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Julie Payette(NASA) FEATURE VIDEO Dawna Friesen. Global News/Global National
Dawna Friesen: career highlights
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Check out This Month in Canadian Herstory: September
Sixteen-year-old Marilyn Bell became the first person to ...

Women's History Month
It's time to start planning events for Women's History Month in Canada: October. What can you do to celebrate? Click here for ideas.

Emily Carr Statue to be Unveiled in Women's History Month

The First Canadian Women to Anchor National Evening Newscasts
Dawna Friesen becomes anchor on Global in September
Lisa LaFlamme succeeds Lloyd Robertson at CTV

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The Right Honourable Kim Campbell, Canada's 19th Prime Minister
Kootenay Feminism, A Digital Timeline of 2nd Wave Feminism in the West Kootenays
 
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FEATURE PHOTOLake Louise C-029447)

Swimming at Chateau Lake Louise, Banff National Park, in the 1930s
(Canada.Dept. of Interior/Library and Archives Canada/C-029447).
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