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At the last official presentation of Ottawa debutantes, five young girls were presented to Governor General Vincent Massey, in the context of gala charity dinner and ball hosted by La Ligue de la Jeunesse Feminine.

Ottawans didn't know exactly what to call it at first. For a time, skiing was called skilobning in North America.

It took a death and many years for paper mill workers to finally get what they had been asking for in the early 1900s.

Although Canada became its own country in 1867, it took about 80 years before its citizens were recognized as more than just British subjects.

Despite the cold and a light snow falling, 20,000 people filled the streets around Ottawa’s Union Station to catch a glimpse of Churchill.

In addition to recognizing Canadian womanhood, in all their activities, including as pioneers, war nurses and mothers, the building was to be the headquarters of national Canadian women’s organizations.

The final cost of the three buildings was $2.9-million, four times the original budget.

Developers boasted that it was "the biggest little ski area in the east." 

At one of his first Ottawa concerts, Peterson's trio was called out for three encores.

Once one of Canada's leading economic experts, Chapman was accused of being a communist spy.