tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347599492024-03-13T16:42:16.306-04:00105.3 KiSS Fm ViP BlogFree stuff is the best...Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10295145294312106062noreply@blogger.comBlogger4133125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34759949.post-24576953935073443762018-07-30T03:29:00.004-04:002018-07-30T03:29:54.003-04:00<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Cy4LX4fa7KA/W16-afterHI/AAAAAAAARSA/y_ylrzqmG14XP8r2U2wdoM3c8x0c2KiMACLcBGAs/s1600/220px-Joseph-Antoine_Le_Febvre_de_La_Barre.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="264" data-original-width="220" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Cy4LX4fa7KA/W16-afterHI/AAAAAAAARSA/y_ylrzqmG14XP8r2U2wdoM3c8x0c2KiMACLcBGAs/s200/220px-Joseph-Antoine_Le_Febvre_de_La_Barre.jpg" width="166" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="line-height: 20.8px;">On This Day </b><b style="line-height: 20.8px;">In <span style="color: #cc0000;">Canadian</span> History.... </b></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><b>1684 - </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Governor Joseph-Antoine de La Barre leaves Montreal with 1,200 soldiers to battle the Iroquois; disastrous campaign leads to his recall in 1685</b></span></span>Mr. Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04413873185640986707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34759949.post-12640371716894758652018-07-27T01:00:00.000-04:002018-07-27T01:00:01.106-04:00<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KHWDA5w5OIA/W1qmyO-nj9I/AAAAAAAARR0/NLq85RlAw0UE0YwvmDyPZkCm0k--fcn0gCLcBGAs/s1600/otd.98.07.27.a.lg.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="418" data-original-width="316" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KHWDA5w5OIA/W1qmyO-nj9I/AAAAAAAARR0/NLq85RlAw0UE0YwvmDyPZkCm0k--fcn0gCLcBGAs/s200/otd.98.07.27.a.lg.gif" width="150" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="line-height: 20.8px;">On This Day </b><b style="line-height: 20.8px;">In <span style="color: #cc0000;">Canadian</span> History.... </b></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><b>1921 - </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #000033; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Frederick Banting first isolates insulin from the pancreatic duct of a dog; assisted by colleagues J. J. R. Macleod, Charles Best , and Bertram Collip at the University of Toronto; in January 1922, they administer insulin to 14 year old Leonard Thompson, and prove it an effective lifesaving treatment for diabetes in humans; in 1923, Banting and Macleod will be the first Canadians to win a Nobel Prize (they will share the award with Best and Collip); Banting does not patent the process, but assigns the rights to the University of Toronto, who will manufacture it through Connaught Laboratories.</b></span></span>Mr. Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04413873185640986707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34759949.post-14648942211920070582018-07-26T00:44:00.001-04:002018-07-26T00:44:21.557-04:00<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--jmNlIUaNFk/W1lRlgleoRI/AAAAAAAARRo/V_yb-wpPR2M_Obe8vswZ49IE8FNT2VfQgCLcBGAs/s1600/111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="187" data-original-width="269" height="139" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--jmNlIUaNFk/W1lRlgleoRI/AAAAAAAARRo/V_yb-wpPR2M_Obe8vswZ49IE8FNT2VfQgCLcBGAs/s200/111.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="line-height: 20.8px;">On This Day </b><b style="line-height: 20.8px;">In <span style="color: #cc0000;">Canadian</span> History.... </b></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><b>1995 - John Labatt Ltd. sold to Belgian brewer lnterbrew SA, completing a takeover valued at C$2.7 billion; deal makes lnterbrew the world's third- largest brewery. </b></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b><br /><br /></b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>In <span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.4px;">2004, Interbrew merged with </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #776644; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Brazil"><span style="color: black;">Brazilian</span></a><span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.4px;"> brewer </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmBev" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #776644; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="AmBev"><span style="color: black;">AmBev</span></a><span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.4px;"> to form </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InBev" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #776644; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="InBev"><span style="color: black;">InBev</span></a><span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.4px;">, which at the time became the largest brewer in the world by volume, with a 13% global market share. </span></b></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b><span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.4px;"><br /></span></b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b><span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.4px;">In 2008, InBev further merged with American brewer </span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anheuser-Busch" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #776644; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Anheuser-Busch"><span style="color: black;">Anheuser-Busch</span></a><span style="line-height: 22.4px;"> to form </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anheuser-Busch_InBev" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #776644; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Anheuser-Busch InBev"><span style="color: black;">Anheuser-Busch InBev</span></a><span style="line-height: 22.4px;"> (abbreviated AB InBev).