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by Roy MacGregor


  Fonyo, Steve, 32

  football, 118, 123–24

  foreign affairs, 166–67, 171–85

  Forsey, Eugene, 75–76, 154

  Fort McMurray, Alberta, 266, 268, 280, 283–85

  Fotheringham, Allan, 48, 251, 261

  Fox, Terry, 32, 46, 141

  Francis, Daniel, 32

  Franklin, Sir John, 115, 321

  Fraser, Fil, 83–84

  Fredericton, New Brunswick, 261

  free trade, 27, 74, 91

  Frobisher, Martin, 321

  frontier theories, 140–41, 204

  Frye, Northrop, 75, 134–39

  Fulford, Robert, 41

  fur trade, 47, 169, 203–5

  Gabriel, Leroy, 220–21

  Gagliano, Alfonso, 295–96

  Gagné, Guy, 105–6

  Gaulle, Charles de, 303

  Geoffrion, Bernard, 109–10

  George, Lloyd, 150–52

  German immigrants, 241

  ghost towns, prairie, 245–52

  golf, 94, 318

  Gomery inquiry, 291, 294–96

  See also sponsorship scandal

  Gotlieb, Allan, 180

  Grady, Wayne, 137–38

  grain elevators, 245, 249–50

  Granatstein, Jack, 172, 182

  Grant, George M., 33, 164, 172

  Great Slave Lake, 315

  Gretzky, Wayne, 96–97, 141

  Grey, Lord Earl, 289, 292–94

  Grey Cup, 123–24, 163

  Grey Owl, 133–34

  Grise Fiord, 318–19, 323

  Grove, Frederick Philip, 133

  Gruneau, Richard, 122

  Guy, Ray, 275

  Gwyn, Richard, 179, 238–39

  Gzowski, Peter, 122, 187–88, 287

  Haig-Brown, Roderick, 42–43

  Halifax, Nova Scotia, 30, 229–30, 237–38, 261

  Handley, Joe, 315

  Hans Island, 322–23

  Hansen, Rick, 32

  Happy Planet Index, 173

  Harper, Allen and Ethel, 211

  Harper, Chief John, 214

  Harper, Darryl and Saul, 214–15

  Harper, Elijah, Jr., 208–15, 222–23

  Harper, Stephen, 157–58, 163, 178, 181, 266–68, 274, 295, 306

  Harris, Cecil, 52

  Harris, Don and Marcia, 245

  Harris, Michael, 272

  health care, 89, 114, 141, 179, 287

  Hearne, Samuel, 138, 322

  Hébert, Louis-Philippe, 294

  Heinbecker, Paul, 48, 156, 167

  Henderson, Paul, 113–14, 119

  Heppner, Ben, 57–58

  Heritage Classic hockey game, 95–96, 122

  heroes, Canadian, 32, 45–46

  Herzberg, Gerhard, 241

  Hewitt, Foster, 113

  hitchhiking, 31–32, 65–66

  hockey, 94–125

  heroes, 45, 55–58

  history of, 115–22

  importance of, 89, 96–98, 110, 113–17, 123–25

  media coverage, 97–98, 122

  Olympic Games, 55–58, 96–97, 114

  owners’ lockout, 119–22

  “Rocket” Richard, 98–111

  as symbol, 110, 123–24

  violence, 97, 118–19, 121

  Hodgins, Jack, 5, 138

  Home Children, 230–31

  homeless people, 255

  Hooper, Bill, 150

  hotels, sale of CPR, 64–65, 159

  Howatt, Bonnie, 75

  Howe, Eric, 250, 286–87

  Howe, Joseph, 77

  Hudson, Henry, 204, 321–22

  humour, sense of, 40, 43–44, 117, 160–61

  Hungarian refugees, 231

  Hunt, William Holman, 126, 128–29

  Hunter, Bob, 175

  Hurtig, Mel, 181

  Hutchison, Bruce, 17–27, 31, 36, 98, 114, 138, 165, 234, 251, 259, 296

  Hutchison, Dorothy, 22, 24, 26

  Huxley, Aldous, 133, 138

  Ibbitson, John, 166, 175–77

  icons, road, 13

  Iginla, Jarome, 124

  Ignatieff, Michael, 13, 173, 177, 305–6

  immigrants to Canada, 135–37, 162–63, 176–77, 229–43, 262, 288

  Indian Act, 205–6

  Indian immigrants, 234–35

  internments, 234

  Inuit, 206, 316–19

