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🍁 Canadian history & culture, arts & entertainment, science & technology 🍁 #CanadasHistory #CanadaSky #OTD #CdnNews #MadeInCanada
#OnThisDay in #CanadasHistory

🇨🇦 Terry Fox in #Toronto along University Avenue on July 11th, 1980. #OTD #TerryFox #SportsHistory #RunForTheCure

🎥: Terry Fox Foundation
July 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
👑 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 Remembering the late Princess Diana on her birthday today. Diana, Princess of Wales was born Diana Frances Spencer on July 1, 1961 in Norfolk. Known around the world as the “People's Princess”, she is remembered for her grace, compassion & humanitarian work. #RoyalFamily 💙 #Diana
July 2, 2025 at 2:20 AM
20 Most Loved Countries in the World in 2025—

1. 🇨🇦 Canada

🥇 Canada tops the list with a reputation for safety, diversity, natural beauty, and diplomacy.

Happy Canada Day! #NumberOne 🍁 ❤️

Source: World Atlas
July 2, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I 🍁 Canada

🥶 2nd largest & 2nd coldest country in the world
🗺️ world's longest coastline
🌊 more lakes than the rest of the world combined
🏀 invented maple syrup, lacrosse, basketball, insulin, IMAX, the egg carton & the telephone
🎅 Santa Claus lives here H0H 0H0

#HappyCanadaDay 🇨🇦 #StrongAndFree 💪
July 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
#OnThisDay in #CanadasHistory

🇨🇦 D-Day, June 6, 1944: 14,000 Canadian soldiers landed on Juno Beach, facing fierce German resistance in the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France.

The Royal Canadian Navy sent 110 warships, and the RCAF contributed 15 squadrons.

#OTD #JunoBeach #WWII
June 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
#BornOnThisDay in #Canada: June 5 🇨🇦

Joe Clark, Canada's 16th—and youngest to date—PM, was #BOTD in High River, AB (1939).

Clark served just nine months (1979-1980). He's known for Canada's Freedom of Information Act & a daring rescue of American diplomats during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis. #OTD
June 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
🏒 🥅 LEON DRAISAITL wins it for the #Oilers with seconds left on the clock scoring the OT goal to make it 4–3. One down! #NHLPlayoffs #hockey #StanleyCup #Edmonton #Alberta #Canada 🇨🇦
June 5, 2025 at 4:09 AM
🏒 🥅 Who will win the #StanleyCup? 🏆

AirCorg has spoken!

📺: Florida Panthers vs. Edmonton Oilers Game 1 of the #StanleyCup Final tonight at 8pm ET on NHL on TNT, Sports on Max, Sportsnet, and TVA Sports.

#LetsGoOilers 🇨🇦 #Edmonton #Alberta #Canada #NHLPlayoffs #hockey

(🎥: IG/aircorg)
June 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
#BornOnThisDay in #Canada: June 4 🇨🇦

🎉 #HBD to #Canadian actor Tim Rozon, #BOTD in 1976 in #Montreal, QC.

📺 Rozon is known for his roles as Tommy Quincy in the teen drama Instant Star, Mutt Schitt in the comedy Schitt's Creek and Doc Holliday in the supernatural western Wynonna Earp. #OTD #MTL
June 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
#BornOnThisDay: June 3

🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Actress Colleen Dewhurst (1924-1991) was #BOTD in #Montreal, QC.

🎭 Known for her commanding stage presence, she won two Tony Awards and four Emmys. She was celebrated for her performances in Eugene O'Neill's plays and played Marilla Cuthbert in Anne of Green Gables.
June 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
#OnThisDay in #Canada: June 2 🇨🇦

Winnipeg’s flood of 1950, 75 years later

#OTD in 1950, #Winnipeg faced one of its worst floods, with the Red River peaking at 9.2m. Heavy snowmelt and rain submerged homes, forcing 100,000 evacuations. Boats replaced cars, and landmarks were surrounded by water.
A look back at Winnipeg’s flood of 1950, 75 years later - Winnipeg | Globalnews.ca
As emergency crews fight wildfires across the province this year, three-quarters of a century ago, Winnipeg and Manitoba were dealing with a much different natural disaster.
globalnews.ca
June 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
#OnThisDay 🇬🇧🇨🇦

