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 Canada - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Canada
Buildings in the city, such as this house, often show hints of French style, and about 80% of the province's inhabitants are of French ancestry.
The federal prime minister is the leader of the best-supported party in the House of Commons and is accountable, with the cabinet, to it.
During the period of the war the Houses of Parliament in Ottawa were destroyed by fire (February 1916), and there was a disastrous munitions explosion at Halifax, Nova Scotia (December 1917).
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 Churchill Rail Travelogue by Ray Burns
Now this is an old log house and there were many very old original artifacts in the area.
Rachael Porrier, who is the Director of Vimy House, allowed my brother, Robert, and me to come in and take pictures.
Vimy House is very limited on funds, so your generous donations will help them continue their great service to the general public.
www.trainweb.com /travelogues/rayburns/2001b19s.html   (14041 words)

  
 World War I - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
The Senate approved the war resolution 82-6, the House with 373-50.
Wilson hoped a separate peace could be achieved with Austria-Hungary, however when it kept its loyalty to Germany, the US declared war on Austria-Hungary in December 1917.
Artillery was responsible for the largest number of casualties during the First World War.
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 British 'Firsts'
1855 Philip Henry Gosse, English naturalist who built the first aquarium ever used to house marine animals long-term and wrote many books on marine zoology.
In 1856 he discovered mauve, the dye that originated the aniline-dye industry and the British synthetic-dyestuffs industry generally.
1919 John William Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown made the first nonstop transatlantic flight, from Newfoundland to Ireland aboard a Vickers Vimy.
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Royal Academy of Arts Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BD
Corner House International Centre for Contemporary Visual Arts and Film, 70 Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 5NH
UK: ArtReview Ltd, Hereford House, 23-24 Smithfield St, London EC1A 9LF
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