tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139389545213067862024-03-15T21:09:46.592-04:00Genealogy CanadaA daily blog about Canadian genealogy, heritage, and historyElizabeth Lapointehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01094136762130650133noreply@blogger.comBlogger2367125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313938954521306786.post-15453589395552537262017-02-27T00:30:00.000-05:002017-02-27T00:30:02.497-05:00Canadian Week in Review 27 February 2017 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<br />I have come across the following Canadian genealogy, history and heritage websites, social media, and newspaper articles this past week that were of interest to me, and I thought you might be interested in them, too. <div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Confederation Painter </b></span></div>
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British-born painter, watercolourist and illustrator, William George Richardson Hind (1833-1889), immigrated to Canada in 1851. Although he advertised himself a sign painter in the <i>Daily Colonist</i>, in Victoria, British Columbia, he became the first artist to illustrate Canada’s landscapes during the 1860s-70s. </div>
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He earned the nickname nickname of the <i>Confederation Painter </i>across the county. </div>
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<b>(Video) 'It's special to be a Métis' on Louis Riel Day </b></div>
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For most Manitoba workers, Louis Riel Day is a holiday — a day off that breaks up the stretch of time between New Year's and Easter and allows people to spend time with family. </div>
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At the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, though, they're working hard to make sure Riel's legacy gets its due. </div>
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<b>(Video) Heritage Day 2017 celebrates Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq culture, heritage </b></div>
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What does it mean to be Mi’kmaq? That’s a question several Mi’kmaq Nova Scotians are hoping to explain, as they celebrate Heritage Day 2017. </div>
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<b>Giant mosaic project brings Canadians together through art </b></div>
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A group from St. Albert, Alta. is putting together a nationwide art project that could be the largest in Canadian history. </div>
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The Canada 150 Mosaic is a series of murals that will be displayed in communities from Vancouver Island to P.E.I. to mark Canada’s 150th birthday. When all of the murals are put together, it will become a series of train cars that are meant to tell the history of each community and those who live there. </div>
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<b>History of Snyder’s Shipyard stretches back almost 150 years </b></div>
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<a href="http://thechronicleherald.ca/southshorebreaker/1443550-history-of-snyder%E2%80%99s-shipyard-stretches-back-almost-150-years">http://thechronicleherald.ca/southshorebreaker/1443550-history-of-snyder%E2%80%99s-shipyard-stretches-back-almost-150-years</a> </div>
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Nova Scotia’s fishermen obviously place their trust in the folks at Snyder’s Shipyard. The Dayspring shipyard has built 225 new boats and refitted, repaired or restored hundreds more, including Bluenose II </div>
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<b>Celebrating Mi’kmaq culture during Heritage Day </b></div>
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Spiritual leaders Emile Gautreau and Louise Goodwin led a ceremony celebrating the Seven Directions while also talking about Mi’kmaq culture, traditions and song. </div>
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<b>HMCS Summerside crew to see Nova Scotia history in Sierra Leone </b></div>
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HMCS Moncton and HMCS Summerside are bound for training in the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, but it's a side trip with a Nova Scotia connection that's got the crew of one of the vessels excited. </div>
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<b>Halifax man traces roots to the Black Loyalists of Digby </b></div>
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Allister Barton's discovery that his family name does not appear in the Book of Negroes led him on a two-year journey to find out whether they had any connection to the Black Loyalists who settled in Nova Scotia in the late 1700s. </div>
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<b>Charlottetown hands out heritage awards </b></div>
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The City of Charlottetown celebrated Heritage Day on Tuesday by honouring the people behind several renovations or refurbishments of historic properties in the city. </div>
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Shoppers got an added dose of Canadian history as the annual Heritage Fair made its way to the Cornwall Square Shopping Centre this Saturday Feb. 18. </div>
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<b>Multicultural Association of Perth-Huron hosts event to celebrate Black History Month</b> </div>
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A Black History Month celebration honoured the contributions of Canadians of African descent but it was also a celebration of Canadian citizenship. </div>
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The Multicultural Association of Perth-Huron hosted the event at the Falstaff Family Centre on Saturday. It was the third one and it was the biggest so far. </div>
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<b>Beaconsfield Historic Site getting spruced up </b></div>
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The Beaconsfield Historic House in Charlottetown, considered P.E.I.'s flagship historic site, is getting some upgrades. </div>
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A $115,000 project is underway to replace and restore the house's fascia boards, windows, flooring, siding, and areas in need of repair, the province said in a news release. </div>
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<b>'These are our roots': Heritage Week kicks off Monday </b></div>
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The Archives Council of Prince Edward Island and other institutions are taking Islanders on a trip down memory lane beginning on Monday to celebrate Heritage Week. </div>
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"Culturally, these are our roots. This is an important part of who we are," said Simon Lloyd, president of ACPEI. </div>
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<b>Heritage Fair returns to the square</b></div>
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<br /><a href="http://www.cornwallseawaynews.com/community/2017/2/18/heritage-fair-returns-to-the-square.html">http://www.cornwallseawaynews.com/community/2017/2/18/heritage-fair-returns-to-the-square.html</a><br /><br />Shoppers got an added dose of Canadian history as the annual Heritage Fair made its way to the Cornwall Square Shopping Centre this Saturday Feb. 18.<br /> <br /><b>History Corner - Steamboat on the St. Lawrence River enroute to the first Charlottetown Conference.</b> <br /></div>
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<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-heritage-week-1.3988751">http://www.yorktonthisweek.com/news/local-news/history-corner-steamboat-on-the-st-lawrence-river-enroute-to-the-first-charlottetown-conference-1.9941372 </a> </div>
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In the fall of 1864, representatives of the Canadas, then the Provinces of Lower Canada (Québec) and Upper Canada (Ontario) boarded the brand new steamer “QUÉBEC” on the St Lawrence River to attend a conference in Charlottetown Prince Edward Island. The topic: possible confederation with the British colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland. </div>
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<b>Salivating over history: Manitoba Museum gives artifacts the old spit shine </b></div>
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How do you clean a nearly 140-year-old oil painting? Well, if you're Manitoba Museum conservator Carolyn Sirett, you roll up your sleeves, roll a cotton swab and put your muddy where your mouth is. </div>
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Dirt doesn't stand much of a chance against the power of human saliva, apparently. </div>
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<b>Breton Museum celebrates Black History Month </b></div>
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From tea time to concerts, the Breton Museum’s celebration of Black History Month has expanded over the years. Breton Museum started to organize events in conjunction with Black History Month since the mid-1990s. </div>
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S<b>urrey celebrates Canada 150 </b></div>
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IN celebration of Canada’s 150th anniversary of Confederation, the City of Surrey is set to be the City of Festivals this year. </div>
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The Archives of Ontario is offering something different in 2017. It will be offering free lunchtime tours of the 31 public artworks on permanent display at the archives at Macdonald Block at 900 Bay St in Toronto. </div>
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They say “A significant number are also located in over 30 towns and cities across the province. Broad in scope and eclectic in nature, the collection is made up of historical and contemporary paintings, works on paper, indoor and outdoor Yousculpture, official portraits and antique furnishings and decorative objects”. <br /><br />You can register at <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/tour-of-public-art-in-the-macdonald-block-complex-tickets-31604063605">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/tour-of-public-art-in-the-macdonald-block-complex-tickets-31604063605 </a><br /><br /><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Transcribe! </b></span><br /></div>
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They are wondering if you would like if you would like to transcribe documents that they have in-house. They are trying to start an “online workspace where the public can participate in enhancing access to our collections documenting over 300 years of Nova Scotia history, people, and culture. This is a great opportunity for participants to deeply experience our collections and transcribe hand-written historical materials”. <br /><br />This is a test project for the archives and we are starting small but plan to add more documents as the archives learn more about the technology and how you are using it. <br /><br />To find out more about this new project, go to <a href="https://archives.novascotia.ca/transcribe">https://archives.novascotia.ca/transcribe </a><br /><br />Be sure to tell your friends about us. </div>
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<b>(Photos) Canada 150: 15 historic dates every Canadian should know </b><br />
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<b>(Video) Leduc No. 1: Seven decades ago, a single oil well changed Alberta history</b><br />
<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/leduc-oil-discovery-anniversary-oil-boom-history-1.3980331">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/leduc-oil-discovery-anniversary-oil-boom-history-1.3980331</a><br />
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The ground rumbled when grease-covered roughnecks opened creaking valves, and a mix of crude oil and gas spewed flames 15 metres into the air.<br />
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Seventy years ago Monday, on a sleepy farm near Devon, Leduc No. 1 struck a rich deposit of oil and forever changed the course of Alberta history.</div>
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<b>(Video)'Secret Alberta': New documentary brings Amber Valley back to life</b><br />
<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/secret-alberta-new-documentary-brings-amber-valley-back-to-life-1.3968766">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/secret-alberta-new-documentary-brings-amber-valley-back-to-life-1.3968766</a><br />
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To her ancestors, it was the Promised Land.<br />
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To Myrna Wisdom, it was home.<br />
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Though few traces of Amber Valley still exist, the forgotten town about 100 km north of Edmonton was once a thriving all-black settlement of homesteaders. </div>
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N.S. pardons late Mi'kmaq leader: 'He was the first to stand up for us'<br />
<a href="http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/n-s-pardons-late-mi-kmaq-leader-he-was-the-first-to-stand-up-for-us-1.3287955">http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/n-s-pardons-late-mi-kmaq-leader-he-was-the-first-to-stand-up-for-us-1.3287955</a> <br />
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Gabriel Sylliboy died feeling like he failed his Mi'kmaq people.<br />
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The grand chief launched a fight for aboriginal rights after being charged with illegal hunting in the 1920s, but the courts of the era dismissed the notion that a 1752 treaty gave Sylliboy any rights. <br />
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It would take another six decades before those rights were recognized by the courts.<br />
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<b>Stellarton lines up events to mark Heritage Day</b><br />
<a href="http://www.ngnews.ca/news/local/2017/2/16/stellarton-lines-up-events-to-mark-heritage-day.html">http://www.ngnews.ca/news/local/2017/2/16/stellarton-lines-up-events-to-mark-heritage-day.html</a><br />
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The Town of Stellarton will celebrate Nova Scotia Heritage Day with a sledding party, music, hot chocolate and snowshoeing. </div>
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<b>Pier 21 exhibit honours unit's Great War service </b><br />
<a href="https://www.localxpress.ca/local-arts-and-life/pier-21-exhibit-honours-units-great-war-service-534666">https://www.localxpress.ca/local-arts-and-life/pier-21-exhibit-honours-units-great-war-service-534666</a> </div>
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On March 25, 1917, the black soldiers of No. 2 Construction Battalion left Halifax for Europe to serve in a non-combat labour unit. To mark the anniversary of the unit's departure, the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 teamed up with the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia to create the temporary exhibit called No. 2 Construction Battalion. It opens Thursday and runs till May 1. </div>
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<b>Sewer work in Amherst unearths collection of antique bottles</b><br />
<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/antiques-glass-bottles-history-amherst-1.3973647">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/antiques-glass-bottles-history-amherst-1.3973647</a><br />
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Nancy Allen was struck by a wave a curiosity when she looked into a freshly dug hole in her lawn. Down near her sewer line were dozens of objects covered in years worth of muck and dirt — she wasn't sure what they were, but she wanted a closer look. </div>
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<b>Former PEI convent is born again as a luxury hotel </b><br />
<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/property-report/former-pei-convent-is-born-again-as-a-luxury-hotel/article34009618/">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/property-report/former-pei-convent-is-born-again-as-a-luxury-hotel/article34009618/</a> <br />
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On a recent visit to her former Notre Dame convent, Sister Elizabeth Dunn surveys the dramatic transformation that’s under way here at the cherished downtown landmark. <br />
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Sold to developers in 2014 and midway through a $9-million renovation, the 19th-century heritage building is set to open this spring as a luxury boutique inn and apartment suites in the heart of Prince Edward Island’s capital. <br />
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<b>The McCord Museum pays tribute to Montreal's leading families</b><br />
<a href="http://www.thesuburban.com/arts_and_entertainment/arts/the-mccord-museum-pays-tribute-to-montreal-s-leading-families/article_4984e11e-efc3-11e6-ae72-6396331e642e.html">http://www.thesuburban.com/arts_and_entertainment/arts/the-mccord-museum-pays-tribute-to-montreal-s-leading-families/article_4984e11e-efc3-11e6-ae72-6396331e642e.html</a> <br />
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To mark Montreal's 375th anniversary, Sun Life Financial and the McCord Museum are partnering to give everyone a chance to experience "Our Amazing Families: Three Centuries of Quebec Documents and History", a textual records holding enhancement project that will spotlight the economic, social and family history of Quebec. </div>
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<b>Outreach project seeks stories of First World War veterans</b><br />
<a href="http://www.insidetoronto.com/community-story/7085031-outreach-project-seeks-stories-of-first-world-war-veterans/">http://www.insidetoronto.com/community-story/7085031-outreach-project-seeks-stories-of-first-world-war-veterans/</a> <br />
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When Private Henry Agassiz signed up to serve in The Great War in 1916, his proud portrait joined those of more than 2,200 of his fellow enlistees from T. Eaton Company’s Toronto store on the flagship’s walls. </div>
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<b>'Downton Abbey' castle may have been backdrop for Canadian history</b><br />
<a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/downton-abbey-castle-may-have-been-backdrop-for-canadian-history-1.3287735">http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/downton-abbey-castle-may-have-been-backdrop-for-canadian-history-1.3287735</a><br />
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For “Downton Abbey” fans, Highclere Castle remains a lasting reminder of the popular British television drama and the Crawley family’s struggle to adapt to a rapidly changing world of telephones, gramophones and women’s rights.<br />
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But for Canadians, the Victorian country house may have been the setting of a historic meeting that altered the course of Canada’s history.<br />
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<b>Black History Month</b><br />
<a href="http://theargus.ca/orillia-2/2017/black-history-month-shades-of-resistance/">http://theargus.ca/orillia-2/2017/black-history-month-shades-of-resistance/</a><br />
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The Lakehead University Student Union-Orillia presents Black History Month: Shades of Resistance, a period dedicated to celebrating and highlighting black students and black folks within Lakehead and the community at large. </div>
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<b>Canada history: Feb 15 1965- Canada finally gets its own, wonderful, flag</b><br />
<a href="http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2017/02/15/canada-history-feb-15-1965-canada-finally-gets-its-wonderful-flag/">http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2017/02/15/canada-history-feb-15-1965-canada-finally-gets-its-wonderful-flag/</a><br />
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Canada is still a relatively young country, but our national flag is even younger. At 52, the Canadian Maple Leaf is now one of the most recognized flags in the world. </div>
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<b>Canada’s red and white Maple Leaf Flag was raised officially for the first time on this date February 15, 1965. </b></div>
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<strong>How an Ontario couple is telling Black Canadians' stories — and setting Canadian history straight</strong><br />
<a href="http://tvo.org/article/current-affairs/shared-values/how-an-ontario-couple-is-telling-black-canadians-stories--and-setting-canadian-history-straight">http://tvo.org/article/current-affairs/shared-values/how-an-ontario-couple-is-telling-black-canadians-stories--and-setting-canadian-history-straight</a><br />
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When Camille and Roger Dundas <a href="http://byblacks.com/">launched ByBlacks.com</a>, they wanted to provide a platform for celebrating Black Canadian history, and to amplify the stories of Black Canadians' contributions to their communities. </div>
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<b>History Matters: No female homesteaders need apply</b></div>
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<a href="http://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/columnists/history-matters-no-female-homesteaders-need-apply">http://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/columnists/history-matters-no-female-homesteaders-need-apply</a> <br />
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On April 30, 1910, Manitoba Conservative MP William J. Roche stood in the House of Commons and asked Interior Minister Frank Oliver whether he had ever given “serious consideration” to the idea of “permitting ladies … the privilege of homesteading.” </div>
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<b>Manitoba museum using social media to solve history mystery</b><br />
<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/pioneer-village-museum-photos-facebook-1.3971489">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/pioneer-village-museum-photos-facebook-1.3971489</a><br />
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A Manitoba museum is taking to Facebook to get help solving a history mystery.<br />
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The Pioneer Village Museum in Beausejour, Manitoba is scanning photo negatives from the early 1900s and posting them on Facebook hoping to find out who is in them and even where they were taken. </div>
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<b>Original Indigenous place names collected in Manitoba</b><br />
<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/indigenous-place-names-manitoba-1.3968249">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/indigenous-place-names-manitoba-1.3968249</a> </div>
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Some people might know Pekwachnamaykoskwaskwaypinwanik Lake, located south of Red Sucker Lake near the Ontario border, for its trout fishing but others might recognize it for its long Cree name.<br />
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Pekwachnamaykoskwaskwaypinwanik translates to "where the wild trout are caught by fishing with hooks." </div>
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<b>Celebrating Black History Month in Red Deer</b><br />
<a href="http://www.rdnewsnow.com/article/526984/celebrating-black-history-month-red-deer">http://www.rdnewsnow.com/article/526984/celebrating-black-history-month-red-deer</a> <br />
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A sign once hung in the window of a downtown Red Deer café near the old train station and Windsor Hotel.<br />
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‘Whites Only’ it read. </div>
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<b>Museum celebrates Black History Month</b><br />
<a href="http://lethbridgeherald.com/news/lethbridge-news/2017/02/12/museum-celebrates-black-history-month/">http://lethbridgeherald.com/news/lethbridge-news/2017/02/12/museum-celebrates-black-history-month/</a> <br />
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The Galt Museum and Archives was the site of a celebration of African and African-Caribbean culture Saturday as the cty came together in honour of Black History Month. <br />
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Paul Tokode, one of the event organizers, said the event was intended to showcase African and African-Caribbean culture in the Lethbridge community. </div>
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<b>Saskatchewan Archives Week comes to an end</b><br />
<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/saskatchewan-archives-week-2017-1.3977871">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/saskatchewan-archives-week-2017-1.3977871</a><br />
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A picture may be worth a thousand words, but the story behind a photograph may not be known unless a record of it is kept.<br />
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Saskatchewan Archives Week is coming to an end after celebrating the history of the province and the people in it.</div>
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<b>How the Douglas-fir tree put Vancouver on the map</b><br />
<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/how-the-douglas-fir-tree-made-vancouver-1.3968058">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/how-the-douglas-fir-tree-made-vancouver-1.3968058</a><br />
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Long before Vancouver's Shangri-La and Harbour Centre defined the city's skyline, giant evergreen trees towered over those who dared step foot inside the rugged wilderness.<br />
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The Douglas-fir was king</div>
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<b>Museum gets Canadian world-war exhibit</b><br />
<a href="http://www.kelownacapnews.com/news/412056563.html?mobile=true">http://www.kelownacapnews.com/news/412056563.html?mobile=true</a> </div>
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A special commemorative exhibition, From Vimy to Juno: Canada in France 1914-45, opened Jan. 27 at the Okanagan Military Museum. <br />
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This national travelling exhibition explores the connections between defining moments in Canadian history and the experiences of Canadians who fought in both world wars. From Vimy to Juno was developed by the Juno Beach Centre, Canada’s only museum on the D-Day Landing beaches in Normandy, France. </div>
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<b>Update on the Digitization of the Canadian Expeditionary Force Personnel Service Files </b><br />
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This past week there was more good news from the Library and Archives Canada in that 404,164 of 640,000 files are now available online. </div>
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have come across the following Canadian genealogy, history and
heritage websites, social media, and newspaper articles this past
week that were of interest to me, and I thought you might be
interested in them, too.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>This Week in
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Naming the Nation </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">On February 9, 1865, two years before Confederation,
Thomas D’Arcy McGee made an impassioned speech recommending
“Canada” as the name for the new union between Ontario, Quebec,
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">To
read a very good account, go to
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>12
February 1901</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">When Kootenai Brown first came to the Waterton area of
southern Alberta, people told him about oil seepage</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"> along what is
today called Cameron Creek.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Brown
told other local ranchers of the find, and on 12 February 1901, the
Rocky Mountain Development Company was incorporated to drill for oil. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Although short-lived, Rocky Mountain Development No. 1 was Western
Canada's first producing oil well and the birthplace of today's oil
industry. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">To
read more about this, go to
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_petroleum_industry_in_Canada">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_petroleum_industry_in_Canada</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Events planned to celebrate Devon's Newfoundland ties</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.totnes-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=106086&headline=Events%20planned%20to%20celebrate%20Devon%E2%80%99s%20Newfoundland%20ties&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2017">http://www.totnes-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=106086&headline=Events%20planned%20to%20celebrate%20Devon%E2%80%99s%20Newfoundland%20ties&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2017</a></span></h1>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">Totnes
is included in an international celebration linking Devon,
Newfoundland and the man from Compton who is said to have
founded the British Empire.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Newspaper Articles </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Nova
Scotia</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Nova
Scotia Archives wants you to search your attic for a historic black
newspaper</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/the-clarion-newspaper-african-nova-scotians-1.3974228" style="font-weight: normal;">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/the-clarion-newspaper-african-nova-scotians-1.3974228</a></span></span></h1>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
Nova Scotia Archives is asking people to check their old stacks of
newspapers to help them piece together a part of the
province's history.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The <i>Clarion</i>, based
in New Glasgow, N.S., was one of the first newspapers published in
the province specifically for the black community. </span>
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<b>Historic Mounce
Mansion listed for sale in Newport Landing</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1440431-historic-mounce-mansion-listed-for-sale-in-newport-landing">http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1440431-historic-mounce-mansion-listed-for-sale-in-newport-landing</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">A manor built in
the community of Newport Landing has netted a great deal of attention
for its historic qualities — and a $435,000 price tag. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The Mounce Mansion
on Avondale Road is listed by Eastern Valley Real Estate Ltd., and
has a grand history to go with it. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Black History
Month: Black Loyalists Exodus to Nova Scotia (1783)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="http://www.royalgazette.com/opinion/article/20170210/black-history-month-black-loyalists-exodus-to-nova-scotia-1783">http://www.royalgazette.com/opinion/article/20170210/black-history-month-black-loyalists-exodus-to-nova-scotia-1783</a>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The Black
Loyalists were the approximately 3,000 African-American supporters of
the British during the American Revolution who were repatriated to
British Canada at the end of the conflict. Most settled in Nova
Scotia and established what would be, for decades, the largest
concentration of black residents in Canada and what was at the time
the largest settlement of free blacks outside Africa.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Editor's Note: </b>There
are several historical inaccuracies in this article. The Black
Loyalists came to Port Roseway (Shelburne) in the summer of 1783, not
Halifax. There is the Black Loyalists Heritage Centre in Birchtown,
right next to Shelburne, with many exciting programs, and the website
is <a href="http://blackloyalist.com/">http://blackloyalist.com/</a> Personally, I am from the area, and my genealogy refers to Black Loyalists. - Elizabeth</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.kingscountynews.ca/community/2017/2/10/african-history-month-events-lined-up-at-acadia.html">http://www.kingscountynews.ca/community/2017/2/10/african-history-month-events-lined-up-at-acadia.html</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">On
Monday, Feb 13, Dr. Catherine Cottreau-Robins, curator of archaeology
for Nova Scotia Museums, will present a lecture at 6 p.m. in BAC 132
entitled, ‘The archaeology of slavery and freedom in Nova Scotia.’</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Segregation
'even after death' for African Nova Scotians, researcher says</span></span></h1>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/segregated-cemeteries-camp-hill-african-nova-scotians-black-communities-1.3971054">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/segregated-cemeteries-camp-hill-african-nova-scotians-black-communities-1.3971054</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span>
A researcher of African Nova Scotian history says
shocking examples of systemic racism can be found in the
histories of the province's cemeteries, where "even after death,
there was segregation."<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Ontario </b></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Dionne quintuplets say birth home must be preserved
as part of Canadian history </b></span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.timescolonist.com/dionne-quintuplets-say-birth-home-must-be-preserved-as-part-of-canadian-history-1.9763744#sthash.tcuW6VN8.dpuf">http://www.timescolonist.com/dionne-quintuplets-say-birth-home-must-be-preserved-as-part-of-canadian-history-1.9763744#sthash.tcuW6VN8.dpuf</a>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The two surviving Dionne quintuplets are urging
officials in northeastern Ontario to preserve the home where they
were born, suggesting there is a "moral obligation" to
safeguard a part of Canadian history. </span>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Manitoba</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Louis Riel’s Walking Stick Part of New Exhibit at
Manitoba Museum</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.chrisd.ca/2017/02/09/manitoba-museum-legacies-of-confederation-exhibit/#.WJ3NVnko64s">http://www.chrisd.ca/2017/02/09/manitoba-museum-legacies-of-confederation-exhibit/#.WJ3NVnko64s</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">A new temporary exhibit commemorating Canada’s
150th birthday opened at the Manitoba Museum on Thursday.</span><br />
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“<span style="font-size: medium;">Legacies of Confederation: A New Look at
Manitoba History” highlights iconic artifacts and specimens from
the museum’s vast collection, as well as some loaned items
including the seldom seen walking stick used by Louis Riel</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> and a Treaty document dating to
1875.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Saskatchewan </span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Saskatoon
doc to tell stories of Canada's historic movie theatres </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/saskatoon-documentary-historic-movie-theatres-1.3972330">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/saskatoon-documentary-historic-movie-theatres-1.3972330</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When <i>The
Empire Strikes Back</i> was playing at Saskatoon's Towne Cinema in
1980, it was the hottest ticket in the city, and Mike Fisher was a
sleepy little boy out for a night at the movies with his mom and dad.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Alberta</span></span></h1>
<h1 class="western">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">'We
have been here for a long time': group promotes black history in
Alberta </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.metronews.ca/news/edmonton/2017/02/08/new-group-promotes-black-history-in-alberta-.html">http://www.metronews.ca/news/edmonton/2017/02/08/new-group-promotes-black-history-in-alberta-.html</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Debbie
Beaver is a fourth-generation Albertan who gets tired of people
asking where she’s from.<br /><br />The answer is a farm near Barrhead,
but it doesn't satisfy most who ask, she said.<br /><br />“They would
say, ‘Well, before that, where was your dad from?’” she
said.<br /><br />“Well, my dad was born in the same place.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>British
Columbia </b></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Students preparing for historic trip</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span>
<a href="http://www.delta-optimist.com/news/students-preparing-for-historic-trip-1.9777995"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.delta-optimist.com/news/students-preparing-for-historic-trip-1.9777995</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">A group of students and staff from Delta Secondary
will be a part of history in April with a trip to Vimy Ridge to
coincide with the 100th anniversary of Canada's military victory. The
trip is through Education First tours with the focus being attending
the anniversary ceremony alongside thousands of other students from
across Canada. </span>
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<br />
<b>Our history is harder than you think</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/opinion/413069563.html">http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/opinion/413069563.html</a></span></span><br />
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I’ve recently taken up a new morning ritual.<br />
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No, it’s not getting up earlier, getting early morning
nutrition or going for a run or anything sensible like that.<br />
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I’m testing my knowledge.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Canada
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>He
Won! He Won!</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">Remember last week
when I told you that I was wishing Louis Kessler all the luck in the
world with his invention to be debuted at the Innovation Summit on
Friday at RootsTech 2017 in Salt Lake City???</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">He won!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">His invention, which is called </span></span><span lang="en"><i>Double
Match Triangulator</i>, </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">placed third.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I communicated while
him late on Friday, and he was “thrilled”. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">He went on to say
that “Apparently I'm the first Canadian to ever win a Showdown
prize”, and he is right. He IS the first Canadian to win a place
on the showdown!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So
congratulations, Louis. We wait to hear more news about your
invention, and your continued good luck!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Go
to <a href="http://lkessler.com/">http://lkessler.com/</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">His
blog is at <a href="http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/blog/">http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/blog/ </a></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So,
the Archives of Ontario is counting down the 150 days until Ontario’s
150th birthday on July 1, 2017! </span></span>
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I have come across the following Canadian genealogy, history and heritage websites, social media, and newspaper articles this past week that were of interest to me, and I thought you might be interested in them, too.<br />
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Late in the evening of 03 February 1916, smoke was seen escaping from the reading room of the Centre Block.<br />
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The fire spread quickly, the roof collapsed, and in the early hours of 04 February, the clock tower collapsed. Seven people died in the blaze. By the next day, the fire was out, but the structure was a smoldering in an icy shell. </div>
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<b>Northern Manitoba youth to preserve history of northern Manitoba First Nations with app </b></div>
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A group of Northern Manitoba youth are learning about new technology in Winnipeg this week hoping to bring new communications ideas back to their home communities. </div>
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<b>39 Nova Scotia projects receive Canada 150th funding </b></div>
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The province has announced funding for 39 Nova Scotian non-profits and co-operatives to mark Canada’s 150th anniversary. </div>
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A total of $841,000 was announced on Monday for those organizations holding events or celebrations to celebrate Nova Scotia’s role in Canada’s history. </div>
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<b>Did you know that this province has more than 48 Historic Black communities? </b></div>
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Each year, during the month of February we celebrate the history, heritage and contributions of African Nova Scotians, one of our founding settler communities by recognizing Black History Month/African Heritage Month. </div>
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The Summerside and Area Historical Society wants city's old train station to become a municipal museum. </div>
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The city is looking for a buyer for the 1927 structure. It was most recently a library before the opening of the new Inspire Learning Centre. </div>
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<b>Snow has fallen in the museum </b></div>
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Snow, the first exhibition of its kind in Canada, portrays the amazing love-hate relationship that the inhabitants of this great land have had with snow since the arrival of the First Peoples in North America. Created by the Canadian Museum of History, in partnership with the J. Armand Bombardier Museum, Snow gives visitors a historical and cultural perspective on this element of nature as a source of adaptation, passion, ingenuity and creativity. </div>
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As Canada prepares to celebrate its 150th birthday, RBC asked high school students to reflect on the contribution of black Canadians over the past 150 years and what future generations can learn from them. Thirty winners were chosen from a record-number of entries, including the top three winners. </div>
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A special commemorative exhibition entitled <b>From Vimy to Juno: Canada in France 1914-45</b> opened today at the Okanagan Military Museum. This national travelling exhibition explores the connections between defining moments in Canadian history and the experiences of Canadians who fought in both world wars. From Vimy to Juno was developed by the Juno Beach Centre, Canada’s only museum on the D-Day Landing beaches in Normandy, France. </div>
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Are you ready? Do you have everything packed to go to the conference, and have you registered for the streaming of the lectures?<br />
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If you haven't register yet for the Streaming Schedule from Wednesday to Saturday, you can go to <a href="https://www.rootstech.org/live-stream-schedule">https://www.rootstech.org/live-stream-schedule</a> to see the timetable. And you can view these lecture on any of your devices. </div>
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Remember that on Friday, it is Innovator Showdown, and we have a Canadian in this year's competition - Louis Kessler and the Double Match Triangulator - Forging New Frontiers in DNA Analysis. </div>
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Louis is from Winnipeg, and you can read his story of how he developed this new analysis of DNA at <a href="https://devpost.com/software/double-match-triangulator-dmt">https://devpost.com/software/double-match-triangulator-dmt</a>. </div>
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So be sure to send best wishes to Louis and vote for him when his innovation comes up for a vote at in the Innovative Showdown. The website for his invention is at <a href="https://www.rootstech.org/innovator-showdown">https://www.rootstech.org/innovator-showdown</a> </div>
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Today, if you wish to watch Dear Myrt Hangout at the Family History Library in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, you can register at <a href="http://hangouts.dearmyrtle.com/6-feb-2016-mwm.html">http://hangouts.dearmyrtle.com/6-feb-2016-mwm.html</a> and join in with the fun! </div>
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I will be watching, taking notes, and keeping my eyes and ears tuned for new developments at the conference. It is always innovative, interesting and there is always something new – so join me in watching. </div>
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The honoree this year is Viola Desmond, a Nova Scotian businesswoman who changed the course of Canadian history by refusing to leave a whites-only area of a movie theatre in 1946. </div>
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The Government of Canada recently chose her as the face for Canada’s ten dollar bank note and Black History Month poster. </div>
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If you can't go the various celebrations, you can take a victual tour of the Canadian Black History Virtual Museum and also Treasure Hunt which shows life in Canada for the Black Canadians. </div>
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There is also a site on the site called Anniversary celebrations in 2017 in which they explore the subjects of the 180 year anniversary of the Corps of Negroes, the 160 year anniversary of William Neilson Hall winning the Victoria Cross, and the 100 year anniversary of the No. 2 Construction Battalion’s Departure Overseas</div>
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The Provincial Archives invites you to attend the 2017 Archives Week celebration Perspectives on the Northwest Resistance at Bushwakker Brewpub on Wednesday, February 8 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.</div>
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The provincial flag of Quebec was first hoisted on 21 January 1948. Quebec Flag Day, however, is celebrated on 24 May.</div>
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<b><br /></b><b>(Video) Saskato</b><b>on Heritage Society hopeful Third Avenue United Church gets designation</b></div>
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The Saskatoon Heritage Society is hopeful a provincial board will recommend the Third Avenue United Church be designated a municipal heritage property.<br />
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<b>(Video) Calgary’s Langevin Bridge renamed Reconciliation Bridge</b><br />
<a href="http://globalnews.ca/news/3191789/calgary-city-council-expected-to-vote-in-favour-of-renaming-langevin-bridge/">http://globalnews.ca/news/3191789/calgary-city-council-expected-to-vote-in-favour-of-renaming-langevin-bridge/</a><br />
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Calgary city council voted to rename the Langevin Bridge as the Reconciliation Bridge Monday evening, with only Coun. Jim Stevenson opposed.<br />
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The bridge, which opened in 1910, spans the Bow River, connecting 4 Street S.E. with 4 Avenue S.E. </div>
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<b>(Blog) Protecting Fort Anne – One of Canada’s First Parks</b><br />
<a href="https://thediscoverblog.com/2017/01/24/protecting-fort-anne-one-of-canadas-first-parks">https://thediscoverblog.com/2017/01/24/protecting-fort-anne-one-of-canadas-first-parks</a> </div>
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Fort Anne National Historic Site in Annapolis Royal sits at the edge of the Annapolis and Allain Rivers in Nova Scotia. The park, established 100 years ago, is Canada’s first federally-administered national historic site (Fort Howe in New Brunswick is the first historic site). <br />
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<b>(Video) Calls to rename Ottawa’s Langevin Block over namesake’s connection to residential schools</b><br />
<a href="http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/national/calls+rename+ottawa+langevin+block+over+namesake/12783837/story.html">http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/national/calls+rename+ottawa+langevin+block+over+namesake/12783837/story.html</a><br />
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A recent decision to rename Calgary’s Langevin Bridge because of its namesake’s connection to residential schools is spurring calls to change the name of the building in Ottawa that houses the Prime Minister’s Office.</div>
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Company's test for Beothuk DNA called bogus by geneticists<br />
<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/beothuk-dna-ancestry-genetics-1.3953668">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/beothuk-dna-ancestry-genetics-1.3953668</a><br />
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A North Carolina woman says DNA testing has revealed that she is Beothuk, a descendant of an Indigenous people from Newfoundland whose last known member died in 1829. </div>
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<b>Coin, stamp to mark 100th anniversary of Halifax Explosio</b>n</div>
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A newly-minted <a href="http://www.mint.ca/store/coins/14karat-gold-coin-%E2%80%93-100th-anniversary-of-the-halifax-explosion-%E2%80%93-mintage-1500-2017-prod2890132?rcmiid=link%7Ccategorypage%7C14-karat_Gold_Coin_100th_Anniversary_of_the_Halifax_Explosion_Mintage_1500_2017%7CShop-Canadian_History&#.WIk4hlMrJaQ">$100 coin</a> and a 2017 Canada Post stamp will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion.<br />
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Pre-orders are being taken for the $100 gold coin designed by Canadian artist Jamie Desrochers, which is expected to be popular among collectors after its Feb. 7 release. </div>
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<b>African Heritage Month launching in Amherst Jan. 30</b><br />
<a href="http://www.cumberlandnewsnow.com/news/local/2017/1/23/african-heritage-month-launching-in-amherst-jan--30.html">http://www.cumberlandnewsnow.com/news/local/2017/1/23/african-heritage-month-launching-in-amherst-jan--30.html</a> </div>
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The past, present and future will all be celebrated during this year’s African Heritage Month, which will be given an official launch in Amherst on Monday, Jan. 30. <br />
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Members of New Brunswick’s black community say the time has come to bury a word once used in polite company, but is now considered offensive.<br />
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The word “Negro" is still being used as a name for roads, neighbourhoods and historic breakwater in the province.<br />
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<b>STORIFY: African Heritage Month officially declared at Province House</b><br />
<a href="http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1435096-storify-african-heritage-month-officially-declared-at-province-house">http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1435096-storify-african-heritage-month-officially-declared-at-province-house</a><br />
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Lt.-Gov. J.J. Grant and African Nova Scotia Affairs Minister Tony Ince officially named February African Heritage Month at Province House Tuesday. <br />
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This year’s theme, “Passing the Torch — African Nova Scotians and the Next 150 Years,” recognizes the long history of African Nova Scotians, and documents their resiliency and triumphs in the face of adversity. The theme also highlights the African Nova Scotian community’s future. </div>
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<b>Exhibition depicts Canada's prime ministers with majesty and mischief </b><br />
<a href="http://www.news1130.com/2017/01/24/exhibition-depicts-canadas-prime-ministers-with-majesty-and-mischief/">http://www.news1130.com/2017/01/24/exhibition-depicts-canadas-prime-ministers-with-majesty-and-mischief/</a><br />
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It’s John Diefenbaker as you’ve never seen him — standing on a chair, an intricate miniature statue of the 13th prime minister in a quirky exhibition that captures 150 years of Canadian political history.</div>
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<b>Federal funds announced for Freeport legion, Cornwallis military museum</b><br />
<a href="http://www.digbycourier.ca/community/2017/1/24/federal-funds-announced-for-freeport-legion--cornwallis-military.html">http://www.digbycourier.ca/community/2017/1/24/federal-funds-announced-for-freeport-legion--cornwallis-military.html</a><br />
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West Nova MP Colin Fraser has announced federal funding to help Royal Canadian Legion Carpiquet Branch 92, which received $81,450, and the Cornwallis Military Museum Association, which got $5,357. </div>
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<b>Volunteers revive historic cabin in the heart of Nova Scotia wilderness</b><br />
<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/cofan-cabin-construction-forest-cooperation-restoration-1.3951715">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/cofan-cabin-construction-forest-cooperation-restoration-1.3951715</a> </div>
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It was the ultimate backwoods fixer-upper.<br />
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A dedicated group of Nova Scotians has worked to restore a nearly century-old log cabin deep in the woods of southwest Nova Scotia that's considered part of the province's heritage. </div>
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<b>‘It's derogatory’: Black History Society pushing to remove ‘Negro’ from N.B. community names</b><br />
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Members of New Brunswick’s black community say the time has come to bury a word once used in polite company, but is now considered offensive.<br />
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The word “Negro" is still being used as a name for roads, neighbourhoods and historic breakwater in the province. </div>
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<b>Saint John's racist place names need to change, group says</b><br />
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Several New Brunswick place names — like the Negro Point Breakwater in west Saint John, and Negro Head in Lorneville — are reminders of the province's racist heritage and should be changed, according to Ralph Thomas of PRUDE.</div>
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<b>'It's ... insulting': Mi'kmaq warrior chief says of Canada's 150th celebration</b></div>
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As Canada celebrates its 150th year of Confederation, Mi'kmaq Warrior Chief John Levi says First Nations people are still struggling with poverty and he's made a call to action to remind the country of its shortcomings. </div>
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<b>A story a day to celebrate Black History Month</b><br />
<a href="http://www.metronews.ca/news/toronto/2017/01/20/a-story-a-day-to-celebrate-black-history-month.html">http://www.metronews.ca/news/toronto/2017/01/20/a-story-a-day-to-celebrate-black-history-month.html</a><br />
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While Black people make up 2.9 per cent of the Canadian population, according to the 2011 Statistics Canada numbers, Casey Palmer believes most of what’s reported in mainstream media isn’t necessarily reflective of his actual community.<br />
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<b>Ryan Gosling and a brief history of Canadian actors at the Oscars </b><br />
<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/beta/arts/ryan-gosling-and-a-brief-history-of-canadian-actors-at-the-oscars-1.3938260">http://www.cbc.ca/beta/arts/ryan-gosling-and-a-brief-history-of-canadian-actors-at-the-oscars-1.3938260</a><br />
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So with our fingers firmly crossed for Gosling come next month (his hometown of London, Ont. might be something of a good luck charm, as you'll quickly see), let's take a quick look back at the 19 Canadian-born actors that join him in the all-too-exclusive club.<br />
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<b>Join in this city’s year-long party</b><br />
<a href="http://www.star2.com/travel/americas/2017/01/25/ottawa-celebrates-150th-birthday-with-a-year-long-party/">http://www.star2.com/travel/americas/2017/01/25/ottawa-celebrates-150th-birthday-with-a-year-long-party/</a><br />
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Jim Watson, the mayor of Canada’s capital, joined the Ottawa 2017 briefing in progress. He talked about the city he clearly loves and currently runs, sounded excited, then handed the reporter a puck.<br />
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“Most mayors hand out medals,” he said. “But I hand out pucks. So there you go …”<br />
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<b>Canada history: Jan 26, 1924 Canada’s first (more or less) official flag</b><br />
<a href="http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2017/01/26/canada-history-jan-26-1924-canadas-first-more-or-less-official-flag/">http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2017/01/26/canada-history-jan-26-1924-canadas-first-more-or-less-official-flag/</a><br />
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Canada has an interesting history with its national flags. <br />
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Canada came into being in 1867 and usually when a country is formed, one of the first things it does is create a flag as part of its new and distinct identity. That didn’t exactly happen in the Dominion of Canada.</div>
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<b>Searching for a Canadian soldier: Belgian woman makes last-ditch effort to find her father</b><br />
<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/florence-heene-searches-for-canadian-soldier-father-1.3953738">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/florence-heene-searches-for-canadian-soldier-father-1.3953738</a><br />
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A Belgian woman's plea for help to find the Canadian soldier she thinks is her biological father has captured the attention of thousands of people around the world, prompting Canadians to dig into the military pasts of their own families and to scour archival websites to try to solve the mystery </div>
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<b>Former church owner objects to heritage status</b><br />
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A provincial review board will consider granting a heritage designation for Third Avenue United Church in Saskatoon after its former owner objected to granting protection for the historic building.<br />
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<b>A step in time: Square Dance Club history</b><br />
<a href="http://lethbridgeherald.com/news/lethbridge-news/2017/01/24/a-step-in-time-square-dance-club-history/">http://lethbridgeherald.com/news/lethbridge-news/2017/01/24/a-step-in-time-square-dance-club-history/</a> <br />
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Whether country and western, polka or tango, community dancing has been enjoyed as a pastime in Lethbridge for generations. <br />
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In the early 1950s square dancing soared in popularity. An estimated 1,500 people in Lethbridge belonged to a club, and the waiting period for admission to membership into one of the city’s clubs was as much as a year. <br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Soldiers of the Great War: The Fredericton Soldier Biography History Initiative</b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
