(Featured March 2003) Prime Minister Chrétien is a lawyer by trade, having acquired his degree from Laval University in Quebec. He initially practiced law with the firm of Chrétien, Landry, Deschênes, Trudel and Normand in Shawinigan. In 1963 Chrétien was elected for the first time to the …
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Jacques Cartier
Jacques Cartier was a French explorer who made three journeys to what would later become Canada. The first was in 1534 on behalf of Francois I, the King of France and was in search of a passage to Asia. He sailed into the Bais des Chaleurs and landed on the Gaspé Peninsula. He returned in 1535 …
Trivia EH? Joseph Brant
Brant's birth name was Theyendanega which means "He Places Two Bets." Brant was born somewhere along the Ohio River while his parents were on a hunting excursion. Brant married the daughter of an Oneida Chief and they had 2 sons. His first wife died of tuberculosis 3 years marrying …