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• January 4 - WWI: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry becomes the first Canadian troops sent to the front lines
• January 15 - The Canadian Northern Railway line to Vancouver, B.C.,is completed
• February 4 - After a training accident, Lieutenant W. F. Sharpe becomes the first Canadian military airman killed
• February 21 - Nellie McClung presents a petition to the Alberta legislature demanding women's suffrage
• February 28 - WWI: Canadian troops launch the first trench raid of the war; by the end of the conflict Canadian troops will be regarded as the experts at this manoeuvre
• March 26March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). There are 280 days remaining. Events 1026 Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. 1552 Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh Guru 1636 Utrecht University is - The Vancouver MillionairesThe Vancouver Millionaires were a professional ice hockey team in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 1911 to 1926. In 1922 the team's name was changed to the Vancouver Maroons . Initially playing in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association through 1924, defeat the Ottawa SenatorsThe Ottawa Senators are an ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Canada. They play in the North-American National Hockey League. Founded: 1992- 1993 (franchise awarded December 6, 1990) :Arena: Corel Centre (capacity 18,500) :Uniform colours: black, red, gold, to win the Stanley CupThe Stanley Cup originally titled the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup is awarded each year by the National Hockey League to the champion of its playoff tournament. History The Stanley Cup, originally a decorative bowl purchased from a London silversmith wor
• April 22April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). There are 253 days remaining. Events 1500 Portuguese navigator Pedro Alvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. 1509 Henry VIII ascends to the throne of - WWI: In the Second Battle of YpresThe Second Battle of Ypres was the first time Germany used chemical weapons on a large scale on the Western Front in World War I. The Second Battle of Ypres consisted of four separate battles: The Battle of Gravenstafel 22nd to 23rd April 1915 The Battle Canadian forces bear the brunt of the first chemical weapons attack of the war. They devise makeshift gas masks of urine-soaked rags and hold their ground
• May 12 - Tobias Norris becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Sir Rodmond Roblin
• September 13 - WWI: with the arrival of the 2nd Canadian Division a separate Canadian Corps is created
• December 15 - William Bowser becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Richard McBride
• WWI: Many Canadian soldiers grow upset at the inferior quality of their Ross Rifles