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The introduction says that “The Fredericton Soldier Biography History Initiative brings together middle school students from George Street Middle School with educators, historians, archivists, and community members to help build greater awareness of soldiers named on the Fredericton Cenotaph and their families. It is also the goal of the project to highlight the historic complexities of New Brunswick societies during the Great War period, including the experiences of women, First Nations, African Canadians, and immigrant populations”. <br />
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If you go to the Name Index at <a href="http://archives.gnb.ca/Exhibits/SoldierBiographyHistoryInitiative/NameIndex.aspx?culture=en-CA">http://archives.gnb.ca/Exhibits/SoldierBiographyHistoryInitiative/NameIndex.aspx?culture=en-CA</a>, you will see the names of soldiers with background information, and war experience. <br />
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So we received word from the Ontario Genealogical Society conference that we have been named as a member of the Ontario Genealogical Society's Social Media Team to the conference in June 16 to 18, 2017. What an honour!<br />
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Do you know that this is the first time the Ontario Genealogical Society Conference has had a Social Media Team?</div>
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I have come across the following Canadian genealogy, history and heritage websites, social media, and newspaper articles this past week that were of interest to me, and I thought you might be interested in them, too. <br />
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On 16 January 1939, Joe Shuster from Toronto publishes his first self-titled Superman comic strip - the Man of Steel had been a character in Action Comics. New York. New York. </div>
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The "man of steel" hid his extraordinary strength, speed, and superhuman powers under the self-effacing guise of the weak and clumsy Clark Kent. </div>
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Lorne Greene, the Canadian actor from my adapted hometown, Ottawa, starred as the lead in <em>Bonanza</em>, a TV series set on the Ponderosa Ranch in Nevada.</div>
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He played family patriarch and three-time widower Ben Cartwright, with his three sons (each by a different mother, by the way – and this would be of interest to genealogists) - Adam (Pernell Roberts), Hoss (Dan Blocker) and Little Joe (Michael Landon).</div>
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For more information, go to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorne_Greene">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorne_Greene</a><br />
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<b>(Photos) Retired doctor paints Gander’s past</b><br />
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When most people think of Gander, they think of planes. But when artist Clayton Hann is working on one of his watercolours, he looks past the planes, to the trains that made building the town possible. </div>
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<b>Wolfville honours war heroine</b><br />
<a href="http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1432769-wolfville-honours-war-heroine">http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1432769-wolfville-honours-war-heroine</a><br />
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Wolfville is commemorating war heroine Mona Parsons by erecting a bronze statue of her near the town’s post office. <br />
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Plans are being made to erect the statue of Parsons, created by Dutch sculptor Nistal Prem de Boer, on the anniversary of VE Day in May.<br />
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<b>Local author and history buff pens new book about local family </b><br />
<a href="http://enfieldweeklypress.com/local-author-history-buff-pens-new-book-local-">http://enfieldweeklypress.com/local-author-history-buff-pens-new-book-local-</a><a href="http://enfieldweeklypress.com/local-author-history-buff-pens-new-book-local-family/">family/</a> <br />
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One of East Hants’ most prominent names in their history is the topic of John “Jack” Hawkins latest book. <br />
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“This book is a brief account of the life of Jabob Horne and some of his descendants, ” said Hawkins. ” Over the years I have been given records and information on Jacob and the early settlers. Mary Horne Knotling or Oregon has done a lot of research and passed it along to me.” </div>
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<b>Halifax Explosion plaque tells wrong story for 17 years </b><br />
<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-explosion-fort-needham-park-plaque-imo-mont-blanc-1.3942098">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-explosion-fort-needham-park-plaque-imo-mont-blanc-1.3942098</a> <br />
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For 17 years, a plaque at the Halifax Explosion memorial site in Fort Needham park has told passersby about the disaster that rocked the port city on Dec. 6, 1917. <br />
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"Reversing her engines, Mont-Blanc went astern to pull out the deep gash in Imo's side," the plaque reads. <br />
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"Steel rasped against ragged steel, sparks flew, Mont-Blanc caught fire and blew up at 9:04:35 a.m." <br />
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The trouble is that the plaque has the story wrong. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>New Brunswick </b></span></div>
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<b>Port Saint John: Canada's next National Historic Seaport?</b><br />
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The majority of Saint Johners don't visit Martello Tower, Fort LaTour or Partridge Island — but local historian Harold Wright is hoping to change that.<br />
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Sites like Fort Howe, Fort LaTour and Partridge Island "tell our story," Wright said.<br />
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<b>Rustico priest had first automobile in Canada 150 years ago</b><br />
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December marked the 150th anniversary of the first automobile arriving in Canada, before the country was even officially formed, a steam-powered carriage that was imported by Father George A. Belcourt.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><b>New Brunswick’s 2017 slogan not sitting well with some P.E.I. Politicians</b><br />
<a href="http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/local/2017/1/21/new-brunswick_s-2017-slogan-not-sitting-well-with-some-p-e-i--po.html">http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/local/2017/1/21/new-brunswick_s-2017-slogan-not-sitting-well-with-some-p-e-i--po.html</a><br />
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A wee bit of a tiff is developing between P.E.I. and New Brunswick over which province planted the seed for Confederation.</div>
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<b>A beauty pageant of the sea is coming to Quebec City, river</b><br />
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As the story goes, the training ship <em>Amerigo Vespucci</em> was sailing the Mediterranean in 1962 when the U.S. aircraft carrier <em>Independence</em> spotted it and radioed: "Who are you?" Came the reply: "School ship <em>Amerigo Vespucci</em>, the Italian Navy." The <em>Independence</em> answered: "You are the most beautiful ship in the world." </div>
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<b>Burlington Heritage Fair celebrates Canada 150 on Feb. 4</b> <br />
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Residents may feel more nostalgic at this year’s Burlington Heritage Fair as the 2017 theme will celebrate Canada 150 and the history of sports in the city. <br />
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The free family event is the official kick off for Heritage Month (February) and is hosted by the Heritage Month Committee and Heritage Burlington. </div>
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<b>Canada Post: celebrating Canadian UNESCO sites</b><br />
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Canada post has released five new stamps. The stamps show fascinating world heritage sites as named by UNESCO, so declared for their importance to world history and heritage </div>
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<b>Archives making history </b><br />
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The community archives has had a record number of new historical documents flooding in. </div>
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Curious locals can now wander into the Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County and unearth circa 1800s details about taxes paid and prisoner treatment. </div>
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<b>Museum of History acquires 'Canadian Caper' collection</b><br />
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Most Canadians who were around in the 1980s have vivid memories of the so-called Canadian Caper, an audacious rescue of six U.S. diplomats during the Iran hostage crisis. </div>
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<b>Nominations requested for annual historical preservation award</b><br />
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Lt.-Gov. Janice Filmon is encouraging the public to nominate a worthy Manitoban who has provided prolonged and meritorious service in the preservation and promotion of Manitoba history for an award, presented in consultation with the Manitoba Historical Society. </div>
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<b>Museum honours 150 years of Canada</b><br />
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Fascinating facts and intriguing stories about Okotoks’ unique history will fill the Okotoks Museum and Archives in a year-long devotion to a Canadian milestone. <br />
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In celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday, the museum is displaying facts and stories that reflect numerous aspects of the community since the nation’s confederation in an exhibit entitled Our Place in History.<br />
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<b>Pictures: art contest celebrates Alberta's Ukrainian heritage</b><br />
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Six Alberta students were recognized Friday for their artwork showing 125 years of Ukrainian settlement in Canada. <br />
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The ‘We Became a Part of Canada’ art contest got students across the province to look at how Ukrainian-Canadian migrants became part of Alberta </div>
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<b>Province launching a funding program for museums, heritage sites</b><br />
<a href="http://www.pqbnews.com/community/410958675.html">http://www.pqbnews.com/community/410958675.html</a> <br />
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This program offers one-time grants of up to $100,000 for; developing infrastructure to improve museum spaces and facilities; conserving historic places and heritage sites; building lasting legacies with projects that physically represent B.C.’s unique and diverse histories, culture and heritage such as exhibitions, public art or statues; and sharing history through projects that promote sharing of collections and expertise between the Royal B.C. Museum and the wider museum community.<br />
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<b>Central Saanich heritage home to be moved for development</b><br />
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The first purpose-built affordable housing to come to Central Saanich since the 1960s will blend history and access, proponents say.<br />
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The project on West Saanich Road in Brentwood Bay will see a heritage home moved to make way for 40 affordable rental apartments and six for-purchase townhomes.</div>
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<b>Metlakatla First Nation working on plan to protect heritage, language</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/metlakatla-first-nation-1.3935980">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/metlakatla-first-nation-1.3935980</a></div>
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Dozens of Metlakatla First Nation members are meeting in Prince Rupert, B.C. this weekend to find ways to preserve and pass down their culture, history and language.<br />
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Allowing future generations to connect with their roots as well as protecting sites of cultural significance will be the goals of a new cultural program from the Nation," said Metlakatla communications manager Shaun Thomas.</div>
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387,710 of 640,000 files are available online in the <i>Personnel Records of the First World War</i> database at Library and Archives Canada. <br />
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They say that the ' digitizing the service files systematically, from box 1 to box 10686, which roughly corresponds to alphabetical order. Please note that over the years, the content of some boxes has had to be moved and you might find that the file you want, with a surname that is supposed to have been digitized, is now located in another box that has not yet been digitized' <br />
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So far, they have digitized the following files - Latest box digitized: Box 6526 and last name <b>Murray</b>.<br />
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Please check the database regularly for new additions, and if you still have questions after checking the database, you may contact us directly at 1-866-578-7777 for more assistance. <br />
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For more information, go to <a href="http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/Pages/introduction.aspx">http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/Pages/introduction.aspx </a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>A legacy carved in stone</b></span></div>
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There is going to be an exhibit at the Museum of War which I will try to go and see, and it's the <i>Preserved in Stone – Underground Art of the First World War</i>. The exhibit will be on from October 17, 2016 – January 7, 2018 and it's right inside the lobby, so it's easy to get to right beside the front door. <br />
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In the shadow of the Vimy Memorial in France lies a Celtic cross carved in soft stone. Both are monuments to Canadian soldiers who died in the First World War. But while one looms solemnly over the French countryside, the other is hidden in a cave beneath a farmer’s field. <br />
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A Celtic Cross is a highlight of <i>Preserved in Stone – Underground Art of the First World War</i>. The exhibition of photographs and 3D reproductions of artwork and graffiti left behind by Canadian troops preparing for the Battle of Vimy Ridge in 1917. <br />
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And if you are coming to Ottawa during the Ontario Genealogical 2017 Conference, you can take advantage of the tours that are available, and one of the tours is of the Museum of War, so you can make reservations now at <a href="https://conference2017.ogs.ca/program/thursday-2/">https://conference2017.ogs.ca/program/thursday-2/</a> <br />
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Canadian War Museum is <a href="http://www.warmuseum.ca/">http://www.warmuseum.ca/</a> </div>
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I have come across the following Canadian genealogy, history and heritage websites, social media, and newspaper articles this past week that were of interest to me, and I thought you might be interested in them, too.<br />
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On 11 January 1815, John A Macdonald was born in Scotland, and in 1820, the family emigrated to Kingston, Ontario where they joined a number of family members, who had immigrated earlier. <br />
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Canadian held a number of birthday parties on Saturday, and one of them was held on the Natrel skating rink in Old Montreal on Saturday afternoon. <br />
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Read about it at <a href="http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/kilted-skaters-celebrate-sir-john-as-birthday-at-old-port-rink">http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/kilted-skaters-celebrate-sir-john-as-birthday-at-old-port-rink</a></div>
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On 13 January 1885, Alfred C. Fuller from Nova Scotia was born, and he started the Fuller Brush Company after he moved to Hartford, Connecticut in 1906. </div>
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For more information, go to <a href="http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2017/01/13/canada-history-jan-13-1885-the-fuller-brush-man/">http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2017/01/13/canada-history-jan-13-1885-the-fuller-brush-man/</a> </div>
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To see his home in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, go to the <a href="shttp://www.yarmouthcountymuseum.ca/index.php/other-sites/pelton-fuller-house">shttp://www.yarmouthcountymuseum.ca/index.php/other-sites/pelton-fuller-house</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Video: Union Point Church: History and heart along Highway 75</b></span><br />
<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/union-point-church-manitoba-1.3926647">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/union-point-church-manitoba-1.3926647</a><br />
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For drivers heading down Highway 75 to the American border, there's one welcome sign they are headed in the right direction — a tiny white church perched between two lanes of high-speed traffic.<br />
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Here's a look at what was making the news 25 and 50 years ago in the Hants <i>Journal</i>. </div>
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<b>Don't leave Lunenburg in the lurch, mayor urges feds eyeing new heritage sites</b><br />
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Before the federal government accepts nominations for a new slew of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the mayor of Lunenburg says it should provide more support for those it already has.<br />
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Rachel Bailey says Old Town Lunenburg's designation has been very much a blessing, raising the town's profile not only provincially, but nationally and worldwide.<br />
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<b>Heritage group hopes to preserve historic estate, brick by brick</b></div>
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The heritage trust trying to preserve the Glenaladale estate, built in the late 1880s in Tracadie Bay, has launched a Buy a Brick campaign to encourage Islanders to invest in the property.<br />
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<b>Why P.E.I. is celebrating 150 years — again and again</b></div>
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Yes, it was just two years ago that P.E.I. wrapped up a year of exhaustive province-wide celebrations on which federal, provincial and municipal governments collectively spent $26 million and 161 community groups partied with the nearly $5 million from the P.E.I. 2014 Fund — so Islanders can be forgiven for a bit of dejà vu when they hear that Canada is celebrating 150 years of nationhood in 2017.<br />
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<b>From the archives: Success of ice railway to South Shore in 1880 was short lived</b><br />
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It was one of the most bizarre rail accidents in Montreal’s history and also one of the least auspicious. Bizarre, because the rails were laid not on terra firma but on ice across the frozen St. Lawrence. And inauspicious, because the accident came on the very first day of operations that winter. </div>
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<b>Scientists map beaver genome as gift for Canada's 150th birthday</b></div>
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Throughout Canada's history, the industrious, humble beaver has gone from near-extinction at the height of the fur trade to becoming the official symbol of our nation. <br />
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<b>Dufferin County offering funds for Canada 150 events, legacy projects </b><br />
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Municipalities planning something special for this year’s Canada 150th celebration may be eligible for funding from Dufferin County. <br />
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<b>Kicking off Canada 150</b><br />
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Springwater is kicking off its Canada 150 Celebrations with a new art exhibit at the Township Administration Centre. <br />
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The Canada 150 Maple Leaf Mosaic was created by the BaySide Artists and features sixteen 12”x12” paintings of Canadian historical figures and events. The paintings are designed to be hung together as a mosaic of the Canadian flag, and each panel commemorates one aspect of Canada’s rich history from landmarks, to people, to moments in time.</div>
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Lt.-Gov. Janice Filmon is encouraging the public to nominate a worthy Manitoban who has provided prolonged and meritorious service in the preservation and promotion of Manitoba history for an award, presented in consultation with the Manitoba Historical Society.<br />
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<b>Celebrating the 150th anniversary in St. Boniface</b><br />
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The building which Le Musée de Saint-Boniface Museum currently occupies is 20 years older than Canada itself, and is the oldest building in Winnipeg. The building has a rich history, starting as the convent for the Grey Nuns in 1847, later serving as the first hospital in Western Canada.</div>
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<b>CIUS Digital Archive Project website is launched</b><br />
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Developed in close cooperation with the University of Alberta Libraries and the Arts Resource Center, the Digital Archive Project of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) aims to digitize, systematize and describe the core publications of the institute that have been produced over the last 40 years – essentially, since its founding in 1976.</div>
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<b>Stettler’s history book in limbo due to lack of volunteers</b><br />
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When president of the P&H Elevator Preservation Society, Stan Eichhorn and Jack Schultze decided to initiate and back the project – intrinsic to many small communities in Alberta, a history book recording and documenting our town – little did they know some of the stumbling blocks they would be facing.</div>
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<b>East Coulee school Museum receives grant for roof</b></div>
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The East Coulee School Museum has received a grant that will help restore the roof of its building. <br />
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The East Coulee School Museum has been making steady progress in maintaining and refurbishing the recognized historical site. It was successful installing a new boiler to heat the facility and the next project for the organization is to replace the roof. </div>
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TO mark the 150th anniversary of Canada’s Confederation, the Province is launching a funding program to celebrate B.C. communities and their contribution to Canada. The Government of British Columbia will invest $8 million in museums and heritage sites throughout the province. <br />
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<b>Monument to Chinese unveiled in Cumberland</b><br />
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A commemorative monument unveiled today in the historic Cumberland Chinese Cemetery recognizes the contributions of Chinese Canadians to B.C.'s rich cultural, historical and economic mosaic. </div>
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A "prestigious log house" and Dutch Colonial-style residence have been added to the City of Prince George's heritage register.<br />
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<b>Taking a look at history of Okanagan soldiers</b><br />
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I must credit J Paul Hawthorne, a genealogist from San Diego, for bringing this phenomenon to my attention – <i>Gretna Green Marriage Places</i> for North Americans, on his site at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jphawthorne?pnref=lhc.friends">https://www.facebook.com/jphawthorne?pnref=lhc.friends</a> and it includes Canadians. This is something I did not know! </div>
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Some of the places were New York, Erie, Buffalo; New York, Niagara for Ontario Canada; St. Lawrence, Ogdensburgh, New York for Ontario and Quebec, and Michigan, St. Clair, Port Huron for Lambton County, Ontario and all Ontario. </div>
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One of the six things to look for in 2017 will be “Over 330 FamilySearch digital camera teams worldwide will digitally preserve 125–150 million historical records in 2017 for free online access. Another 200 million images will be added from FamilySearch's microfilm conversion project that uses 25 specialized machines to convert its vast microfilm collection at its Granite Mountain Records Vault for online access. Over 30 percent of the 2.4 million rolls of microfilm have already been digitized and published online. The digital collections can be located in the FamilySearch catalog online and by perusing collection lists by location”. </div>
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I have come across the following Canadian genealogy, history and heritage websites, social media, and newspaper articles this past week that were of interest to me, and I thought you might be interested in them, too.<br />
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05 January 1998 - The Ice Storm of 1998, caused by El Niño, hit southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting in widespread power failures, severe damage to forests, and a number of deaths.</div>
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<b>Letter: Honouring Alcock and Brown </b></div>
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On Saturday, June 14, 1919 British Royal Air Force officers Arthur Whitten Brown and John Alcock took off from a bumpy field in St. John’s, Newfoundland and soared into history as the first to fly the Atlantic Ocean non-stop. The takeoff site was christened “Lester’s Field” by Brown for the family that owned the property. </div>
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<b>Reliving Amherst’s history over the airwaves</b><br />
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CFTA Tantramar Community Radio and the Tantramar Radio Players are taking to the airwaves to present <b>The 1867 News</b>. The show will begin later this month and feature daily newscasts from 150 years ago, when Canadians were preparing to enter into the federation known as Canada. </div>
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<b>Nova Scotian tartan has Cochrane connection</b><br />
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A Canada 150 project from Annapolis Royal, N.S., weaving the rich history of the region into a traditional Scottish tartan has a Cochrane connection. </div>
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Kimberly Gunn, who lived in Cochrane for 10 years before moving to Nova Scotia five years ago, has a strong link to the community. She and her husband come back to visit as often as they can, were bagpipers in the Cochrane Pipe Band, and Gunn continues to publish the <i>Cochrane Visitors' Guide</i>.<br />
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<b>Neglect, corruption and the history behind Halifax's deadliest fire. </b></div>
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The devastating fire broke out just before midnight at a Halifax institution, consuming everything in its path and taking the lives of 30 vulnerable people who had been asleep in their beds. </div>
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More than a century later, a local author is delving into the shady history of the Halifax Poor House fire, which remains the deadliest blaze to ever occur in the city. </div>
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<b>From the archives: Awarding of a gold-headed cane to the first ship of the year started in the 1840s</b><br />
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For most of Montreal’s long history, it was far different. Winter ice made the river impassable to sailing ships at least from mid-December to mid-April, and the advent of more powerful steam-driven ships in the middle of the 19th century didn’t extend the season by much. </div>
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<b>From the archives: Bonsecours was a market with style — and pretensions of grandeur — in 1847</b><br />
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On Jan. 6, 1847, Bonsecours Market still was not finished. Sharp eyes could see workers’ tools and supplies lying about. The police station in one of the building’s wings and the weighing station in the other — “superseding the wretched looking place now occupied for that purpose,” as the Gazette put it — were far from complete. </div>
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<b>Buy this 19th-century Quebec village for just $2.8 million</b><br />
