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6 days ago · e. Sir John Alexander Macdonald [a] GCB PC QC ( 10 or 11 January 1815 [b] – 6 June 1891) was the first prime minister of Canada, serving from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 until his death in 1891. He was the dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, and had a political career that spanned almost half a century.
Jun 23, 2024 · Sir John Macdonald was the first prime minister of the Dominion of Canada (1867–73, 1878–91), who led Canada through its period of early growth. Though accused of devious and unscrupulous methods, he is remembered for his achievements.
1 day ago · Things heated up at the Charlottetown Conference in 1864. Originally meant for a small union talk it turned into a big deal when leaders from the Province of Canada like John A. Macdonald and George-Étienne Cartier showed up. They saw a chance to team up for better business and to fend off outside threats.
Jun 19, 2024 · The Battle of (the) Trebbia (17 [6 OS] – 20 [9 OS] June, 1799) was fought near the rivers of Tidone, Trebbia, and Nure in northern Italy between the joint Russian and Habsburg army under Alexander Suvorov and the Republican French army of Étienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald.
5 days ago · William Lyon Mackenzie [a] (March 12, 1795 – August 28, 1861) was a Scottish Canadian-American journalist and politician. He founded newspapers critical of the Family Compact, a term used to identify elite members of Upper Canada. He represented York County in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada and aligned with Reformers.
Jun 14, 2024 · Morgan MacDonald, who is restoring the bronze statues that dominate the Newfoundland National War Memorial, says it's a 'huge honour.'
4 days ago · I added that parenthetical aside because I was already working on another article on Starbucks with my lead author in the first piece, Louis-Étienne Dubois. We had both noticed how one of the key exemplars of the Experience Economy was making so many decisions that lessened the experience in its “third places”, harmed its perceived ...
