 25 The Aroostook War Take II

Published: March 25, 2022, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 25 seconds

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March 24 Black Canadians Granted the Right to Vote

Published: March 24, 2022, 5:03 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 22 seconds

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March 23 The Gazette Hits the Stands

Published: March 23, 2022, 5:01 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 32 seconds

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March 21 The North West Company Merges with the Hudsons Bay Company

Published: March 21, 2022, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 19 seconds

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March 18 The SS Beaver Arrived at the Pacific Coast

Published: March 18, 2022, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 20 seconds

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March 17 Happy St. Patricks Day!

Published: March 17, 2022, 5:54 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 8 seconds

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March 16 St. Urhos Day

Published: March 16, 2022, 5:52 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 53 seconds

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March 15 Kings College Founded

Published: March 15, 2022, 5:49 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 5 seconds

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March 14 The One Big Union is Formed

Published: March 14, 2022, 5:53 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 5 seconds

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March 11 Richard Blanshard Arrives on Vancouver Island

Published: March 11, 2022, 6:52 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 35 seconds

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March 9 Arctic Winter Games

Published: March 9, 2022, 6:49 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 47 seconds

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March 8 International Women's Day Edition (Extended)

Published: March 8, 2022, 6:47 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 46 seconds

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March 7 The Montreal Shamrocks

Published: March 7, 2022, 6:43 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 17 seconds

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March 4 Actor John Candy Passed

Published: March 4, 2022, 6:40 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 53 seconds

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March 3 First Official Indoor Game of Hockey

Published: March 3, 2022, 6:37 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 51 seconds

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March 2 Inuit Artist Jessie Oonark Passed

Published: March 2, 2022, 6:36 a.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 16 seconds

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Feb. 28 Alex Janvier and the "Indian Group of Seven"

Published: Feb. 28, 2022, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 49 seconds

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Feb. 24 Martha Louise Munger is Born

Published: Feb. 24, 2022, 6:29 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 15 seconds

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Feb. 23 Matonabbee

Published: Feb. 23, 2022, 6:27 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 12 seconds

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Feb. 22 Remembering the War of 1812

Published: Feb. 22, 2022, 7:26 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 42 seconds

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Feb. 18 The Battle of Paardeburg

Published: Feb. 18, 2022, 6:24 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 32 seconds

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Feb. 17 The Mad Trapper is Killed

Published: Feb. 17, 2022, 6:21 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 23 seconds

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Feb. 16 Citizenship Special

Published: Feb. 16, 2022, 6:20 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 5 seconds

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Feb. 15 The Great Upheaval

Published: Feb. 15, 2022, 6:10 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 52 seconds

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Feb. 14 The Asbestos Strike of 1949

Published: Feb. 14, 2022, 6:08 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 7 seconds

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Feb. 11 Patrick James Whelan executed

Published: Feb. 11, 2022, 6:06 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 2 seconds

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Feb. 10 War Brides Arrive in 1946

Published: Feb. 10, 2022, 6:04 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 10 seconds

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Feb. 9 1913 Meteor Procession

Published: Feb. 9, 2022, 6 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 10 seconds

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Feb. 8 The Aroostook War

Published: Feb. 8, 2022, 6:59 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 48 seconds

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Feb. 7 First War Artists Commissioned

Published: Feb. 7, 2022, 6:53 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes

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Feb. 4 Wreck of the Oil Tanker Arrow

Published: Feb. 4, 2022, 6:51 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes

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Feb. 3 Pierre Trudeau Tours Cuba

Published: Feb. 3, 2022, 6:50 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 38 seconds

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Feb. 2 Wiarton Willie Festival

Published: Feb. 2, 2022, 6:47 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 47 seconds

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Feb. 1 The North West Mounted Police Becomes the RCMP.

Published: Feb. 1, 2022, 6:39 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 19 seconds

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Jan. 31 The Real James Bond, Sir William Stephenson Passes Away

Published: Jan. 31, 2022, 6:26 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 40 seconds

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Jan. 28 Women Get the Vote

Published: Jan. 28, 2022, 6:25 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 3 seconds

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Jan. 27 The Original Bluenose's Last Day

Published: Jan. 27, 2022, 6:23 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 3 seconds

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Jan. 26 Dr. Wilder Penfield is Born

Published: Jan. 26, 2022, 6:22 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 52 seconds

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Jan. 25 Lucy Maud Montgomery in Ontario

Published: Jan. 25, 2022, 6:21 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 33 seconds

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Jan. 24 Japanese Canadian Internment