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Have you ever dreamed of being the sheriff of an old-timey frontier town? Perhaps you’re looking for a place to hitch your wagon? Or maybe you just wished you lived like a pioneer? Well, for the tidy sum of $2.8 million, you can turn those fantasies into reality in southern Quebec.</div>
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<b>Canadian symbols on display at Museum London</b><br />
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From the beaver and the moose to poutine and maple syrup, Canadian symbols will be on display at Museum London next week in preparation for the country's 150th birthday celebration.<br />
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The museum collected a host of artifacts, images and artwork that have become known as symbols of Canada's national identity, according to Amber Lloydlangston, the museum's curator of regional history.<br />
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<b>Laid to rest: Identifying unknown Canadian soldiers who fell in battle in Europe</b><br />
<a href="http://www.metronews.ca/news/canada/2017/01/04/laid-to-rest-identifying-unknown-canadian-soldiers-who-fell-in-battle-in-europe.html">http://www.metronews.ca/news/canada/2017/01/04/laid-to-rest-identifying-unknown-canadian-soldiers-who-fell-in-battle-in-europe.html</a><br />
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It was a construction crew working on a hospital expansion that first came across human remains in 2010 near the pastoral French town of Vendin-le-Vieil — remains that would later prove to be those of an unknown Canadian soldier.<br />
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Over the six years that followed, the remains of 18 more missing Canadians would be found in the same area, either in small groups or alone where they fell nearly a century earlier.<br />
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<b>Project adds Indigenous names to Canadian history</b><br />
<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-january-3-2017-1.3918513/project-adds-indigenous-names-to-canadian-history-1.3918516">http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-january-3-2017-1.3918513/project-adds-indigenous-names-to-canadian-history-1.3918516</a><br />
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They were called "Eskimo," "half-breed" or "squaw." The collection of photos of Indigenous people in the collections of Library and Archives Canada extends into the thousands — but often the Indigenous people in the photographs were not named, just labelled with words that sound offensive to modern ears. <br />
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<b>Col. John McCrae gets the comic book superhero treatment</b><br />
<a href="https://www.sootoday.com/local-news/col-john-mccrae-gets-the-comic-book-superhero-treatment-501435">https://www.sootoday.com/local-news/col-john-mccrae-gets-the-comic-book-superhero-treatment-501435</a><br />
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Col. John McCrae is teaming up with six other lions of Canadian history to help save the world in a new comic book. <br />
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The Guelph author of In Flanders Fields is the central character in a work of historical comic book fiction by a pair of Guelph residents titled Group of 7.<br />
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<b>Canada to celebrate Tamil Heritage Month in January</b><br />
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Canada for the first time will celebrate the Tamil Heritage Month throughout January following its declaration by the Canadian House of Commons last year<br />
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<b>History Matters: Grader operator unearths two ancient sites in Saskatoon landfill</b><br />
<a href="http://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/columnists/history-matters-grader-operator-unearths-two-ancient-sites-in-saskatoon-landfill">http://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/columnists/history-matters-grader-operator-unearths-two-ancient-sites-in-saskatoon-landfill</a><br />
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It started out as a typical day for Charles Gowen, a heavy-equipment operator at the Saskatoon landfill. It was his job to scrape away dirt from a borrow pit and layer it over the trash. </div>
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But on Sept. 1, 1977, when his grader had dug down about a metre, Gowen noticed that the colour of the soil was much darker, not its normal light sandy brown. Stopping to take a closer look, he found bone fragments and other organic material. </div>
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Well, have you made your New Years's Resolution, or do you call them something else, like goals for 2017? I prefer goals myself. I find that goals are more attainable, and I mention my goals in last week's newspaper <a href="http://genealogycanada.blogspot.com/2017/01/canadian-week-in-review-02-january-2017.html">http://genealogycanada.blogspot.com/2017/01/canadian-week-in-review-02-january-2017.html</a> what I hope to attain in 2017. </div>
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I found that <i>The Genealogy Weekly</i> January 4 2017 from Boston has in its weekly survey resolutions for 2017, and the most popular was organizing research papers, files, and photographs; followed closely by sharing genealogical information with other members of my by family, and sharing family history with our younger generations of my family.</div>
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That sounds familiar, doesn't it? I wonder what the success rate will be? <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>So</b></span><b style="font-size: x-large;">mething new at the Library and Archives Canada</b></div>
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I received a blog post from the Library and Archives Canada (LAC) entitled Introducing LAC’s guest curator blog series and our upcoming exhibition! </div>
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They tell us to watch the LAC website at<a href="http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Pages/home.aspx"> http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Pages/home.aspx </a>because there will be new and exciting blog articles, and upcoming exhibition - <i>Canada: Who Do We Think We Are?</i> And this is in recognition of the 150th anniversary of Canadian Confederation. <br />
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The exhibition opens on June 1, 2017, while the year-long blog series starts in January 2017.<br />
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The blog says that we will hear from the staff who helped develop the exhibition, including anecdotes about their work at LAC. The series also includes articles by scholars, experts and ordinary Canadians, who all depend upon LAC’s collection, from across Canada—and even the other side of the globe!<br />
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And be sure to visit the physical exhibition in downtown Ottawa where you can see these, and many other Canadian treasures, in person. <b>Canada: Who Do We Think We Are?</b> will be on display free of charge at the LAC headquarters at 395 Wellington Street between June 1, 2017, and March 1, 2018.<br />
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It sounds great and worth the visit. </div>
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I have come across the following Canadian genealogy, history and heritage websites, social media, and newspaper articles this past week that were of interest to me, and I thought you might be interested in them, too.<br />
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It is written that John Cabot reached the island of Newfoundland, which he claimed for England, in December 1497. He was born c1450 and died c1500. </div>
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To mark the Canadian celebration of the 500th anniversary of Cabot's expedition in 1997, the Canadian and British governments both accepted a widely-held conclusion that the landing site was at Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland. </div>
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The troops of Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold are defeated before Quebec City on 31 December 1755. </div>
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Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold led a force of about 1,200 American army forces and Canadian militia in a multi-pronged attack on the city, which, due to bad weather (there was a blizzard) and bad timing, did not start well, and ended with Montgomery dead, Arnold wounded, and Daniel Morgan and more than 400 men captured. The battle was the first major defeat of the war for the Americans. </div>
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All rail service was terminated in Prince Edward Island after Canadian National Railway abandons its historic rail lines in the province. </div>
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The railway ran from Tignish in the west to Elmira in the east, with major spurs in the capital in Charlottetown, Montague, and Georgetown and the original eastern terminus at Souris. </div>
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<b>(Photos) Hants History: Dec. 26, 2016 edition</b><br />
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Here's a look at what was making the news 35 and 50 years ago in the Hants <em>Journal</em>.<br />
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<b>The Royal Canadian Regiment Museum will tweet out its history as nation marks its 150th </b><br />
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As Jan. 1 marks the start of sesquicentennial celebrations in Canada, it’s also a milestone date for those who safeguard Canada’s military heritage in London. </div>
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Jan. 1, 1888 was the day the infantry school on Oxford Street was declared open, following two years of construction on a budget of $30,000. </div>
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The Royal Canadian Regiment Museum plans to commemorate Canada’s 150th birthday year with tweets detailing 150 significant events in the RCR’s history. </div>
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<b>Black community celebrates Viola Desmond as new face on $10 bill</b><br />
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Selecting Viola Desmond as the new face on the $10 bill will finally raise the national profile of Canada’s Rosa Parks. </div>
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Many are familiar with Parks’ famous refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on an Alabama bus in 1955, an act that helped spark the civil rights movement in the U.S.</div>
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<b>Students learn indigenous history by reenacting colonization in unique blanket exercise</b><br />
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Three dozen high school students in stocking feet wander quietly over colourful blankets spread across the floor. They are roaming their land. It is centuries ago, and they inhabit a vast place that will one day be known as Canada. <br />
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<b>Cobourg 2017 events celebrate Canada 150 </b><br />
<a href="http://www.northumberlandtoday.com/2016/12/26/cobourg-2017-events-celebrate-canada-150">http://www.northumberlandtoday.com/2016/12/26/cobourg-2017-events-celebrate-canada-150</a> <br />
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Canada 150 is becoming big news, as Jan. 1 of the nation’s sesquicentennial year draws near. <br />
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Cobourg is planning its own version, with an amazing string of 2017 events, thanks to its own Cobourg 2017 committee (co-chaired by Nicole Beatty and Peter Delanty). <br />
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<b>Early Falconbridge films now at Sudbury archives</b> <br />
<a href="http://www.thesudburystar.com/2016/12/25/early-falconbridge-films-now-at-sudbury-archives">http://www.thesudburystar.com/2016/12/25/early-falconbridge-films-now-at-sudbury-archives</a> <br />
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A few years ago, Charlie Stafford of British Columbia was researching the history of his hometown of Falconbridge, Ont., in the hopes of writing a book about the town. <br />
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While researching, he discovered the City of Greater Sudbury Archives, located in the heart of Falconbridge, and began encouraging former residents who were helping him with his book to donate records to the archives.<br />
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<b><br />History Corner - Some immigrants to the Canadian West came from a well-to-do background</b><br />
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The photo features Henri Rudolph Roosmale Nepveu — the man standing beside the horse, on his horse ranch near Yorkton in 1889. Henri, who was a banker in his native Netherlands, came to the Yorkton area in 1888, and within a year, had erected this log house and a horse ranch.<br />
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<b>Royal B.C. Museum calls on Indigenous people to submit stories about relics</b><br />
<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/indigenous-belongings-1.3916430">http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/indigenous-belongings-1.3916430</a><br />
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An Indigenous artist and writer says First Nations artifacts in museums are not simply cold, hard objects, but are rather the belongings of families and communities.<br />
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The Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria has brought in Francine Cunningham as the guest editor for the spring issue of its digital magazine, <em>Curious</em>, which will focus on Indigenous peoples' relationship to the museum's collections. <br />
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<b>Cherryville artist seeks First World War internment camp stories</b> <br />
<a href="http://www.vernonmorningstar.com/entertainment/408429436.html">http://www.vernonmorningstar.com/entertainment/408429436.html</a> <br />
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A Cherryville-based artist is seeking help in providing information and stories on a dark chapter in Canadian history. <br />
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Kerri Parnell is working with the Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund to create a series of paintings for a travelling art exhibition that will depict the internment of Ukrainian and Eastern Europeans in Canada during the First World War.<br />
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<b>Murals help heal scars of history</b><br />
<a href="http://www.vernonmorningstar.com/news/192597121.html">http://www.vernonmorningstar.com/news/192597121.html</a> <br />
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The dark past of internment in Vernon, which has long been buried under shame and guilt, is coming to life. <br />
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Between 1914 and 1920, more than 96,000 Ukrainians and Europeans living in Canada were imprisoned behind the barbed wire fences of internment camps. They were forced to work for free, carving out highways. </div>
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Are you a social media person? Do you want to publicize the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) 2017 Conference? Then you should read the press release put out by the OGS last week. </div>
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“Our goal is to help promote Canadian bloggers, social media gurus and the genealogy community. The official OGS Conference 2017 website will have a sidebar where your blog postings will be shared as they are posted. </div>
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There will be a Social Media Team Haven at the conference where we can meet, write our blog entries and post to social media. You will be accredited with an official media tag, as well as get the chance to help promote one of the largest genealogy conferences in Canada”. </div>
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Have you joined? My application is going in today!<br />
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If you are interested please send your name, blog name and URL, Twitter handle, and email address to: <a href="mailto:blog.conference2017@ogs.on.ca">blog.conference2017@ogs.on.ca</a>. <br />
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Applications close on 20 January 2017. Notifications will be sent by 25 January 2017. </div>
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The year 2017 is looking to be a great one, with all of the things going on in Canada, as our country celebrates its 150th birthday. </div>
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As for myself, I look forward to finishing my <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Professional Development Certificate towards receiving my </span>PLCGS certificate in 2018 from the National Institute for Genealogical Studies; entering my 7th year as editor of the Ontario Genealogical Society's journal,<i> Families;</i> and continuing on with my genealogical research business, <a href="http://www.elrs.biz/">www.ELRS.biz</a>, which will celebrate its 4th year in March.</div>
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So it will be a full year, and. hopefully, as successful as 2016!</div>
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Meanwhile, speaking of celebrations and successes, please be sure to tell your friends about us here at <a href="http://www.genealogycanada.blogspot.com/">www.GenealogyCanada.blogspot.com</a>. <strong><em>Our blog is celebrating its 9th blogiversary today!</em></strong><br />
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With over 2,300 posts since the blog's inception on 02 January 2008, there is much to read. Simply use the search box located on the right side of the page to find your favourite tidbit(s) of news and resources on Canadian genealogy, history, and heritage.<br />
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Please take a moment to write us a quick note at <a href="mailto:genealogycanada@aol.com">genealogycanada@aol.com</a> to say "Hi!", to let us know about something that you or your group is doing, or even to suggest a good news tip we may have missed. We'd love to hear from you, our readers!<br />
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Elizabeth Lapointehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01094136762130650133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313938954521306786.post-83269176492166855682016-12-30T00:30:00.000-05:002016-12-30T00:30:00.292-05:00Happy New Year! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Are you ready for 2017? We think we are!<br />
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It will be an exciting year with Canada having its 150 year old anniversary of becoming a country, and we will be right in the center of it – here in Ottawa! </div>
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May 2017 be the best ever!</div>
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<strong><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-size: large;">Happy</span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: red;">New</span> <span style="color: #f1c232;">Year!</span></span></strong></div>
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Elizabeth Lapointehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01094136762130650133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313938954521306786.post-18550059833694206392016-12-26T00:30:00.000-05:002016-12-26T00:30:14.063-05:00Canadian Week in Review 26 December 2016 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I have come across the following Canadian genealogy, history and heritage websites, social media, and newspaper articles this past week that were of interest to me, and I thought you might be interested in them, too. <br />
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<b>(Video) Queens (Nova Scotia) seeking keeper for historic lighthouse</b><br />
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Want to operate a lighthouse? Here’s your chance — with a tourism twist. <br />
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It has been four centuries since Samuel de Champlain landed at the site of what is now the Fort Point Lighthouse, and the Region of Queens Municipality is looking for an entrepreneur to welcome modern-day explorers to the historic Liverpool beacon. </div>
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Diving into the mysteries of WW II Bell Island shipwrecks<br />
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Memorial University archaeology student Daniel Rees, whose great-grandmother nursed the injured sailors, was awarded a JR Smallwood Foundation research grant to study the shipwrecks.' </div>
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<b>Heritage Foundation Launching Course to Conserve Untold History</b><br />
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The Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador is launching a folklore and oral history interviewing course to help those interested in conserving the province's untold history. </div>
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<b>Exploring Nova Scotia’s history</b><br />
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Nova Scotians have the chance to shape a collection of 150 artifacts from across the province, put together to represent our region’s history in 150 years of Confederation. </div>
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This uniquely Nova Scotian effort allows residents to curate a historical collection that truly represents who we are. </div>
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<b>Time capsule to be 'a snapshot' of the Halifax Explosion </b></div>
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Ninety-nine years after the Halifax Explosion, with "virtually no survivors left," historian Janet Kitz wants people to bring forward their stories about the wartime accident that changed the city forever. </div>
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<b>Nova Scotia black history course a first in Dal's 198-year history </b></div>
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For the first time in its 198-year history, Dalhousie University in Halifax will offer a course about the black experience in Nova Scotia.<br />
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<b>Sydney Mines Heritage Society struggling to maintain museums</b><br />
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Every year it’s a struggle for the Sydney Mines Heritage Society to keep its museums open, and this year is no different, according to curator Dr. Stuart Critchley. </div>
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<b>Feds putting up new buildings for World Acadian Congress </b></div>
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ACOA and Heritage Canada are putting up money to build new infrastructure in P.E.I.'s Evangeline region in preparation for the coming of the World Acadian Congress in 2019. </div>
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<b>Quebec diocese: On the cusp of change?</b><br />
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In many ways, the diocese of Quebec contains, in microcosm, the whole diversity of the Anglican Church of Canada, and the tensions and challenges that come with it. <br />
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While its headquarters are in Quebec City, the diocese includes the rural farmlands of the Eastern Townships, the fishing outports of the Lower North Shore, Gaspé and Magdalen Islands, the remote Naskapi community of Kawawachikamach in the northern part of the province, and the growing university city of Sherbrooke.</div>
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<b>Naismith’s rules & the 10 most iconic moments in Canadian basketball histor</b>y<br />
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Insulin. The zipper. The telephone. The electric wheelchair. The pacemaker. <br />
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Canada has been at the forefront of some of the most important innovations in modern history. Also: Basketball.</div>
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<b>Canadian memories of First World War’s forgotten Christmas truces </b></div>
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It was Christmas morning near Ypres, and the men of the Toronto Regiment were waking up in their chilled, fetid trenches. </div>
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<b>LOCAL HISTORY: Ambassador for peace </b><br />
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The Huron made Huronia their home because it was a major crossroads in central North America. But they didn't blink at long journeys taken out of Huronia for trade, war, socializing, or diplomacy. </div>
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<b>Our History: A recipe book for Christmas, with a dash of his</b>tory<br />
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If you were looking for a Christmas present in 1954, one suggestion was a ring-bound recipe book, which also contained short histories of many Manitoba co-operatives. </div>
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On Oct. 17, 2016, the Saskatoon <i>StarPhoenix</i> carried an obituary for 82-year-old Peter O. Fehr of Warman, Saskatchewan. </div>
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The Royal BC Museum and Archives invites submissions from First Nations community members from across British Columbia for the 2017 spring issue of <i>Curious</i>. </div>
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heritage websites, social media, and newspaper articles this past
week that were of interest to me, and I thought you might be
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">On
17 December 1783, the f</span><span style="font-size: medium;">irst issue of the newspaper, </span><i style="font-size: large;">The
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On 17 December 1796, Thomas Chandler Haliburton, a Nova Scotian author, judge, and politician, was born. </div>
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He wrote the adventures of Sam Slick in the <i>Clockmaker</i> series that had first appeared in the Nova Scotia newspaper, the <i>Novascotian</i>. </div>
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On 14 December 1944, during the Second World War, Canada called for conscription in fighting the war.</div>
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Prime Minister Mackenzie King called for the conscription of 16,000 more men, and this stirred up resentment and opposition in Quebec. <br />
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<b>(Video) What are you at? Darryl Chislett's vintage model ships</b><br />
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One of the most famous explorers in Canadian history based one of his first major expeditions out of Huronia. <br />
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Samuel de Champlain was known for his map-making skills, his toughness, and his organizational skills, as well as his ability to remain optimistic during even the most trying times. In addition, unlike most Europeans, he was relatively progressive in his ideas about natives – as long as he saw them as allies.<br />
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<b>Desmond announcement uplifting for African Nova Scotians</b></div>
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Last week Finance Minister Bill Morneau and Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz announced that the first Canadian woman to be featured on the $10 bill would be Viola Desmond, a civil rights activist from Nova Scotia. <br />
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<b>Exploring the Black experience in Nova Scotia</b><br />
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A new Dalhousie University course launching this winter will take students on a voyage through more than 400 years of African Nova Scotian history. <br />
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<b>From Chinese to Canadian: Archive Project documents the integration of Chinese immigrants into Canada's mainstream</b><br />
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From the beginning, Chinese immigrants to Canada had an arduous odyssey of grudging tolerance and outright racism as cheap (usually the cheapest) labour in the 1800s.<br />
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<b>Rare views of Japanese-Canadian internment: 19 images remembering one of Canada’s darkest hours</b><br />
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Last week was the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Amid commemorations of the Americans killed in the attack, as well as the brutal war that followed, also came a solemn remembrance of how the United States interned coastal Japanese-American populations that it wrongly believed were a dangerous fifth column.<br />
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<b>New register will help with Brooklin family history research </b><br />
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<a href="http://www.durhamregion.com/opinion-story/7008774-new-register-will-help-with-brooklin-family-history-research/">http://www.durhamregion.com/opinion-story/7008774-new-register-will-help-with-brooklin-family-history-research/</a><br />
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Genealogy is one of the biggest reasons people visit archives. This is true for archives as big as the Archives of Ontario and as small as the Archives at the Whitby Public Library. </div>
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<b>How a Canadian Invented Basketball</b><br />
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Unlike sports such as baseball, football and hockey that evolved slowly into the games fans know today—basketball sprung forth from a singular inventor’s imagination. Find out how a Canadian with just a pair of peach baskets, an old soccer ball and 13 typewritten rules invented one of America’s favorite pastimes, and find out how different the original sport was to the one played today. <br />
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<b>Abhayjeet Singh Sachal wins prestigious Vimy Pilgrimage Award</b><br />