</span></span></b></span>Mr. Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04413873185640986707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34759949.post-52024442094153991412018-07-25T00:43:00.002-04:002018-07-25T00:43:37.598-04:00<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5mzboSZ7P0I/W1f_8NcbNUI/AAAAAAAARRc/U03_tr884SEnZ8rcdYTIIPnN1HEuhLzJACLcBGAs/s1600/111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="885" height="144" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5mzboSZ7P0I/W1f_8NcbNUI/AAAAAAAARRc/U03_tr884SEnZ8rcdYTIIPnN1HEuhLzJACLcBGAs/s200/111.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="line-height: 20.8px;">On This Day </b><b style="line-height: 20.8px;">In <span style="color: #cc0000;">Canadian</span> History.... </b></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><b>1911 - </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Bobby Leach survives drop over Niagara Falls in a steel barrel; spends 23 weeks in hospital recovering from injuries.</b></span></span>Mr. Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04413873185640986707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34759949.post-33507472965815035792018-07-24T00:45:00.001-04:002018-07-24T00:45:57.617-04:00<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Af7M4pUOq5g/W1au67laPQI/AAAAAAAARRQ/f3zKURileD4MDgkHeb2I7fyn5v7rqm5qQCLcBGAs/s1600/110.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="243" data-original-width="207" height="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Af7M4pUOq5g/W1au67laPQI/AAAAAAAARRQ/f3zKURileD4MDgkHeb2I7fyn5v7rqm5qQCLcBGAs/s200/110.jpg" width="170" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 20.8px;">On This Day </b><b style="line-height: 20.8px;">In <span style="color: #cc0000;">Canadian</span> History.... </b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>1775 - Guy Carleton, Lord Dorchester conscripts 6,000 French Canadians to fight off the potential American invasion.</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>1788 - </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Guy Carleton, Lord Dorchester divides Upper Canada into four judicial districts: Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nassau, and Hesse; judge and sheriff appointed for each.</b></span></span>Mr. Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04413873185640986707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34759949.post-8416212114602388002018-07-23T00:48:00.000-04:002018-07-23T00:48:32.985-04:00<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ne6Qkb5QZF8/W1VeGeKurcI/AAAAAAAARRE/ZGksv9Lt5c8uvGybw0l9U1FIFisYs45AQCLcBGAs/s1600/110.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="347" data-original-width="525" height="131" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ne6Qkb5QZF8/W1VeGeKurcI/AAAAAAAARRE/ZGksv9Lt5c8uvGybw0l9U1FIFisYs45AQCLcBGAs/s200/110.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="line-height: 20.8px;">On This Day </b><b style="line-height: 20.8px;">In <span style="color: #cc0000;">Canadian</span> History.... </b></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><b>1943 - </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Trans-Canada Air Lines inaugurates transatlantic service; forerunner of Air Canada</b></span></span>Mr. Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04413873185640986707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34759949.post-70097276271786252262018-07-20T00:39:00.000-04:002018-07-20T00:39:05.638-04:00<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g2--BRuWAls/W1FnYS3ZfjI/AAAAAAAARQ4/vfn46Ox4ZrkAaGg6IrZOVdc-zOaAFfajgCLcBGAs/s1600/111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="186" data-original-width="144" height="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g2--BRuWAls/W1FnYS3ZfjI/AAAAAAAARQ4/vfn46Ox4ZrkAaGg6IrZOVdc-zOaAFfajgCLcBGAs/s200/111.jpg" width="154" /></a><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 20.8px;">On This Day </b><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 20.8px;">In <span style="color: #cc0000;">Canadian</span> History.... </b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 20.8px;"><br /></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>1885 - Trial of Louis Riel for treason begins at Regina, the capital of the North-West Territories; Riel wishes to plead not guilty, but his lawyers enter an insanity plea over his objections.</b></span>Mr. Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04413873185640986707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34759949.post-71782371040839338822018-07-19T00:28:00.000-04:002018-07-19T00:28:20.639-04:00<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-osUquwFEQcs/W1ATXQ2I0RI/AAAAAAAARQs/90dwmJFYiegkVHkWcY8TbJ6mb82mMcc5gCLcBGAs/s1600/110.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="378" data-original-width="504" height="150" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-osUquwFEQcs/W1ATXQ2I0RI/AAAAAAAARQs/90dwmJFYiegkVHkWcY8TbJ6mb82mMcc5gCLcBGAs/s200/110.jpg" width="200" /></a><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 20.8px;">On This Day </b><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 20.8px;">In <span style="color: #cc0000;">Canadian</span> History.... </b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 20.8px;"><br /></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">1821 - </span>Start of excavation of the Lachine Canal, in Montreal </b></span>Mr. Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04413873185640986707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34759949.post-48942385559645594062018-07-18T00:47:00.000-04:002018-07-18T00:47:30.139-04:00<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NuBx3IpB7OM/W07GWyPLSNI/AAAAAAAARQg/pDMyXXOfYAMA3BnTcYGWWo8an11KErNMwCLcBGAs/s1600/111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="97" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NuBx3IpB7OM/W07GWyPLSNI/AAAAAAAARQg/pDMyXXOfYAMA3BnTcYGWWo8an11KErNMwCLcBGAs/s200/111.jpg" width="97" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="line-height: 20.8px;">On This Day </b><b style="line-height: 20.8px;">In <span style="color: #cc0000;">Canadian</span> History.... </b></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><b>1814 - </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Eight traitors captured during the War of 1812 are hanged at Ancaster, Upper Canada; two days later, their headless bodies are put on public display to discourage disloyalty to the British Crown.</b></span></span>Mr. Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04413873185640986707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34759949.post-19800495112312748542018-07-17T00:53:00.000-04:002018-07-17T00:53:34.797-04:00<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Le2me0emQ14/W012R6RtLpI/AAAAAAAARQU/7NpFF_KeXGQ5iQ1KhlN7gykxLnzannf9wCLcBGAs/s1600/109.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="194" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Le2me0emQ14/W012R6RtLpI/AAAAAAAARQU/7NpFF_KeXGQ5iQ1KhlN7gykxLnzannf9wCLcBGAs/s200/109.jpg" width="149" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="line-height: 20.8px;">On This Day </b><b style="line-height: 20.8px;">In <span style="color: #cc0000;">Canadian</span> History.... </b></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><b>1771 - </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Samuel Hearne and his Chipewyan guide, Matonabbee, reach the partially frozen Arctic Ocean after descending the Coppermine River to its mouth; first European to reach the Arctic overland.</b></span></span>Mr. Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04413873185640986707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34759949.post-25546746161740267482018-07-16T01:14:00.001-04:002018-07-16T01:14:24.892-04:00<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j6_30G2IH2s/W0wpo8-WGFI/AAAAAAAARQI/FwKnZ9YWBzgu0PwrlPPe9ElfRObn_RuDwCLcBGAs/s1600/110.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="249" data-original-width="160" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j6_30G2IH2s/W0wpo8-WGFI/AAAAAAAARQI/FwKnZ9YWBzgu0PwrlPPe9ElfRObn_RuDwCLcBGAs/s1600/110.jpg" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="line-height: 20.8px;">On This Day </b><b style="line-height: 20.8px;">In <span style="color: #cc0000;">Canadian</span> History.... </b></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><b>1945 - </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>US scientists explode first atomic bomb near White Sands, New Mexico, using Canadian U-235 refined in Port Hope, Ontario.</b></span></span>Mr. Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04413873185640986707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34759949.post-68304817639522455222018-07-13T00:22:00.000-04:002018-07-13T00:22:16.331-04:00<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3tW33vJSXbI/W0go8RKIO3I/AAAAAAAARP0/_fnuWftVJ3cmUYiuE2YuySN9rZyyoZ1UQCLcBGAs/s1600/110.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="225" height="199" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3tW33vJSXbI/W0go8RKIO3I/AAAAAAAARP0/_fnuWftVJ3cmUYiuE2YuySN9rZyyoZ1UQCLcBGAs/s200/110.jpg" width="200" /></a><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On This Day </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In <span style="color: #cc0000;">Canadian</span> History.... </span></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; line-height: 20.7969px;"><br /></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>1</b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">990 - Corporal Marcel Lemay, a 31 year old constable, killed during gun battle as 100 members of La Sûreté du Québec attack Mohawk barricades, put up in March to block expansion of a golf course on land they claim was never signed away. Mohawks at Chateauguay (Kahnawake) set up sympathy blockade at Mercier bridge leading into Montreal, causing massive traffic jams for thousands of south shore commuters.