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1867-canada-a-nation-is-formed
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1968-06-25-election-federal-trudeaus-liberals-win-majority-government
Pierre Trudeau succeeds Pearson as leader of the Liberals and wins a majority in a federal election (June 25) in an atmosphere like a media circus.
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1970-05-abortion-laws-are-liberalized
Abortion laws are liberalized (May). The breathalizer is put into use to test for drunken drivers (Dec. 1).
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1970-07-09-official-languages-are-english-and-french
English and French are both recognized as offical languages by the federal government
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1970-10-war-measures-act-is-invoked-FLQ
British trade commissioner James Cross is kidnapped by the FLQ (Oct. 5), precipitating the October Crisis. Qu?bec's labour and immigration minister Pierre Laporte is kidnapped (Oct. 10) and later found murdered.
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1972-canada-defeats-ussr
in the summit series which pitted the all stars of the national hockey league against the powerful russian red army hockey club.
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1988-02-olymic-winter-games-calgary
the # winter olympics were held in Calgary, AB.
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2010-02-olympic-winter-games-in-vancouver
the # winter olympics were held in Vancouver, BC.
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2011-election-federal-conservatives-win-majority-government-under-harper
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illustrated-account-of-the-great-maple-syrup-heist
by __ @ modernfarmer.com - an illustrated tale of the maple syrup market in Quebec and how ...
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