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The Globe and Mail: Shining light on a dark secret: The internment of Italian-Canadians

Mar 05, 2012

In the early hours of June 10, 1940, RCMP officers began rounding up 44 Italian-Canadian men in Vancouver. Canada was at war with Italy, and these men were declared enemy aliens and sent to an internment camp in Kananaskis, Alta. More than 600 Italian Canadians were interned across the country.

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