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Events from the year 1945 in Canada.
Platoon leader in 48th Highlanders of Canada describes Battle of Apeldoorn in Netherlands [4]
"A zest to life she has never felt before" - Manitoban nurses "tigers" of 1st Canadian Division in Italy [5]
Food shortage in occupied France, especially in cities but benefiting farmers, accompanied after liberation by high inflation [6]
Winter 1945 is trying for Canadian diplomats Charles Ritchie and Saul Rae and family, living in liberated Paris without fuel [7]
Print: For European children dying of cold and hunger at Christmas [8]
Record of two British mariners killed on Canadian cargo ship sunk in Scottish waters in war's last U-boat attack [9]
Film: newsreel shows U-boats surrendering in North American waters, including off Shelburne, Nova Scotia [10]
"A despondent-looking mob" - Canadian Parachute Battalion finds German soldiers and families eagerly surrender to avoid Russians [11]
"My survival was an absolute miracle" - 14-year-old orphan liberated from Buchenwald concentration camp [12]
Hundreds of children freed from Buchenwald, where several Polish inmates ran school [13]
Agreement on trials of European war criminals, who will return "to the countries in which their abominable deeds were done" [14]
"That vague expression and pose of utter bewilderment" - war artist's painting of lone survivor of bomber crash [15]
Royal Navy electrician posted to Quebec City makes substantial extra pay playing trumpet in Al Bedard's band [16]
War artist Lance-Corporal Molly Lamb's humorous graphic story of saying goodbye to her CWAC comrades [17]
"A friend to the service man and his dependents at home" - New Brunswick MP's election campaign flyer is aimed at military voters [18]
Black Canadian Army private goes to City Hall to challenge segregation policy in four Glasgow dance halls [19]
Returning veterans should have houses and suits, but souvenir firearms are not encouraged [20]
Poster: Information on Canadian production and fighting in later war period [21]
British PM Clement Attlee says farm, factory and shipyard workers, scientists, technicians and research workers share credit for victory [22]
"A steadfast and progressive people, blessed with a bountiful land" - production of energy and farm products in wartime Alberta [23]
To block inflation, Canadians urged to avoid black markets, keep to price controls and "not buy two where one will do" [24]
Discussion guide on women's war effort and future role of women in workplace, home and community [25]
Postwar hurdles that Canadians face and need to discuss include too few people, too little independence, and disunity [26]
Editorial speculates on "Japanese mind" in assessing Japan's crimes, "which no Japanese wants to hear about today" [27]
Protests against transfer of more than half of Japanese Canadians to Japan, with calls for their rehabilitation and rights restoration [28]
PM King explains proposal for peace and security organization (UN), and how it would improve on League of Nations [29]
"Trust the people as to the future" - King believes putting war and UN conference above politics will aid Liberals' re-election [30]
On way to UN conference, diplomat Charles Ritchie labels PM King "the fat little conjurer with his flickering, shifty eyes" [31]
Canadians seek standing equal to their role in victory, but U.S. diplomat says cooperation among four major Allies is complex enough [32]
U.S.A., U.K. and Canada intend to share non-military atomic research with all nations for "an atmosphere of reciprocal confidence" [33]
Soviet embassy clerk Igor Gouzenko defects, "sickened by the evidence of intrigues and espionage directed against Canada" [34]
Film: newsreel of Russian espionage case with shots of Deep River, Ontario "atom bomb plant" and many Mounties [35]
U.S. State Department briefing paper on Britain's (and specifically Churchill's) lack of control over Commonwealth nations [36]
"Anglophobia" in U.S.A. targets U.K. (and Canada, as still part of Empire), hampering postwar economic settlement [37]
Private cars, buses and trucks seized for enormous roadblock during strike by Ford of Canada workers in Windsor, Ont. [38]
Program of Oscar Peterson Trio concert includes works by Chopin, Kreisler, Dvorak, Gershwin, Ellington and Peterson [39]
Photo: Ivy Lawrence Maynier, University of Toronto Law School class of 1945 - "First woman of colour to graduate from the U of T Law School" [40]
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