Ontario

Living Memory · 1980

The Marathon of Hope: Terry Fox, 143 Days, and the Run Canada Has Never Stopped Finishing

In April 1980 a 21 year old from Port Coquitlam dipped his artificial leg in the Atlantic and started running a marathon a day across Canada. He never reached the Pacific. Canada has been finishing his run ever since.

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Postwar Canada · 1959

The Day the Arrow Died: The Avro Arrow Cancellation, February 20, 1959

The Avro Arrow was a genuinely advanced interceptor built at Malton, Ontario. On February 20, 1959, Ottawa cancelled it, 14,000 people lost their jobs, and the aircraft were cut up. This is what the record supports.

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