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• February 26 - Gédéon Ouimet becomes Premier of Quebec, replacing Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau
• April - James Pope becomes Premier of Prince Edward Island for the second time, replacing Robert Haythorne
• May 13 - Sixty are killed in a coal mine explosion in Nova Scotia
• May 23 - North West Mounted Police are founded to policeFor the band, see The Police. For the Polish town, see Police, Poland. Police forces are government organisations ostensibly charged with the responsibility of maintaining law and order. The word comes from the French, and less directly from the Greek pol the Northwest TerritoriesA former territory in the United States is called Northwest Territory . Northwest Territories Territoires du Nord-Ouest ( In Detail) ( In Detail) Motto: None Capital Yellowknife Official Languages Chipewyan, Cree, Dogrib or Tli Cho, English, French, Gwich, which then included the region today of AlbertaAlberta is one of Canada's provinces. Its capital is the city of Edmonton. Other cities and towns include Banff, Calgary, Red Deer, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat. See also: List of communities in Alberta. As of 2004, the population of the province was 3,183 and SaskatchewanSaskatchewan ( In Detail) ( In Detail) Motto: Multis E Gentibus Vires (From many peoples, strength CapitalLargest city Regina Saskatoon Area Total % fresh water 7th largest(5th lgst prov. 651 036 km² 9. 1% Population Total (2001) Density Ranked 6th 1 015
• June 1June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. Events 193 Roman Emperor Marcus Didius is assassinated in his palace. 1485 Matthias of Hungary took Vienna in his conquest of Austria (from Frede - The Cypress Hills MassacreThe Cypress Hills Massacre was a massacre which occurred on June 1, 1873 in the Cypress Hills region of Battle Creek, Saskatchewan, when American "wolfers", who believed that the cause of their horses being lost was that the nearby Nakoda (Assiniboine) na occurs
• July 1July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. Events 1097 Battle of Dorylaeum Crusaders under Bohemond of Taranto defeat a Turkish army under Qilich Arslan I. 1690 Battle of the Boyne as reck - Prince Edward IslandThis article is about a Canadian province. For the South African sub- antarctic islands, see Prince Edward Islands Prince Edward Island ( In Detail) ( In Detail) Motto: Parva Sub Ingenti (The small under the protection of the great Capital Charlottetown A joins the Canadian Confederation.
• August 25 - a cyclone hits Cape Breton Island killing 500 and causing much damage
• September - L. C. Owen becomes Premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing James Pope
• November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada, replacing Sir John A. Macdonald after the Canadian House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence during the Pacific Scandal