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The Nuremberg trials

Long before the end of the Second World War, Allied leaders discussed what to do about German war crimes. News of atrocities had already reached

Excerpt from O Canada: War & Hockey

Hockey is the game we hold dearest in Canada, the one we define ourselves by, still. It’s a haven for our identity, and it’s where

The nation grows

Manitoba became a province of Canada in 1870, though at the time it didn’t extend much past the Red River Valley (it wasn’t until 1912

THE ATOMIC BOMB

In December 1942, a group of scientists led by Enrico Fermi demonstrated the first controlled nuclear chain reaction in an abandoned squash court at the

Beaver fever

The beaver became Canada’s national symbol on March 24, 1975, when the National Symbol of Canada Act received royal assent. Castor canadensis was already a

The Maple Leaf

Canada’s Maple Leaf flag, adopted in 1964 after decades of heated debate, replaced colonial symbols to unify the nation. Once controversial, it now proudly represents Canada’s identity on the global stage.

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