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Day Twenty-Five:

A group of Inuit, along with the crew of the Neptune, celebrate Christmas at Cape Fullerton in present day Nunavut in 1903. The Neptune was a government ship sent on an expedition to the Arctic.

📸LAC 3406552

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Day Twenty-Four:

Christmas gifts are handed out to incoming European refugees to Canada on Christmas Eve 1959.

📸LAC 3298779

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Day Twenty-Three:

Former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker writes replies to the people who sent him Christmas cards during the 1967 Christmas season in this photo from January 1968.

📸U of S JGD/MG01/XVII/Slide988

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Day Twenty-Two:

Governor Georges Vanier and his wife Pauline arrive at Parliament Hill in an open carriage so that he can give the Throne Speech on Sept. 28, 1962.

📸Toronto Star TSPA_0107444F

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Day Twenty

A group of girls skate on Exshaw Lake near Canmore, Alberta on Feb. 13, 1963. L-R: Carol Fay, Janet Mills, Eileen Henderson, Patricia Jones and Teriesa Mills.

📸Glenbow Archives CU1203945

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Day Twenty

A group of girls skate on Exshaw Lake near Canmore, Alberta on Feb. 13, 1963. L-R: Carol Fay, Janet Mills, Eileen Henderson, Patricia Jones and Teriesa Mills.

📸Glenbow Archives CU1203945

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Day Nineteen

Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson has a laugh when Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip arrive in Canada at the Summerside Air Force Base in PEI on Oct. 6, 1964. It was the Royal Couples 4th visit in 13 years

📸Toronto Star TSPA_0122638F

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Day Eighteen

The Cree delegation that would be meeting Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier on Aug. 8, 1910 prior to his visit to Lloydminster, AB/SK.
Less than 2 months later, Laurier would be out as PM.

#Canada #History #Indigenous #FirstNations #Cree #Histodon #Histodons

📸University of Saskatchewan BCHCC0202

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Day Seventeen

A man points at an outhouse on the steps of the Ontario Legislature on April 26, 1973. The outhouse was placed there by a group of construction workers as a protest against outhouses on job sites.

📸Toronto Star TSPA_0011712F

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Day Sixteen

Toronto Maple Leafs owner presents his friend, Luciano Pavarotti, with a Leafs sweater at a special gathering for the singer on March 17, 1985.

📸Toronto Star TSPA_0072753F

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Day Fifteen

Louise Marleau, who plays the role of Juliet at the Stratford Festival, went to a swimming party and chatted with Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau on Aug. 9, 1968.

📸Toronto Star TSPA_0085690F

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Day Fourteen

Construction of the Low Level Bridge over the North Saskatchewan River in early 1900. The bridge will connect the communities of Edmonton and Strathcona, which will amalgamate in 1912.

📸Glenbow CU1108846

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Day Thirteen

Liberal Leader, and former Prime Minister, John Turner shows off a pineapple that a well-wisher presented to him on the campaign trail while touring the St. Lawrence Market on Oct. 1, 1988.

📸Toronto Star TSPA_0086748F

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Day Twelve

Bison bones (and some other animals likely) piled high in preparation for shipment at Gull Lake, Saskatchewan in the 1890s.
By this point, most of the great herds had been wiped out.

📸Glenbow Archives CU1102780

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Day Eleven

Lt. W.J. Trump and Trooper W.H.G. Ritchie of the Fort Garry Horse attempt to give chewing gum to a child after liberation in 1945.

📸LAC 319886

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Day Ten

Arguably one of the earliest photographs of a tornado in Canadian history. This tornado touched down near Didsbury, Alberta on July 1st, 1909.

#Alberta #History #Histodon #Histodons #Cyclone #Tornado #Weather #ABStorm #Disaster

📸Glenbow Archives CU187898

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Day Ten

Arguably one of the earliest photographs of a tornado in Canadian history. This tornado touched down near Didsbury, Alberta on July 1st, 1909.

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📸Glenbow Archives CU187898

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Day Nine

The Raging Grannies protest against environmental destruction, war and nuclear weapons in 1986. The organization was formed in Victoria, BC, and are now found in several countries.

📸LAC 3577148

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Day Eight

The Raging Grannies protest against environmental destruction, war and nuclear weapons in 1986. The organization was formed in Victoria, BC, and are now found in several countries.

📸LAC 3577148

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Day Seven

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill waves to the crowd on Aug. 24, 1943 as he tours with Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King during the Quebec Conference.

#Canada #History #Histodon #Histodons #WW2 #SWW

📸Toronto Star TSPA_0038127F