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Rockslide in Quebec City, September 19, 1889. August 1 – Alexander Davie, Premier of British Columbia, dies in office. August 2 – John Robson becomes premier of British Columbia. August 12 – The Canada (Ontario Boundary) Act, 1889 of the British Parliament expands Ontario's boundaries west to the Lake of the Woods and north to the Albany ...
Canada sends a delegation to the Paris Peace Talks, the conference resolving war issues. Canada signs the Versailles treaty as part of the British Empire, with parliament's approval. [93] Prohibition in Canada ends federally. [94] 1919: May 15 -June 26: The largest strike in Canadian history; the Winnipeg general strike occurs. Soldiers ...
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Riots and civil unrest in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in chronological order; Date Issue Event August 2, 1892: Racial tension A race riot ensued after members of the Chinese community were blamed for a smallpox outbreak. City authorities burned a laundry where a Chinese worker contracted the disease, and its occupants were quarantined.
1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1889th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 889th year of the 2nd millennium, the 89th year of the 19th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1880s decade. As of ...
February 20 – Vincent Massey, lawyer, diplomat and Governor General of Canada (d.1967) February 25 – Andrew McNaughton, army officer, politician and diplomat (d.1966) April 13 – Gordon S. Fahrni, medical doctor (d.1995) May 21 – James Gladstone, first Status Indian to be appointed to the Senate of Canada (d.1971)
January 19 – Thomas Greenway becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing David H. Harrison. June 20 – The Northwest Territories holds its first general election; 22 members of the Legislative Assembly are elected.
Banff Hot Springs Reserve is established. It will be renamed Rocky Mountains Park in 1887 – the first national park in Canada – and then Banff National Park in 1930. Canada outlaws the potlatch ceremony among Northwest Coast tribes. The law, often ignored, is repealed in 1951.