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• January 14 - Swift Current, Saskatchewan incorporates as a city.
• March 19 - The Royal Ontario Museum opens
• May 14 - First major discovery of oil in western Canada at Turner Valley
• May 29 - Ocean liner Empress of Ireland sinks in Gulf of St. Lawrence; 1,024 lives lost.
• June 19 - A coal mine explosion in Hillcrest, Alberta kills 189, the worst mining disaster in Canadian history
• June 29 - Ontario election: Sir James Whitney's Conservatives win a fourth consecutive majority
• August 4 - WWI: United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a state in Western Europe, usually known simply as the United Kingdom the UK Britain or less accurately as Great Britain . The UK was formed by a series of Acts of Union which united the formerly declares war on GermanyThe Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland is one of the world's leading industrialized countries, located in the middle of the European Union. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark and the Baltic Sea, to the east, meaning Canada is automatically involved.
• August 14August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining. Events 1040 Assassination of King Duncan of Scotland by Macbeth. 1385 1383-1385 Crisis: Castilians are defeated by Portuguese at the Battle of - Canada's War Measures ActThe was a Canadian statute that allowed the government to assume sweeping emergency powers. When the act was invoked, citizens could be arrested and imprisoned without the benefit of trial or even a stated explanation. It essentially created a state of ma is passed suspending all civil rightsCivil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. Examples include the right to vote and anti- discrimination laws. Civil rights movements usually want equal protection of the laws for minorities, in Canada during a crisis.
• September 9September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). There are 113 days remaining. Events 1000 Battle of Swold 1513 In the Battle of Flodden Field James IV of Scotland was defeated. 1543 Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is officially crowned "Q - WWI: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun BrigadeThe Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade was the first fully mechanized unit of the British army. It was established on September 9, 1914. It was initiated and commanded by Raymond Brutinel., the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army
• October 2October 2nd is the 275th day (276th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 90 days remaining. Events 1187 Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule. 1535 Jacques Cartier discovers Montreal, Quebec. 1780 American Revolu - William Hearst becomes Premier of Ontario replacing the retiring James Whitney
• October 3 - WWI: 33 000 Canadian troops depart for Europe, the largest force to ever cross the Atlantic Ocean at the time.
• December 17 - George J. Clark becomes Premier of New Brunswick replacing the retiring James K. Flemming
• All-time high levels of Immigration are ended by the war
• Canada suspends the convertibility of the dollar into gold
• Edmonton adopts a new numbered street and avenue pattern
• Ontario passes a worker's compensation act that provides all workers with funding in case of disability