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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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1999 - Liberals Keep Newfoundland
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Canada’s first home-brewed alcoholic beverage was spruce beer, consumed by Samuel de Champlain and his friends in the early 1600s at the Order of Good Cheer, Canada’s oldest pub. |
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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.
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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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| 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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