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Chicoutimi River Flood, 21 July 1996
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Acadians
Constructing the CPR
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Asia-Canada
Governor General of Canada Michaëlle Jean at the "door no return" in Elmina Castle in Ghana, 2006 .
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Black History
House of Commons
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Elections and Prime Ministers
Pitikwahanapiwiyin (Poundmaker), Plains Cree Chief, 1885
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Indigenous Peoples
Mary Two-Axe Earley
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Indigenous Suffrage
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LGBTQ2S
Ceinture Fléchée
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Louis Riel
Margaret Atwood, 1984
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Margaret Atwood
queen-elizabeth-ii
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Queen Elizabeth II
Winnipeg, Early Days
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Red River Colony
Samuel de Champlain
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Samuel de Champlain
Sir Wilfrid Laurier 1841-1919
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Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Indian Act
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The Indian Act
“Votes for Women” pennant
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Women's Suffrage
“Votes for Women” pennant
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Women's Suffrage in Atlantic Canada

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