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Sikh Passengers Denied Entry
On May 21st 1914 a vessel by the name of “The SS Komagata Maru” entered a port in Vancouver with 376 passengers, many of whom were Sikh. Only 22 of the passengers were permitted to enter Canada https://docs.google.com/document/d/14PH8A0XOSn97O2pnYcWNtFVfsbAg2fidwsJgB3TjT_U/edit?usp=sharing -
WW1 Begins
On August 4th 1914 World War began https://docs.google.com/document/d/14PH8A0XOSn97O2pnYcWNtFVfsbAg2fidwsJgB3TjT_U/edit?usp=sharing -
Borden Announces Conscription
On May 18th Prime Minister Borden announced conscription, meaning anyone healthy between the age of 25 and 45 can be recruited for war https://docs.google.com/document/d/14PH8A0XOSn97O2pnYcWNtFVfsbAg2fidwsJgB3TjT_U/edit?usp=sharing -
Women Allowed To Vote
September 20th 1917 women were officially given the right to vote https://docs.google.com/document/d/14PH8A0XOSn97O2pnYcWNtFVfsbAg2fidwsJgB3TjT_U/edit?usp=sharing -
Influenza Outbreak
The Spanish Flu, or the influenza outbreak of 1918 lasted from February 1918 to April 1920.
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Winnipeg General Strike
The Winnipeg General Strike was the largest strike in Canadian history https://docs.google.com/document/d/14PH8A0XOSn97O2pnYcWNtFVfsbAg2fidwsJgB3TjT_U/edit?usp=sharing -
Discovery of Insulin
In the spring of 1921 insulin was discovered at the University of Toronto by a medical student and a doctor https://docs.google.com/document/d/14PH8A0XOSn97O2pnYcWNtFVfsbAg2fidwsJgB3TjT_U/edit?usp=sharing -
Agnes MacPhail
Agnes MacPhail was the first woman elected into the house of commons https://docs.google.com/document/d/14PH8A0XOSn97O2pnYcWNtFVfsbAg2fidwsJgB3TjT_U/edit?usp=sharing -
Pier 21 Opens
On March 8th 1928 Pier 21 opened https://docs.google.com/document/d/14PH8A0XOSn97O2pnYcWNtFVfsbAg2fidwsJgB3TjT_U/edit?usp=sharing -
Stock Market Crash
October 29th 1929 marked the day "The Great Depression" started and thus began the "dirty thirties" https://docs.google.com/document/d/14PH8A0XOSn97O2pnYcWNtFVfsbAg2fidwsJgB3TjT_U/edit?usp=sharing
