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Bio of the Day: Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau (1840–98), lawyer, publisher, politician, newspaper editor, and office holder.
His political career played out in three acts: he sat in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, in Ottawa, and as lieutenant governor at Spencer Wood.
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Bio of the Day: Pamphile Le May (1837–1918), lawyer, librarian, writer, and translator.
In 1867 he was offered the position of librarian to the new provincial Legislative Assembly. Le May held this position for 25 years.
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Bio of the Day: Heinrich Wilhelm Peterson (1793–1859), printer, publisher, editor, justice of the peace, and office holder.
He published 'Canada Museum, und Allgemeine Zeitung'; it played a dominant role in introducing German immigrants to Canadian mores.
www.biographi.ca/en/bio/peter...
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It is National Indigenous History Month! Today we highlight Emily Pauline Johnson (1861–1913), author and performer. Her mother was English, and her father a Mohawk of the wolf clan. Audiences thrilled to her dramatic recitation of her poems. biographi.ca/en/bio/johns...
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Jun 11, 1929: Lord Willingdon, the Governor-General of Canada, officially opens Canadian Pacific's Royal York Hotel, now the Fairmont Royal York. The opening of what was then the largest hotel in the Commonwealth was one of Toronto's most glittering social events of the 1920s. 1/3
It is National Indigenous History Month! Today we highlight Jerry Lonecloud (1854–1930), a guide, lumberer, showman, herbalist, Micmac (Mi’kmaw) sub-chief, and folklorist. Ethnographer of the Micmac nation could rightly have been his epitaph.
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On this day in 1983, Norma Shearer died.
Born in Montreal in 1902, she was the first five-time Academy Award acting nominee, winning once for Best Actress in 1930.
Her brother Douglas won seven Academy Awards for his work as a sound designer.
📸 MGM
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It is National Indigenous History Month! Today we highlight Alexander DeCoteau (1887–1917), Cree policeman, athlete, and soldier. This celebrated runner was part of the Canadian attack on Passchendaele during #WorldWarI, where he was killed.
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Happy birthday to Christine Sinclair, born on this day in 1983 in Burnaby, BC!
She spent 20 seasons with Canada's national team and is the all-time leader in international goals among men and women with 190.
She has a star on Canada's Walk of Fame.
📸 Jennifer Gauthier
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DAVIS, WILLIAM, coalminer; b. 3 June 1887 in Gloucestershire, England, son of Thomas Davis and Annises Dufly; m. 30 Oct. 1907 Myrtle MacPherson (d. 1955) at Dominion No.6 (Don...
Today is William Davis Miners' Memorial Day.
It is a day of remembrance observed to honour the miners who have lost their lives in Nova Scotia's coal industry, including William Davis who was killed by police during a strike.
This is his story.
📸 Nova Scotia Archives
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