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9 January 1888

The Home for Friendless Women at 412 Wellington Street was the two-storey building with the dormers. The building immediately beside it to the left was occupied by th...

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30 September 1974

During the early 1970s, long-standing grievances, including loss of traditional lands, dishonoured treaties, poor housing and poverty, sparked protests among First Nation peoples of North America. In 1972, the Trail of Broken Treaties Caravan, led in part by the American Indian Movement (AIM), crossed the United States, ending with the take-over of...


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