The weekly food bill for Canadian families averaged $16.48 in July 1920, Canadian Press reported, October 1, 1920. Food costs had more than doubled from $7.75 per week in December 1913, thanks to rapid inflation induced by the First World War. The average family budget in July totalled $40.76 per week, according to data from […]
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Britain wins Canada in naval battle
Adapted from my book, About Canada, Toronto, Civil Sector Press, 2012. It was not at the Plains of Abraham, in either the first or second battles in 1759 and 1760, that the destiny of the continent was determined. It was determined two months after Wolfe’s forces won the first battle and more than five […]