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1 day ago · Battles/wars. World War I. Lester Bowles Pearson PC OM CC OBE (23 April 1897 – 27 December 1972) was a Canadian politician, diplomat, statesman, and scholar who served as the 14th Prime Minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968. Born in Newtonbrook, Ontario (now part of Toronto ), Pearson pursued a career in the Department of External Affairs.
1 day ago · Prince Edward Island is located in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, west of Cape Breton Island, north of the Nova Scotia peninsula, and northeast of New Brunswick. Its southern shore bounds the Northumberland Strait. The island has two urban areas, and in total, is the most densely populated province in Canada.
1 day ago · Early years, 1815–1830 John Alexander Macdonald was born [a] in Ramshorn parish in Glasgow, Scotland, on 10 January (official record) or 11 (father's journal) 1815. [b] His father Hugh, an unsuccessful merchant, had married John's mother, Helen Shaw, on 21 October 1811. John Alexander Macdonald was the third of five children. After Hugh's business ventures left him in debt, the family ...
