Today in history: Women declared "persons" 95 years ago

In 1646 , Rev. Isaac Jogues , 39 , a Jesuit priest and founder of the Mohawk mission, was killed in Midland , Ont . He was considered a sorcerer by the Mohawks for spreading smallpox during an earlier peace mission.

In 1748 , France and Britain signed the “Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ” under which Louisbourg , N.S. , was returned to France in return for Madras , India .

In 1951 , Canada agreed to maintain an army and air force in Europe under NATO .

In 2010 , Naheed Nenshi , a 38-year-old business professor, was elected mayor of Calgary .

Russell Williams pleaded guilty in a Belleville , Ont ., court to two counts of first -degree murder in the deaths of Jessica Lloyd and Cpl . Marie-France Comeau .

In 2011 , the federal government tabled its long-promised bill to end the Canadian Wheat Board's 60-year monopoly on western wheat and barley sales.

In 2021 , Russia suspended its mission to NATO and closed NATO ’s military liaison and information offices in Moscow .

Hong Kong banned all direct flights from Vancouver operated by Air Canada for two weeks in response to an imported COVID-19 case.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was publicly reprimanded for vacationing in Tofino on Canada 's first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation .