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november 1
1995 - CP Rail began its commuter service between Vancouver
and Mission, in British Columbia.

1992 - In Montreal, Quebec, St-Cyrille Boulevard is renamed
René Levesque.

1992 - Canadian physicist from Ottawa, Ontario, Steve Maclean
landed safely at the Kennedy Space Centre.  He had spent 10 days
on board the shuttle Columbia (dubbed the STS-52 mission).  
Part of his other accomplishments are that he tested the
Canadarm,  did some space station construction jobs, as well as
Canada's Advanced Space Vision System.  Very cool!

1987 - Former Premiere of Quebec (1976 - 1985) and leader of
the seperatist Parti Quebecois René Levesque died in Montreal,
Quebec.  He was born in 1922.

1971 - On this day, Douglas Creighton started publishing "The
Toronto Sun", along with some other unemployed Telegram
staffers.  The first issue boasted 48 pages!

1970 - The province of Quebec brought in a universal health
insurance plan.

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november 4
1996 - Thirty (30) out of forty-five (45) Quebec CÉGEP's go on strike

1993 - Jean Chrétien becomes Canada's 20th Prime Minister. Part of his new Cabinet are six women:  Ethel Blondin-Andrew,
Sheila Copps, Sheila Finestone, Anne McLellan, Diane Marleau,
and Christine Stewart.

1992 - Goaltender Manon Rhéaume from Trois-Rivières became  the first woman to sign a professional hockey contract!

1992 - Inventor George Klein died at the age of 88.  He worked
for the National Research Council for over 40 years.  Best known
for leading the team that designed the first nuclear reactor, gear
design of Canadarm.

1990 - Prime Minister Brian Mulroney offers an apology to the Canadians of Italian origin who were forced to live in internment
camps during World War II.  He had made an earlier apology to
Japanese Canadians.

1985 - The Canadian Red Cross started testing donated blood for HIV, which leads to AIDS.  Unfortunately, because some tainted blood was already in the system, it is estimated that thousands of Canadians will contract HIV and Hepatitis.

1982 - Ontario Supreme Court ordered the extradition of Albert Helmut Rauca, a Canadian citizen,  to West Germany.  He was charged in connection with the murder of over 11,000 Lithuanian Jews in WW II.  This was the first extradition of a Canadian accused of war crimes.

1978 - Springhill, Nova Scotia-born Anne Murray's 'You Needed Me' becomes #1 on the charts.

1970 - The new St. Lawrence River bridge, upstream from
Quebec, is renamed the Pont Pierre-Laporte, to honour Le Devoir
correspondent Pierre Laporte (1921-1970), who was kidnapped
and killed by FLQ terrorists.

1959 -  Paul Anka, born in Ottawa,  has a number one hit with
"Put Your Head on My Shoulder".

1959 -  The National Research Council signed an agreement with
Soviet Academy of Science for the exchange of scientists.

1956  -  Secretary of State for External Affairs, Lester B.
Pearson, (1897-1972)  proposed a UN police force for Suez -- to
separate Egypt from the invading British, French, and Israelis.
The United Nations implemented his international emergency
force scheme -- it became the model for all UN peacekeeping
actions thereafter.

1953 - Société Radio-Canada started broadcasting "La Famille
Plouffe", Quebec's first téléroman.

1936 - Birth of the Société Radio-Canada (the French counterpart of the CBC).

1920 -  Marconi's Canadian radio station XWA, started in
December 1919, is licensed as CFCF Montreal.  It broadcasted
the first commercial radio show; Arguably the oldest in the world.

1879 - The Supreme Court ruled that only the Queen or the  
Governor-General can appoint Queen's Counsels.

1873  - In Winnipeg, Manitoba, Ambroise-Dydime Lépine
(l834-1923) was sentenced to death for his role in the execution
of Thomas Scott.  However, the sentence was commuted and he
served only two years in jail.

1838 - Cyrille Côté, and a hundred Patriotes from Châteauguay
(under the command of Cardinal et Duquet), attacked
Caughnawaga.  They were looking for arms.  The darn thing is
that they attacked while the Mohawks were attending church!  
Later, the Iroquois counterattacked -- they beat back rebels, and
took Cardinal and Duquet prisoner.

1834 - William Lyon Mackenzie (1795-1861) published the last
issue of 'The Colonial Advocate'.

1797 - Robert Shore Milnes Bouchette (1746-1837) was  
appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Lower Canada on this day.  He
was also administrator of Lower Canada from July 30, 1799, to
November 29, 1808.
 

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