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1924 in Canada

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1924
in
Canada

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Events from the year 1924 in Canada.

Incumbents

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Crown

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Federal government

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Provincial governments

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Lieutenant governors

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Premiers

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Territorial governments

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Commissioners

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Events

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Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957)

Arts and literature

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Science and technology

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  • August – Mars is closer to Earth than it has been for many years and mysterious wireless signals are picked up at a Vancouver wireless station. It is thought by some to be evidence of martian contact.[2]
  • October 21 – CFYC carried a speech made by Prime Minister Mackenzie King from the Denman Arena, considered to be Canada's first federal political broadcast.

Sports

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Basketball

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  • The Edmonton Grads win their first international basketball tournament held as part of the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. As it was only a demonstration sport, no medals were awarded. The Grads would dominate women's basketball tournaments from 1924 to 1936.[3]

Hockey

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Football

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Births

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January to March

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April to June

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July to September

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October to December

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Deaths

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See also

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Historical documents

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House banking committee decides government should have audited Home Bank before it failed, and clients have moral claim for redress[5]

Immigration pamphlet calls Canadian climate "particularly suited to the white race" in "a British country, with British customs and ideals"[6]

Kiuga hereditary chief describes inequalities since 1924 imposition of elective council system on First Nations[7]

Metis man's memories of buffalo hunts and 1885 resistance[8]

Alberta Presbyterians object to undemocratic process for union with Methodist and Congregational churches[9]

Lethal smallpox epidemic in Windsor, Ont. stopped by vaccination[10]

"Swoile" (seal), "insides" (underwear), "tizzie" (dry cough), "skipper" (youngest son), "wellaway" (rich) and other Labrador lingo[11]

Professor of English speaks on feeling sorry for ourselves[12]

Photo: Arctic traveller's snapshot of Inuit dancing in "Victoria Land" (Victoria Island), Northwest Territories[13]

Film: sailing and baseball - on ice[14]

References

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  1. ^ "King George V | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  2. ^ "1924 – the History of Metropolitan Vancouver".
  3. ^ "The Great Teams". Archived from the original on 2010-08-12. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
  4. ^ "Félicité Angers (Laure Conan) | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Eleventh Report" (July 1, 1924), Proceedings (Revised) of the Select Standing Committee on Banking and Commerce[....], pgs. xii-xiii. Accessed 19 October 2020
  6. ^ Government of Canada, "Canada; The New Homeland" (1924). Accessed 29 April 2020
  7. ^ Testimony of Harvey Longboat (November 27, 1992), "Justice Roundtable" hearings, Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, pgs. 635-9. Accessed 29 April 2020
  8. ^ "Fleury, Patrice" (February 27, 1924). Accessed 29 April 2020
  9. ^ Letter of D.G. McQueen and 43 others (for The Presbyterian Church Association - Alberta Branch; February 4, 1924). Accessed 29 April 2020 https://presbyterianarchives.ca/2017/11/03/the-life-of-rev-d-g-mcqueen/ (click on McQueen of Edmonton and scroll down to "memorandum")
  10. ^ "Smallpox at Windsor" The Canadian Red Cross, Vol. III, No. 6 (June 1924), pg. 5. Accessed 30 April 2020 (See "Vaccination" appeal from P.E.I. Red Cross)
  11. ^ Fred P. Carleton, "Notes of the Labrador Dialect" Among the Deep-Sea Fishers, Vol. XXI, No. 4 (January 1924), pgs. 138-9. Accessed 29 April 2020
  12. ^ Bernard K. Sandwell, "On Being Sorry for Ourselves" The Empire Club of Canada Addresses, pgs. 31-44. Accessed 29 April 2020
  13. ^ Knud Rasmussen, "Eskimo Dance Ritual" (1924). Accessed 24 May 2020
  14. ^ British Pathé, "On The Wings Of The Wind" and "Baseball On Ice" (1924). Accessed 27 July 2020