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Discovered some interesting passages on the Abdication Crisis of 1936 in WLMK’s Diary. Difficulty arises over a UK dispatch. King is sympathetic to the need for swift action but Canada

At the request of @EricGrenierCBC, here are some more colourizations of the past, courtesy of Deoldify. We begin in John A Macdonald’s Ottawa. The original parliament buildings from the back

I’ve been playing around with Deoldify to colourize moments in Canadian political history. I’ve been impressed with the results...This was the funeral procession for Wilfrid Laurier outside of the Museum