Continuing where I left off yesterday. This glove belonged to Rick Hansen, who suffered a spinal injury. He didn't let that keep him down, launching the Man in Motion tour where he went in a wheelchair around the world in the 1980s, raising money for spinal cord research and becoming a national treasure along the way.
Ottawa Daily Photo
Wanderings Of A Canadian Loon Through The National Capital And Beyond
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Rights
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Rights
The 1995 referendum was the closest the country ever came to coming apart. The separation of Quebec was narrowly defeated. Premier Jacques Parizeau, in an infamous speech that night likely influenced by liquor, blamed the loss on money and "ethnic votes."
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
The Crisis
Picking up where I left off yesterday. The actions of the FLQ culminated in the October Crisis in 1970, with the kidnapping of a British diplomat and provincial cabinet minister. The federal government invoked the War Measures Act. By the end of the crisis, the diplomat was released, but the minister was murdered.
Monday, October 14, 2024
The Rocket
Before the turn of the century, through the advocation of the Inuit people, the federal government divided up the Northwest Territories in the Arctic into two, creating the new territory of Nunavut out of the eastern part.