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German use chemical weapons
In the capture of Neuve Chapelle in October 1914 the German army fired shells at the French which contained a chemical irritant whose result was to induce a violent fit of sneezing. Three months later, on 31 January 1915, tear gas was employed by the Germans for the first time on the Eastern Front. -
Women win to vote
1916, the Manitoba legislature gave unanimous approval to a bill that made Manitoba the first province in Canada to give women the right to vote. Roblin had been driven from government in disgrace, forced to resign in the face of allegations of kickbacks and corruption surrounding the construction of the Manitoba legislative building. The new Liberal premier, Tobias Norris, had been elected on an ambitious platform of political reform. He was committed not only to granting women the vote. -
The government passed the Military Service Act
The Military Service Act 1916 was the first statute of full conscription in British military history. The Bill which became the Act was introduced by Prime Minister H. H. Asquith in January 1916. It came into force on 2 March 1916. Previously the British Government had relied on voluntary enlistment, and latterly a kind of moral conscription called the Derby Scheme. -
Battle of Vimy Ridge
The Battle of Vimy Ridge was a military engagement fought primarily as part of the Battle of Arras, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France, during the First World War. The main combatants were the Canadian Corps against three divisions of the German Sixth Army. The battle, which took place from 9 to 12 April 1917, was part of the opening phase of the British-led Battle of Arras, a diversionary attack for the French Nivelle Offensive. -
The Halifax explosion
December 6, 1917 dawned clear and sunny in Halifax. Before darkness fell, more than a thousand people would die, with another thousand to follow. Nine thousand more would be injured and maimed in the biggest man-made explosion the world had ever seen. -
Canadian government help canadian veterans
government help veterans to find a job. Make sure that they have a good health care. -
The Temperance Movement
A temperance movement is a social movement urging reduced use of alcoholic beverages. Temperance movements may criticize excessive alcohol use, promote complete abstinence, or pressure the government to enact anti-alcohol legislation. -
Chinese Immigration Act comes into force
The Chinese Immigration Act, 1923, known in the Chinese Canadian community as the Chinese Exclusion Act,[1] was an act passed by the Parliament of Canada, banning most forms of Chinese immigration to Canada. Immigration from most countries was controlled or restricted in some way, but only the Chinese were so completely prohibited from immigrating. -
British Privy Council rules that women are persons
In the 1920s five Alberta women fought a legal and political battle to have women recognized as persons under the BNA Act. The landmark decision by the British Privy Council, the highest level for legal appeals in Canada at the time, was a milestone victory for the rights of women in Canada. -
Black Thursday
wheat prices on the Winnipeg Grain Exchange plummeted. Everyone wanted to sell their wheat- but few wanted to buy. Millions of dollars in profits were lost as apeople tried to cut their losses by selling wheat. The day became known asa Black Thursday -
Black Tuesday
Share prices on the New York Stock Exchange had been sliding gradually downward for some time . THen. on Tuesday October 29, worried investors started trying to sell their shares. This started a panic, and prices plummeted. Suddenly, the downward slide turned into a crash -
The battle of Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic pitted U-boats and other warships of the Kriegsmarine and aircraft of the Luftwaffe against Allied merchant shipping. The convoys, coming mainly from North America and mainly going to the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union, were protected for the most part by the British and Canadian navies and air forces. These forces were aided by ships and aircraft of the United States from September 13, 1941. The Germans were joined by submarine of the Italian Royal Navy -
Canadian troops force German surrender of the Netherlands
The Netherlands entered World War II on May 10, 1940, when invading German forces quickly overran it. On December 7, 1941, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Netherlands government in exile also declared war on Japan. Operation Market Garden, which started in 1944, liberated the southern and eastern parts of the country, but full liberation did not come until the surrender of Germany on May 5, 1945. -
The government sold Victory Bonds
The Canadian Government sold Victory Bonds to Canadian citizens, private corporations and various organizations in order to raise funds to pay for the war. The bonds were a loan to the government that could be redeemed with interest after 5,10, or 20 years and were released during 5 different campaigns between 1915 and 1919. In 1915 a hundred million dollars worth of Victory Bonds was issued and quickly purchased -
Dieppe raid is a disaster for Canadian forces
The Battle of Dieppe was an Allied attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe on the northern coast of France on 1942.the Allied commanders had been forced to call a retreat. Over 6,000 infantrymen, predominantly Canadian, were supported by large Royal Navy and Royal Air Force contingents. The objective was to seize and hold a major port for a short period, both to prove it was possible and to gather intelligence from prisoners and captured materials while assessing the German responses -
THe Invasion of Normandy
The Invasion of Normandy was the invasion and establishment of Allied forces in Normandy, France, during Operation Overlord in World War II. The invasion was the largest amphibious operation in history. This article covers from the initial landings on 6 June 1944, until the time of the Allied breakout in late July. -
Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King had taken steps to make Canada more independent of Britain
Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and Paul Martin Sr, a prominent cabinet minster, decied that it was time for the law to stip defining Canadians as British subjects. Instead, they said, being " Canadian" should mean being a Canadian citizen. As a result, the Liberal government passed the Canadian Citizenship Act, which came into effect on January 1, 1947 -
Canadian Citizenship Act comes into effect
the Canadian Citizenship Act which came into effect January 1st [1947], there are no more Irish-Canadians, French Canadians, Ukrainian Canadians, German Canadians. They are now just plain Canadians—12,000,000 of them. -
baby boom
Canada's first baby boomer, Nicole Cyr-Mazerolle, now 60 years old (in 2007), is a retired school teacher. She was the first of the Canadian baby boomers, born forty five seconds after midnight on January 1, 1947. She was the first citizen born under the new Canadian Citizenship Act, which declared that Canadians were no longer British subjects. -
Canada helps displace person
A keen concern in Canada, as well as in Britain, Australia, and the United States, was what to do about the millions of displaced persons living in former concentration camps in Europe. Many of these refugees originated in central, southern and eastern Europe and the Baltic States, and were unwilling or unable to return to their homelands at the wars end for political and economic reasons. Chaotic conditions existed in 'DP' (displaced persons) camps; former enemies and allies, from Jews to ex -
Constitution Act
This was the first act of Constitution that Canada used that was seerate from the old British one. Canada had founded upon the principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law. The act include the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. -
Canadian Peace-Keepers in Bosnia
Canadian Peacekeepers were sent to Bosnia with the UN to attempt to restore peace. During their time in Bosnia, peacekeepers were kept hostage by the Serbs. -
War on Terror
War on Terror is an international military campaign, led by the US and the UK with support from NATO and non-NATO countries, that reacted to the Al-Qaeda's bombing of the Twin Towers in New York. -
Canada Enters Afghanistan with NATO
After the September 11th attacks in 2001 by the Al-Queda, the Minister of National Defence Art Eggleton advised the Governor General, Adrienne Clarkson, to permit more than 100 Canadian force members to take part in the US' operations in Afghanistan. -
Osama Bin Laden Diies
Osama bin Laden, head of the militant Islamic group al-Qaeda, was killed in Pakistan on May 2, 2011, by a United States special forces military unit.
