April
2
Alberta almanac
On this day in Alberta
12 moments and Albertans connected to 2 April, spanning 1885 to 1997.
- 8 born
- 3 died
- 1 happened
1885
The Frog Lake killings
Cree warriors led by Wandering Spirit killed nine people at the Frog Lake settlement during the North-West Resistance — events rooted in the starvation and broken promises of the treaty years.
The Canadian Encyclopedia ↗1998
Vriend v. Alberta
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled unanimously that Alberta's human-rights law must protect against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, reading the protection into provincial law.
Supreme Court of Canada ↗
- 1885Frog Lake MassacreHappened
uprising during the North-West Rebellion in western Canada
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