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ABHAYJEET Singh Sachal from Delta’s Seaquam Secondary School is among the 17 high school students and the only Indo-Canadian to have won the prestigious Vimy Pilgrimage Award. He will travel to Europe in April to learn about Canada’s First World War legacy and participate in the commemorations for the centennial of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. <br />
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<b>From the Archives: Manitoba farmers vote to strike</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.producer.com/2016/12/from-the-archives-manitoba-farmers-vote-to-strike/">http://www.producer.com/2016/12/from-the-archives-manitoba-farmers-vote-to-strike/</a><br />
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The <i>Western Producer</i> takes a weekly look at some of the stories that made headlines in issues of the paper from 75, 50, 25 and 10 years ago. </div>
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<b>Clark wants committee to have final say on civic names</b><br />
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<b>What’s in a name? </b><br />
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Saskatoon’s new mayor wants to change who has the final say on the city’s civic naming process to allow for better community representation in the names of city streets and facilities.<br />
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<b>Finally, some respect for women in Canadian history</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.cfjctoday.com/column/551698/finally-some-respect-women-canadian-history">http://www.cfjctoday.com/column/551698/finally-some-respect-women-canadian-history</a> <br />
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We have long failed to recognize the contributions of Canada’s women to our rich history, just as we have failed to recognize the contributions of many of our First Nations leaders. <br />
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<b>Unique collection of rare artifacts reveals Vancouver's history</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/unique-collection-of-rare-artifacts-reveals-vancouver-s-history-1.3888352">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/unique-collection-of-rare-artifacts-reveals-vancouver-s-history-1.3888352</a><br />
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Pieces of people's lives, memories and experiences currently on display at the Museum of Vancouver are offering a rare century-old glimpse into the city's past.<br />
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The objects are part of the Major James Matthews collection, and they present a snapshot of what Vancouver was like before it was even incorporated. <br />
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<b>Column: New banknote helps illuminate our history</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.theprogress.com/opinion/406575476.html">http://www.theprogress.com/opinion/406575476.html</a> <br />
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I’m not sure what’s more disturbing: the fact I didn’t know who Viola Desmond was until last week, or that I was unaware that Canada had racially segregated movie theatres as recently as 1946. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>This Week in New Brunswick History </b></span></div>
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Do you know that New Brunswick (Canada) has website devoted to putting the province's history online in a time line? </div>
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For instance, this week there is 1873 right up to 1911. An example, it says that on the 23rd of December 1915, the “Collège de Caraquet” in Caraquet is destroyed by fire. </div>
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And that's not all, you can search 2,271 historical images of New Brunswick by simply putting in a search word, say, the capital city of Fredericton. </div>
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So to read more of what this site has to offer, go to <a href="http://www1.gnb.ca/0131/en/heritage/thisweek-e.asp">http://www1.gnb.ca/0131/en/heritage/thisweek-e.asp </a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Have you ever gone to the site OurDigitalWorld? </b></span><br />
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There are many older newspapers online that you should be aware of, and they are searchable. On their website, they say that they have the “Largest collection of Ontario Community Newspapers online, from 1810 to present day”. </div>
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This month they have put on a complete set of newspapers from Clarington, Ontartio which now joins 150,000 pages from Orono, Bowmanvile! <br />
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And coming soon there will be more Kawartha Lakes 150,000 pages from Lindsay to Bobcaygeon and Omemee! <br />
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This is a fantastic place to go to when you need to read about your ancestor's lifes in the villages and towns in Ontario. <br />
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Their website is <a href="https://ourdigitalworld.net/">https://ourdigitalworld.net/</a> and to go directly to the newspapers, go to <a href="https://ourdigitalworld.net/what-we-do/digital-newspapers/">https://ourdigitalworld.net/what-we-do/digital-newspapers/ </a></div>
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I have come across the following Canadian genealogy, history and heritage websites, social media, and newspaper articles this past week that were of interest to me, and I thought you might be interested in them, too.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>This Week in Canadian History </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Statute of Westminster </b></span></div>
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11 December 1931 - The British parliament passed the Statute of Westminster, giving Canada final standing as an independent country. The legislation applied to Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. </div>
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The one exception, was Newfoundland, where Britain resumed direct rule as they did before 1931. That arrangement remained until Newfoundland became a province of Canada in 1949. </div>
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For more information, please go to<a href="http://www.canadashistory.ca/Magazine/Online-Extension/Articles/Moment-December-11,-1931"> http://www.canadashistory.ca/Magazine/Online-Extension/Articles/Moment-December-11,-1931</a> </div>
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<b>Historic courthouse becomes Hampton's new town hall </b></div>
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After years spent sitting empty the old Kings County Courthouse is once again bustling with activity, as staff from the town of Hampton began moving into their new office quarters this week. </div>
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At one point many feared the 145-year-old building would be demolished when the province closed it in 2013 without a buyer in sight. The municipality bought the historic structure for $1 and has been renovating it since earlier this year. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Newfoundland </b></span></div>
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<b>Archaeologists examine Indigenous site dating back 2,200 years on Exploits River </b></div>
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<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/archaeologists-uncover-artifacts-old-grand-falls-windsor-groswater-1.3884429">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/archaeologists-uncover-artifacts-old-grand-falls-windsor-groswater-1.3884429</a> </div>
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An archaeological dig has uncovered material that dates back more than 2,000 years on the Exploits River. </div>
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Laurie Maclean, an archaeologist, and Don Pelley, dig assistant, spent two weeks in November sifting through mud, clay and dirt on the edge of the river in search of items that belonged to the Groswater Paleoeskimos. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Nova Scotia </b></span></div>
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<b>Africville and the 1917 Halifax Explosion </b></div>
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Shortly after 9 a.m. on Dec. 6, 1917 a vessel carrying munitions exploded in the Narrows of Halifax Harbour, devastating much of the north end of the city. Two popular myths have emerged from that event: Africville, a black neighbourhood on the shores of Bedford Basin, escaped destruction, sheltered by the heights of the Halifax peninsula; and, following the explosion, Halifax Relief authorities deliberately denied reconstruction aid to Africville. Although mutually-exclusive, neither myth bears close scrutiny. </div>
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<b>Some family history at Fort Gaspereau </b></div>
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<a href="http://www.cumberlandnewsnow.com/community/2016/12/3/some-family-history-at-fort-gaspereau.html">http://www.cumberlandnewsnow.com/community/2016/12/3/some-family-history-at-fort-gaspereau.html</a> </div>
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I am going to tell you a story that might or might not be true. </div>
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I prefer to think that it is true since it fits what I know of my family tree. After all my grandfather, who was born in the mid 1800s, has a name on his birth certificate that you all will recognize, Charles Tupper MD. </div>
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<b>2 historic downtown Halifax buildings may be in private hands next year </b></div>
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After years of sitting idle and as a potential hazard, the Nova Scotia government is hoping to sell the historic Dennis Building in downtown Halifax to a developer in the new year.<br />
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The minister responsible for the file, Labi Kousoulis, wants the issue settled as soon as possible. </div>
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<b>How civil rights icon Viola Desmond helped change course of Canadian history </b></div>
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She's often described as "Canada's Rosa Parks." but if anything, Rosa Parks is America's Viola Desmond. </div>
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The civil rights icon and new face of the Canadian $10 bill refused to give up her seat in a whites-only section of a Nova Scotia movie theatre nine years before Parks's famous act of civil disobedience on a racially segregated bus in Montgomery, Alamba. </div>
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<b>HANTS HISTORY: Dec. 5, 2016 edition </b></div>
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Here's a look at what was making the news 35 and 50 years ago in the Hants <i>Journal</i>. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Quebec </b></span></div>
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<b>Timeworn Quebec City bridge could draw inspiration from Scottish twin </b></div>
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Politicians have been trying to restore and repaint a historic Quebec City bridge, known as the Pont de Québec, for nearly a quarter of its 97 years of existence. </div>
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Its almost identical twin in Edinburgh, Scotland, on the other hand, is sporting a new paint job.</div>
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<b>New archive highlights years of racism faced by Chinese-Canadians </b></div>
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Seventy-one years ago Mavis Chu Lew Garland and eight of her preschool classmates were photographed on the porch of the Chinese Canadian Institute on the corner of Dundas St. W. and University Ave. </div>
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<b>History: December 6, 1941 – War, spies, even James Bond </b></div>
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The small isolated farm in southern Ontario was the perfect spot. </div>
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It was the allied training camp for spies. </div>
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<b>Hindus worldwide laud proclamation of November as 'Hindu Heritage Month' by Ontario Legislature </b></div>
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Commending Ontario legislature for passing the bill proclaiming November as "Hindu Heritage Month", Hindu community is urging the Canadian Parliament, other nine provinces, and three territories of Canada to do the same. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Saskatchewan </b></span></div>
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<b>History Matters: Asked for bread, given a stone; the 1910 Farmers' Siege of Ottawa </b></div>
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In the summer of 1910, Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier embarked on a gruelling, two-month rail tour of western Canada. </div>
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Officially, the visit would give the prime minister the chance to see first-hand how the region had changed so dramatically during his time in office. The more likely explanation, though, was that Laurier was genuinely worried about the rumblings coming from the farm community. </div>
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The ANAVETS revealed their plan for a memorial park dedicated to veterans of the Afghan War on Friday. </div>
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The ANAVETS originally looked at placing the memorial at Veterans Park, but a land survey indicated the land used to be a 1950s high-water catch basin and to remediate would cost $1.5 million. </div>
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A commemorative monument to honour the contributions of Chinese-Canadians to BC’s history, culture and economic prosperity has been unveiled in Kelowna. </div>
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<b>Cowley – A Village with History </b></div>
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The story behind its toponym (name history) apparently has to do with F.W.Godsal a pioneer rancher in the Cowley area. This was not the towns first name however as it was originally known as French Flats, as most of the early (white) residents that came there were French in origin. Nouveau-Brunswick and Quebecois families with names like LaGrandeur and Barbeau settled in the area around 1882. </div>
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Losing two of Canada's wartime prime ministers from the country's $50 and $100 bills won't be a step backwards for a country that has plenty to learn about itself, a pair of leading history buffs say. </div>
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<b>Canadian Jewish Heritage Month on table at Senate </b></div>
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Canadian legislators have introduced a bill to designate the month of May as Canadian Jewish Heritage month. </div>
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The British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa (BIFHSGO) has issued a Call for Proposals for its 23rd annual conference in Ottawa in September 2017. </div>
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This year, they will highlight the genealogy of England and Wales family history, and Methodology, e.g., evidence analysis, genealogical proof standard, FAN (friends, associates and neighbours), and appraising the credibility of documents. </div>
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For more information about submitting proposals, you can go to <a href="http://www.bifhsgo.ca/cpage.php?pt=125">http://www.bifhsgo.ca/cpage.php?pt=125 </a> </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">New exhibit - The Canadian Museum of History and Library and Archives Canada </span></b></div>
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A new exhibit, called Treasures From LAC Gallery, will be created within the Canadian Museum of History. </div>
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The news story says that “ the gallery will showcase some of Canada's most historically significant documents from LAC's collections, making them more accessible to Canadians and enhancing public understanding of Canada's history and heritage.” </div>
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So next time you are at the museum, be sure to check-out the CMH-LAC exhibit. </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Internet Archive raising funds for Internet Archive of Canada</span></b></div>
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I came across a friend's Facebook page the other day, and although she is an American genealogist, she had just made a donation to the Internet Archive, which, among other things, is going to host the Internet Archive of Canada. </div>
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Not that that is a bad thing, but when you read the lead, it says “The Internet Archive is seeking donations to assist with the building of the Internet Archive of Canada in the wake of the Trump election”. </div>
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What does the Trump election have to do with the Internet Archive of Canada??? </div>
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If you read on, they say “The Internet Archive feels that this move is necessary in order to support their key mission: “to give everyone access to all knowledge, forever. For free.” We try to stay non-political here at Techaeris, but there is no telling what will transpire over the next four years with regards to net neutrality under a Trump presidency". </div>
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So it appears that the Trump effect has made its way into Genealogy! Who knew? </div>
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If you wish to read more, go to <a href="http://techaeris.com/2016/11/29/internet-archive-raising-funds-for-internet-archive-of-canada/">http://techaeris.com/2016/11/29/internet-archive-raising-funds-for-internet-archive-of-canada/ </a></div>
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I have come across the following Canadian genealogy, history and heritage websites, social media, and newspaper articles this past week that were of interest to me, and I thought you might be interested in them, too.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Black Rock </b></span></div>
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01 December 1859 - Contractors Peto, Brassey and Betts, when they built the Victoria Bridge for the Grand Trunk Railway, erected a gigantic 30-ton block of black stone to serve as a memorial to 6,000 Irish immigrants, victims of a typhus epidemic, who died in fever sheds set up at Windmill Point, Montreal. </div>
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Their remains were discovered in 1859 by workers on the bridge. Its inscription reads: "To preserve from desecration the remains of 6000 immigrants who died of ship fever A.D.1847-8 this stone is erected by the workmen of Messrs. Peto, Brassey and Betts employed in the construction of the Victoria Bridge A.D.1859".</div>
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For more information, go to <a href="http://irelandmonumentvancouver.com/the-irish-in-canada/grosse-ile/the-irish-stone/">http://irelandmonumentvancouver.com/the-irish-in-canada/grosse-ile/the-irish-stone/</a> </div>
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At the risk of being one month too early for the typical year-end summaries, I’d like to take this opportunity to say that 2016 was a big year for the archives at the Whitby Public Library. </div>
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<b>Photographer aims to capture Newfoundland's war history </b></div>
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A French photographer, born near the site of an important First World War battlefield, is hoping to frame Newfoundland's connection to the site's military history. </div>
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Mathieu Drouet, born in Monchy-le-Preux, is visiting Newfoundland to work on photos for a book documenting the connection between the province and his hometown. </div>
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<b>Historical items from Colonial Building being returned </b></div>
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It's been 84 years since a large mob rioted and looted the Colonial Building in St. John's, and now with restoration of the building nearing completion, the Speaker of the House of Assembly is asking people to bring back items taken. </div>
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<b>No offers yet on Ryan Mansion </b></div>
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The Ryan Mansion, one of the most famous homes in Newfoundland and Labrador, has been on the market for a month now, with a nibble here and there from potential buyers, but no sale. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Nova Scotia </b></span></div>
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The other day, I was listening to a radio journalist interviewing young adults in Halifax about whether they were planning to vote in the civil election. </div>
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For anyone like myself, who never fails to vote, the reasons people give for not voting continue to dismay me. An urban Canadian now has more means of learning what is going on than has had any society in human history. Yet, a man in his 20s was surprised, days before election day, that there even was an election! </div>
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<b>Boston's Christmas Tree Tradition Rooted In A Canadian Thank You </b></div>
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Boston's official 2016 Christmas tree, like others that have come before it, is a thank you gift for events a century ago in the Nova Scotia's coastal capital city of Halifax. </div>
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<b>Plans proceeding to mark 100th anniversary of Halifax Explosion </b></div>
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While the clock on Halifax City Hall stopped forever at 9:04 a.m. on Dec. 6, 1917, plans to commemorate the tragic explosion that stopped it are marching on. </div>
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Annual ceremonies set for next Tuesday at 9:04 a.m. are just the beginning of a year’s worth of recognition of the historic impact, down through the generations, of the largest man-made explosion prior to the atomic bomb.<br />
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'<b>Butterbox babies' maternity home survivors still search for birth families </b></div>
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Every morning when Riva Barnett opens her bedroom closet she looks down at a small, wooden butter box that serves as a stark reminder of what could have been her fate. </div>
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Had she not been adopted, she believes she would have been buried in a box just like it. </div>
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<b>Heritage advocates oppose pitch to demolish historic Halifax buildings </b></div>
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The fight to preserve historic buildings in Halifax has erupted anew, this time on Barrington Street.</div>
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A prominent developer has applied to demolish two designated heritage properties in an area the municipality intends to make a heritage district. </div>
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"This is an unfortunate application. It is unnecessary," said Andrew Murphy of the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia. </div>
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<b>Modern technology uncovers and displays old Miramichi photos </b></div>
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With more than 40,000 photos, a Facebook group celebrating the history of Miramichi, N.B., is helping people who live in the region get a glimpse of the past. </div>
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Group administrators Karl Wade and Charles Asoyuf started the group Our Miramichi Heritage Photo in 2012 and began adding a large collection of old pictures Asoyuf had been collecting for years. The group now has more than 8,000 members. </div>
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Close to 150 people gathered in Hampton Monday night to hear the provincial government lay out a pair of options; repair or replace the 104-year-old Hammond River No. 2 covered bridge. </div>
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The covered bridge was closed in October after an excavator working on the structure dropped through it because it was to heavy </div>
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A historic barn in Doaktown will be rebuilt to honour its place in the province's history. </div>
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Montreal’s mayor is again facing criticism over changing the name of a city park — this time from members of the Italian community fighting to preserve the legacy of renowned local artist. </div>
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A park in the city’s Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district named after late Italian-Canadian artist Guido Nincheri is expected to be renamed after Quebec City next year, where it will display several statues the city is gifting to Montreal in honour of its 375th birthday. </div>
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Following a public outcry, the city has decided to keep the name of artist Guido Nincheri on an east-end park. </div>
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Guido Nincheri Park, located at Rachel Street and Pie-IX Boulevard, got its name at Montreal's 350th anniversary. </div>
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Award-winning Spirit Lake Internment Interpretative Center, celebrating its sixth successful year, continues to welcome many visitors to its museum. This year’s summer tourist season broke previous summer records, with over 4,000 coming to the center. Since 2011 over 30,000 have walked through the center to learn about the area, the unjust internment at Spirit Lake – the second-largest internment site in Canada – and about early 20th century Ukrainian immigrant history to Quebec. </div>
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An iconic downtown church has been designated a heritage property. </div>
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Saskatoon city council approved naming Third Avenue United Church a municipal heritage property at a meeting Monday. </div>
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The Tyndall stone church, which sits at the corner of Third Avenue and 24th Street East, was built prior to the First World War. </div>
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<b>Dusting off the history of drought on the Canadian Prairies in the 1930s </b></div>
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The dustbowl years on the Canadian prairies live on in the imaginations and landscapes of Western Canadians. </div>
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Elderly survivors might still leave teacups upside down on saucers, as they did in the 1930s when dust settled everywhere in a household. Treebelts hastily planted on farms to reduce wind erosion have now become mature stands. In southern Saskatchewan, when a dry spell stretches over two seasons, farmers begin to scour again their holdings. Well aware of what happened in the 1930s, they look for the “hardpan” emerging from soils starting to shift and blow on their land. </div>
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The dustbowl of the 1930s might have ended over eighty years ago, but many western Canadians still watch for its return. </div>
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A huge collection documenting the entire history of Manitoba Pool Elevators is being put in order through a project at Brandon University’s (BU) S.J. McKee Archives. </div>
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The 1916 Brandon tractor demonstrations attracted a lot of conventional tractors along with the three wheelers. </div>
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<b>Vancouver Chinatown residents share dreams for their neighbourhood </b></div>
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The future of Vancouver's Chinatown is at a crossroads. </div>
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What started as a ghetto in the late 19th century for incoming Chinese immigrants quickly grew into one of the largest most vibrant Chinatowns in North America. </div>
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The B.C. government has awarded the Indus Media Foundation a one-time grant of $248,500 to share South Asian heritage through exhibition displays and learning tools intended for B.C. schools and community spaces. </div>
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<b>Local historian honoured by Governor General in Ottawa</b></div>
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Oak Bay’s Merna Forster has been honoured with the Pierre Berton Award for popularizing Canadian history. </div>
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In a ceremony at Rideau Hall, Gov-Gen. David Johnston presented Forster with a medal and a $5,000 cash prize. </div>
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Banquet Speaker and Lecturer: Hear from D. Joshua Taylor, nationally recognized genealogical author and host of the popular PBS series, <i>Genealogy Roadshow</i>. </div>
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Then you should be at Parliament Hill on December 31 when there will be entertainment, and fireworks to kick off 2017! </div>
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The evening will begin at 7 p.m. with a Peace Tower Carillon concert, followed by a national ceremony attended by dignitaries and Olympic and Paralympic athletes, among others. The talented Julie Nesrallah will sing the national anthem. </div>
