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Alouette 1: Canada’s stellar space-age debut On Sept. 29, 1962, Canada made history by becoming the first non-Amer-ican, non-Soviet country to build an artificial satellite and send it to space. The launch of Alouette 1 kicked off one of the most advanced space programs ever seen, but this success story starts with a surprisingly low-tech device: the radio. In 1947, at the dawn of the Cold War, the Canadian government created the Defence Research and Telecommunications Establishment, with the goal of im-proving the military’s radio communications. To do so, researchers at the facility focused their studies on a particular slice of the Earth’s atmosphere that allows radio waves to travel long distances called the ionosphere. Canada’s ascension to the stars truly began a decade later, when the newly formed NASA invited the world to collaborate on a satellite program dedicated to studying the ionosphere. John H. Chapman, a young physicist at the DRTE,

answered the American agency’s request with an ambitious plan for a satellite able to analyze the ionosphere from above. More convinced by the prospect of an international partnership than by the blueprints them-selves, NASA gave Alouette 1 the green light in 1958. Both countries agreed that Canada would design and build the device at the DRTE facility and NASA would take care of the launch. Over the next four years, Dr. Chapman and his team worked tirelessly to build the satellite — and most of its components — entirely from scratch. Even as it neared completion, the project had more than a few doubters. NASA itself judged the undertaking too advanced for the technology available at the time. So when the count-down reached zero in the early hours of Sept. 29, 1962, no one really knew what to expect. And then the sky over California’s Vanderberg Air Force Base lit up. Not only did Alouette 1 achieve orbit as planned, but its mission exceeded even the most optimistic expec-tations. Built to orbit the planet for a single year before being shut off, Canada’s first satellite remained active for an entire decade, providing researchers with a record-shattering amount of data. After the tremendous success of Alouette 1, the DRTE built three more satellites, all launched by NASA. Each of these missions further cemented Canada’s reputation as a cutting-edge contributor to space technology and helped pave the way for today’s industry-leading Canadian Space Agency.

CANADA: NATURAL SOURCE OF PRIDE SINCE 1867

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The first significant wave of Trinidadians arrived in Canada during the 1920s. They were recruited to work in mines and shipyards and on the expanding railroad system as labourers, porters or chefs. Some Trinida-dians enlisted in the Canadian Army during the Second World War as part of the Allied war effort and were allowed to remain in Canada after the conflict was over.

Around 65,000 Canadians who vol-untarily filled out the National House-hold Survey in 2011 reported having some degree of Trinidadian background, but current estimates place the figure much higher — around 150,000. These Ca-nadians find their roots in a small Caribbean country off the coast of Venezuela called Trinidad and Tobago. Canada was among the first to recognize the nation’s

independence from Great Britain in 1962, making re-lations between the two countries historically strong.

While vibrant Trinidadian communities exist in cities from coast to coast, the greater Toronto area is

home to Canada’s largest concentration of Trinidadian Canadians. Every summer, the city hosts Caribana, Canada’s largest Caribbean festival, and Trinidad and Tobago is always featured prominently throughout the colourful event. The very concept of the carnival in Canada can be

traced back to early Trinidadians; calypso and steel band music are other cultural contributions of note.

In recent years, many Trinidadian Canadians have made an impact on our cultural scene: novelist Neil Bissoondath and recording artists k-os and Keshia Chanté are a few among many.

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QUESTION 1: It officially became our national anthem in 1980, but Canadians had been singing it for a century by then. Who composed the music to O Canada in 1890?

QUESTION 2: What name is commonly used to refer to the political and social move-ment that swept Quebec in the early 1960s?

QUESTION 3: Its familiar sound echoed through Canadian households during the hey-day of dial-up Internet, allowing us to easily surf the web — as long as no one needed to use the phone! In what year was the 56K modem invented by Toronto native Brent Townshend?

QUESTION 4: Only three players returned to the NHL following their induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Gordie Howe and Mario Lemieux are two; who was the third?

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The Pacific dogwood (Cornus nuttallii) is British Columbia’s provincial flower. Blossoms proliferate in trees six to eight metres high on Vancouver Island and along the Fraser River. The white petals are actually modified leaves grouped around a cluster of tiny green flowers. The floral symbol was officially adopted in 1956.

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BRITISH COLUMBIAFLOWER: PACIFIC DOGWOOD

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In 1914, nearly a dozen coal mines were operational in and around the vibrant and growing towns of the Crowsnest Pass.

Opportunity in business and resource development brought hard-working men and their wives and families to the coal min-ing towns of the area — and in many cases, their extended families came here too.

Very often male family members worked alongside one another in the Crowsnest Pass mines. Hillcrest was no exception. These are a few of the men and families affected by the Hillcrest Mine Disaster:

John Davison Jr. and Sr. On June 19, 1914, both John Davison Sr.

and John Davison Jr. were working under-ground in the Hillcrest Mine. Following the disaster, there was quite a bit of confusion in media reports about which of the two John Davisons had survived the disaster. John Davison Jr. lost his father, John Davison Sr., on that fateful day.

