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Canada bought the northwest in 1869 without asking the people who lived there. The Métis of Red River, led by Louis Riel, stopped the transfer, formed a government, wrote a List of Rights, and negotiated Manitoba into existence, at a cost that followed Riel to the gallows.
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On December 6, 1917, a collision in Halifax Harbour touched off the largest explosion of the age, killing 1,782 people and remaking a city.
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In April 1980 a 21 year old from Port Coquitlam dipped his artificial leg in the Atlantic and started running a marathon a day across Canada. He never reached the Pacific. Canada has been finishing his run ever since.
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