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Dan Gall
Jul 1, 2017, 6:03:46 PM7/1/17
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July 1, 1868
The First Dominion Day, celebrating the founding of Canada on July 1,
1867; the holiday was proclaimed on June 20 by Governor General Lord
Monck. The July 1 holiday will be established by statute in 1879, under
the name Dominion Day, and the name will be changed to Canada Day on
October 27, 1982.
July 1, 1873
Prince Edward Island enters Confederation as the seventh Canadian
province on same terms as BC; former colony establishes a provincial
government; as part of the terms of union, is guaranteed a ferry link,
annual grants, assistance with land law payments, and debt takeover
(nearly bankrupt due to $4 million railway debt). PEI
July 1, 1881
World's First international telephone call made from St. Stephen to
Calais, Maine. St. Stephen, New Brunswick
*****
Thought of the Day
Americans are benevolently ignorant about Canada, while Canadians are
malevolently well informed about the United States.
J. Bartlett Brebner
*****
Question of the Day
Who was the first Prime Minister of Canada?
Yesterdays Question
Banana plants are normally tall and fairly sturdy, and are often
mistaken for what?
Answer
Trees
The First Dominion Day, celebrating the founding of Canada on July 1,
1867; the holiday was proclaimed on June 20 by Governor General Lord
Monck. The July 1 holiday will be established by statute in 1879, under
the name Dominion Day, and the name will be changed to Canada Day on
October 27, 1982.
July 1, 1873
Prince Edward Island enters Confederation as the seventh Canadian
province on same terms as BC; former colony establishes a provincial
government; as part of the terms of union, is guaranteed a ferry link,
annual grants, assistance with land law payments, and debt takeover
(nearly bankrupt due to $4 million railway debt). PEI
July 1, 1881
World's First international telephone call made from St. Stephen to
Calais, Maine. St. Stephen, New Brunswick
*****
Thought of the Day
Americans are benevolently ignorant about Canada, while Canadians are
malevolently well informed about the United States.
J. Bartlett Brebner
*****
Question of the Day
Who was the first Prime Minister of Canada?
Yesterdays Question
Banana plants are normally tall and fairly sturdy, and are often
mistaken for what?
Answer
Trees
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