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Question

I need to do a newspaper article about the times in Canada in the 1920s and the war and all that. Does anybody know any info on WW1 or WW2 or inportant people in that time (in Canada mostly) or any sites with info are stuff that would be good for a newspaper article please!

Answer 1

http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/canadianhistory/depression/depression.html
Throughout the years of 1929 to 1939, there was a world wide Depression and Canada was one of the worst affected countries. Financially and economically the country began to collapse regardless of what was done by political power

http://www.publichistory.org/reviews/view_review.asp?DBID=51
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GOD bless.

Answer 2

"And the war and all that"?

Canada wasn't at war in the 1920s. World War I (aka the "Great War") ended in 1918, and nobody in the 1920s knew that WWII would be coming in 1940.

As for WWI, Canada had a rough time of it. The Canadians fought with the other Commonwealth forces and the British had a tendency to use "the colonials" as cannon fodder. Canadians took the brunt of the poison gas attacks at Ypres, for instance.

As for important people, here is a list of Canadian Prime Ministers:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Ministers_of_Canada

Answer 3

Search the web for Canadian History in the 1920's

Answer 4

Well, this would depend on what exactly your newspaper article is about.

Here is a timeline of canadian action in world war 1.

TIMELINE FOR CANADA
1914

July 29 ~ Britain warns Canada of deteriorating situation in Europe.
Aug 02 ~ Canada offers Britain troops for overseas service.
Aug 05 ~ Britain declares war. Canada is automatically at war.
Aug 06 ~ Britain accepts Canada's offer of troops.
Aug 19 ~ The first volunteers begin to arrive at Valcartier camp.
Sept 04 ~ Aproximately 32,000 men have assembled at Valcartier.
Oct 03 ~ 1st contingent Canadian Expeditionary Force sails for England.
Oct 14 ~ 1st contingent C.E.F. arrives in England.
Dec 21 ~ Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry arrives in France. The first Canadian unit committed to battle in the Great War.
1915

Feb 07 ~ 1st Canadian Division begins moving to France.
Mar 03 ~ 1st Canadian Division is made responsible for 6000m of front near Fleurbaix.
April 01 ~ 1st Canadian Division is moved north to the Ypres Salient.
Apr 22 ~ Battle of Ypres. First use of poison gas against French.
Apr 24 ~ Battle of St.Julien. First use of poison gas against Canadian troops.
May 05 ~ Lt-Col John McCrae of the Canadian Expeditionary Force composed the well-known poem In Flanders Fields.
May 18 ~ Battle of Festubert.
May 25 ~ Second Canadian Division formed in Canada.
June 15 ~ Battle of Givenchy.
Sept 19 ~ Newfoundland Regiment lands at Suvla Bay in Gallipoli.
Nov 16 ~ Canadian's launched their first trench raid at Riviere Douve.
Dec 20 ~ Newfoundland Regiment evacuated from Suvla Bay
Dec 25 ~ 3rd Canadian Division formed.
1916

Apr 06 ~ The Battle of St.Eloi Craters.
Jun 02 ~ Battle of Mount Sorrel. Major General Mercer killed.
Sept 15 ~ Battle of Courcelette. First use of the tank and the rolling barrage.
Sept 26 ~ Battle of Thiepval Ridge.
Nov ~ Sir Samuel Hughes Minister of Militia and Defense is sacked by Prime Minister Borden.
1917

Apr 09 ~ The Battle of Vimy Ridge.
June 11 ~ Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden introduced a Military Service Bill.
Aug 15 ~ Battle for Hill 70. First use of mustard gas against Canadians.
Oct 26 ~ The Battle of Passchendaele
Aug 29 ~ Conscription became law in Canada.
Nov ~ Prime Minister Borden's Unionists win a majority in the federal election.
Nov 20 ~ The Battle of Cambrai.
Dec 06 ~ The Halifax Explosion. French munitions vessel Mont Blanc explodes in Halifax Harbour killing almost 1600 people.
1918

Jan ~ Conscription now in force.
March 21 ~ German Offensive begins.
March 30 ~ Canadian Cavalry attack at Moreuil Wood.
Aug 08 ~ The Battle of Amiens. The beginning of what is known as Canada's Hundred Days.
Aug 26 ~ The Battle of the Scarpe.
Sept 02 ~ The Battle of the Drocourt-Queant Line.
Sept 27 ~ The Battle of the Canal Du Nord and Cambrai.
Nov 02 ~ The Canadian Corps capture the town of Valenciennes in its last major battle of the war.
Nov 10 ~ The Canadian Corps Reached the outskirts of Mons.
Nov 11 ~ At 10:58am Private George Price of the 28th Battalion is killed by a sniper. Two minutes later at 11:00am the armistice came into effect. The war was over.

Answer 5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_in_the_World_Wars_and_Interwar_Years