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Events from the year 1936 in Canada.
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Events from the year 1936 in Canada.
Saying "I hate war," President Roosevelt seeks foreign and economic policies that will encourage peace [6]
Threatening embargo on Canadian liquor, U.S.A. demands back taxes and customs duties for liquor smuggled during Prohibition [7]
"Taxes are urgently needed" – Alberta's Two Rivers School District board cajoles ratepayers in arrears [8]
Seventy-year-old woman talks to enough of Yukon's 1,805 voters to be elected to House of Commons [9]
"Sterilization is proposed[...]as logical humane procedure to limit the reproduction of the mentally defective." [10]
Vancouver business groups testify that limiting employment of "orientals" on Canadian ships may curtail or cancel service [11]
Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir expresses his deep regret to King Edward VIII on his abdication [12]
"A commission of three cannot[...]execute policies" – House committee calls for corporation to replace Canadian Radio Commission [13]
"We in Canada are sound asleep in flying matters," says Air Vice-Marshall Billy Bishop [14]
Canadian Tuberculosis Association urges more clinics for Indigenous people, who suffer 30% of TB deaths in western Canada [15]
"In terrible shape" – Government official reports cemetery at Dunbow residential school is trampled by cattle and crosses knocked down [16]
Youth organizations ranging from church groups to Young Communist League unite for reform at 1936 Youth Congress [17]
Stephen Leacock's views of travel writing and Port Arthur (Thunder Bay), Ont. [18]
"A Literary Map of Canada" includes insets "Some Books of the St. Lawrence Basin" and "The Land of Evangeline" [19]
Photo: Gabrielle Roy (right) and Élisa Houde in "Les Soeurs Guedonec" at Dominion Drama Festival, Ottawa [20]
Ralph J. Gleason praises Canadian hockey while covering college tournament for Columbia University student newspaper [21]
Setting new record for one-mile event, Canadian race walker wins in New York City [22]
Cover photograph: Menu from Canadian Pacific Railway train [23]
