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    Disasters

    This timeline lists natural and man-made disasters in Canadian history.

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    Discovery

    Discovery, famous ship belonging to the East India Company, which first sailed into the Arctic under the command of George Weymouth in 1602. The same ship was used by Henry HUDSON to explore Hudson Bay in 1610. Hudson was cut

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    Discovery Day

    Discovery Day is a statutory holiday in Yukon commemorating the discovery of gold that set off the Klondike Gold Rush and led to the formation of the territory.

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    Disease

    In recent years genetic diseases have become better understood since they are dependent on a fault in the normal gene sequence that controls body activities.

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    Distance Learning

    Distance education or distance learning commonly refers to formal education offerings where instructor and learner are physically separated and where learners can study appropriately designed materials at a place, time and pace of their own choosing.

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    Distilling Industry

    The distilling industry is that part of the food and beverage industries engaged in clarifying, flavouring, blending and aging alcohol to make potable spirits (eg, brandies, grain spirits, rum) and establishments which manufacture ethyl alcohol, whether they are or are not used in potable spirits.

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    Distinctive Brains of Psychopaths

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on January 22, 1996. Partner content is not updated. In British author Philip Kerr's futuristic novel, A Philosophical Investigation, scientists can determine whether a man is prone to violent criminal behavior by administering a brain scan to detect an abnormality.

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    Distribution of Powers

    Canada is a federal state. This means that the powers and duties of government are split between two levels. There is one national (central, or federal) government and many smaller regional (provincial) ones. The areas of jurisdiction for each level were first outlined at the Quebec Conference in 1864. (See Quebec Resolutions.) They are enshrined in the Constitution Act, 1867. They have been a source of debate and tension between the provinces and the federal government since Confederation. (See Federal-Provincial Relations.) Despite that, this part of the Constitution has remained largely unchanged since then.

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    Diving

    The sport of diving can be traced back to 400 BC through pictures on Egyptian and Roman vases. Plain diving was practised from cliffs to the oceans during the 8th to 10th centuries by Vikings in Sweden and later in the 1770s by Indians in Acapulco, Mexico.

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    Divorce in Canada

    ​​Marriages in Canada can be dissolved through annulment or divorce, both of which involve a judicial decree.

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    Dobsonfly

    The dobsonfly is a large (100-140 mm), soft-bodied freshwater insect of order Megaloptera, family Corydalidae; smaller forms are called fishflies.

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    Dock

    Dock, herbaceous plant of genus Rumex, family Polygonaceae (buckwheat); most docks are perennial.

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    Doctor Averts Euthanasia Trial

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on March 9, 1998. Partner content is not updated. For someone facing the prospect of being sent to trial on a charge of murder, Nancy Morrison appeared remarkably calm. As she stood to one side of a packed courtroom in Halifax last Friday morning, the 42-year-old respirologist spoke amiably with one of her defence lawyers.

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    Doctor Charged in Patient's Death

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on May 19, 1997. Partner content is not updated. Late last September, Paul Mills’s family was deeply distressed over his battle with throat cancer in a Moncton, N.B., hospital. In the hope that more advanced treatment might help, they transferred him to the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre in Halifax.

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    Doctrine of Discovery

    The Doctrine of Discovery refers to a set of international legal principles largely developed between the 15th and 16th centuries. At its core, the Doctrine maintains that upon discovery of new lands, European nations could acquire the territory and sovereignty over it. However, the territory had to be unknown to Europeans, unoccupied by a Christian prince or inhabited by people Europeans considered “uncivilized.” It serves as the basis of sovereignty for settler nations, such as Canada and the United States. Settler nations are countries with an Indigenous population, but whose government and cultural norms were established by people who moved there from other countries. In addition, the Doctrine created conditions for the legal, political and economic dispossession and subjugation of Indigenous peoples globally. This article is a full-length entry about Doctrine of Discovery. For a plain-language summary, please see Doctrine of Discovery (Plain-Language Summary).

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