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1950

1950

The Postwar Immigrant Wave

A new stream of war-ravaged Europeans once again shakes up Canada's demographics

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1951

Potlatch Ban Ends

The controversial policy is lifted from the Indian Act after decades of Indigenous rebellion

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1952

W.A.C. Bennett Transforms B.C.

Longest-serving premier modernizes the province with infrastructure projects

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1952

Cheslatta Lose Their Land

Central Interior band say a government official forged documents surrendering their territory

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1953

Doukhobor Children Interned

A decade of “hell” for children at the New Denver sanatorium

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1953

The Birth of Kitimat

An ambitious industrial project transforms Kitamaat and Kitlope territory

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1956

Sinixt Nation Declared Extinct

A desire for dams coincides with a dubious designation

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