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when two ships loaded with war munitions collided in the harbour, the resulting explosion was the largest human-made explosion ever created until the atomic bomb in 1945.
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Insulin was discovered in order to treat diabetes. Dr. Frederick Banting and his student discovered this medicine.
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The Black Tuesday was the beginning of the Great Depression which crashed the world economy including Canada.
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Young unemployed man and workers had a trip cross-country via freight train from Vancouver to Ottawa in order to negotiated with the federal government.
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The federal government tried to get all provinces to agree to change Canada's constitution. When the Parti Quebecois won the selection, they thought that Quebec should be separated from Canada.