  Inuvik, Northwest Territories, 242–43

  inventions by Canadians, 14–15, 48

  Iraq War, 142, 152–56, 163, 181

  Iroquois, 292–93

  Itorcheak, Adamee, 318

  Jackson, Matt, 65–66

  James Bay Agreement, 198, 223

  James Bay Cree, 85, 186, 196–98, 223, 227

  See also Diamond, Billy

  James Bay project, 193, 196–200, 207, 227

  Jameson, Anna B., 260

  Janovicek, Nancy, 203–4

  Japanese Canadians, 234

  Jewish immigrants, 30, 233, 237, 240–41

  Jiminy Cricket, Canada as, 166–67, 179–80, 181

  Joe Canadian (Molson beer ad), 64

  Johnson, Lyndon B., 164

  Johnson, Pauline, 133

  Johnston, Wayne, 271

  Joinville, Denis, 106

  Kanatewat, Robert, 196–97, 200–202

  Kanawatiron, 215–16

  Kashechewan reserve, 223–24

  Katapatuk, Lawrence, 187–92

  Kelowna Accord, 226–27

  King, Dave, 120

  King, William Lyon Mackenzie, 23, 45, 155

  Kingwell, Mark, 48

  Klassen, Cindy, 55

  Komagata Maru incident, 233

  Krause, Clifford, 171–73

  Labrador, 85

  Lainesse, Marie-Eve, 294–96

  Lake of Two Rivers, 326–31

  Lamb, Jamie, 19, 23

  Landry, Bernard, 291

  landscape. See nature and landscape

  LaPierre, Laurier, 73

  Lassonde, Dominique, 311–12

  Laurence, Margaret, 288

  Laurier, Sir Wilfrid, 141, 302, 306–8

  Lavallée, Calixa, 290

  Layton, Jack, 262–63

  Leacock, Stephen, 38–39, 146

  l’École Polytechnicque massacre, 304

  Lemay, Marcel, 216

  “The Leper’s Squint” (Hodgins), 5

  Les Boys (film), 125

  Lester B. Pearson Peace Park, 179

  Letto, Doug, 278

  Lévesque, René, 18, 112

  Lewis, Wyndham, 287–88

  Lewisporte, Newfoundland, 150–52

  Liberal Party, 13, 173, 226, 266, 294, 305

  literacy stories, 49–54

  literature, Canadian, 133–39, 259–60

  Lougheed, Peter, 267

  Louie, Chief Clarence, 224–27

  Lower, Arthur, 63, 162

  Lowry, Malcolm, 44

  Loyalists, 145, 162

  Macdonald, Sir John A., 127, 130, 141, 161, 205–6, 290, 299, 302

  MacKay, Peter, 158

  Mackenzie Valley Pipeline, 207–8

  MacKinnon, Janice, 287

  Mackintosh, Gordon, 214

  MacLean, Angus, 75

  MacLennan, Hugh, 26–27, 76, 117, 146, 296

  Macpherson, Don, 112

  Malcolm, Andrew H., 40–41, 69, 130, 144

  Malik, Salah and Amani, 242–43

  Manitoba, 209–15, 262–63, 298–99

  Manning, Preston, 267

  marijuana decriminalization, 168, 170

  Martel, Yann, 65

  Martin, Paul, 44, 157, 183–84, 226, 266–67, 291

  Massey, Vincent, 323, 324

  Masson, Quebec, ferry, 308–10

  McCloy, Tom, 82

  McClung, Nellie, 231, 286

  McCourt, Edward, 31–32

  McCusker, Joan, 60

  McGee, Thomas D’Arcy, 133

  McGrath, James, 276

  McGregor, Gaile, 137

  M
cKenna, Frank, 157–58

  Meech Lake Accord

  defeat of, 72, 208–15, 222–23, 303

  Mercer, Rick, 157, 160–61, 170

  Mercredi, Ovide, 210–13

  Merkel, Gerald and George, 280–83, 285–86

  Messier, Mark, 96

  Métis, 219, 297–302

  Michaels, Lorne, 43

  military heroes, 130–33

  military strength, 142, 156, 158, 170, 182–85

  Millar, J.D., 14–15

  Monahan, Joanne, 262

  Monk, Henry Wentworth, 126–30

  Montreal, Quebec, 106–11, 253–59

  Montreal Canadiens, 108, 110, 125

  Moodie, Susanna, 136

  moose, as symbol, 168–69

  Morenz, Howie, 99–100, 110

  Morris, Jan, 58, 254

