Two examples of the tenacity with which French Canadians clung to the soil of family farms and homes are cited in news reports. The Montreal Herald, February 10, 1863 tells about the family that had farmed the same soil at Ancienne Lorette, a village and later a suburb that was merged with Quebec City in […]
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Tough times blamed on National Policy
Winnipeg’s main street in 1894. Tough times were blamed on the high costs of John A. Macdonald’s National Policy, but with a plethora of bachelors, men were said to be excited about the prospect of boatloads of buxom young English women. Glenbow Archives NA-118-24. Free trade 1840-1894 A correspondent for the Regina Standard, December 7, […]