….in Canada
1917 is often referred to as the worst year in Canadian history. In that year we saw the highest casualty figures for Canada during WWI. The death toll at Vimy Ridge alone was 3598 with another 7000 injured.
The city of Halifax was destroyed when two ships collided in Halifax Harbour, killing 1900 civilians and injuring 9000 in a town of 50 000. It was the worst man-made destruction of a city until 1945.
The conscription policy divided the country in one of the most bitter elections ever in 1917 but on the upside some women were granted the right to vote if they had a husband, father or brother who served in the war.
It was also the year that the Nation Hockey League (NHL) was established but not until an American team won the Stanley Cup for the first time earlier in the year. Tom Thomson, a famous Canadian artist, also died that year under mysterious circumstances.
Today I went to Montgomery’s Inn to sign up as a volunteer. While I was there I happened upon a wonderful art display of paintings depicting what happened in Canada in 1917.
Mama Cormier 
1917 certainly was an “annus horribilis” for Canada, but just look at the proud country it still is 101 years later!
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Thank you. I’m very proud of the country I live in. Canada is by no means perfect but I love it, warts and all.
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An interesting summary of one year in the life of a young country. I was aware of each of these events, but had never linked them all to one year.
btw – I LOVE the Montgomery Inn. What kind of volunteer work will you be doing there?
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I’m very excited about my new job. I’ll be making bread that will be sold at the Farmer’s Market on Wednesdays. On Tuesday I will help with prepping the dough and on Wednesday we get the fire going in the outside oven and bake the bread in time to sell it by 2:00.
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Oh yum! I remember how good that bread was. Too bad it’s such a long way from the east end otherwise I’d be there every Wednesday 🙂
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I guess it depends how far to the east you are. If you lived in The Beach you could come straight across the Gardner and up Islington. I remember when our youngest daughter lived uptown it would take us 40 minutes to get to her place and now that she lives in Hamilton it takes the same amount of time and she’s in another city.
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