Events January 28 - Women are given the right to vote in Manitoba, after protests by people such as Nellie McClung February 3 - The Parliament of Canada burns down February 10 - An anti-German riot hits Calgary March 14 - Saskatchewan women get the vote April 6-April 19 - WWI: The Battle of Messines is fought, the Canadian forces are forced to retreat by the intensive German onslaught April 19 - Alberta women get the vote June 1-June 13 - WWI: Canadians fight in the Battle of Mont Sorrel July 1 - Prohibition on alchohol in introduced in Alberta July 29 The Matheson Fire in the region northwest of North Bay begins. It eventually takes the lives of between 200 and 250 people and destroys six towns, including Matheson and Cochrane November 23 - Harlan Brewster becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing William Bowser October 20 - William Martin becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing Walter Scott Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire becomes Governor General of Canada replacing Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught The first Doukhobors arrive in Alberta 25,000 Canadians and Newfoundlanders are killed at the Battle of the Somme The Montreal Canadiens beat the Portland Rosebuds of the Pacific Coast League to win their first Stanley Cup Arts and Literature New Works Lucy Maud Montgomery - The Watchman & Other Poems Max Aitken - Canada in Flanders Births February 4 - Pudlo Pudlat, artist February 14 - Jean Drapeau, mayor of Montreal April 27 - Myfanwy Pavelic, artist May 3 - Léopold Simoneau, tenor June 20 - Jean-Jacques Bertrand, Premier of Quebec July 16 - John Gallagher, industrialist November 23 - P.K. Page, author December 7 - Margaret Carse, dancer December 16 - Harry Gunning, scientist Deaths