  Morton, W.L., 135, 144–45, 251

  Mount Royal, Montreal, Quebec, 256–59

  movies, Hollywood, 139–40

  Mowat, Farley, 164

  Mulroney, Brian, 67–69, 86–91, 223

  multiculturalism, 124, 231, 239

  See also immigrants to Canada

  municipalities, 262–63

  See also urbanization

  Munson, Jim, 3, 7–8

  Murphy, Raphael, 283–85

  Murphy, Rex, 165

  Murray, Glen, 265

  Murray, Sir George, 205

  Muslim immigrants, 242–43

  Myers, Gustavus, 232

  nature and landscape

  beauty of, 311–13, 318

  fear and wonder, 134–39, 252, 287–88

  ties with, 12–13, 251–52, 287–88, 326–31

  See also urbanization

  Nemni, Max and Monique, 12

  Newfoundland and Labrador, 150–52, 205, 239, 261, 269–80, 283–85

  Newman, Peter C., 45, 52, 64, 113, 238, 240–41, 319

  Nichol, bp, 44

  Nicol, Eric, 116, 260

  Nixon, Richard, 181, 183

  North West Mounted Police, 300–301

  Northwest Passage, 321–23

  Northwest Rebellion, 300–302

  Northwest Territories, 314–15

  Notre-Dame-des-Neiges, Montreal,

  Quebec, 258

  Nova Scotia, 77

  nuclear proliferation, 163–65

  October Crisis of 1970, 29, 303

  oil and gas, 143, 250, 266–68, 271, 276–78, 283–84, 286–87

  Oka Crisis, 215–22

  Okimaw, Moses, 212–13

  Olmsted, Frederick Law, 257–59

  Olympics, Winter Games, 55–59, 96–97, 114, 123, 139–40

  O’Neill, Brian, 119

  Ontario, 239, 253–54, 264

  Osoyoos Indian Band, 224–27

  O’Sullivan, Ashley, 285–86

  out-migration, 244–54, 268–79, 283–85

  Palmer, Vaughn, 19, 23–24

  Pangnirtung, 318

  Paper, Michel, 315, 317, 318

  Parizeau, Jacques, 155

  parks, urban, 256–59

  Parr, Joy, 203–4

  Parrish, Carolyn, 156–57

  Parti Québécois, 112, 303

  patriotism, Canadian, 331

  Paxman, Jeremy, 43, 162, 251

  peacekeeping role, 127, 172, 177–79, 181–82

  Pearson, Lester B., 23, 45, 62–63, 123, 141, 146, 164, 178–80, 303

  Peary, Robert, 322

  Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 229–30, 237–38, 240

  Plains of Abraham, Battle of, 80–81

  poetry, Canadian, 137

  polar bears, hybrid (grizlar), 316

  polls on Canadian life, 173–75, 179

  population statistics, 39, 263, 275, 277, 278–79

  potlatches, 205, 206

  Poundmaker, 205

  Powell, Colin, 152–54, 156

  prairies, 140–41, 245–52, 287–88

  Pratt, E.J., 134

  Prince Edward Island, 74–76, 264–65

  Progressive Conservative Party, 69

  Purdy, Al, 42–43, 313

  pure laine, 305

  Quebec, 289–325

  Citizens’ Forum in, 84–85, 88

  language laws, 304–5

  Meech Lake and, 24–25, 68–69, 76, 306

  referendum, first, 27, 294, 309

  referendum, second, 95, 154–55, 291, 294, 309

  Richard Riot, 57–58, 106–11

  sovereignty in future, 25, 238–39, 294–96, 308–10

  Quebec City, Quebec, 80, 261

  Quiet Revolution, 58, 107, 111–13

  racial diversity, 176

  racism, 29–30, 35–36, 305

  Rakoff, Vivian, 238

  Ralph, Wayne, 132–33

  Raymond, Bertrand, 57–58

  Raymore, Saskatchewan, 244–45, 280–83

  Reagan, Ronald, 148, 183

  Red Sucker Lake, Manitoba, 211–12

  Reed, Paul, 253–54

  Reform Party, 69, 92, 155, 173, 265, 267

  Regina riot, 30

  Republican Party, 265–66

  residential schools, 195, 211–12

  Reston, James, 180

  Richard, Maurice “Rocket”