Published: Jan. 24, 2022, 6:20 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 25 seconds

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Jan. 21 The 1910 Spanish River Train Wreck

Published: Jan. 21, 2022, 6:18 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 53 seconds

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Jan. 20 Doukhobors Arrive in Halifax

Published: Jan. 20, 2022, 6:17 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 54 seconds

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Jan. 19 The Jets Leave Winnipeg

Published: Jan. 19, 2022, 6:15 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 20 seconds

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Jan. 18 Canadian Content Rules Come into Effect

Published: Jan. 18, 2022, 6:14 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 14 seconds

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Jan. 17 Jacques Plante and Facial Protection in Hockey

Published: Jan. 17, 2022, 6:11 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 38 seconds

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Jan. 13 Major Gustave Bieler is Arrested by the Gestapo

Published: Jan. 13, 2022, 6:09 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 48 seconds

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March 10 – Clifford Sifton is Born

Published: March 10, 2021, 6:51 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 37 seconds

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Jan. 11 – John A. Macdonald is Born pt. 2 of 2

Published: Jan. 11, 2021, 6:07 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 48 seconds

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Jan 10 – John A. Macdonald is Born pt. 1 of 2

Published: Jan. 10, 2021, 6:04 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 47 seconds

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Jan. 7 – Hank Snow Performs at the Grand Ole Opry

Published: Jan. 7, 2021, 6:02 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 18 seconds

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Jan. 6 – Brother André Bessette Passes Away

Published: Jan. 6, 2021, 6:01 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 23 seconds

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Jan. 5 – The Montreal Canadiens Play their First Game at Home

Published: Jan. 5, 2021, 6:59 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 41 seconds

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Jan 4 – Canadian Artist Pegi Nicol MacLeod is Born

Published: Jan. 4, 2021, 6:58 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 25 seconds

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Jan. 3 – “How the Scots Invented Canada”

Published: Jan. 3, 2021, 6:57 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 34 seconds

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Dec. 10 – Happy Holidays!

Published: Dec. 10, 2020, 6:51 a.m.
Duration: 1 minute 17 seconds

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Dec. 9 – Camp X

Published: Dec. 9, 2020, 6:50 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 6 seconds

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Dec. 8 – The Battle of Hong Kong and its Aftermath

Published: Dec. 8, 2020, 6:48 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 11 seconds

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Dec. 7 – The Battle of Montgomery_s Tavern

Published: Dec. 7, 2020, 6:47 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 33 seconds

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December 6 – The Halifax Explosion

Published: Dec. 6, 2020, 9:53 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 23 seconds

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Dec. 2 – Writer Robertson Davies Passes Away

Published: Dec. 2, 2020, 6:46 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 5 seconds

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Dec. 1 – James Naismith and Basketball

Published: Dec. 1, 2020, 6:44 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 17 seconds

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Nov. 30 – General Arthur Currie Passes Away

Published: Nov. 30, 2020, 9:42 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 13 seconds

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Nov. 26 – The NHL is Founded in 1917

Published: Nov. 26, 2020, 6:41 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 36 seconds

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Nov. 25 – Happy Birthday, Banff!

Published: Nov. 25, 2020, 6:38 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 8 seconds

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Nov. 23 – HMS Tribune Sinks

Published: Nov. 23, 2020, 6:32 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 28 seconds

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Nov. 22 – Artist Jack Shadbolt Passes

Published: Nov. 22, 2020, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 16 seconds

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Nov. 19 – René Lévesque Forms the Mouvement Souveraineté-Association

Published: Nov. 19, 2020, 6:43 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 24 seconds

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Nov. 18 – Introduction of Standard Time

Published: Nov. 18, 2020, 6:26 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 24 seconds

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Nov. 17 – The 1999 Marshall Decision and Fishing Rights

Published: Nov. 17, 2020, 6:25 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 23 seconds

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Nov. 15 – Ned Hanlan becomes world champion

Published: Nov. 15, 2020, 6:23 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 33 seconds

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Nov. 10 – The Edmund Fitzgerald goes down

Published: Nov. 10, 2020, 6:22 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 21 seconds

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Nov. 9 – The First Game of Football

Published: Nov. 9, 2020, 6:20 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 21 seconds

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Nov. 8 – Viola Desmond is physically removed from theatre

Published: Nov. 8, 2020, 6:19 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 38 seconds

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Nov. 5 – First CBC broadcast of official time signal

Published: Nov. 5, 2020, 6:17 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 55 seconds