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At precisely 8:17 p.m., a spectacular pyro-musical display will light up the sky of Canada's Capital Region with fireworks launched simultaneously from Nepean Point, Alexandra Bridge and Parliament Hill. The fireworks will be accompanied by Canadian music that will transport the audience through time and revisit different historical eras of our country over the past 150 years. There will be different spots in Gatineau and Ottawa offering a great view of the fireworks, including the Canadian Museum of History and Major's Hill Park. </div>
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Starting at 9 p.m., Acadian duo Radio Radio will rock the main stage at Parliament Hill with their signature Chiac electro-rap sound. The festivities will continue at 10 p.m. with Alberta country singer Brett Kissel entertaining the crowd. Grammy- and Juno-nominated, multi-platinum singer-songwriter and recording artist Carly Rae Jepsen will close out the show before the countdown to 2017 and the traditional fireworks display. The British Columbia native is sure to bring people of all ages to their feet to properly kick off the New Year. </div>
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If you can't be in Ottawa that evening, memorable events celebrating the 150th anniversary of Confederation will be held in 18 other urban centres on December 31: St. John's, Charlottetown, Halifax, Fredericton, Moncton, Québec City, Montréal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Regina, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, Victoria, Whitehorse, Yellowknife, and Iqaluit. </div>
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I have come across the following Canadian genealogy, history and heritage websites, social media, and newspaper articles this past week that were of interest to me, and I thought you might be interested in them, too. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sir Clifford Sifton </b></span></div>
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In 1874, Sit Clifford Sifton was named the Minister of the Interior, with the task of filling the Prairies with settlers. And fill them he did! </div>
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After the 1885 Northwest Rebellion led by Louis Riel was put down, settlers began to pour into Alberta. Around 1890, about 600,000 Americans moved to Saskatchewan and Alberta, where the farming frontier flourished from 1897-1914. Other Canadians, as well as British, German, and Ukrainian immigrants, also went Out West. </div>
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<b>Mi'kmaq chiefs accept N.S. premier's apology for 'conquered people' legal brief </b></div>
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Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq chiefs have accepted an apology from Premier Stephen McNeil for a controversial government legal brief that implied members of a First Nation band are a conquered people. </div>
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<b>New Mi'kmaq name for Bonshaw Provincial Park trail </b></div>
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The main trail at Bonshaw Provincial Park has a new name. </div>
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<b>The (almost) lost history of Canada's cinematic birthplace </b></div>
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Last Thursday, a fire unfortunately destroyed The Robillard, a historic 19th-century building in Montreal's Chinatown district. As a heritage building, the Robillard certainly lived up to the designation with its historical significance: it was the birthplace of cinema in Canada. </div>
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<b>‘Montreal’s Michelangelo’ to disappear from park to make way for statues donated by Quebec City </b></div>
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Guido Nincheri was one of Canada’s greatest religious artists, described as Montreal’s Michelangelo. But as the city prepares to celebrate its 375th anniversary next year, the administration is erasing Nincheri’s name from an east-end park to instead honour the provincial capital. </div>
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After years of research, officials at Montreal’s archaeology and history museum say they’re now able to pinpoint the precise location of the city’s first European settlement. </div>
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<b>Historic military aircraft recognized with tribute at Jackson Park </b></div>
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The Essex Memorial Spitfire Committee donated three mounted signs to the City of Windsor to honour and provide historical significance of military aircraft located at Jackson Park. </div>
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Referred to of late as "the Holy Grail of St. Thomas artifacts," a smoking piece of history has now returned to the city, if only temporary. </div>
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At a short ceremony Friday afternoon at the Elgin County Museum, a rare cigar box that once housed Jumbo-brand stogies from the Honsinger cigar factory on Talbot Street was returned to St. Thomas for public viewing. </div>
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<b>Eye Candy: 1918 McLaughlin Buick </b></div>
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I had always thought it would be great to own an antique car with a wooden steering wheel, and when I heard through word of mouth there was a 1918 McLaughlin Buick stored in a garage in Colbourne, I knew it was just the vehicle I was looking for. </div>
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<b>Chinese Canadian Archive Project - What's New? </b></div>
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The Chinese Canadian Archive will collect and preserve documents, photographs and memorabilia which reflect the rich heritage of the Chinese Canadian community in Toronto. Please join us to learn more about this exciting project. </div>
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<b>Feature: Siegel was deeply involved in Toronto’s early community </b></div>
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When Ida Lewis Siegel turned 90, Canadian Jewish Congress official Ben Kayfetz wrote an article celebrating her many accomplishments within Toronto’s Jewish community, noting that she had devoted her life to the community’s welfare and that she was still in possession of an impressive memory. </div>
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<b>The thrill of the find: Saskatoon's metal detectives unearth pieces of history </b></div>
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Yasha Rassi kneels on the ground in Buena Vista Park after his metal detector goes off, his two friends, John Cave and Walt Degenstein, in the distance. </div>
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<b>B.C. First Nation celebrates return of artifacts from Royal B.C. Museum </b></div>
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A five-metre-wide painted wood screen and 37 hand-carved birds are among a collection of artwork returned to a First Nation after more than a century in the Royal B.C. Museum </div>
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<b>Some old favourites coming back to B.C. Highways </b></div>
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<a href="http://www.thegoldenstar.net/ourtown/402527005.html">http://www.thegoldenstar.net/ourtown/402527005.html</a> </div>
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The Ministry of Transportation has some great news for people who love B.C.’s roadside heritage: the ministry is rejuvenating, and adding to, the iconic Stop of Interest signs around the province. And in an interview with <i>The Journal</i>, Transportation Minister Todd Stone said that the province is also bringing back the Garbage Gobblers, the bug-eyed creatures that guarded garbage cans beside B.C. highways for many years. </div>
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The B.C. government is celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the right to vote being extended to some women, although full voting rights for all women would not happen until decades later. </div>
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A century ago, using petitions, speeches and marches, suffragettes argued women deserved a voice and a chance to influence their country. </div>
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<b>Historical society receives blast from the past </b></div>
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The Devon Historical Society recently received a new item for its display, one that flashes back to the earliest days of Devon. </div>
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I have come across the following Canadian genealogy, history and heritage websites, social media, and newspaper articles this past week that were of interest to me, and I thought you might be interested in them, too.<br />
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<b>Canadian in Hong Kong Battle in 1941</b></div>
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In 1941, the Royal Rifles of Canada and the Winnipeg Grenadiers arrive in Hong Kong to back up the British garrison. The 1,975 Canadian troops were sent even though they were not considered fit for action. Of the Canadians units sent to Hong Kong, 557 were killed in action or died in prison camps. </div>
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In 2009, the Hong Kong Veterans Memorial Wall was unveiled in Ottawa. It lists the names of the 1,975 men and women that helped defend Hong Kong. The 17-day battle was Canada’s first military engagement of the Second World War. <br />
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<b>(Vidoe) UP NORTH ; The untold history of Northern Ontario's soldiers </b></div>
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Despite northerners contributions — and sacrifices — during both World Wars, two Laurentian University professors have found that very little has been recorded about the men and women from Northern Ontario who served. </div>
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<b>(Photos) On the waterfront -- Toronto's “landmark” </b></div>
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Trying to preserve at large piece of a Toronto “landmark” </div>
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Over the past few months whenever my wife and I have had an occasion to drive along the busy Queen’s Quay, I take a moment to pull over to the curb at the foot of Yonge St.<br />
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<b>Trail at Green Gables closed for upgrade next week</b></div>
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The Haunted Wood Trail at Green Gables in Cavendish, P.E.I., will be temporarily closed as the bridge on the trail is replaced starting Monday. </div>
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<b>Historic Saint John church building up for sale again </b></div>
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The oldest church building in Saint John is back on the market, 18 months after it was last sold. </div>
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St. George's Anglican Church on the west side was first put up for sale in 2014 after the parish cited financial problems and a decline in its congregation. </div>
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<b>REMEMBERING OUR YESTERDAYS: Canadian Naturalization Index one of greatest tools for those looking for ancestors from outside British Commonwealth </b></div>
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Were your immigrant ancestors citizens of the British Commonwealth before coming to Canada between roughly 1915 and 1951? </div>
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<b>Lest we forget: Why Remembrance Day must become a legal statutory holiday </b></div>
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On November 11, Canadians collectively paused to pay tribute to citizens who have defended this country. However, Remembrance Day is a statutory holiday for only some parts of Canada, as not all provinces recognize the day as a ‘day off.’ Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia all have policies surrounding the observance of Remembrance Day, but they have not recognized it as a full statutory holiday. </div>
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<b>Oh Canada? Gallery 6500 exhibit marks country's 150th birthday </b></div>
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From Nov. 20 to Jan. 6, Gallery 6500 presents its second juried exhibit, “Oh Canada?”, at the Steelworkers Hall. </div>
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<b>Almonte lecture to probe history close to home — Nov. 25 </b></div>
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History is what happens day to day, the little facts, people and places that make up the fabric of our lives. On Friday, November 25, Randy Boswell, former journalist at the Ottawa <i>Citizen </i>and professor of Journalism & Communication at Carleton University, will delve into the fascinating stories found in newspapers, the old Almonte <i>Gazette </i>in particular. </div>
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<b>Historic quilt stitches together Confederation story </b></div>
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Dressmaker Fannie Parlee couldn't have known, as she stitched a richly-textured quilt, that she was piecing together fragments of Canada's history. </div>
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<b>Historical drama Frontier tells story of 'invasion' of Northern Ontario </b></div>
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The James Bay Lowlands are the setting for a new TV drama that aims to tell Canada's history from a First Nations perspective. </div>
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<b>Lights, sounds, action: Upper Fort Garry interactive display ready </b></div>
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The birthplace of Manitoba is coming alive Wednesday night with a unique, high-tech and totally immersive sensory experience. </div>
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<b>Brandon University to save MPE archives </b></div>
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A huge collection documenting the entire history of Manitoba Pool Elevators is being put in order through a project at Brandon University’s (BU) S.J. McKee Archives. </div>
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<b>A Danish delight: Central Alberta museum highlights Danes’ arrival in Alberta </b></div>
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A venue that features a Viking ship, a children’s “Garden of Imagination” based on the beloved stories of Hans Christian Andersen, and artifacts marking the arrival of the Danes to central Alberta over a century ago is a “treasure in the middle of nowhere”. </div>
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<b>Métis history in Saskatchewan recognized in naming of new Stonebridge public library branch</b><br />
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The Saskatoon Public Library drew inspiration from the Métis people of Saskatchewan when naming its newest branch. </div>
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<b>Saskatoon's old parking meters get vibrant new lives </b></div>
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A few of Saskatoon’s old parking meters have had colourful lives after their decommissioning and sale last year. </div>
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<b>Canada’s grand western loop around British Columbia is prime for a road trip </b></div>
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Everyone loves a grand circle, and this was mine: A 2,200-mile loop through British Columbia that showcased water, mountains, remnants of volcanoes and the storied sites of Canada’s gold-rush and fur-trade eras. </div>
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Although these was difficulty in accessing their new website last week, I was successful in contacting it this weekend, and it's the new website of the North Cumberland Historical Society in Pugwash, Nova Scotia. <br />
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As of last week, 361,236 of 640,000 files are now available online at the Library and Archives Canada. </div>
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Library and Archives Canada is digitizing the service files systematically, from box 1 to box 10,686, which roughly corresponds to alphabetical order. So far, we have digitized the following files: Latest box digitized: <b>Box 6052 and the surname of Mattineau</b>. </div>
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Please check the database regularly for new additions and if you still have questions after checking the database, you may contact the LAC directly at 1-866-578-7777 for more assistance, or you may contact myself at <a href="mailto:genealogyresearch@aol.com">genealogyresearch@aol.com</a> to photocopy the complete service record, or explain certain records for you.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sir Wilfrid Laurier</b></span></div>
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Do you know that Sir Wilfrid Laurier had the largest unbroken term of office as Canada’s seventh prime minister? He was one of the most colourful prime ministers of his time, and his passion for the office and for Canada can be seen in the numerous letters that he wrote to his wife, Zoe. </div>
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This year is the 175th anniversary of his birth and as such, the Library and Archives Canada, which houses his papers and memorabilia, now has over 60,870 records and more are continually being added. They can be accessed in person at the Library and Archives Canada. </div>
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In addition to podcasts at<a href="http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/news/podcasts/Pages/wilfrid-laurier.aspx"> http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/news/podcasts/Pages/wilfrid-laurier.aspx</a>, they have also put photos on Flikr at <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lac-bac/sets/72157675154507805">https://www.flickr.com/photos/lac-bac/sets/72157675154507805</a> </div>
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I have come across the following Canadian genealogy, history and heritage websites, social media, and newspaper articles this past week that were of interest to me, and I thought you might be interested in them, too.<br />
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<b>John McKenzie became the second Prime Minister of Canada</b></div>
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In 1873, John McKenzie became the second Prime Minister of Canada. He introduced the secret ballot, established the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston in 1874, created the Office of the Auditor General in 1878, and struggled to continue progress on the national railway. </div>
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<b>(Video) An oral history of Sobeys' 'Star of Christmas' holiday commercial </b></div>
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In the late 1980s and early 1990s, it was the Christmas TV jingle that was instantly recognizable to people across the Maritimes: </div>
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Days of Christmas now are here<br />
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<b>Canadian Letters and Images Project captures first-person history of veterans </b></div>
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The Canadian Letters and Images Project—an initiative begun by the Nanaimo University’s department of history—started in 2000 with the mission to create an online archive of soldiers’ letters and photographs, from any war, in order to give those brave souls a dimension often lost to the passages of time. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Newfoundland </b></span></div>
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<b>Why Newfoundland and Labrador always remembers </b></div>
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The First World War was deserving of its title as “The Great War.” This was the first time industrial warfare swept across a global scale. </div>
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<b>Green Gables Heritage Place redevelopment underway, says Parks Canada </b></div>
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Phase one of a major redevelopment of Green Gables Heritage Place in Cavendish, P.E.I., has begun, with work taking place this fall and over the winter to support construction and on-site operations during the 2017 tourism season. </div>
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<b>Anglican church congregation takes down church upon closure </b></div>
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After closing down its 175 year-old church, the congregation of 12 people at St. Mark's Anglican Church in South Rustico, P.E.I., made the decision to take down the building. </div>
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<b>From whence we came: Learning from our history </b></div>
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Any conversation with a Nova Scotian will eventually arrive at the ocean. We all carry beliefs and memories about our province’s oceanic nature, most of which are rooted in stories about stormy tragedies, majestic tall ships, or the exploitation of what seemed like an endless, bottomless resource. </div>
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<b>From the ashes of the Quebec City armoury fire to coin of honour </b></div>
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<b>Newmarket ready to designate three properties under Ontario Heritage Act </b></div>
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Three more Newmarket properties may be given historical designation. </div>
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On Monday, council is expected to designate three sites under the Ontario Heritage Act. The properties are 379 Botsford Drive, 411 Millard Avenue, and 17030 Yonge Street. </div>
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Historian Phil Miller, one of three padres at Branch 25, Royal Canadian Legion, said given the 4,000 in the First World War and 3,000 in the Second World War, “We’re way high”. </div>
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One of Sault Ste. Marie’s greatest war heroes, William Merrifield, or “Bill” as he preferred to be called, was the recipient of six medals during the First World War, including the British Victoria Cross. </div>
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Kathy Brooks doesn't have too many memories of her grandfather, but the ones she does have stand out. </div>
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Henry Thomas Shepherd was a big, strong military man who took pride in his posture. "No slouching!", Brooks remembers him saying.</div>
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A virtual exhibit developed in North Bay will be used to transport users back in time to the Battle of Vimy Ridge. </div>
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<b>History: Nov.7, 1900 – 3 Victoria Crosses for Canada </b></div>
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One of Canada’s oldest regiments, the Royal Canadian Dragoons, has for it’s regimental badge, a South African springbok. </div>
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It might seem strange for a Canadian military unit to have an African animal as its symbol, but it goes back to 1900 and an action that saw three Canadians awarded the Empire’s highest honour for valour, the Victoria Cross. </div>
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<b>A service of remembrance – a Canadian first at Ontario’s Gursikh Sabha Canada </b></div>
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For the first time in Canadian history, a Canadian Armed Forces unit held their annual Remembrance Day exhibit at a Sikh place of worship – the Gurdwara. </div>
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<b>Air Canada swiftly reverses poppy stand after outcry from staff, union </b><br />
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Air Canada has reversed an edict advising flight attendants against wearing poppies on their uniforms, hours after a company vice-president issued it. </div>
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Most Mennonites in Ontario didn’t fight in the Second World War, but they helped build Canada in other ways. Here are the stories of one group of conscientious objectors </div>
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An essential record of Manitoba’s agricultural history is being organized through a project at Brandon University’s S.J. McKee Archives.<br />
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The walls of the legion in McCreary, Man., like others across Canada, bear photos of the men and women who served our country and secured our freedom. </div>
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<b>Alberta Main Street Seeks Stories on African American History </b></div>
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The public is invited to an informational community meeting from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Cerimon House, 5131 NE 23rd Ave., to talk about the Alberta Main Street’s storytelling project. </div>
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The docu-drama is inspired by the true events of Lt. George T. Davidson, a privileged and wealthy Medicine Hat lawyer who gave it all up to serve in the trenches during the First World War. </div>
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<b>SOOKE HISTORY: Sooke Royal Canadian Legion, 1927 </b></div>
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The Remembrance Day parade always brings our servicemen and servicewomen and the Sooke Royal Canadian Legion to the forefront of our minds. </div>
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<b>New Westminster heritage homes stir up debate at council </b></div>
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Two heritage homes, two different results. On Monday, city council considered heritage alteration permits for 215 Manitoba St. and 105 College Crt., ultimately voting four to two in favour of allowing the Manitoba Street home to be demolished and unanimously opposing demolition of the home on College Court.</div>
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<b>Sikh Pioneers in BC Recognized In New Stop of Interest Sign </b></div>
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Early Sikh pioneers in Golden were recognized today with a new Stop of Interest sign next to the viewpoint off Golden View Road in British Columbia. </div>
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The sign recognizes the contributing role Sikhs have played in Golden’s History. </div>
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<b>Amateur WWI history database getting overhaul from UVic </b></div>
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A massive amateur history project about the thousands of Canadians who took part in World War I is getting assistance from the University of Victoria this Remembrance Day. </div>
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<b>Hamilton Branch Loyalist Cemetery Plaquing Project </b></div>
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The article entitled Hamilton Branch Loyalist Cemetery Plaquing Project on the United Empire Loyalists page at <a href="http://www.uelac.org/Loyalist-Projects/Hamilton-Loyalist-Burial-Plaquing-Project.php">http://www.uelac.org/Loyalist-Projects/Hamilton-Loyalist-Burial-Plaquing-Project.php</a> says that they “chose a plaque with two layers of polymer resin with white background and blue lettering. The armourial bearings are on the plaque painted with acrylic paint. We have a nice royal blue 2 inch metal post, 8 feet high with a cap on it, to which the plaque is attached”. </div>
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They have The Special Collections and Archives houses some of the more unique, rare and valuable collections in the Brock University Library. Primary collecting interests include The Niagara Collection, The Loyalists Collection, The Masonic Book Collection, and the War of 1812 Materials. </div>
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I needed to see the maps of the Welland Canal the other day, and I fell upon the site, and was impressed! </div>
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The Canadian War Museum invites all Canadians from across the country and around the world to view one of the most moving Remembrance Day ceremonies in Canada. <br /><br />On November 11 at exactly 11 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, sunlight shines through a single window in the War Museum’s Memorial Hall to illuminate the headstone of Canada’s Unknown Soldier through the webcast. This is the first year that a webcast has been offered. <br /><br />The webcast will remain available online until noon on November 12<br /><br />Anyone wishing to watch the webcast can visit one of the links as of 10:45 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. Go to the <a href="http://www.warmuseum.ca/remember/">http://www.warmuseum.ca/remember/</a> or the Facebook page at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/warmuseum">https://www.facebook.com/warmuseum</a><div>
<br />For those who can go to the museum in person, a limited number of free tickets will be available as of 9:30 a.m. at the Information Desk. No reservations are permitted.<div>
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06 November 1961, the US Post Office issued a stamp honoring the 100th birthday of Canadian James Naismith, the inventor of basketball. </div>
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He was born at Almonte, Ontario, the son of John Naismith and Margaret Young. In 1883, he entered McGill University in Montreal where he earned a BA in Physical Education, and in 1890, he left for Springfield College in Massachusetts, where he invented basketball. The first game was played in 1891 at the school. </div>
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<b>(Photo) Royal Canadian Mint unveils its 2017 Canada 150 circulation coin series </b></div>
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The Royal Canadian Mint has unveiled its 2017 Canada 150 circulation coin series featuring the work of five Canadians selected by popular vote to design the tails side of the new coins. </div>
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<b>(Photos) A sneak peek at the Canada Science and Technology Museum's $80 M rebuild </b></div>
