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2 days ago · Even after all these years, Canadians still show up on Juno Beach's shores with new stories about what happened inside Canada House on D-Day. The National’s Adrienne Arsenault goes inside the ...
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2 days ago · It was, in all likelihood, the first house to be liberated after the beach landings during Operation Overlord. The cost was extreme. About 100 Canadians died on that beach in the first few minutes ...
1 day ago · The name Canada was fully restored after 1791, when Britain divided old Quebec into the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada (renamed in 1841 Canada West and Canada East, respectively, and collectively called Canada).
1 day ago · Canada supplied its all-volunteer force to serve in the Second (British) Army, which landed on D-Day east of the First (American) Army. June 6, 1944: D-Day. The landings of Operation Overlord were spread across five beaches on the coast of Normandy. The American sector included Utah Beach (facing east) on the Cotentin Peninsula and Omaha Beach ...
1 day ago · National historic designations reflect Canada’s rich and varied history and I encourage all Canadians to learn more about the creation of Canada’s permanent military force and its important contributions to Canada’s heritage.” The Honourable Steven Guilbeault Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks ...
May 30, 2024 · 1920 George London, bass-baritone (Monterone-Rigoleto), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1985) 1920 John Heawood, Canadian actor, singer and choreographer (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), born in Canada (d. 1995) 1947 Jocelyne Bourassa, Canadian golfer (LPGA Rookie of the Year 1972; Canadian Open 1973), born in Shawinigan, Quebec (d. 2021)
12 hours ago · It finally happened. After four years of waiting and seeing rates climb higher and higher, the Bank of Canada finally cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points this week.
