The Halifax Explosion: The Morning a Ship Blew Up a City
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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22,000 People, One Order in Council: The Uprooting and Internment of Japanese Canadians
In 1942 Canada removed about 22,000 Japanese Canadians from the British Columbia coast, sold their property without consent, and lifted the last restrictions only in 1949. This is how it happened, and how the community won redress.
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