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* ... that the first Miss Indigenous Canada contestants were judged on ambassadorship, character, community service, and cultural involvement?
* ... that the first '''[[Miss Indigenous Canada]]''' contestants were judged on ambassadorship, character, community service, and cultural involvement?
* ... that as of 2019, inclusion in the International Register of Electors no longer requires residency in Canada in the preceding five years?
* ... that as of 2019, inclusion in the '''[[International Register of Electors]]''' no longer requires residency in Canada in the preceding five years?
* ... that journalist '''[[Jacques Poitras]]''' spent a month repeatedly crossing the "''[[Canada–United States border|Imaginary Line]]''" separating [[New Brunswick]] and [[Maine]] in order to publish a book about it?
* ... that there is an '''[[Head Harbour Lighthouse|East Quoddy Head Lighthouse]]''' and a [[West Quoddy Head Light]]house on opposite sides of a bay, but one is in Canada and the other is in the United States?
* ... that after years of development, the British '''[[Gloster P.370|thin-wing Javelin]]''' [[interceptor aircraft]] was cancelled in favour of purchasing the Canadian [[Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow|Avro Arrow]]?
:[[Canadian National Railway]] and [[Canadian Pacific Kansas City]] lock out roughly 10,000 [[Trade union|unionized]] [[Rail transport|railroad workers]] in [[Canada]], leading to a railway stoppage that impacts many [[North America]]n [[supply chain]]s and may cost the [[economy of Canada]] [[Canadian dollar|C$]]341 million per day. [https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/canadian-national-railways-canadian-pacific-lock-out-teamsters-union-workers-2024-08-22/ (Reuters)]
:In response to the railway stoppage, [[Minister of Labour (Canada)|Canadian labour minister]] [[Steven MacKinnon]] refers the two disputes to [[binding arbitration]]. [https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cn-railway-cpkc-lockout-job-action-negotiations-1.7301419 (CBC News)]
:[[Canada]]'s two largest [[rail freight transport|freight railroads]] [[Canadian Pacific Kansas City]] and [[Canadian National Railway]] announce a [[2024 Canada railway shutdown|complete shutdown of services]] due to a contract dispute, shutting out its [[Teamsters Canada|Teamsters]]-represented union workers. [https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/canadian-national-railways-canadian-pacific-lock-out-teamsters-union-workers-2024-08-22/ (Reuters)] [https://apnews.com/article/canadian-railroad-unions-cpkc-csx-a8b705c9b2e69bb8a8bc97d28f0be23c (AP)]
:In the first-ever men's [[breakdancing]] event at the Olympics, [[Philip Kim (breakdancer)|Philip "Phil Wizard" Kim]] of [[Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Canada]] wins the [[Breaking at the 2024 Summer Olympics – B-Boys|B-Boys]] gold medal, with [[Danis Civil|Danis "Dany Dann" Civil]] of [[France at the 2024 Summer Olympics|France]] winning the silver and [[Victor Montalvo]] of the [[United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics|United States]] winning the bronze. [https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/breaking/breaking-phil-kim-b-boys-olympics-august-10-1.7290940 (CBC News)]
:One person is killed and at least 40 others are injured when a tent collapses in a [[windstorm]] at a [[Buddhist]] [[retreat (spiritual)|retreat]] in [[Busby, Alberta|Busby]], [[Alberta]], [[Canada]]. [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/1-dead-dozens-hurt-in-tent-collapse-at-buddhist-meditation-centre-near-edmonton-1.7281954 (CBC News)]
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