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In 1931, after insistent representation from the Canadian Legion, Parliament amended the Armistice Day Act to ensure that Nov. 11 would be set aside as a day distinct and apart from any other observance upon which the nation could pay special tribute to those "who gave their lives that freedom might prevail."

In 1970, an Act known as "The Holidays Act" was passed by Parliament which included, among other holidays, Remembrance Day. An extract of that act reads as follows:

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After nine years of Tory rule, Manitoba chiefs have expressed strong optimism in the newly elected Liberal government

Having urged First Nations to vote and having given the Liberals high marks on a pre-election report card, the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) is confident a Liberal mandate will help advance First Nation interests.

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After nine years of Tory rule, Manitoba chiefs have expressed strong optimism in the newly elected Liberal government

Having urged First Nations to vote and having given the Liberals high marks on a pre-election report card, the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) is confident a Liberal mandate will help advance First Nation interests.

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After nine years of Tory rule, Manitoba chiefs have expressed strong optimism in the newly elected Liberal government

Having urged First Nations to vote and having given the Liberals high marks on a pre-election report card, the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) is confident a Liberal mandate will help advance First Nation interests.

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After nine years of Tory rule, Manitoba chiefs have expressed strong optimism in the newly elected Liberal government

Having urged First Nations to vote and having given the Liberals high marks on a pre-election report card, the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) is confident a Liberal mandate will help advance First Nation interests.

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The other candidates weren't even close as Liberal Ethel Blondin-Andrew swept the Oct. 26 federal election to win a second term as MP of the Western Arctic.

Blondin-Andrew took 62 per cent of the total vote. Second place went to Mansell Grey of the Reform party with 14 per cent, third to Progressive Conservative Martin Hanly at 13 per cent, and trailing in fourth, the NDP candidate Bill Schram, with 6 per cent of the votes.

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The other candidates weren't even close as Liberal Ethel Blondin-Andrew swept the Oct. 26 federal election to win a second term as MP of the Western Arctic.

Blondin-Andrew took 62 per cent of the total vote. Second place went to Mansell Grey of the Reform party with 14 per cent, third to Progressive Conservative Martin Hanly at 13 per cent, and trailing in fourth, the NDP candidate Bill Schram, with 6 per cent of the votes.

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The other candidates weren't even close as Liberal Ethel Blondin-Andrew swept the Oct. 26 federal election to win a second term as MP of the Western Arctic.

Blondin-Andrew took 62 per cent of the total vote. Second place went to Mansell Grey of the Reform party with 14 per cent, third to Progressive Conservative Martin Hanly at 13 per cent, and trailing in fourth, the NDP candidate Bill Schram, with 6 per cent of the votes.

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The other candidates weren't even close as Liberal Ethel Blondin-Andrew swept the Oct. 26 federal election to win a second term as MP of the Western Arctic.

Blondin-Andrew took 62 per cent of the total vote. Second place went to Mansell Grey of the Reform party with 14 per cent, third to Progressive Conservative Martin Hanly at 13 per cent, and trailing in fourth, the NDP candidate Bill Schram, with 6 per cent of the votes.

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A combination of bush smarts and determination kept three teens alive after being stranded on a small lake island for 24 days without food or shelter.

The youths, two girls and a boy, survived on wild berries and water, keeping warm by the heat of a camp-fire they kept lit day and night. By the time an RCMP search team reached the island, the girls were so weak they couldn't walk.

Their three-week nightmare ended less than two hours after the RCMP boat and helicopter team started searching the Frog Lake area.