January 26 – An
Order in Council mandates the use of the
Canadian Red Ensign on Canadian government buildings outside Canada. It the first officially allowed use of the flag on land, although it has been used unofficially for many years.
June – Rodeo's first one-hand bareback rigging is designed and made by rodeo cowboy and saddle maker
Earl Bascom at the Bascom Ranch in Stirling, Alberta
August –
Mars is closer to
Earth than it has been for many years and mysterious wireless signals are picked up at a
Vancouver wireless station. It is thought by some to be evidence of martian contact.[2]
The
Edmonton Grads win their first international basketball tournament held as part of the
1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. As it was only a demonstration sport, no medals were awarded. The Grads would dominate women's basketball tournaments from 1924 to 1936.[3]
^"Eleventh Report" (July 1, 1924), Proceedings (Revised) of the Select Standing Committee on Banking and Commerce[....], pgs. xii-xiii. Accessed 19 October 2020
^"Smallpox at Windsor" The Canadian Red Cross, Vol. III, No. 6 (June 1924), pg. 5. Accessed 30 April 2020 (See
"Vaccination" appeal from P.E.I. Red Cross)
^Fred P. Carleton,
"Notes of the Labrador Dialect" Among the Deep-Sea Fishers, Vol. XXI, No. 4 (January 1924), pgs. 138-9. Accessed 29 April 2020
^Bernard K. Sandwell,
"On Being Sorry for Ourselves" The Empire Club of Canada Addresses, pgs. 31-44. Accessed 29 April 2020
January 26 – An
Order in Council mandates the use of the
Canadian Red Ensign on Canadian government buildings outside Canada. It the first officially allowed use of the flag on land, although it has been used unofficially for many years.
June – Rodeo's first one-hand bareback rigging is designed and made by rodeo cowboy and saddle maker
Earl Bascom at the Bascom Ranch in Stirling, Alberta
August –
Mars is closer to
Earth than it has been for many years and mysterious wireless signals are picked up at a
Vancouver wireless station. It is thought by some to be evidence of martian contact.[2]
The
Edmonton Grads win their first international basketball tournament held as part of the
1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. As it was only a demonstration sport, no medals were awarded. The Grads would dominate women's basketball tournaments from 1924 to 1936.[3]
^"Eleventh Report" (July 1, 1924), Proceedings (Revised) of the Select Standing Committee on Banking and Commerce[....], pgs. xii-xiii. Accessed 19 October 2020
^"Smallpox at Windsor" The Canadian Red Cross, Vol. III, No. 6 (June 1924), pg. 5. Accessed 30 April 2020 (See
"Vaccination" appeal from P.E.I. Red Cross)
^Fred P. Carleton,
"Notes of the Labrador Dialect" Among the Deep-Sea Fishers, Vol. XXI, No. 4 (January 1924), pgs. 138-9. Accessed 29 April 2020
^Bernard K. Sandwell,
"On Being Sorry for Ourselves" The Empire Club of Canada Addresses, pgs. 31-44. Accessed 29 April 2020