👑 Queen Elizabeth II was crowned #OTD, June 2, 1953, at Westminster Abbey. The grand ceremony marked her formal ascension after King George VI's passing on February 6, 1952. It was the first fully televised British coronation, allowing millions to witness history. #RoyalFamily #UK
June 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
#OnThisDay in #CanadasHistory: June 2 🇨🇦

#OTD in 1866, the Battle of Ridgeway took place near Fort Erie, #Ontario. Canadian militia fought Fenian invaders—Irish nationalists from the U.S.—who aimed to free Ireland from British rule. The Fenians briefly pushed back Canadian forces before retreating.
June 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
#OnThisDay in #CanadasHistory: June 2 🇨🇦

Canadian flying ace Billy
Bishop launched a solo attack on a German aerodrome and earned the Victoria Cross #OTD in 1917.

During this dawn raid, he shot down three German planes & forced another to retreat. #MilitaryHistory

valourcanada.ca/military-his...
June 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
#OnThisDay in #Montreal,
#Canada 🇨🇦

🎶 June 1, 1969: On the penultimate day of their second bed-in for peace, John Lennon & Yoko Ono recorded 'Give Peace A Chance' in room 1742 of the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. #OTD #Beatles #music #MadeInCanada

www.beatlesbible.com/1969/06/01/j...
June 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The #OPP is asking for the public's help to locate 16-year-old David, last seen May 30, 2025, at 2:30 PM at Pit Stop gas station in #EchoBay, ON. He was riding a yellow bike, carrying a guitar & backpack.

Call 1-888-310-1122 with any information. Please share.

#CanadaSky #AboriginalAlert #Missing
June 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
#BornOnThisDay: June 1 🇨🇦

🎉 #HBD to singer, songwriter & producer Alanis Nadine
Morissette, who was #BOTD in 1974 in #Ottawa, ON. Morissette, "queen of alt-rock angst," is renowned for her groundbreaking debut album Jagged Little Pill, released in 1995.
#CanadianCulture #CanadianMusic #IAmCanadian
June 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
#OnThisDay in #CanadasHistory: June 1 🇨🇦

The Royal Military College in #Kingston, Ontario officially opened #OTD in 1876. It welcomed its first class of 18 officer cadets, known as the "Old Eighteen". In 1878, Queen Victoria granted the college the right to use the prefix "Royal". #YGK #RMC
June 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
#OnThisDay in Canada's history: May 31 🇨🇦

#OTD in 1847, 40 ships carrying 12,500 Irish Famine refugees anchored at Grosse Île, QC. The island, a quarantine station, was overwhelmed as passengers, many with typhus, arrived in dire conditions. Thousands perished and over 5,000 were buried there.
On This Day: 40 Irish Famine ships anchored at Grosse Île quarantine station in 1847
On May 31, 1847, 40 ships lay off Grosse Île in Quebec, Canada packed with some 12,500 people fleeing the Irish Famine.
www.irishcentral.com
May 31, 2025 at 1:13 PM
#OnThisDay in #CanadasHistory: May 31 🇨🇦

🌉 #OTD in 1997, the Confederation Bridge, linking Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick, officially opened to traffic — a milestone in #Canadian #infrastructure.

#PEI #NB #Canada #CanadaSky
May 31, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I ❤️ these flag pins from the Legion. I want the whole set!

🔗 www.poppystore.ca/flag-pins

#IAmCanadian #CanadianLegion #CanadaFlags #CanadaProud 🇨🇦
May 31, 2025 at 1:21 AM
#OnThisDay in #CanadasHistory:

🇨🇦 #OTD in 1882, PM Sir John A. Macdonald delivered a powerful speech in Toronto, rallying support for his National Policy. He championed #tariffs 🤨 to protect Canadian industry, ensuring workers stayed in #Canada. His words helped secure his party's 3rd majority.
May 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
#OnThisDay in #CanadasHistory 🇨🇦

🍁 On May 29, 1980, after Saint John, NB refused to provide organized support for Terry Fox's #MarathonOfHope, Fox decided to right down the city’s Main Street with his friend & driver Doug following behind and honking to stir up noise.

terryfox.org/terrys-story...
May 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
#OnThisDay in #CanadasHistory 🇨🇦

🍁 May 29, 1912: After 15 years as Prime Minister, Sir Wilfred Laurier delivered a major address in #Montreal following his defeat by Robert Borden.

nationalnewswatch.com/2025/05/29/t...

#cdnpoli #OTD #CanadianHistory
May 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM