Prior to Hiroshima, the worst man-made explosion occurred on December 6, 1917, at 9:05 am in the town of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Two thousand people were killed, 9,000 were injured. Three hundred and twenty-five acres were destroyed. What caused this devastation? World War I was raging in Europe …
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Trivia EH? Canadian Emigration
During the American Revolution, 1896-1910, and the Viet Nam war more Americans immigrated to Canada, than Canadians to the USA Those 3 exceptions aside, Canadians are moving to the USA, 2-3 times more often than Americans coming north Macleans magazine reported that between 1919 & 1926, …
Canadian Emigration
Historically, Canadians have been moving south to the United States for a variety of reasons. One of the first en masse emigrators were the Acadians. Nova Scotian Governor Charles Lawrence expelled all French speaking people from the colony, putting them on ships and transferring them as far away as …