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Canada A Yearly Journey: 1900

We have finally reached 1900, the first year of the 20th century. This century would transform the country and it all began with this year. So, let’s find out what happened in 1900 in Canada. On Jan. 10, Hugh John Macdonald was sworn in as premier...

Candice Bergen

After Erin O’Toole resigned as Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and Leader of the Opposition, Candice Bergen came in as the interim leader of the party. Bergen was born on Sept. 28, 1964 in Morden, Manitoba and was the youngest of eight...

The Frank Slide

Lillian Clarke, a 15-year-old girl, had spent the evening working at a boarding house. It was busy that night as Canadian Pacific Railway work crews had rented many of the rooms. For the past few weeks, she had been working the day shift but not...

Our Indigenous Soldiers

When war was declared against Germany, Canadians of all backgrounds signed up to fight. Over the previous century, the Indigenous people of Canada had seen their land taken, rights stripped away, and many were forced to attend residential schools...

Madeleine Parent

For eight years, a Francophone woman in Quebec waited to find out if she was going to jail. She lived through a trial that sentenced her to multiple years of jail time, an appeal, and numerous delays by the provincial government; yet she continued...

Robert Beaven

We have reached the last British Columbia premier in our first five with Robert Beaven. After this, we will take a three week break from the series as I cover the life of Candice Bergen, the 2021 Election and my interview with former Opposition...

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