Category: Canada

Which Party Was In Power In Canada In 1988?

November 21, 1988 Party Progressive Conservative Liberal Leader since June 11, 1983 June 16, 1984 Leader’s seat Charlevoix Vancouver Quadra Last election 211 seats, 50.03% 40 seats, 28.02% Seats before 203 38 What was happening in 1988 in Canada? Svend Robinson becomes Canada’s first Member of Parliament to come out as homosexual. Maher Arar emigrates […]

Who Won The Lotto Max In Canada?

Calgarian Mitchel Dyck. “For right now, it’s just going in the bank until we can make some more plans.” Calgarian Mitchel Dyck won $70 Million on Oct. 21 Lotto Max draw from a ticket he bought in Calgary on Oct. 7, 2022. Did anyone win the Lotto Max in Canada? A young Ontario man who […]

What Is The Most Famous Sculpture In Canada?

Samuel de Champlain Statue The statue of Champlain is located at Nepean Point, in Ottawa, behind the National Gallery of Canada. What is the most famous sculpture ever? Top famous sculptures of all time Venus of Willendorf, 28,000–25,000 BC. Bust of Nefertiti, 1345 BC. The Terracotta Army, 210–209 BC. Laocoön and His Sons, Second Century […]

What Was Happening In Canada In 1989?

March 1: The Canadian Space Agency is created. March 10: An Air Ontario flight crashes near Dryden, Ontario, killing 24. March 13: 2:44 AM ET: A solar coronal mass ejection causes a blackout across all of Quebec, as it hits the Hydro-Québec power grid, affecting 6 million people for more than 9 hours. What happened […]

Has Anyone Won Set For Life In Canada?

It meant she was even more surprised to find she had won a Set for Life top prize worth $675,000 on a recently purchased scratch ticket. “I scratched the ticket and couldn’t believe what I saw. I saw three lounge chairs so I started to scratch the prize lot and saw ‘Set…” Dawe said. What […]

When Was Canada’S Railway Finished?

November 7, 1885. On November 7, 1885, the driving of the ceremonial “Last Spike” at Craigellachie, British Columbia marked the completion of the Last Spike. When did the Canadian railway start and end? The railway was originally built between eastern Canada and British Columbia between 1881 and 1885 (connecting with Ottawa Valley and Georgian Bay […]