Robert, James and Alexander PetrieIn 1914, the Petrie family ran the Petrie

Hotel, a café and boarding house in Hillcrest.

Isabella Petrie had six sons; three of them were working underground in the Hillcrest Mine on June 19, 1914.

In later life, Isabella recollected watching out the window of the hotel on the day of the disaster, across the street to the Union Hall, where the bodies were identified and prepared for burial. She watched in horror as the wagons brought the body of each of her sons from the mine to the hall, recognizing each son as his body was unloaded from the wagon.

Chabillon-Labonne-Salva family No fewer than six Chabillons and

another five members of their extended fam-ily relocated to Hillcrest from central France in the earliest part of the 20th century.

The Chabillon-Labonne-Salva clan lost four out of five family members working underground in the Hillcrest Mine that day. Etienne Chabillon survived, but lost two brothers and two brothers-in-law in the mine explosion and its aftermath. Etienne’s sister, Algae, lost her husband, two brothers and a brother-in-law.

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THE HILLCREST MINE DISASTER: WOMEN, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS, MULTIPLE FAMILY MEMBERS

Canada Day celebrations in Pincher Creek included solemn remembrance, history and fun times at Kootenai Brown Pioneer Vil-lage and the Alberta Trappers Association Rendezvous by the Creek. Clockwise from top left: Francis Cyr serves lunch to Rose and Jim Johnson; Sgt. at Arms John Morin leads Pincher Creek Legion members Bill Skelly, Bill McLeod and Tim Blake in the colour party; Alberta’s History Wrangler, Rob Lennard, interacts with a guest during his performance; Far-ley Wuth is in shimmering style for the day; treats are ready in the new KBPV bakery; Legion member John Baker sports a new tattoo; boys enjoy a water slide on a hot day; Mike Squarek and friends help with Rendezvous set up; and the Grovers dress in style – mom Tina, dad Corey, Cassidy and Jessica on shoulders.

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Canada Day our way!

Crowsnest Pass festivities took place at Flumerfelt Park, the Coleman Legion, the Coleman Seniors Centre and the Crowsnest Museum. Column 1, from top: Parker Bunnage makes a splash; Fred Bradley (in cahoots with Emilio Picariello) and Alicen Montal-betti greet participants to a pub crawl in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Pro-hibition. Column 2, from top: Second World War veteran and Edson Legion member Hart Lindgren, left, and Coleman Legion mem-ber Rick Vanderpol ride a historic Canadian ambulance reproduction; reflecting the Famous Five theme, Coleman Community Society members Alistair Desmoulins, left, Gail Desmoulins, Jane Ann Reimer and Diane Simpson march in the parade; three generations – from left, Montayne Dodsley, Barb Pollice and Maria Pollice – enjoy the strawberry tea; and Leta and Ausi Crombie enjoy hotdogs at the park. Column 3, from top: Carol Poelt cuts the Canada Day cake; Glory-Jo Galicia rides in the parade; and Bronwyn, left, Kristin and Archer Ames enjoy an afternoon at the park.

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A voice for the voiceless As a young child living in rural Ontario in the 1890s, Agnes Macphail was a bit of an outlier. She despised learning how to cook and sew, preferring by far to spend time in the family barn with her father. A bright, ambitious girl, Agnes never outgrew her refusal to comply with the status quo of the era: instead, she dedicated her entire life to chal-lenging it. The seeds of Agnes Macphail’s trailblazing political career were sown when she joined the United Farmers of Ontario to fight for the rights of struggling farmers like her parents. As a member of the Pro-gressive Party, affiliated to the UFO at the time, she became the first woman elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1921. She was later one of the first two women elected to the Ontario Legislature. In both federal and provincial politics, Macphail never lost

sight of society’s most vulnerable. During her time as a member of Parliament, she played an instrumental role in reforming the Canadian penal system after being shocked by the living conditions at the Kingston Penitentiary. A champion of workers’ rights and an unapologetic feminist, her progressive ideals and strong will led to the adoption of Ontario’s first equal-pay legislation in 1951. Other milestones in her iconoclastic career include founding the Elizabeth Fry Society of Canada—an advocacy group that helps female convicts navigate the justice system—and becoming the first woman in the Canadian delegation to the League of Nations. Agnes Macphail died in February 1954 at age 63, just before she was to be offered an appoint-ment to the Canadian Senate. Decidedly ahead of her time, her ideal of an equal, prosperous society for all Canadians—not just the rich and well-connected—lives on as a defining principle of modern-day Canada.

CANADA: NATURAL SOURCE OF PRIDE SINCE 1867

Photograph: First woman member of the Canadian House of Commons. (Agnes Macphail) Source: Library and Archives Canada/Muriel Kerr collection/c021557

According to the 2011 National Household Survey, just over 96,000 Ca-nadians—that’s 0.3% of the total pop-ulation—self-identify as having some degree of Mexican heritage. What’s more, some 43,965 Mexicans be-came permanent residents of Can-ada between 1980 and 2012. The numbers don’t lie: Mexico holds a proud spot amidst Canada’s vi-brant cultural patchwork.