</span></b></span>Mr. Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04413873185640986707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34759949.post-86422209734455296162018-07-10T00:26:00.000-04:002018-07-10T00:26:02.177-04:00<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XAr0TmZ42_Y/W0Q1U6rj8_I/AAAAAAAARPI/-N1rkt0ocmoayfVdHJ8jFLZvSprslGYEACLcBGAs/s1600/109.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="297" data-original-width="366" height="161" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XAr0TmZ42_Y/W0Q1U6rj8_I/AAAAAAAARPI/-N1rkt0ocmoayfVdHJ8jFLZvSprslGYEACLcBGAs/s200/109.jpg" width="200" /></a><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On This Day </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In <span style="color: #cc0000;">Canadian</span> History.... </span></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; line-height: 20.7969px;"><br /></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>1749 - Edward Cornwallis founds new settlement of Halifax; founded as a naval settlement to counter Louisburg. </b></span></span>Mr. Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04413873185640986707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34759949.post-14939644971123088162018-07-06T00:44:00.000-04:002018-07-06T00:44:20.975-04:00<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-x4Z2zfGRs40/Wz7znWZKk5I/AAAAAAAAROw/h7bIsHesZaEZpyxYxAppC18RuhvOVCORQCLcBGAs/s1600/111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="511" height="161" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-x4Z2zfGRs40/Wz7znWZKk5I/AAAAAAAAROw/h7bIsHesZaEZpyxYxAppC18RuhvOVCORQCLcBGAs/s200/111.jpg" width="200" /></a><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">On This Day </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">In <span style="color: #cc0000;">Canadian</span> History.... </span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; line-height: 20.7969px;"><br /></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>1924 - </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Winnipeg-born inventor and radio pioneer William Stevenson sends first photo across Atlantic by radio, to England.</b></span></span>Mr. Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04413873185640986707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34759949.post-43121201319483224082018-07-05T00:24:00.002-04:002018-07-05T00:25:12.849-04:00<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/--U-7OhxigMU/Wz2dkJlGTKI/AAAAAAAAROk/swQkmhdE09QjrNU1EWgS2bdeoHLnkZUXACLcBGAs/s1600/001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="197" data-original-width="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/--U-7OhxigMU/Wz2dkJlGTKI/AAAAAAAAROk/swQkmhdE09QjrNU1EWgS2bdeoHLnkZUXACLcBGAs/s1600/001.jpg" /></a><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On This Day </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In <span style="color: #cc0000;">Canadian</span> History.... </span></b><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 20.7969px;"><br /></b><b>1937 - Temperature at Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan reaches 45C (110F), the highest ever recorded in Canada.</b></span>Mr. Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04413873185640986707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34759949.post-77302438073229291992018-07-04T00:40:00.001-04:002018-07-04T00:40:41.635-04:00<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6ohZLzjRWvk/WzxPwhvf5FI/AAAAAAAAROY/re-6l4Ce7qcFkyLM29wbyAGmPHMURqouACLcBGAs/s1600/11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="496" height="187" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6ohZLzjRWvk/WzxPwhvf5FI/AAAAAAAAROY/re-6l4Ce7qcFkyLM29wbyAGmPHMURqouACLcBGAs/s200/11.jpg" width="200" /></a><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On This Day </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In <span style="color: #cc0000;">Canadian</span> History.... </span></b><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 20.7969px;"><br /></b><b>1905 - House of Commons passes bill establishing Alberta and Saskatchewan as provinces</b></span>Mr. Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04413873185640986707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34759949.post-28602683787738703912018-07-03T00:20:00.002-04:002018-07-03T00:20:33.608-04:00<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HSe_a46OhfA/Wzr5h0BZ8AI/AAAAAAAAROA/BhNf8ObjbQ0pNn3Jb33l80Qen_tIrOebwCLcBGAs/s1600/111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="176" data-original-width="266" height="132" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HSe_a46OhfA/Wzr5h0BZ8AI/AAAAAAAAROA/BhNf8ObjbQ0pNn3Jb33l80Qen_tIrOebwCLcBGAs/s200/111.jpg" width="200" /></a><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">On This Day </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In <span style="color: #cc0000;">Canadian</span> History.... </span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="line-height: 20.7969px;"><br /></b><b>1797 - Law Society of Upper Canada is established</b></span>Mr. Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04413873185640986707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34759949.post-65071149139592761022018-06-29T00:38:00.000-04:002018-06-29T00:38:13.662-04:00<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_1QYVAGdSmc/WzW3rni-IpI/AAAAAAAARN0/wekJBPab31M2p6KFIYlmQlvluvgRW0lKACLcBGAs/s1600/images%2B%25283%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="203" data-original-width="205" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_1QYVAGdSmc/WzW3rni-IpI/AAAAAAAARN0/wekJBPab31M2p6KFIYlmQlvluvgRW0lKACLcBGAs/s1600/images%2B%25283%2529.jpg" /></a><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">On This Day </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In <span style="color: #cc0000;">Canadian</span> History.... </span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="line-height: 20.7969px;"><br /></b><b>1922 - </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #000033; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>France formally transfers ownership of 100 hectares at Vimy Ridge to Canada; German bastion along Vimy Ridge won by all four divisions of the Canadian Corps on Easter 1917; Parks Canada now operates Vimy memorial park and monument dedicated by Edward VIII in 1936. This land is not strictly speaking part of Canada, but France granted "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes". Unlike an embassy, it is subject to the laws of France.</b></span></span>Mr. Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04413873185640986707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34759949.post-45486056266307121022018-06-28T00:16:00.000-04:002018-06-28T00:16:48.947-04:00<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8d8as3NtOAA/WzRhKLGCkXI/AAAAAAAARNo/_Noj3XfktPw99moNxYhNSwYdg4D3BluegCLcBGAs/s1600/banned-ads-kiss-cigarettes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="400" height="137" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8d8as3NtOAA/WzRhKLGCkXI/AAAAAAAARNo/_Noj3XfktPw99moNxYhNSwYdg4D3BluegCLcBGAs/s200/banned-ads-kiss-cigarettes.jpg" width="200" /></a><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">On This Day </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In <span style="color: #cc0000;">Canadian</span> History.... </span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="line-height: 20.7969px;"><br /></b><b>1988 - </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Parliament passes law banning tobacco advertising.</b></span></span>Mr. Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04413873185640986707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34759949.post-23473755111245552202018-06-27T00:49:00.002-04:002018-06-27T00:49:54.967-04:00<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yHFrsbNQA8s/WzMXaz3vqZI/AAAAAAAARNc/umo8tAvdos4yG01b-GETksgL3oLczcPAwCLcBGAs/s1600/010.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="490" height="128" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yHFrsbNQA8s/WzMXaz3vqZI/AAAAAAAARNc/umo8tAvdos4yG01b-GETksgL3oLczcPAwCLcBGAs/s200/010.gif" width="200" /></a><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">On This Day </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In <span style="color: #cc0000;">Canadian</span> History.... </span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="line-height: 20.7969px;"><br /></b><b>1975 - </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #000033; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau opens National Historic Park at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland at tip of Great Northern Peninsula; evidence of Viking landing in North America found in 1961.</b></span></span>Mr. Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04413873185640986707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34759949.post-77644408277958679342018-06-26T00:48:00.000-04:002018-06-26T00:48:04.105-04:00<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3wjLL23QVAI/WzHFe6pXZFI/AAAAAAAARNQ/eQnr7H-xKawOXGmrZXTOikHjE4uFth2GwCLcBGAs/s1600/110.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3wjLL23QVAI/WzHFe6pXZFI/AAAAAAAARNQ/eQnr7H-xKawOXGmrZXTOikHjE4uFth2GwCLcBGAs/s200/110.jpg" width="200" /></a><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">On This Day </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In <span style="color: #cc0000;">Canadian</span> History.... </span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="line-height: 20.7969px;"><br /></b><b>1970 - Parliament lowers voting age in federal elections from 21 to 18; revises Canada Elections Act.</b></span>Mr. Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04413873185640986707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34759949.post-80652727978450138472018-06-25T00:34:00.000-04:002018-06-25T00:34:28.480-04:00<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2YiGIqO2RUA/WzBwzL-DsjI/AAAAAAAARM4/2mHbGRSg36k9mchUKl4ciyvua64WHdq_ACLcBGAs/s1600/original.4364.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; 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color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 20.7969px;">1625 - </span>Missionary Nicolas Viel murdered by Iroquois while paddling in a canoe; first priest reported killed by Indians.</b></span>Mr. Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04413873185640986707noreply@blogger.com0