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    crew were held at Camp 23 (Monteith POW camp at Iroquois Falls, Northern Ontario, Canada), which is now the Monteith Correctional Complex. Bulldog's boarding...
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    Ontario is a city in southwestern San Bernardino County in the U.S. state of California, 35 miles (56 km) east of downtown Los Angeles and 23 miles (37 km)...
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  • The Communist Party of Canada (Ontario) (French: Parti communiste du Canada (Ontario)) is the Ontario provincial wing of the Communist Party of Canada...
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    MTE ATLANTIC CANADIAN Lunenburg Newfoundland Canadian English (CanE, CE, en-CA) encompasses the varieties of English used in Canada. According to the...
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    the primary country urban area of the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury, Ontario, in Canada. It overlooks a farming community, known as The Holland Marsh...
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  • western lakehead of Lake Ontario, cutting through Niagara Falls, St. Catharines, Hamilton, Burlington, Oakville, and Mississauga en route. A 22 km (14 mi)...
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  • The city of London, Ontario, Canada was established in 1826, and has since grown into Canada's 11th largest municipality. The city has had a long history...
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  • 1940 January February March April May June July August September October November December The following events occurred in November 1940: Turkey declared...
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    The Canadian province of Ontario first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1903. Registrants provided their own licence plates...
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  • highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. It stretches 828 kilometres (514 mi) from Windsor in the west to the Ontario–Quebec border in the east. The part...
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    in Northern Ontario by population, with a population of 166,004 at the 2021 Canadian Census. By land area, it is the largest in Ontario and the fifth...
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    Laura Borden (category 1940 deaths)
    Laura Borden, Lady Borden (née Bond; November 26, 1861 – September 7, 1940) was the wife of Sir Robert Laird Borden who was the eighth Prime Minister of...
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    the U.S. 1st Infantry Division called Fort Ontario home until the brigade was deactivated on June 1, 1940. During this period, some of the historic buildings...
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    [ɔʁleɑ̃]; officially and in French Orléans) is a community in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the east end of the city along the Ottawa River...
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    published the work for which she became famous, Testament of Youth, followed in 1940 by Testament of Friendship— her tribute to and biography of Winifred Holtby...
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    Norman Bethune (redirect from Bai Qiu-en)
    Presbyterian congregation in Montreal, the first five Presbyterian churches in Ontario and was one of the founders of the Presbyterian Church of Canada. Bethune's...
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  • Highway 11, is a provincially-maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. At 1,784.9 kilometres (1,109.1 mi), it is the second-longest highway in...
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  • Highway 20, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. Presently, it is a short 1.9 km (1.2 mi) stub between Highway 58 and Niagara...
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    Arthur Lismer, and found work at the Grip Ltd. design firm in Toronto, Ontario and afterwards at Rous & Mann. Beginning in January 1918, he served in...
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    1st Canadian Division (category 1914 establishments in Ontario)
    Brigade: 1st Canadian Battalion (Ontario Regiment), CEF. August 1914 – 11 November 1918; 2nd Canadian Battalion (Eastern Ontario Regiment), CEF. August 1914...
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    Jesse Palmer (category Players of Canadian football from Ontario)
    Bachelor and The Bachelorette. Palmer was born in Toronto, Ontario, and raised in Nepean, Ontario, a suburb of Ottawa. He attended both Confederation and...
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    population, as of 2021. The largest Sikh populations in Canada are found in Ontario, followed by British Columbia and Alberta. As of the 2021 Census, more...
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    (behind the Ontario Provincial Police) and the third-largest police service in Canada (behind the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Ontario Provincial...
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    Events from the year 1940 in Canada. Monarch – George VI Governor General – John Buchan, Lord Tweedsmuir (until February 11) then Alexander Cambridge,...
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    Corps (RCSCC) Ajax No. 89 in Guelph, Ontario; the Navy League Cadet Corps (NLCC) Achilles No. 34 in Guelph, Ontario; the Navy League Wrenette Corps (NLWC)...
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  • linguistic minority. Ontario and Quebec are both required to finance schools for their principal religious minorities (Roman Catholic in Ontario, Protestant in...
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    Highland Light Infantry of Canada (category Military units and formations of Ontario)
    Highland Fusiliers of Canada). Originated on 14 September, 1866, in Berlin, Ontario as the 29th Waterloo Battalion of Infantry Redesignated on 8 May, 1900...
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    Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken (1940–1945) – 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, Netherlands. The Nederlandsche Wapen-en Munitiefabriek NV. factory run by...
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    sent her younger daughter to live with her grandparents in Port Hope, Ontario, while Spring remained with relatives in Denver. Helene Maud Byington moved...
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  • centre Ryan McLeod. The Panthers ultimately defended their one-goal lead en route to a 4–3 victory, taking a 3–0 series lead. The Oilers began the scoring...
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