Today, people of Mexican heritage make up Canada’s largest Latin-American sub-group. Historically, their presence in the great white north can be traced back to the early oil industry booms that swept through Alberta in the 1930s. However, prior

to the 1970s, the Mexican-Canadian com-munity experienced very little growth, and remained quite small until the mid ’90s.

Mexican immigration to Canada saw a sharp increase in 1994 that coincided with the signing of the North Amer-ican Free Trade Agreement — an accord that strengthened cul-tural, business and social relations between Canada, Mexico and the

United States. Since then, the Mexican com-munity has succeeded in establishing strong roots from sea to shining sea. Recent statistics show that Mexican-Canadians now make up a young, well-educated and dynamic segment of Canada’s increasingly diverse population.

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QUESTION 1: What Regina-born actor known for his deadpan delivery had a brother who served as Canada’s deputy prime minister from 1984 to 1986?

QUESTION 2: Which Canadian city used to be called Berlin before its permanent—and somewhat controversial—renaming during the First World War?

QUESTION 3: Legend says he missed a train in Ireland and decided, “enough is enough.” What revolutionary concept did Canadian engineer and inven-tor Sir Sandford Fleming introduce in 1878?

QUESTION 4: His name is on the Stanley Cup nine times, and the number he wore throughout his long career has been retired to the rafters above the Bell Centre ice. Which former Montreal Canadiens defenceman leads the NHL’s plus-minus statistics with an impressive career rating of +730?

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The fragrant wild rose (Rosa acicularis) has been Alberta’s emblematic flower since 1930, when the province’s school-children voted it in as their provincial floral symbol. The pink blossoms propagate on thorny deciduous bushes that are in-digenous to Canada. They’re prolific across the country, from Quebec to British Columbia.

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ALBERTAFLOWER: WILD ROSE

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Our unique southwestern corner of the Canadian Prairies is blessed with a thousand tales of early adventures chroni-cling the frontier.

Enter the colourful Irish-born John George (Kootenai) Brown (1839–1916) who became the patriarch of Waterton Lakes and whose many contributions still can be felt today.

Brown’s frontier character had many facets and was well known across both the Canadian and American West.

Fascinated by the gold rushes of the time, Kootenai Brown spent much time travelling the British Columbia interior. South of the border, his career as a pony express rider literally took off, only to be cut short when he faced an accusation of murder.

But fast thinking saw Kootenai flee north into Rupert-sland, the old-time colony of the Hudson’s Bay Co.

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In British — and later Canadian — territory, Brown remained, where he fought to have Waterton Lakes pre-served as a Dominion Park.

He first saw his beloved mountain terrain as an explorer back in 1865; his first conservation appointment came three decades later. He made countless trips into the backcountry, counting wildlife and scouting out possibilities for tourists.

One of Kootenai Brown’s rustic cabins, a three-room log structure dating back to 1883, now is preserved at the Koo-tenai Brown Pioneer Village.

Originally located along the Waterton River, downstream of the park gates, this building was painstakingly moved here by the historical society back in late October 1970.

The first of more than two dozen heritage buildings to be preserved here, Kootenai Brown’s dwelling became a log flagship due to its early arrival and because of Brown’s signif-icant contributions to the community. It is decorated with a variety of authentic artifacts.

More than 15 years ago, Kootenai Brown’s descendants — including his granddaughter Ethel Zamolinski — made a pilgrimage to this museum cabin, where they re-connected with their pioneer genealogy.

On Saturday, July 16, Parks Canada and the Pincher Creek and District Historical Society are working together to commemorate the centennial of Kootenai Brown’s pass-ing.

Stay tuned for details of these events down in the park itself.

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In 2017, Canada celebrates the 150th anniversary of Confederation. Shootin’ the Breeze will publish a weekly Countdown to 150 feature beginning July 6, 2016 and culminating June 28, 2017 – just in time for Canada’s birthday. Weekly editorial features include A Local Look Back (Pincher Creek and Crowsnest Pass history provided by Farley Wuth of Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village and Chris Matthews of Crowsnest Museum), Canadian Trea-sures (highlights of Canadian achievements), Where Are We From? (highlights the main cultures that make up the mosaic of Canada), Info Canada (information about Canadian symbols and a Canadian trivia quiz). Advertisers enjoy space on three pages our 2,500+ readers will be excited to turn to each week. The Count-down to 150 compilation book will also be posted to the Shootin’ the Breeze website as a special feature that is updated weekly and highlighted in our social media posts. Share the history of your business or organization through your ads. Editorial opportunities are available with bookings of 10 consecutive weeks or more. This provides an opportunity to share the difference your group or business has made in the community from your beginning to now. Readers will be encouraged to share their own stories, creating many facets to this presentation of local and national history. Don’t miss the opportunity to be part of this special project!

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