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In 1958 Stu Keate, publisher of the Victoria Daily Times, asked Barron to produce editorial cartoons. [4] In 1961, Pierre Berton introduced Barron to the editor of the Toronto Star , and Barron moved to Toronto to begin a 30-year relationship with the Star , starting as an alternate to cartoonist Duncan Macpherson . [ 4 ]
The name Victoria Day was selected by Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier, who wanted to avoid an imperialist name that would antagonize French Canadians. [14] The Crown-in-Council, the following year, designated May 24 as the official birthday of King Edward VII. [15] Victoria Day celebrations at Queen's Park, in Toronto, 1910
English: Statue of Queen Victoria in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. In 1901, shortly after the Queen's death, a group of women in Hamilton (the Hamilton Daughters of the Empire) decided that a memorial to the Queen was in order. The chosen sculptor was Philipe Hebert. After some debate, the statue was located in the western part of Gore Park.
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Portrait of Queen Victoria in her Robes of State, 1837 by or, more likely, after Alfred Edward Chalon [2] [3]. The head came from a painting by Alfred Edward Chalon, drawn for the first public appearance of Victoria as Queen on the occasion of her speech at the House of Lords where she prorogued the Parliament of the United Kingdom in July 1837. [4]
Parliament Buildings, Victoria Queen Victoria [1] Fountain Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver King Edward VII [2] Bell Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria King George V [2] Bell Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria Queen Mary [2] Statue University of British Columbia, Vancouver King George VI [1] Statue Beacon Hill Park, Victoria Queen Elizabeth II [1 ...
The design of the Canadian medal is derived from that of the British original, which was the creation of Albert, Prince Consort, [25] royal consort to Queen Victoria. Canada's Victoria Cross is thus a cross pattée with straight arms, 38 millimetres (1.5 in) across in each direction, and made out of bronze coloured alloy, the obverse bearing a ...