Departments -> Past Perfect -> 1994: Prime Minister Honoured
10 years ago
The XVII Olympic Winter Games ended in Lillehammer, Norway. Canadian athletes Myriam Bdard and Jean-Luc Brassard brought home three gold medals.
At the University of Ottawa, Huguette Labelle was made Chancellor during convocation. On the same occasion, former Prime Minister Jean Chrtien received an honourary doctorate.
25 years ago
Joe Clarks Conservatives won the federal election in May, but Pierre Elliott Trudeau was back in power nine months later.
At the University of Ottawa, in football, the formidable Gee-Gees won the Panda trophy after crushing the Carleton University Ravens at the 25th Panda Game.
50 years ago
At age 16, Torontonian Marilyn Bell became the first person to swim across Lake Ontario, from Youngstown, N.Y., to Toronto. Later, she would also be the youngest person to swim the English Channel and the Juan de Fuca Strait.
At the University of Ottawa, students Jean-Luc Pepin and Maurice Reignier won the intervarsity oratorical debate held by La Ligue Villeneuve. The competition included the universities of Montral, Laval and Ottawa.
100 years ago
"The Ocean" passenger train made its first run between Montral and Halifax. It is Canadas longest running train having operated continuously over the same 1,400-km route.
At the University of Ottawa, following the fire of 1903 that completely destroyed the Universitys main building, New York architect A.O. Von Herbulis was hired to draw the plans for Tabaret Hall. Completely fireproof, it would be among the first buildings in Canada built of reinforced concrete.
150 years ago
In 1854, fire destroyed the legislature in Quebec City, the capital of United Canada, alternating in this role with Kingston, Montral and Toronto. A few years later, in 1857, Ottawa was officially named the nations capital and it was decided to build the Parliament Buildings.
At the University of Ottawa, Bytown College was housed in a magnificent Palladian stone building in Ottawas lower town.