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The Crazy Kitchen site is still less-than-looney, and the giant locomotives are still under wraps (literally), but the rebuilt Canada Science and Technology Museum is starting to take shape off St. Laurent Boulevard. </div>
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<b>Restoration work finished, Ottawa's National War Memorial is open to the public again </b></div>
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After being closed for repairs and restoration since early April, the National War Memorial on Elgin Street was reopened to the public Friday. </div>
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<b>When Bathurst was Blackhurst: the Black history of Mirvish Village </b></div>
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Three years ago, when the news broke that Honest Ed's department store would be torn down and turned into residential buildings, most of the stories focused on that store and its history. Honest Ed's is an icon, to be sure, but in the process another part of Toronto's history was glossed over. </div>
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<b>Kingston releases proposed plans for redesign of penitentiary and harbour </b></div>
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The city of Kingston released four different plans for the redesign of the Kingston Penitentiary and Portsmouth Olympic Harbour on Thursday, based on input gathered from the community in October</div>
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<b>Poll: Most Canadians agree fallen soldiers should be honoured beyond Nov. 11 </b></div>
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The study commissioned by Historica Canada found a vast majority of respondents would like to see a national monument to soldiers who died in combat in modern times. </div>
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About 76 per cent of them said they'd like to see a memorial similar to the United States' Vietnam Wall, which lists the names of those who have died while serving in their country's military. </div>
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<b>Guitar crafted from Canadian history </b></div>
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With every chord, countless stories of Canadian history echoed through the auditorium. </div>
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Each strum of the Six String Nation guitar is made possible by 64 unique pieces of wood, bone, metal, stone and fabric that make up the instrument and embody the country’s culture, heritage and traditions. </div>
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<b>War Museum acquires artifacts related to last Canadian soldier killed during First World War </b></div>
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The medal set and the memorial plaque in honour of Private George Lawrence Price, the last Canadian soldier killed during the First World War, have been donated to the Canadian War Museum. Private Price died at 10:58 a.m. on November 11, 1918 — two minutes before the armistice went into effect. </div>
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<b>Explore history with new lecture series at LMC </b></div>
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Dr. Howard Fredeen, recently awarded the 2016 Outstanding Achievement Award at the annual Alberta Historical Resources Foundation Heritage Awards for his dedication to preserving Lacombe’s rich history, spoke to a crowd at the Lacombe Memorial Centre about pioneering in the area. </div>
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<b>Sept. 7 will now be Ukrainian-Canadian Heritage Day in Alberta </b></div>
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Alberta will now designate Sept. 7 as Ukrainian-Canadian Heritage Day, starting in 2017. </div>
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On Tuesday afternoon, MLAs from all parties at the Alberta legislature unanimously passed Bill 26, the Ukrainian-Canadian Heritage Act, through first, second and third readings. </div>
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<b>HISTORY: Yellowknife’s Robertson Headframe comes down </b></div>
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A landmark of Yellowknife’s 70 years of gold mining heritage disappeared at 5 PM Saturday afternoon, when the 25-storey high (76 meter) Robertson Headframe shuddered and toppled in a controlled explosive demolition. </div>
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It is Veteran's Week, a week in which we honour our veterans from November 5 to 11. The Government of Canada, as well as Veterans’ organizations, youth groups, and individuals throughout the country hold hundreds of commemorative ceremonies and events to honour Canada’s Veterans, those still-serving in the Canadian Armed Forces, the RCMP, as well as those who have fallen in the line of duty. </div>
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Since Confederation (the founding of Canada in 1867), more than 2.3 million Canadians have served in Canada’s armed forces to defend freedom and democracy—with more than 118,000 having given their lives.</div>
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<i>Church, Cemetery and Newspaper Indexes</i> - there are 11 new books </div>
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<b>25 October 1768</b> - Port La Joie, the major town in Prince Edward Island, founded by the French, is renamed Charlottetown in honour of Queen Charlotte, wife of George III. </div>
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<b>31 October 1869 </b>– The Red River Rebellion occurred when Canada's Governor designate William McDougall receives a letter signed by the members of the National Committee of the Métis of Red River, ordering him not to enter the territory without the permission of the Committee. </div>
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This was done by the Métis in an attempting to force Canada to negotiate the entry of their territory into Confederation. </div>
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The headquarters of the National Committee of the Métis of Red River was in Pembina, Manitoba. </div>
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To read more about the Red River Rebellion, go to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_River_Rebellion">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_River_Rebellion</a> </div>
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<b>(Audio) St. Stephen council approves repurposing of old town hall </b></div>
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The old town hall in St. Stephen could be getting a new purpose, after previously being considered for demolition. </div>
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Town council voted this week to move ahead with an agreement with the Moncton firm, Heritage Developments, to restore the national historic building. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Newfoundland </b></span></div>
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<b>Lower Churchill's cultural history should be protected, says archaeology professor </b></div>
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A Memorial University archaeologist says the province should do more to protect the intangible cultural history of the area being flooded to create the Muskrat Falls reservoir in central Labrador.</div>
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Mapping out Gander's WW II history </div>
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As an aviation and military town, Gander is surrounded by airplane crash locations and other historical sites. </div>
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Some are easy to reach, such as the Second World War American Boeing B-17G crash site in the Thomas Howe Demonstration Forest. But unless you have some local knowledge, other spots are harder to find. </div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Nova Scotia </b></span></div>
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<b>Kentville’s Gladys Porter a political pioneer </b></div>
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She was the first woman in Nova Scotia history to offer for the mayoralty of any town. Porter beat her male opponent by a two-to-one margin to become mayor of Kentville in 1946 and Eastern Canada's first female mayor. She was re-elected mayor, serving for 11 years, until 1960, when she became the first female MLA in the Maritimes, representing the constituents of Kings North. </div>
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<b>History of the half hull </b></div>
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<a href="http://thechronicleherald.ca/more/thriving-50/1410162-history-of-the-half-hull">http://thechronicleherald.ca/more/thriving-50/1410162-history-of-the-half-hull</a> </div>
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When is half of something worth more than the whole thing? It’s when that half is the model of a ship, mounted on a backboard, where the history of the ship is recorded. </div>
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Shipbuilding is one of the core historical elements here in Atlantic Canada. Wooden ships sailed to exotic ports of the world, with famous Nova Scotia sea captains at the helm. </div>
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<b>Hants History: Oct. 24, 2016 edition </b></div>
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HANTS COUNTY - Here's a look at what was making the news 35 and 50 years ago in the <i>Hants Journal</i>. </div>
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Acadia pop-up museum provides new view of WWI </div>
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A pop-up museum at Acadia University in Wolfville brought together African Nova Scotians whose relatives went to the First World War. </div>
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<b>In Saint John in Canada, Exploring the Legacy of the Loyalists </b></div>
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If you wanted to describe Saint John in just one word, I would suggest: pleasant. The city starts at Market Square, down by the harbo(u)r, which has been restored and repurposed à la South Street Seaport in New York or Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, and extends up a hill, the spine of which is King Street. </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Prince Edward Island </span></b></div>
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<b>Founders Hall should be provincial museum: Bevan-Baker </b></div>
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The Green Party leader is urging the provincial government to turn Founders Hall into a provincial museum. </div>
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With some legions across Canada making the switch to collection boxes that are harder to steal, those on P.E.I. are sticking to the old ones, and hoping for a profitable poppy campaign. </div>
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<b>October To Be Declared Hindu Heritage Month in Ontario, Canada </b></div>
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A bill to proclaim October as Hindu Heritage Month annually in Canada's Ontario province has been introduced in the provincial assembly. </div>
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Ontario is home to more than 700,000 Indo-Canadians </div>
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<b>Legion hopes to revive history of First World War with launch of poppy campaign </b></div>
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<a href="http://globalnews.ca/news/3031425/legion-hopes-to-revive-history-of-first-world-war-with-launch-of-poppy-campaign/">http://globalnews.ca/news/3031425/legion-hopes-to-revive-history-of-first-world-war-with-launch-of-poppy-campaign/</a><br /><br />The ceremonial poppy pinning is an annual traditional for Branch 14 of the Royal Canadian Legion.<br /><br />Veterans, both old and young, as well as dignitaries, kicked off the drive to officially launch the poppy campaign. </div>
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New book uncovers places left behind in Manitoba's past </div>
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A new book by Winnipeg historian Gordon Goldsborough takes the reader to places that few Manitobans have ever been — at least not anytime recently. </div>
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<b>St. Boniface residents rally to preserve one of its oldest trees </b></div>
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The Brigade de la Rivière Rouge, a non-profit organization that commemorates the history and lifestyle of the Voyageurs, wants to see the tree saved or, failing that, turned into a commemorative tree sculpture. </div>
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Open house at Royal Alberta Museum; heritage group hopes to save old site </div>
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Advocates are encouraging the public to come out for an open house in Glenora to urge government to save the old Royal Alberta Museum site. </div>
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Heritage Forward is a community-driven advocacy group that focuses on preserving heritage buildings in Edmonton. </div>
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<b>Witch history takes flight in rare manuscript </b></div>
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U of A finds lost treasure in its vaults </div>
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It is a book of remarkable beauty — and unspeakable evil. </div>
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It’s testament to timely artistry, and to the eternal dangers of hate and fear. </div>
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<b>Friends of the Archives let history be their guide </b></div>
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I (Patrick A. Dunae) recently became president of the Friends of the British Columbia Archives. It’s a non-profit society that aims to foster awareness and appreciation of the B.C. Archives and the documentary heritage of our province. </div>
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<b>B.C. Archives the place to go in search for family history </b></div>
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After his marriage failed, my great-great-grandfather, John Montgomery, headed west from Manitoba, and picked up a large farm about five kilometres straight south of Fort Langley. He farmed there for a decade, until his death in 1900. </div>
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<b>Art theft from Vancouver church shocks local fabric artists </b></div>
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Two Vancouver-area fabric artists are reeling after a number of their expensive works were stolen from a Vancouver church. </div>
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<b>Exhibition will highlight B.C.’s native languages </b></div>
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<a href="http://www.timescolonist.com/exhibition-will-highlight-b-c-s-native-languages-1.2372547">http://www.timescolonist.com/exhibition-will-highlight-b-c-s-native-languages-1.2372547</a> </div>
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In 2012, the First Peoples’ Cultural Council reached out to Jack Lohman at the Royal B.C. Museum after reading an article in this newspaper in which he talked about how he had been drawn to B.C. and the role of CEO at the museum as a result of his interest in First Nations culture and heritage. </div>
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<b>Creating a Punjabi Canadian Legacy Project in B.C.: Please work with us </b></div>
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<a href="http://www.voiceonline.com/creating-a-punjabi-canadian-legacy-project-in-b-c-please-work-with-us/">http://www.voiceonline.com/creating-a-punjabi-canadian-legacy-project-in-b-c-please-work-with-us/</a> </div>
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THE Royal BC Museum (RBCM), as the provincial museum and archives, is committed to preserving, exploring and sharing the history of all British Columbians. </div>
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<b>'Reconciliation tour' reveals dark history of Mission, B.C. school </b></div>
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<br />Cyril Pierre, 68, whacks a picnic table with a heavy leather strap. The sharp noise startles the dozens of teachers, youth workers and local politicians gathered before him. </div>
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The group is taking part in a tour of St. Mary's Indian Residential School in Mission, B.C., built in 1863. </div>
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<b>History: Oct 24, 1918 – The SS <i>Princess Sophia</i> disaster </b></div>
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<a href="http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2016/10/25/history-oct-24-1918-the-ss-princess-sophia-disaster/">http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2016/10/25/history-oct-24-1918-the-ss-princess-sophia-disaster/</a> </div>
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It’s not the worst maritime disaster in world, or even Canadian history, but it certainly is among the most tragic. </div>
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Over 344 people lost their lives, and knew for a day and half, waited for help that they could see, but that could not help rescue them from the icy Pacific water. </div>
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About two weeks ago, Legacy Tree asked their Facebook friends to send in a question to their first ever DNA Q & A which was to premiere on Saturday, 29 October 2016. </div>
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I entered my question on behalf of my readers 'What would you suggest as the first DNA test to take' and it was answered by DNA expert Paul Woodbury very nicely. Mine is the last question asked, under my first name, Elizabeth. </div>
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<b>OGS membership is open 01 November </b><br /><br />2017 will be a great year to belong to the Ontario Genealogy Society (OGS), because there is going yo be lots of exciting events that we can take part in during Canada's 150 birthday. The conference will be held in Ottawa next year, and it sounds exciting. </div>
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And they have something new this year called <i>Help us Grow our Family</i>! <br /><br />They are asking you to think about a friend, colleague, neighbour, or cousin who isn’t currently a member of The Society, and ask them if they wish to join at a reduced fee.When they agree, you can go to the Membership Renewal page, push the button that says Click here for “Grow our Family” discount, and enter the name of your recruit into the box which says “I encouraged someone to become a new OGS member”. </div>
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That’s all you need to do. The fee box will automatically calculate the discount when it processes the payment. The discount has a value of $31.50 – 50% of the OGS Individual Membership fee. So you can go to <a href="https://www.ogs.on.ca/">https://www.ogs.on.ca/</a> to join or renew. </div>
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I have come across the following Canadian genealogy, history and heritage websites, social media, and newspaper articles this past week that were of interest to me, and I thought you might be interested in them, too.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>This Week in Canadian History </b></span></div>
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Louis Riel, Manotiba politician and Métis leader, was born. He led two popular Métis governments in the West, and was executed for high treason for his role in the 1885 resistance to Canadian encroachment on Métis lands. </div>
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<b>(Photo) Colours of Nova Scotia's First World War fighting units repatriated </b></div>
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A wish of veterans of the 25th and 85th battalions that the colours be prominently displayed has been fulfilled, said Lt.-Gov. J.J. Grant, at a ceremony on Oct. 15 in Halifax. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Newfoundland </b></span></div>
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<b>A Haunted Hike in St. John’s Newfoundland, Canada </b></div>
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Newfoundland has a long and rich supernatural history. This island, suspended in the North Atlantic, is said to be home to ghosts, fairies, and the occasional witch. </div>
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<b>Road Trip: One Week in Newfoundland </b></div>
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Day 1: St. John’s<br />
Start the morning by exploring Cape Spear, the place where North America receives its first ray of sunlight, and feel the unforgiving weather coming off the Atlantic. </div>
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<b>Philip Pacey, Halifax heritage advocate, dies at 75 </b></div>
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A well-known advocate who campaigned for the preservation of many heritage buildings in Halifax has died. </div>
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Philip Pacey, the former president of the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia, died Thursday in hospital. </div>
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<b>Saint Mary's University home to 50 years of newspaper clippings </b></div>
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Nova Scotia activist Lynn Jones has collected newspaper clippings for 50 years. </div>
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Those now have a home at Saint Mary's University's archive library, as the Lynn Jones African-Canadian and Diaspora Heritage Collection </div>
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<b>Summerside Ghost Walk reveals darker aspects of city history </b></div>
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Culture Summerside is lifting the veil between the living and the dead this Thursday for its 16th annual Ghost Walk. </div>
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<b>Islanders invited to help shape future of national park </b></div>
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Parks Canada is asking for public input on how to maintain and improve Prince Edward Island National Park — which it calls one of the finest and most extensive systems of protected natural and cultural heritage areas in the world. </div>
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<b>Canadian War Museum acquires ship’s wheel from HMCS Niobe </b></div>
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The Canadian War Museum has acquired one of the few surviving artifacts from one of Canada’s first two warships, HMCS <i>Niobe </i>— the historic ship’s wheel. HMCS <i>Niobe </i>saw active service in the First World War, and its crew members played a significant role in responding to the 1917 Halifax Explosion. </div>
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<b>Chinese Canadian National Council sees road closure signs near Algonquin as 'thinly-veiled racism' </b></div>
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The Chinese Canadian National Council - Toronto Chapter has been serving and supporting the Chinese-Canadian community for over 35 years promoting equity, social justice & diversity through community & civic engagement, and public education initiatives. </div>
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<b>View the homestead of former soldier and historian </b></div>
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The community is invited to explore the childhood home of Brigadier-General Ernest Alexander Cruikshank, a First World War soldier who was born in Bertie Township and died in 1939. </div>
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<b>LIBRARY LINE: Tracing family history </b></div>
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October is Family History Month, a month dedicated to genealogists and family historians around the globe. Genealogy is one of the fastest-growing hobbies in the world. Researching your family history and discovering where your ancestors came from can be fun and rewarding. </div>
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<b>After years of austerity, Library and Archives Canada is ready to (re)meet its public </b></div>
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<b>REMEMBERING OUR YESTERDAYS: Reclaim the Records victory helps genealogists preserve family history </b></div>
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This fall, a U.S.-based grassroots organization called Reclaim the Records (RTR) celebrated its first major victory by opening a website (<a href="http://www.nycmarriageindex.com/">www.nycmarriageindex.com</a>) to allow the public to search the indexes of New York City marriage records from 1950 to 1995 for free. <br />
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<b>Famed Dionne quintuplets’ original home could be on the move</b><br />
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More than 80 years after the Dionne quintuplets were whisked away from their family and transformed into human tourist attractions that drew millions, the home where they were born could be on the move. </div>
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<b>Saskatoon seminar showcases forgotten steamboat history</b></div>
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In 1877, a steamboat cruised Saskatchewan waters for the first time. </div>
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<b>The history of the smallpox cemetery </b></div>
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Halloween is rapidly approaching. It is a time of year when attention turns to the supernatural as well as old tragedies and unsolved mysteries. There is also a lot of attention given to cemeteries, particularly ones that have been largely forgotten. </div>
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<b>Pieces of naval history emerge during Esquimalt Harbour clean up </b></div>
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The Royal Canadian Navy expected to find contamination at the bottom of Esquimalt Harbour after more than 150 years of shipbuilding and naval activity. </div>
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<b>Restoration work on Centennial pole eyed </b></div>
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Coquitlam to consider the project for Canada's 150th, retired civil servant says First Nations people should be involved and pole possibly moved to a better location </div>
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I have come across the following Canadian genealogy, history and heritage websites, social media, and newspaper articles this past week that were of interest to me, and I thought you might be interested in them, too.<br />
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<b>12 October 1957 Canadian awarded for creation of U.N Peacekeepers</b><br />
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On this date, Canadian external affairs minister, Lester B Pearson , received a telegram from Sweden telling him that he had was being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. It was due because of the way that he had handled the Suez Crisis. </div>
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He had proposed a neutral UN military force and they would be occupy to occupy the middle ground between the two sides became the standard concept of the the blue berets - UN Peacekeeping Force. Lester Pearson was thereafter known as the Father of International Peacekeeping.<br />
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<b>(Video) Mother of fallen Canadian soldier: New Afghanistan war monument a 'godsend' </b></div>
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A demilitarized version of the same vehicle that Bev McCraw's son Shawn was in when he was killed by an IED in Afghanistan in 2008 will be installed permanently as a new war monument at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum., </div>
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<b>Bluenose II preps for summer tour with travelling exhibit </b></div>
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For the first time in nearly a decade, Nova Scotia's sailing ambassador will live up to its name. </div>
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The Bluenose II will leave the province next summer and travel to ports along the Eastern Seaboard to "demonstrate Nova Scotia's rich Maritime heritage and expertise," according to government documents published Friday morning. </div>
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The tour will conclude in Quebec City where the ship will be part of the celebrations for Canada's 150th anniversary. </div>
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<b>Mi'kmaq History Month </b></div>
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Membertou Heritage Park is where people can learn about Mi’kmaq culture through year Each year at this time, Jeff Ward notices a surge of interest in aboriginal culture. </div>
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<b>Hand-written recipes featured in Nova Scotia Archives online exhibit </b></div>
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From generation to generation, some recipes and cookbooks have become treasured family heirlooms. </div>
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The Nova Scotia Archives has scores of them in its personal collections, and has created a digital exhibit featuring hand-written and early printed recipes, some dating as far back at the 1700s. </div>
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<b>Tales from the crypt: 6 tips for exploring N.B. graveyards </b></div>
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Graveyard exploring sounds macabre to some; however, according to one local historian, the sites are a gold mine of information on local history. </div>
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<b>This is Main Street: Rise and fall of a once thriving commercial district </b></div>
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When Saint John was a smoky 18th century seaside colony, Main Street was a trade road, used to cart goods from the First Nations settlement at Indiantown up to Fort Howe. </div>
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From the 1700s until the mid-1960s, it evolved into a thriving commercial district in Saint John rivalled only by Prince William Street. </div>
