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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

He was an obscure Canadian law professor. She was the world's most celebrated woman.

For two years, they collaborated in the creation of one of the modern world's great documents, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted on December 10, 1948.

Fourth Generation Vancouverite

Discover the significance of some lost treasures relating to the history of Vancouver.
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1939 - The first Canadian troop convoy sailed for Britain escorted out of Halifax by HMC ships Ottawa, Restigouche, Fraser and St. Laurent.

"Canadians do not like heroes, and so they do not have them."
- George Woodcock

By the time the Klondike Gold Rush ended in 1898, the prospectors had spent about the same amount of money (some $50 million) reaching the gold fields as they managed to gain from the diggings.