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August 7 - Canada joins a United Nations force to fight in Korean War; August 22 – August 30 - Rail workers strike shuts down much of the Canadian economy; October 31 - The oil pipeline linking Edmonton to Sarnia is completed; November 28 - Canada joins onto the Colombo Plan; December 18 - Korean War: First Canadian troops arrive in Korea.
The 1950 Red River flood was a devastating flood that took place along the Red River in The Dakotas and Manitoba from April 15 to June 12, 1950. Damage was particularly severe in the city of Winnipeg and its environs, which were inundated on May 5, also known as Black Friday to some residents.
The Shaping of Peace: Canada and the Search for World Order, 1943-1957 (2 vol. 1982) Granatstein, J. L., ed. Canadian foreign policy : historical readings (1986), excerpts from primary sources and scholars online free; MacMillan, Margaret Olwen, and David S. Sorenson, eds. Canada and NATO: Uneasy past, uncertain future (U of Waterloo Press, 1990).
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There were five "runs" in total, with the final expansion in September 1950 causing the most destruction and amounting to one-third of the total burned area. [5] It finally was put out by cooler weather and rain in late October, as it approached Keg River in the Whispering River area (hence one of its names "Whisp Fire"). [citation needed]
October 25 – Canada's first privately owned television station, CKSO, broadcasts in Sudbury. The federal Immigration Act is amended to prohibit homosexuals entry into Canada. This amendment was repealed in 1977.
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