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<b>Man jailed 2 years for possessing stolen N.B. Museum plaques</b><br />
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A man who pleaded guilty to possessing stolen bronze plaques from the New Brunswick Museum was sentenced Thursady to two years minus one day in provincial jail.<br />
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P.E.I. Scottish history part of huge tapestry on display<br />
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A gigantic tapestry which celebrates Scottish heritage and the influence its people have had around the world has arrived in P.E.I., and is on display at the Confederation Centre of the Arts. </div>
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<b>Exhibit tells the story of Jewish farming in Ontario </b></div>
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A small photographic exhibit in the main-floor gallery of the Miles Nadal JCC at Bloor and Spadina tells the small but interesting story of Jewish farming in Ontario, past and present. </div>
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<b>Italians collect London stories </b></div>
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A two-day conference dedicated to preserving Italian-Canadian history is coming to London. </div>
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The Italian-Canadian Archives Project (ICAP) links communities across the country with history experts, public archivists and community organizers. The goal is to train Italian-Canadian communities to gather, organize and share their history </div>
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<b>Collection of military history essays captures the importance of the battle at Hill 70 </b></div>
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<b>The True Story of the Real-Life Winnie-the-Pooh </b></div>
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When a soldier shipping off to World War I stepped onto a train platform during a brief stopover in a small Canadian town, little did he know his footsteps would lead a dozen years later to the October 14, 1926, publication of “Winnie-the-Pooh.” Find out how a real-life black bear inspired A.A. Milne to write one of the classics of children’s literature. </div>
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<b>Chief Shingwauk and SRSC Included in Special 150th Anniversary Exhibition at Archives of Ontario </b></div>
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As Canada gets ready to mark the 150th anniversary of Confederation and the creation of the Province of Ontario, the Archives of Ontario has unveiled a special exhibition titled “Family Ties: Ontario Turns 150” in Toronto, Ontario. One of the families highlighted in the exhibition is the family of Chief Shingwauk. </div>
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<b>FEATURE: Archives house valuable artifacts of Canada’s Jewish left </b></div>
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One of the most dramatic moments in the history of the Jewish left in Canada occurred some 57 years ago, in 1959, when a huge and irreparable split developed within the ranks of the United Jewish People's Order (UJPO) and a significant number of members left to form a new organization, the New Fraternal Jewish Association (NFJA). </div>
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<b>Historic Gull Lake, Sask., hotel 'a shadow of what it once was' after destructive fire </b></div>
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A piece of history is gone from Gull Lake, Sask., after a fire broke out at the Clarendon Hotel Sunday morning. </div>
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<b>Bones, tools unearthed by Alberta flood could fill gaps in First Nations history </b></div>
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Archeologists are hoping bones and tools unearthed after the 2013 southern Alberta floods will help paint a better picture of a little understood period in the region's indigenous history. </div>
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<b>Students get heartfelt history lesson with Field of Crosses </b></div>
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What began with a few hundred white crosses in 2009 has grown to more than 3,200, all paying tribute to those who died serving their country. </div>
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<b>Arctic Bay Thule man to form part of Inuit exhibit at history museum </b></div>
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A Thule man who lived near Arctic Bay hundreds of years ago will soon be part of an exhibit on Canada’s Indigenous peoples to be unveiled at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau in July 017 to coincide with Canada’s 150th birthday. </div>
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<b>Epic voyage planned for Canada's 150th anniversary </b></div>
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Canada's three oceans will be the centrepiece of an epic 150-day voyage to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation. </div>
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The Students on Ice Foundation is planning to take an icebreaker on trip that will begin in Toronto and end up in Victoria next summer, transiting the Northwest Passage on the way. </div>
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I was surprised to see the fandmypast has put on some Canadian databases, and they are <i>Ontario Birth Index 1860-1920 </i>and <i>New Brunswick Birth and Baptism Index 1769-1899</i>. </div>
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Since the Archives of Ontario are the official keeper of the births, marriages, and deaths after they are released from Office of Registrar General Service Ontario, it surprises me that they include records up to 1920, whereas the archives on this website say that they only includes records up to 1917. </div>
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The AO Site says that "Due to changes in regulations, 1918 and newer birth registrations and indexes will not be transferred to the Archives of Ontario until 104 years after the year of registration. The 1918 birth registrations and indexes will be transferred to the Archives in 2023". </div>
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The second collection is the <i>New Brunswick Birth and Baptisms Index 1769-1899</i> and it contains over 25,000 transcripts of civil registration records. Each record will include your ancestor's birth year, birth place and parent's names. The records will also provide you with the information you need to order a copy of an official birth certificate through Service New Brunswick at <a href="http://www.snb.ca/">www.snb.ca</a>.</div>
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I have checked the New Brunswick Archives at <a href="http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/FEDS/Databases.aspx?culture=en-CA">http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/FEDS/Databases.aspx?culture=en-CA</a> and the date do not seem to coincided with the date of the births that the archives have, so I am wondering were they got these records from because the collection does not say. <br />
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These postcards are beautiful, and the ones which show Ottawa as it use to be in the olden days. There are nice ones , including ones about Easter, for example, (and they are in perfect condition), so they are worth your time. </div>
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I have come across the following Canadian genealogy, history and heritage websites, social media, and newspaper articles this past week that were of interest to me, and I thought you might be interested in them, too.<br />
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<b>12 October 1957 Canadian awarded for creation of U.N Peacekeepers</b><br />
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On this date, Canadian external affairs minister, Lester B Pearson, received a telegram from Sweden telling him that he had was being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. It was due because of the way that he had handled the Suez Crisis. </div>
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He had proposed a neutral UN military force that would occupy the middle ground between the two sides, and it became the standard concept of the the blue berets - UN Peacekeeping Force. Lester Pearson was thereafter known as the Father of International Peacekeeping.<br />
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<b>(Video) Mother of fallen Canadian soldier: New Afghanistan war monument a 'godsend' </b></div>
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A demilitarized version of the same vehicle that Bev McCraw's son, Shawn, was in when he was killed by an IED in Afghanistan in 2008 will be installed permanently as a new war monument at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum., </div>
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<b>Bluenose II preps for summer tour with travelling exhibit </b></div>
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For the first time in nearly a decade, Nova Scotia's sailing ambassador will live up to its name. </div>
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The Bluenose II will leave the province next summer and travel to ports along the Eastern Seaboard to "demonstrate Nova Scotia's rich Maritime heritage and expertise," according to government documents published Friday morning. </div>
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The tour will conclude in Quebec City where the ship will be part of the celebrations for Canada's 150th anniversary. </div>
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<b>Mi'kmaq History Month </b></div>
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Membertou Heritage Park is where people can learn about Mi’kmaq culture throughout the year. Each year at this time, Jeff Ward notices a surge of interest in aboriginal culture. </div>
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<b>Hand-written recipes featured in Nova Scotia Archives online exhibit </b></div>
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From generation to generation, some recipes and cookbooks have become treasured family heirlooms. </div>
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The Nova Scotia Archives has scores of them in its personal collections, and has created a digital exhibit featuring hand-written and early printed recipes, some dating as far back at the 1700s. </div>
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<b>Tales from the crypt: 6 tips for exploring N.B. graveyards </b></div>
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Graveyard exploring sounds macabre to some; however, according to one local historian, the sites are a gold mine of information on local history. </div>
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<b>This is Main Street: Rise and fall of a once thriving commercial district </b></div>
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When Saint John was a smoky 18th century seaside colony, Main Street was a trade road, used to cart goods from the First Nations settlement at Indiantown up to Fort Howe. </div>
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From the 1700s until the mid-1960s, it evolved into a thriving commercial district in Saint John, rivalled only by Prince William Street. </div>
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<b>Man jailed 2 years for possessing stolen N.B. Museum plaques</b><br />
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A man who pleaded guilty to possessing stolen bronze plaques from the New Brunswick Museum was sentenced Thursday to two years minus one day in provincial jail.<br />
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<b>P.E.I. Scottish history part of huge tapestry on display</b><br />
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A gigantic tapestry which celebrates Scottish heritage and the influence its people have had around the world has arrived in P.E.I., and is on display at the Confederation Centre of the Arts. </div>
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<b>Exhibit tells the story of Jewish farming in Ontario </b></div>
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A small photographic exhibit in the main-floor gallery of the Miles Nadal JCC at Bloor and Spadina tells the small but interesting story of Jewish farming in Ontario, past and present. </div>
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<b>Italians collect London stories </b></div>
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A two-day conference dedicated to preserving Italian-Canadian history is coming to London. </div>
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The Italian-Canadian Archives Project (ICAP) links communities across the country with history experts, public archivists and community organizers. The goal is to train Italian-Canadian communities to gather, organize and share their history </div>
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<b>Collection of military history essays captures the importance of the battle at Hill 70 </b></div>
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<b>The True Story of the Real-Life Winnie-the-Pooh </b></div>
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When a soldier shipping off to World War I stepped onto a train platform during a brief stopover in a small Canadian town, little did he know his footsteps would lead a dozen years later to the October 14, 1926, publication of “Winnie-the-Pooh.” Find out how a real-life black bear inspired A.A. Milne to write one of the classics of children’s literature. </div>
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<b>Chief Shingwauk and SRSC Included in Special 150th Anniversary Exhibition at Archives of Ontario </b></div>
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As Canada gets ready to mark the 150th anniversary of Confederation and the creation of the Province of Ontario, the Archives of Ontario has unveiled a special exhibition titled “Family Ties: Ontario Turns 150” in Toronto, Ontario. One of the families highlighted in the exhibition is the family of Chief Shingwauk. </div>
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<b>FEATURE: Archives house valuable artifacts of Canada’s Jewish left </b></div>
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One of the most dramatic moments in the history of the Jewish left in Canada occurred some 57 years ago, in 1959, when a huge and irreparable split developed within the ranks of the United Jewish People's Order (UJPO) and a significant number of members left to form a new organization, the New Fraternal Jewish Association (NFJA). </div>
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<b>Historic Gull Lake, Sask., hotel 'a shadow of what it once was' after destructive fire </b></div>
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A piece of history is gone from Gull Lake, Sask., after a fire broke out at the Clarendon Hotel Sunday morning. </div>
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<b>Bones, tools unearthed by Alberta flood could fill gaps in First Nations history </b></div>
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Archaeologists are hoping bones and tools unearthed after the 2013 southern Alberta floods will help paint a better picture of a little understood period in the region's indigenous history. </div>
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<b>Students get heartfelt history lesson with Field of Crosses </b></div>
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What began with a few hundred white crosses in 2009 has grown to more than 3,200, all paying tribute to those who died serving their country. </div>
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<b>Arctic Bay Thule man to form part of Inuit exhibit at history museum </b></div>
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A Thule man who lived near Arctic Bay hundreds of years ago will soon be part of an exhibit on Canada’s Indigenous peoples to be unveiled at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau in July 2017 to coincide with Canada’s 150th birthday. </div>
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<b>Epic voyage planned for Canada's 150th anniversary </b></div>
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Canada's three oceans will be the centrepiece of an epic 150-day voyage to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation. </div>
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The Students on Ice Foundation is planning to take an icebreaker on trip that will begin in Toronto and end up in Victoria next summer, transiting the Northwest Passage on the way. </div>
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I was surprised to see that <a href="http://findmypast.com/">findmypast.com</a> has put on some Canadian databases, and they are <i>Ontario Birth Index 1860-1920 </i>and <i>New Brunswick Birth and Baptism Index 1769-1899</i>. </div>
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Since the Archives of Ontario are the official keeper of the births, marriages, and deaths after they are released from Office of Registrar General Service Ontario, it surprises me that they include records up to 1920, whereas the archives on this website say that they only includes records up to 1917. </div>
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The AO Site says that "Due to changes in regulations, 1918 and newer birth registrations and indexes will not be transferred to the Archives of Ontario until 104 years after the year of registration. The 1918 birth registrations and indexes will be transferred to the Archives in 2023". </div>
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Since the explanation on their website doesn't provide a good explanation, I will write to <a href="http://www.findmypast.com/">findmypast</a> to see if I can get a clearer definition of the collection. </div>
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The second collection is the <i>New Brunswick Birth and Baptisms Index 1769-1899</i> and it contains over 25,000 transcripts of civil registration records. Each record will include your ancestor's birth year, birth place and parent's names. The records will also provide you with the information you need to order a copy of an official birth certificate through Service New Brunswick at <a href="http://www.snb.ca/">www.snb.ca</a>.</div>
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I have checked the New Brunswick Archives at <a href="http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/FEDS/Databases.aspx?culture=en-CA">http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/FEDS/Databases.aspx?culture=en-CA</a> and the date do not seem to coincided with the date of the births that the archives have, so I am wondering were they got these records from because the collection does not say. <br />
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Take a minute to go to this page of my friend, Daniel B. Parkinson, to look at the postcards he has put on the webpage <a href="http://uptorawdon.com/supplementary-card.html">http://uptorawdon.com/supplementary-card.html</a> </div>
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These postcards are beautiful, and the ones which show Ottawa as it use to be in the olden days. There are nice ones , including ones about Easter, for example, (and they are in perfect condition), so they are worth your time. </div>
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I have come across the following Canadian genealogy, history and heritage websites, social media, and newspaper articles this past week that were of interest to me, and I thought you might be interested in them, too.<br />
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The first edition of the <i>Evening Star</i> was published in Toronto on 03 November 1892. It was a self-styled “Paper for the People,” and it was put together under the guidance of Horatio Hocken, a foreman and future Toronto mayor. </div>
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It was a four-page paper which eventually turned into the Toronto <i>Star</i>. It turned into Canada’s largest daily newspaper, with the largest readership in the country. </div>
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The first blog post, ‘Piecing It All Together,’ explores how early government financial records tell the story of founding the Humane Establishment on Sable Island two hundred years ago. </div>
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<b>(Blog) Do you have Aboriginal ancestry? The census might tell you </b></div>
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The Library and Archives Canada (LAC) blog has put out a summary of how you go about finding if you have Aboriginal ancestry. </div>
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<b>Why Do We Irish Not Take More Pride in What We Are? </b></div>
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Why, I wonder, do we have to be told as a people that we must become ‘more European,’ so that we ape the characteristics and the lifestyles of those who live on the European mainland? </div>
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<b>Nova Scotia's only Speakers to share chair built for Edgar Rhodes </b></div>
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Parliament Hill is undergoing major renovations and asbestos-removal that will empty Centre Block for years, but crews can't get the massive Speaker's chair out the doors. </div>
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<b>Recognizing Mi’kmaq History Month</b></div>
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How do you mark more than 11,000 years of history? For the Mi’kma’ki nation, one of the ways is to educate people by celebrating Treaty Day every Oct 1, followed by a month of activities and education </div>
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<b>Nova Scotia working on posthumous pardon for Mi'kmaq grand chief </b></div>
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The Nova Scotia government is working on a pardon for a major figure in Mi'kmaq history who died more than half a century ago </div>
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<b>Burnley 'Rocky' Jones celebrated in posthumous autobiography </b></div>
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<b>A new book tells the life story of one of Canada's greatest civil rights leaders, Burnley "Rocky" Jones. </b></div>
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Jones, who fought for the rights of black Canadians from the streets of Halifax to the highest courts in the land, died in 2013. But he left behind about 90 hours of conversations recorded with the poet George Elliott Clarke and the historian James Walker. </div>
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<b>OPINION: Remember and learn from our greatest shipbuilder </b></div>
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When the Canadian Mint produced the Transportation Series of coins a few years back, one of them was a fully rigged square rigger, the W.D. Lawrence, which I recognized immediately from the sail plan. </div>
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<b>Halifax Explosion documentary to tell untold survival story of deaf students </b></div>
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Two novice documentary filmmakers are hoping to spread the word about the Halifax School for the Deaf and its students, who miraculously all survived the Halifax Explosion on Dec. 6, 1917. </div>
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<b>Quebec group pushes Ottawa to recognize former slave burial site </b></div>
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A Quebec cemetery where black slaves are believed to be buried should be formally recognized as a historical site, say a black rights group and some Montreal city councillors.</div>
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<b>Outremont’s Vimy Park officially renamed after Jacques Parizeau </b></div>
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Months after Montreal’s city council voted overwhelmingly in favour of renaming Outremont’s Vimy Park after former Quebec premier Jacques Parizeau, a ceremony held Sunday afternoon made it official. </div>
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<b>Nigger Rock, Quebec: What’s in a name? </b></div>
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Nigger Rock is the name of one of eleven geographical sites in the province of Quebec that a group of mostly black people want changed. Understandably, they find the name offensive.</div>
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<b>Save 'breathtaking' west Quebec mine from demolition, petition urges </b></div>
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A scenic, off-limits mine in western Quebec that's seen an influx of visitors over the past year could end up being demolished if a campaign to save it is unsuccessful </div>
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<b>Shortage of those willing to step up to executive posts could pull plug on Sault Ste. Marie and District Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society<span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></div>
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An area genealogical group could, itself, become history by December. </div>
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A dearth of interest in filling executive positions — and not necessarily technology — is the chief culprit, says Mary Anne MacDonald, chair of the Sault Ste. Marie and District Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society. </div>
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<b>Effort to preserve Chinese history in southern Alberta in the running for $40,000 prize </b></div>
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A bid to save a historic building in Lethbridge’s shrinking Chinatown and preserve an important part of Alberta’s history is in the running for $40,000 prize </div>
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<b>Remembering the horrible harvest of 1919 </b></div>
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Another fall harvest is well underway. Although Central Alberta experienced a long and very dry spring, growing conditions over most of the summer were good. </div>
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<b>REMINDER: Putting South Asian historic places on the BC map: you can nominate a place </b></div>
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THE South Asian Canadian community is invited to nominate historic places in B.C. that it believes is of significant importance to the history and development of the South Asian Canadian community in the province, says Heritage BC. </div>
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<b>Trove of historic documents heads to Vancouver Public Library </b></div>
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Thousands of boxes of aging federal documents, containing reams of information on B.C.'s First Nations, will move to downtown Vancouver as part of a new collaboration between the national archives and the public library. </div>
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<b>This Week in History: Girl Guides in British Columbia </b></div>
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Girl Guides began in England in 1909, when girls demanded to take part in a Boy Scouts rally in London. </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Women's History month in Canada</span></b></div>
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One thing that I forgot to mention last week is that October is <i>Women's History Month in Canada. </i></div>
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Women's History Month was proclaimed in Canada in 1992, where its purpose is to give Canadians "an opportunity to learn about the important contributions of women and girls to our society – and to the quality of our lives today". </div>
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It was chosen to coincide with the celebration of the anniversary on October 18 of the decision of the court case, the Persons Case, in which it was established that Canadian women were eligible to be appointed senators in the government. </div>
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It is a time to recognize that “Because of Her” Canada is the extraordinary country that we know today. </div>
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The Quebec, Canada, Notarial Records, 1626-1935, in collaboration with the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BanQ), has out on the index to the records, and are available for free until today – 10th of October. The records themselves are not on Ancestry. </div>
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Some records are in English, but the reason that they are not translated from French to English is because the records are narrative – they are written in French. </div>
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So to our non-French people, they will have to get them translated. </div>
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It is well-worth the translation because they hold lots of juicy details on land grants, and marriage contacts not available anywhere else. </div>
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So take a look at the index at the 16,000 French and English language records and more than 7,000 images at <a href="http://search.ancestry.ca/search/db.aspx?dbid=61062">http://search.ancestry.ca/search/db.aspx?dbid=61062</a> or at additional information on the collection’s contents as well as tips for navigating and searching the records please consult the Quebec Notarial Records Research Guide. </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">And finally, are you and did you have a good Thanksgiving?</span></b></div>
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We did, and all though tired with the activity we did over the weekend, the weather was fine, the trees were absolutely spectacular, and the time away from our jobs was an excellent break. </div>
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So hope that you time was as good as ours was and that you had an excellent holiday! </div>
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For more information on the Canadian Thanksgiving, go to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_(Canada)">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_(Canada)</a> </div>
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