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Nov. 4 – Inventor George Klein Passes Away

Published: Nov. 4, 2020, 6:16 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 53 seconds

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Nov. 3 – The story of Danylo Shumuk

Published: Nov. 3, 2020, 7:14 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 22 seconds

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Nov. 2 – Compensation for sterilization victims

Published: Nov. 2, 2020, 6:13 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 23 seconds

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Nov. 1 – Hungarian Immigrants in Canada

Published: Nov. 1, 2020, 6:11 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 4 seconds

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October 29 – The Great Depression

Published: Oct. 29, 2020, 5:09 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 11 seconds

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October 28 – William Hall is awarded the VC

Published: Oct. 28, 2020, 8:06 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 30 seconds

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September 28 – Pierre Elliot Trudeau Passes Away

Published: Oct. 28, 2020, 5:18 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 4 seconds

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October 27 – The National Council of Women of Canada is Founded

Published: Oct. 27, 2020, 8:02 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 17 seconds

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October 25 – Leslie McFarlane is Born

Published: Oct. 25, 2020, 8 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 37 seconds

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Nov. 24 – The Canadian Northern Railway is Completed to Edmonton

Published: Oct. 24, 2020, 5:35 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 32 seconds

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October 22 – Louis Riel is Born

Published: Oct. 22, 2020, 7:58 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 20 seconds

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October 20 – Tommy Douglas was born

Published: Oct. 20, 2020, 5:56 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 2 seconds

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October 19 – St. Albans Raid

Published: Oct. 19, 2020, 5:19 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 38 seconds

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October 18 - The Famous Five

Published: Oct. 18, 2020, 5:14 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 35 seconds

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October 14 – SS Caribou sunk by German submarine

Published: Oct. 14, 2020, 5:35 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 22 seconds

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October 13 – Anniversary of the Canadian Navy

Published: Oct. 13, 2020, 5:33 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 55 seconds

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October 12 – Sam Hughes and General Arthur Currie

Published: Oct. 12, 2020, 5:32 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 22 seconds

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October 8 – Multiculturalism Policies Introduced

Published: Oct. 8, 2020, 5:30 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 27 seconds

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October 7 – First concert of the NAC Orchestra

Published: Oct. 7, 2020, 5:28 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 58 seconds

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October 6 – Radio station opens in Aklavik, NWT

Published: Oct. 6, 2020, 5:26 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 17 seconds

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October 5 – Laurie Skreslet becomes first Canadian to climb Everest

Published: Oct. 5, 2020, 5:25 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 47 seconds

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October 4 – Pianist Glenn Gould dies

Published: Oct. 4, 2020, 5:23 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 46 seconds

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December 3 – The October Crisis Ends.

Published: Oct. 3, 2020, 9:52 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 34 seconds

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October 1 – Artist Paul Kane returns to Toronto

Published: Oct. 1, 2020, 5:20 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 44 seconds

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September 29 – The Aloutte 1

Published: Sept. 29, 2020, 5:20 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 32 seconds

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September 27 – Stanley Park opened in Vancouver

Published: Sept. 27, 2020, 5:16 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 58 seconds

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September 24 – Canada Lifts Sanctions Against South Africa

Published: Sept. 24, 2020, 5:15 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 52 seconds

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September 22 – Building named after Clara Brett Martin

Published: Sept. 22, 2020, 5:11 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 59 seconds

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September 21 – The Toonie is Unveiled to the Public

Published: Sept. 21, 2020, 5:10 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 41 seconds

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September 20 – First signing of Treaty 5

Published: Sept. 20, 2020, 5:08 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 45 seconds

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September 16 – Construction begins on the Canso Causeway

Published: Sept. 16, 2020, 5:03 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 24 seconds

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September 15 – “The Greenpeace” Sets Sail in 1971

Published: Sept. 15, 2020, 6:39 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 45 seconds

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October 15 – Chinese Rail Workers and the CPR

Published: Sept. 15, 2020, 5:37 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 15 seconds

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September 13 – Laura Ingersoll is born

Published: Sept. 13, 2020, 6:35 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 36 seconds

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September 10 -1939 Canada Declares War on Germany

Published: Sept. 10, 2020, 6:34 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 4 seconds

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September 9 – Alexander Graham Bell creation breaks marine speed record

Published: Sept. 9, 2020, 6:32 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 30 seconds

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September 8 – The Children of the Klondike

Published: Sept. 8, 2020, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 18 seconds

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September 7 – CBC Television Begins First Broadcast

Published: Sept. 7, 2020, 6:29 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 28 seconds

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September 6 – Launch of The Canadian Encyclopedia

Published: Sept. 6, 2020, 6:28 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 53 seconds

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September 2 – Celebrating the Discovery of the Wreckage of RMS Titanic

Published: Sept. 2, 2020, 6:26 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 21 seconds

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September 1 – Saskatchewan and Alberta become provinces (special edition!)

