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Centennial Year and Half Century

cohn: City of Montreal Archives / NYT By Martin Regg Cohn Ontario Politics Columnist Fri., June 30, 2017 Measured against the exuberance of Expo 67, today's birthday feels strangely subdued as much a day of reflection as celebration, according to Toronto Star. How very Canadian. For our centennial year turned out to be the calm before the storm, and we are only now reborn, writes Martin Regg Cohn. A half century after our centenary we are less celebratory and more understated than ever. For our centennial year turned out to be the calm before the storm, and we are only now reborn. But at 150, Canada is not just older and wiser than in 1967, it is immeasurably better. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.