May 27 2013
Newspapers
I have come
across the following Canadian websites, blogs, Facebook, and newspaper articles
this past week that were of interest to me, and I thought you might be
interested in them, too
Websites
The
Ottawa Journal 1941-1960 Ottawa, Ontario $ http://www.newspapers.com/title_1188/the_ottawa_journal/?xid=186 This is a
subscription service, but it has the latest in updates. They have a Clip
Service, and a sample page that you can view.
The
Winnipeg Tribune 1901-1949 Winnipeg, Manitoba $ http://www.newspapers.com/title_1017/the_winnipeg_tribune/?xid=186
This is a subscription service, but it
has the latest in updates. They have a Clip Service, and a sample page that you
can view.
Blogs
Chroniques
ancestrales
http://chroniquesancestrales.blogspot.ca
This blogger write about his Bélanger, Caron, Dagenais, Dusablon et
Therrien lines.
Facebook-
YouTube – Video
BC Students Celebrate Centennial of Canadian Expedition with Historical Videos
Newspapers
Petition looks
to rename Victoria Day
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/05/19/victoria-day-rename.html
‘Victoria and First Peoples Day' would share holiday with Aboriginal
Peoples
Concerns About
Serious Mismanagement of the Library and Archives of Canada http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2013/05/concerns-about-serious-mismanagement-of-the-library-and-archives-of-canada.html
Read what Dick Eastman has to sat about the
trouble at library and Archives Canada.
Island students
receive awards at annual Heritage Fair www.gov.pe.ca/index.php3/newsroom/index.php3?number=news&newsnumber=9006&dept=&lang=E
The winners are listed for Grades 6, 7, 8, and 9.
Huge cache of
Canadian history hits U.K. auction block, tests Library and
Archives
www.canada.com/Huge+cache+Canadian+history+hits+auction+block+tests+Library+Archives/8436011/story.html#ixzz2UOSZHEJs
Read about the huge cache of Canadian history left by Sir John Coape Sherbrooke,
the Nova Scotia governor who conquered Maine during the War of 1812 and later
served as Canada’s governor general.
Government of
Canada designates first two heritage lighthouses in British
Columbia http://news.yahoo.com/government-canada-designates-first-two-190000655.html Two
lighthouses in British Columbia have been chosen by the Historic Sites and
Monuments Board of Canada. They are the East Point Lighthouse on Saturna Island
and the Fisgard Lighthouse in Colwood.
Story of the Week
National
Aboriginal History Month
In June,
Canadians celebrate Aboriginal History Month,which is an opportunity to honour the
heritage, and cultures of Aboriginal peoples in Canada.
June was
declared National Aboriginal History month in 2010, after Nanaimo-Cowichan
Member of Parliament, Jean Crowder, introduced a motion to make June a month of
recognition for First Nations, Inuit and Métis.
June has long
been a month of celebration and remembrance in Canada, with National Aboriginal
Day on the 21st, Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day on the 24th, and Multiculturalism Day
on the 27th.
Families, an
Ontario Genealogical Society journal, recently published two papers on Canadian
Aboriginal people.
The first one
was about Squire Davis, who came to Canada after the Revolutionary War in the
United States, and lived outside of the city of Brantford, Ontario. This article
appeared in the February 2013 issue.
The second paper
was about Marguerite Brien 1793- 1865
"Fille Naturelle", a Mohawk woman from Oka, Quebec, who, with her family, travelled all over
Eastern Ontario in the 1800s. It was published in May 2013.
For events that
will take place during the month, go to
www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1100100013322/1100100013323
The next Canadian Week in Review will be issued
Monday June 3, 2013