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Military Milestones

Quebec City’s bloody weekend: the Easter Riot of 1917

On May 18, 1917, Prime Minister Robert Borden dropped a bombshell when he introduced the Military Service Act, a conscription law that would require all male citizens between the ages of 20 to 45 to enlist.

Louis Riel: a Métis freedom fighter

Once labelled a rebel without a cause, Riel’s caricature in Canadian textbooks has changed since the time of his execution in 1885.

Heroes of the House: the 1916 burning of Parliament

In 1916, the city was in the throes of one of its coldest winters when the fire alarm was sounded at 8:57 p.m. In just a few hours, Canada’s seat of power was a pile of smouldering ruins.

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