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On this day in 1991 Canada’s military suffered a casualty that made headlines across the country. Master Corporal Mark Robert Isfeld, known to his friends as Izzy, was killed while disarming a landmine in the village of Kakma, Croatia. He was famous for handing out Izzy Dolls to local children. The dolls were knitted by his mother, and the practice grew to be supported across the Canadian military family.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Isfeld

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One of the most influential Canadians that most of Canada has never heard of was Elijah Harper (March 3, 1949 - May 17, 2013). He served with distinction as a politician in Manitoba, serving as minister of Northern Affairs. Harper is best known for the role he played in scuttling the Meech Lake Accord, for which he was named the Canadian Press newsmaker of the year in 1990. The Meech Lake Accord was an attempt by then Prime Minister Mulroney to gain acceptance of the constitution by Quebec. The proposed amendments, negotiated in secret by the 11 Premiers, would have eroded federal powers by granting the provinces and territories more rights over key areas.
Without Harper's stubbornness, Canada’s federal powers would have been weakened, and we very well could have ended up splintered like the USA.
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https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/elijah-harper

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It has been well reported that OTD in 1880 Dr. Emily Stowe became the first woman licensed to practice medicine in Canada. But actually she was the 2nd as Jennie Kidd Trout (born Gowanlock; April 21, 1841 – November 10, 1921) was the first woman in Canada to become a licensed medical doctor on March 11, 1875. Not sure why Trout was misplaced in the history books for a few years, but perhaps she was overshadowed by Stowe's much more public lifetime dedication to fighting for women's rights. Regardless, both were pioneers that helped establish educational opportunities in medicine for women in Canada.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennie_Kidd_Trout

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#HappyBirthday to Peter Gzowski, one of Canada’s most beloved broadcasters. He was born in Toronto in 1934 and raised in Galt, Ontario. At the University of Toronto, he edited the school newspaper, The Varsity, and developed his passion for journalism. A born storyteller, he worked at newspapers in Timmins, Moose Jaw, and Chatham. In 1958, he joined Maclean’s where he became the magazine’s youngest ever managing editor in 1962. He was best known as the host of the CBC Radio's Morningside, the program that earned him the informal title of Captain Canada. Canadians from coast to coast to coast responded to his folksy style of interviewing everyone from Prime Ministers to celebrities. It is estimated that over his career, Peter Gzowski conducted some 30,000 interviews.
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https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/peter-gzowski

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#HappyBirthday to Robert Norman Munsch, born June 11, 1945, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but thankfully, he became a Canadian citizen in 1983. He has published more than 60 books in 30 languages and is a Member of the Order of Canada and Canada’s Walk of Fame. Health issues have ended his writing and public appearances, and in 2021, he was diagnosed with dementia. But his stories continue to speak to children.
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https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thenextchapter/full-episode-oct-2-2021-1.6193424/the-stories-will-be-the-last-thing-to-go-robert-munsch-on-his-legacy-as-one-of-canada-s-great-storytellers-1.6193428

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Today is a good day to say thank you to all Saskatchewanians. On this day in 1944, Tommy Douglas became the seventh Premier of Saskatchewan, elected on the promise of #UniversalHealthcare for the province. IMO, Douglas, with his early life experience and education, was the right person at a specific moment in history, and it's not hyperbole to suggest we wouldn't have universal healthcare without his leadership.
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https://www.cbc.ca/history/EPISCONTENTSE1EP15CH2PA4LE.html

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On June 6, 1944, my father was hospitalized in England, recovering from shrapnel wounds inflicted during the Italian campaign, and he joked that he missed all the excitement. That "excitement" included 1074 casualties on D-Day, including 359 killed, as Canadian troops secured Juno Beach to begin the defeat of Nazi Germany. It took another 11 months of bloody battles before Allied military forced surrender.
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https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/wars-and-conflicts/second-world-war/d-day-and-the-battle-of-normandy