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EVENTS

January 1 - Canada's first Movie Theatre The Ouimetoscope opens in Montreal

February 23 - Tommy Burns becomes the first Canadian to be Boxing 's heavyweight champion

April 30 - The Ottawa Public Library opens

May 14 - Ontario Hydro created

May 23 - Regina decreed official capital of Saskatchewan

August 26 - King Edward VII grants the Coat Of Arms Of Saskatchewan

The Revillon Freres Trading Post opens at Fort Saint John, British Columbia as competition against the Hudson's Bay Company

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BIRTHS

January 27 - Walter L. Gordon , politician

January 29 - Joe Primeau , hockey player

May 15 - Robert Petrie , astronomer

May 16 - Alfred Pellan , artist

June 22 - Stanley Fox , Manitoba politician

June 26 - Marian Scott , painter

September 24 - Leonard Marsh , academic

DEATHS