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Events from the year 1918 in Canada .
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March 1 - Harlan Brewster , premier of British Columbia , dies in office
March 6 - John Oliver becomes premier of British Columbia
March 28 – April 1 – In the Easter Riots in Quebec City , the Militia suppress anti-conscription protesters. Four civilians are killed.
March 30 - C Squadron of Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) conducts a cavalry charge against the Germans at Moreuil Wood . The squadron suffers atrocious casualties, but the action is one of the keys of halting the German advance in Operation Michael . Lieutenant Gordon Flowerdew will be awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously.
April 21 - Canadian Captain Roy Brown (209 Squadron, RAF ) supposedly shoots down the famed Red Baron . More accepted theories credit either Sergeant Cedric Popkin (Australian 24th Machine Gun Company), Gunner Snowy Evans or Gunner Robert Buie (both of 53rd Battery, 14th Field Artillery Brigade, RAA ) with the kill.
May 24 - Canadian women (except status Indians) obtain the right to vote in federal elections (even if they did not yet have the right to vote in provincial elections); some limited women's suffrage had been granted the year earlier. Status Indians gained federal suffrage in 1960.[ 1]
August 2 - The first general strike in Canada occurred in Vancouver, British Columbia, triggered by the murder of Ginger Goodwin .
August 8 - World War I: At the Battle of Amiens superior Canadian gunners assist a great allied breakthrough (also called Canada's 100 Days )
August 26 – September 3 – Battle of Arras, 1918
September - Canadian forces arrive in northern Russia to assist the White Russians in their battle against the Bolsheviks
September 2–3 – Battle of Drocourt-Quéant Line
September 9–12 – Battle of the Hindenburg Line
September 27–October 2 – Battle of Canal du Nord
October - A second group of Canadian forces is sent to Siberia
October 8–9 – Battle of Cambrai (1918)
November 1–2 – Battle of Valenciennes
November 11 - The First World War ends. Over 600 000 Canadians fought in Europe: 70 000 were killed and 173 000 were wounded
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Arts and literature [ edit ]
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January to June [ edit ]
February 6 - Louis Dudek , poet, literary critic and publisher (d.2001 )
February 13 - Ross Whicher , politician and businessman (d.2002 )
February 22 - Sid Abel , ice hockey player and coach (d.2000 )
February 27 - Marcel Bourbonnais , politician (d.1996 )
April 2 - Marion Bryden , politician (d.2013 )
April 23 - Margaret Avison , poet (d.2007 )
May 15 - Saul Laskin , politician and 1st Mayor of Thunder Bay (d.2008 )
May 15 - Joseph Wiseman , actor (d. 2009 )
May 28 - Johnny Wayne , comedian and comedy writer (d.1990 )
June 10 – Barry Morse , actor (d.2008 )
July to December [ edit ]
July 15 - Bertram Brockhouse , physicist, shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1994 (d.2003 )
July 18 - Nelson Mandela , one of only two honorary Canadian citizens
August 5 - Betty Oliphant , ballet mistress, co-founder of the National Ballet School of Canada (d.2004 )
October 25 - Bobby Gimby , orchestra leader, trumpeter and singer-songwriter (d.1998 )
November 13 - George Grant , philosopher, teacher and political commentator (d.1988 )
November 17 - Prosper Boulanger , politician and businessman (d.2002 )
November 19 - Lloyd Crouse , businessman, politician and Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (d.2007 )
December 20 - Jean Marchand , trade unionist and politician (d.1988 )
December 30 - Al Purdy , poet (d.2000 )
John McCrae in uniform, circa 1914
January 28 - John McCrae , poet, physician, author, artist and soldier (b.1872 )
March 1 - Harlan Carey Brewster , politician and Premier of British Columbia (b.1870 )
March 21 - Henry Joseph Walker , politician and merchant (b.1849 )
April 9 - Charles Fleetford Sise , businessman (b.1834 )
August 18 - Henry Norwest , sniper in World War I (b.1884 )
October 11 - Wallace Lloyd Algie , Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1891 )
October 18 - Pierre-Évariste Leblanc , politician and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b.1853 )
November 11 - George Lawrence Price , last Commonwealth casualty of World War I (b.1898 )
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^ Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women. http://criaw-icref.ca/millenium
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