  funeral, 98–106

  Richard Riot, 106–11

  Richardson, James, 206–7

  Richler, Mordecai, 4–5, 124–25

  Riel, Louis, 130, 297–302

  Riel Rebellion, 205

  riots in Canada, 30–31, 106–11

  Royal Commission on Aboriginals, 219–20

  Royal Commission on Renewing and

  Strengthening Our Place in Canada, 275, 279

  rules and laws, 29, 47, 140

  rural–urban split, 250–54, 264–69, 274, 282, 287–88

  Rwanda genocide, 184–85

  Rybczynski, Witold, 257, 259

  Salutin, Rick, 110

  same-sex marriage, 168–70, 176

  sanctuaries in cities, 256–59

  Saskatchewan

  farming, 280–83, 285–88

  out-migration, 246–52, 268, 275, 282

  Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 248–50, 261

  Saul, John Ralston, 45–47, 145, 209, 223, 290–91, 320, 323–25

  Savage, Paul, 59–60

  Scanlan, Lawrence, 118

  Schlessinger, Joe, 240

  Scott, Duncan Campbell, 206

  Scott, F.R., 155

  Scottish immigrants, 162–63, 171

  Searle, Ian, 311

  Second World War, 12, 30, 111, 145, 206, 230

  Seton, Ernest Thompson, 133–34

  Shuster, Joe, 45

  Sikh immigrants, 233, 240

  Simpson, George, 203

  Simpson, Jeffrey, 279

  Sinclair, Gordon, 181

  Singh, Amritpal, 240

  Small Legs, Nelson, Jr., 207–8

  Smallwood, Joey, 76, 271, 278

  Smith, Connie, 280, 283–85

  Smith, Stephen, 82

  Smuts, Saskatchewan, 246–47

  Smythe, Conn, 111, 112, 118

  South Park (movie), 183

  Spicer, Keith, 70–74, 78–79, 84, 86–88, 93

  Spicer Commission. See Citizen’s Forum

  on Canada’s Future

  sponsorship scandal, 171, 266, 291,

  294–96, 303–4, 308–9

  Sprott, Doug, 187–92, 200–202

  St. John’s, Newfoundland, 261, 263, 274, 276

  St. Philip’s, Newfoundland, 273

  Stackhouse, John, 31–32, 268

  Stanley Cup, 115–16, 120

  Ste-Catherine St., Montreal, Quebec, 254–56

  Stegner, Wallace, 268–69, 285

  Stewart, Joan, 28, 31, 34–36

  Stewart, Walter, 27–31, 33–36, 233

  Studin, Irvin, 38–39, 48

  Sudanese immigrants, 242–43

  superiority, Canadian sense of, 167

  Sutherland, Donald, 169–70

  Swan, Joseph, 216

  Sweetgrass, Montana,
142–43

  Sydenham, Lord, 205

  Tarkiasuk, Quitsak, 316–17

  Tate, Saskatchewan, 245–46

  taxes, 170, 263

  terrorist attacks, 9/11, 142, 147–49

  Thayendanegea, 218–19

  Thiessen, Kerv, 146–47

  Thomas, Frank and Rick, 218

  Thompson, David, 10, 138, 327

  Thomson, Tom, 130, 327, 331

  Thoreau, Henry David, 257, 283

  Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie, 260

  Todd, Jack, 110–11, 255

  Toronto, Ontario, 253–54, 259–63

  tourism, 174, 330

  trade with US, 143, 146

  Trainor, Winnifred, 327–28, 331

  Trans-Canada Highway, 32

  Tremblett, Larry, 271–72

  Trudeau, Pierre Elliott

  on Canada, 24–25, 68, 92, 180, 239

  funeral train, 1–9, 64, 81

  life and views of, 12, 27–28, 141, 183, 331

  Turner, Frederick Jackson, 140

  Twain, Shania, 125, 141

  Two Solitudes, new, 253–54

  United Nations, 13, 127, 129, 227–28

  United States and Canada, 142–67

  American views of Canadians, 41, 157–61, 179–80, 183

  Arctic sovereignty, 312, 320–22

  borders, 142–48

  Canada’s role, 166–67

  Canadian views of Americans, 40, 46–47, 60, 156–57, 160–67, 170, 182–83

  differences, 64–65, 149–50, 231–32

  immigration, 135–36, 231–32

  legal viewpoints, 140

  trade statistics, 143, 146

  urbanization, 134–35, 170, 176, 238, 251–69, 287–88

  Valdmanis, Dr. Alfred, 278

  Van Herk, Aritha, 48

  Vancouver, B.C., 22, 235–37, 253–55, 261–62

  Vancouver, Capt. George, 9, 22, 138

  Vanier, Georges, 149

  Verchères, Madeleine de, 289–94

  Verchères, Quebec, 289–91

  Verner, Julie, 324–25

  Vietnam War, 28, 163–64, 181

  Villemaire, Doris and Jim, 49, 53

  Von Heyking, Amy, 161

  Waddington, Miriam, 14

  War Measures Act, 29, 234, 303

  Watson, Harry “Moose,” 96

  Watson, William, 48

  Watt-Cloutier, Sheila, 317

  Wells, Clyde, 68, 208–9, 222–23, 277

  Welsh, Jennifer, 182–85, 203

  Western alienation, 69, 85, 264–68

  Westerners and Meech Lake, 69

  Wharton, Francis, 52

  Whitlock, Fred, 282

  Whitlock, John and Ellen, 244–45

  Whitson, David J., 122, 249

  Williams, Danny, 277

  Winnipeg, Manitoba, 261–63, 265

  Wodehouse, P.G., 171

  Wong, Jan, 304–5

  Woodcock, George, 46, 130

  Yamaha canoe. See Cree–Yamaha canoe

  Yellowknife, 315

  Young, Vic, 275

 

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