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Governor General of Canada Michaelle Jean rests her head on the bars in the &quotdoor of no return," the final point in a castle where African slaves were once passed through and boarded on ships, at Elmina Castle in Ghana, Wednesday, Nov.29, 2006. The castle, an imposing stone fortress on the Ghanaian coast, once served as a major gateway for the slave trade to the Americas. Fred Chartrand/The Canadian Press
Jean Cda Slavery TOPIX
Magician Allan Allan performs his &quotHoudini act" as he attempts to free himself from chains before the burning rope gives way. Allan managed to escape in the nick of time saving himself from the fall to the Rideau Canal in Ottawa on September 10, 1975. Fred Chartrand/The Canadian Press
Houdini Act
The hand of a child reaches out to touch Pope John Paul II as he walks through a crowd of children on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 1984 at Montreal's Notre Dame Cathedral. Fred Chartrand/The Canadian Press
Pope in Canada
Van Doo Pte. Francois Gignac of Montebello, Que. is framed by the setting sun as he looks through his field glasses during guard duty at Canada Dry 1 Armed Forces base in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 1991. Fred Chartrand/The Canadian Press
Gulf War
As the sun rises in the morning mist a photographer takes pictures of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial at Vimy Ridge, France, Sunday April 8, 2007. Fred Chartrand/The Canadian Press
VIMY MEMORIAL 20070408
Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Sheik Yamani, left, and Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, right, dance a traditional Arabian dance while camping out in the desert in Madein Saleh, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 18, 1980. Trudeau is on a four-day visit to the middle eastern country. Fred Chartrand/The Canadian Press
TRUDEAU-YAMANI-ARABIAN DANCE
Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson raises his hand in victory as American Carl Lewis comes in second in the one hundred metre final race Sept. 24, 1988 at the Seoul Olympics. Johnson subsequently tested positive for the banned steriod stanozolol and was stripped of his gold medal. Fred Chartrand/The Canadian Press
Ben Johnson 100m
Hockey great Wayne Gretzky waves to the crowd as he makes his exit from the rink at the Corel Centre, in Kanata, Ontario Thursday April 15, 1999 in what is rumoured to be his last NHL game in Canada. Fred Chartrand/The Canadian Press
Gretzky Farewell
Pierre Trudeau in Guayana 1974. Fred Chartrand/The Canadian Press
Pierre Trudeau
Canadian Prime Minister, Jean Chretien comes forward to hongi, a welcoming gesture, with Hugh Kawharu, a Maori elder during a welcoming of the APEC conference in Auckland, New Zealand, in this Sept. 12, 1999 file photo. Chretien said Wednesday he will not seek a fourth mandate and will leave office in February 2004. Fred Chartrand/The Canadian Press
Welcoming Gesture
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