See also: 1923 in Canada , 1925 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada' .
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Births January 10 - Ludmilla Chiriaeff , choreographerJanuary 29 - Marcelle Ferron , artistJanuary 29 - Lois Marshall, sopranoFebruary 3 - Martial Asselin , politicianFebruary 24 - Erik Nielsen , politicianFebruary 24 - Douglas Jung , politicianMarch 11 - Eva Von Gencsy, dancerApril 29 - Robert Falls, NATO leaderJune 2 - June Callwood , author and activistJune 3 - Colleen Dewhurst , actorJune 14 - Arthur Erickson , architectJune 22 - John Kerwin, physicistJuly 21 - Lynn Williams, labour leaderJuly 30 - Roland Penner , Manitoba politicianSeptember 19 - Donald Harron , actorOctober 18 - Buddy MacMaster , artistNovember 1 - Jean-Luc Pépin, politicianDecember 6 - Donald Jack , authorDecember 15 - Robert Salter , surgeonDecember 19 - Doug Harvey , hockey playerDecember 20 - Judy LaMarsh , politicianEugene Whelan , politician
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Arthur C. Erickson - Great Buildings Online (308 words)
Robson Square, at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada , 1980. Arthur Erickson was born in Vancouver, Canada in 1924 . Considered one of Canada's greatest architects, Erickson studied at the University of British Columbia and McGill University, Montreal.
Whitehorse 2007 - Jeux du Canada Winter Games (2371 words)
Although skiing was introduced to Austria, Canada and the United States in the mid 1800s, it would be 1936 before alpine skiing became an Olympic event. Curling was in the first Canada Winter Games in 1967 in Québec City, where men and women competed in a mixed tournament. Short track speed skating was first introduced at the 1983 Canada Winter Games in Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean, Québec and was first included in the official program at the XVI Olympic Winter Games in Albertville in 1992.
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