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In 1845 Quebec would face two devastating fires resulting in 50 deaths, 3000 buildings lost, 22,000 residents losing their homes or business and caused extensive damage to the two-thirds of the city outside of the Fortification thus sparing Old Quebec (La Basse-Ville de Québec): [1]
1685 – The French colonization of Texas began with the landing of colonists led by Robert de La Salle near Matagorda Bay. 1959 – Canadian prime minister John Diefenbaker cancelled the Avro CF-105 Arrow (pictured) interceptor-aircraft program amid much political debate.
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In computing, an active database is a database that includes an event-driven architecture (often in the form of ECA rules) that can respond to conditions both inside and outside the database. Possible uses include security monitoring, alerting, statistics gathering and authorization.
Incendies (French: [ɛ̃sɑ̃di] ⓘ; English: Fires) is a 2010 Canadian drama film directed by Denis Villeneuve, who co-wrote the screenplay with Valérie Beaugrand-Champagne. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad 's play of the same name , Incendies stars Lubna Azabal , Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin , Maxim Gaudette , and Rémy Girard .
The MIVILUDES (Mission interministérielle de vigilance et de lutte contre les dérives sectaires) is a French government agency created by presidential decree in 2002. It is charged with observing and analyzing the phenomenon of cult movements, coordinating the government response, informing the public about the risks arising from sectarian aberrations, and facilitating the implementation of ...
Monument to victims of the 1949 fires, at Canéjan Monument to victims of the 1949 fires, at Cestas. A major wildfire occurred from 19 August 1949 to 25 August 1949 in the Landes forest in France. 50,000 hectares (500 km 2) of forest land were burnt - and 82 people killed. [1]
During the day at the Landiras fire, the DFCI (Défense des Forêts Contre les Incendies) continued to build firebreaks in front of the fire. [31] By evening, 3,900 ha (9,600 acres) had burnt at La-Teste-de-Buch and 9,000 ha (22,000 acres) at Landiras after the fire situation deteriorated during the afternoon, with fire at the former having ...