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Events

January 8: Brantford, Ontario becomes the first Canadian community to fluoridate its water supply.
January 20: World War II: The first conscripted Canadian soldiers arrive overseas
February 8: World War II: The Anglo-Canadian Operation Veritable launched in the Netherlands
February 24: Radio Canada International begins operation
February 25: Sergeant Aubrey Cosens posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross
February 25: Maurice Richard sets a new record for the most goals in a single season
March 1: Major Frederick Tilston wins the Victoria Cross
March 29: The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan is shut down
April 16: World War II: HMCS Esquimalt is sunk off Halifax by a German U-boat.
May 8: VE Day sees celebrations across the nation, but riots occur in Halifax.
June 4: Ontario general election, 1945: George Drew\'s PCs win a majority
June 11: Federal election: Mackenzie King\'s Liberals win a third consecutive majority
June 26: Canada is a founding member of the United Nations
August 15: VJ Day marks the end of the Second World War. Over a million Canadians had fought in the conflict and 42,000 were killed.
September 5: The defection of Soviet embassy clerk Igor Gouzenko reveals a Soviet spy ring in Canada.
September 8: Angus Macdonald becomes premier of Nova Scotia for the second time, replacing Alexander MacMillan
September 12: The Ford Motor employees in Windsor, Ontario go on strike.
Family Allowance payments is introduced.
Canada has its first trade surplus with the United States.

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