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On September 24, 2021, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a formal apology for residential schools stating "We, the Catholic Bishops of Canada, gathered in Plenary this week, take this opportunity to affirm to you, the Indigenous Peoples of this land, that we acknowledge the suffering experienced in Canada's Indian Residential ...
March 7 - Toronto Varsity Blues won their Fourth University Cup by defeating the Saint Mary's Huskies 3 to 2. The Final game was played in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; April 5 - Bobby Orr becomes the first National Hockey League (NHL) defenceman to win the scoring title. May 2 - Montreal is awarded the 1976 Summer Olympics.
The Republic of Canada was a government proclaimed by William Lyon Mackenzie on December 5, 1837. [2] The self-proclaimed government was established on Navy Island [ 3 ] in the Niagara River in the latter days of the Upper Canada Rebellion .
Congress concurs with committee that argues U.S. lacks financial, supply and strategic strength to undertake with France "the Emancipation of Canada" [2] "That is the place where the hart of Canada was broke before" - Gen. Washington is told Lake Ontario, Niagara and Detroit are vulnerable to U.S. attack [3]
Canada: A People's History is a 17-episode, 32-hour documentary television series on the history of Canada. It first aired on CBC Television from October 2000 to November 2001. [ 1 ] The production was an unusually large project for the national network, especially during budget cutbacks.
The Revolutionary (French: Le Révolutionnaire) is a Canadian satirical film, directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre and released in 1965. [1] The film stars Louis St-Pierre as a radical university student in Quebec who wants to launch a revolution to overthrow the Canadian government, only to have his efforts to recruit and train fellow revolutionaries in a rural compound derailed when he meets and ...
April 10 – Trans-Canada Airlines, the predecessor of Air Canada, was created as a subsidiary of Canadian National Railway [6] July 5 – Midale and Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan, record the highest temperature ever in Canada, with a record high of 45 °C (113 °F). [7] August 15 – The Rowell-Sirois Commission is formed [8]
Illinois Country whites (pop. ca. 2,000) have connections with Canada and local Indigenous people, and tend to trade and hunt more than farm [13] Dinner given at Northwest Arm near Halifax in celebration of Festival of St. Aspinquid, with toasts to Hendrick, Uncas, Massasoit and other sachems [14]