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Emily Stowe, the first woman doctor in Canada, begins to practice medicine in Toronto.
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The Métis of Red River rebel, under Louis Riel, after their region is purchased by Canada from Hudson's Bay Company.
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Louis Riel and Métis occupy Lower Fort Garry. The red River Rebellion has begun.
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Manitoba joins Confederation. The new province was much smaller than today's Manitoba.
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British Columbia joins Confederation.
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Province and territories joined Confederation, or were created from existing parts of Canada: British Columbia
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Province and territories joined Confederation, or were created from existing parts of Canada: British Columbia
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Arleux
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Langemarck
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Polygon Wood
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October Hurricane Hazel kills almost seven dozen people in Toronto.
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The most desctructive and disruptive ice storm in Canadian history dropps close to one hundred millimetres of freezing rain in some areas of central and eastern Canada, affecting nearly 20 percent of Canada's population, mainly in Montreal and Ottawa.
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Wayne Gretzky plays the last game in a Canadian arena at the Corel Centre, in Nakata, Ontario. After twenty years in the National Hockey League with Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings, St. Louis Blues, and New York Rangers, the Great One announced his retirement. His final game in the NHL was three days later at Madison Square Garden in New York.