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EVENTS

January 20 - About 2000 Doukhobors arrive in Halifax

June 21 - Treaty No. 8 cedes much of northern Alberta to the federal government

September 18 - the new City Hall building opens in Toronto.

September 19 - a Rock Slide in Quebec City kills 45

October 4 - First Canadian troops sent to an overseas war ( Boer War )

October 18 - Henri Bourassa resigns from cabinet to protest Canada's intervention in the Boer War

October 21 - George William Ross becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Arthur Hardy

October 30 - Boer War : The first Canadian troops arrive in South Africa

November 4 - The fourth election of the North-West Legislative Assembly

BIRTHS

January 5 - Hugh John Flemming , Premier of New Brunswick

January 6 - Sonia Eckhardt-Gramatté , composer

February 27 - Charles Best , scientist

May 14 - Kenneth Colin Irving , businessman

May 26 - Antonio Barrette , politician

July 24 - Dan George , actor

August 1 - Frank Scott , poet

October 2 - Judah Quastel , neurochemist

November 5 - Gilbert Layton , politician

November 10 - Billy Boucher , hockey player

November 20 - John B. McNair , Premier of New Brunswick

December 24 - William Van Steenburgh , scientist

Adrien Arcand , journalist and fascist

DEATHS

November 20 - John William Dawson , Canadian geologist