Published: Sept. 1, 2020, 6:25 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 30 seconds

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August 30 – Vicki Keith becomes the first person to swim across all 5 Great Lakes

Published: Aug. 30, 2020, 6:05 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 56 seconds

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August 31 – (First French Episode!) Opening of the Ouimetoscope Cinema.

Published: Aug. 29, 2020, 6:06 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 10 seconds

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August 27 – The beginning of the first Canadian roadtrip by car

Published: Aug. 27, 2020, 6:03 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes

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August 26 – Joseph Burr Tyrrell and the Canadian Dinosaur Rush

Published: Aug. 26, 2020, 6:01 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 35 seconds

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August 25 – Donald Marshall Sr. Passes Away

Published: Aug. 25, 2020, 5:19 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 46 seconds

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August 24 – Execution of Canadian Soldiers During WWI

Published: Aug. 24, 2020, 5:18 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 20 seconds

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August 23 – British Troops Prepare to Burn Washington

Published: Aug. 23, 2020, 5:16 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 27 seconds

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September 23 – Mack Sennett releases first film

Published: Aug. 23, 2020, 5:13 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 32 seconds

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August 20 – Eaton’s Goes Bankrupt

Published: Aug. 20, 2020, 5:15 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 9 seconds

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August 19 – The Dieppe Raid of 1942

Published: Aug. 19, 2020, 5:14 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 38 seconds

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August 17 – First successful sailing of the Northwest Passage

Published: Aug. 17, 2020, 7:25 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 45 seconds

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August 16 – Gold Deposits are Discovered in 1896, Sparking the Klondike Gold Rush

Published: Aug. 16, 2020, 7:22 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 42 seconds

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August 13 – Jacques Cartier Discovers the St. Lawrence River

Published: Aug. 13, 2020, 7:21 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 53 seconds

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August 18 – The Dempster Highway opens in the Yukon

Published: Aug. 12, 2020, 5:07 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 24 seconds

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August 11 – Revolutionary Canadian artificial heart to be manufactured and marketed

Published: Aug. 11, 2020, 7:16 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 21 seconds

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August 10 – Canadian Bill of Rights Enacted in 1960

Published: Aug. 10, 2020, 7:10 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 47 seconds

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August 9 – Wayne Gretzky is Traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings

Published: Aug. 9, 2020, 7:09 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 44 seconds

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August 6 – Macdonald and The Double Shuffle

Published: Aug. 6, 2020, 8:06 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 20 seconds

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August 5 – Sir Humphrey Gilbert Claims Part of Newfoundland for Britain

Published: Aug. 5, 2020, 7:05 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 51 seconds

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August 4 – Fire breaks-out in the Library of Parliament

Published: Aug. 4, 2020, 7:03 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 1 second

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August 3 – William Avery Bishop is awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross

Published: Aug. 3, 2020, 6:58 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 41 seconds

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July 30 – Mark Tewskbury Wins Gold

Published: July 30, 2020, 5:39 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 35 seconds

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July 29 – James Shaver Woodsworth was born

Published: July 29, 2020, 5:35 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 38 seconds

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July 28 – R.B. Bennett’s Conservative Party wins the 1930 election

Published: July 28, 2020, 5:33 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 48 seconds

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July 27 – Insulin isolated at the U of T

Published: July 27, 2020, 5:06 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 39 seconds

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July 26 – French surrender Louisbourg

Published: July 26, 2020, 5:02 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 37 seconds

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July 23 – The Komagata Maru Leaves Vancouver

Published: July 23, 2020, 5:01 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 19 seconds

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July 22 – Alexander Mackenzie Reaches the Pacific

Published: July 22, 2020, 5:59 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 39 seconds

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July 21 – Marshall McLuhan’s Birthday

Published: July 21, 2020, 5:57 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 15 seconds

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July 20 – 19th Century Worker Bees

Published: July 20, 2020, 5:54 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 16 seconds

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July 19 – The 1976 Montreal Olympics

Published: July 19, 2020, 5:51 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 15 seconds

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July 15 – Canada officially takes control of Rupert’s Land

Published: July 15, 2020, 2:08 p.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 49 seconds

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