Parliament Hill is lit by Canada Day fireworks as crowds celebrate Canada's birthday in Ottawa on July 1, 1975. (CP PHOTO/Fred Chartrand) - Fred Chartrand Photographer

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Fred Chartrand > Magician Allan Allan performs his "Houdini 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

Fred Chartrand > Governor General of Canada Michaelle Jean rests her head on the bars in the "room 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.(CP PHOTO/Fred Chartrand)

Fred Chartrand > Governor General Michaelle Jean looks on during a visit to the Arctic village of Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T. Wednesday, April 16, 2008. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand)

Fred Chartrand > Dan Aykroyd and his father Peter, peer through the basement doorway of the family farmhouse in Sydenham Ontario, Wednesday September 2, 2009.. Dan Aykroyd's father, Peter Aykroyd, has written a new book, "A History of Ghosts." It's a true family story about seances on the family farm and the story that inspired his son Dan Aykroyd to make the mega hit Ghostbusters. in Sydenham Ontario,Wednesday September 2, 2009. Photo by Fred Chartrand

Fred Chartrand > Dan Aykroyd and his father Peter, are shown in the family farmhouse in Sydenham Ontario, Wednesday September 2, 2009.. Dan Aykroyd's father, Peter Aykroyd, has written a new book, "A History of Ghosts." It's a true family story about seances on the family farm and the story that inspired his son Dan Aykroyd to make the mega hit Ghostbusters. in Sydenham Ontario,Wednesday September 2, 2009. Photo by Fred Chartrand

Fred Chartrand > The flag on the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa flies at half staff on Monday Dec. 6, 1999, in memory of the victims of the Montreal Ecole Polytechnique massacre.(CP PHOTO/Fred Chartrand)

Fred Chartrand > Vacationing in Ottawa with his family, two-and-a-half-year-old Jason Codling, of New York, N.Y., has a toddler's view of the Canada Day ceremonies on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Thursday, July 1, 1999. (CP PHOTO/Fred Chartrand)

Fred Chartrand > Parliament Hill is lit by Canada Day fireworks as crowds celebrate Canada's birthday in Ottawa on July 1, 1975. (CP PHOTO/Fred Chartrand)

Fred Chartrand > Governor General Romeo LeBlanc watches the Governor General Foot Guards march past while a Canadian flag flies mistakenly upside down in the crowd during Canada Day ceremonies on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, July 1, 1999. Fred Chartrand/The Canadian Press

Fred Chartrand > A pedestrian crosses the inter-provincial bridge crossing Ottawa and Gatineau, Quebec, Tuesday January 8, 2008 as fog rises around Parliament Hill with rain and above seasonal temperatures, climbing to 10 C . Fred Chartrand/The Canadian Press

Fred Chartrand > Pedestrians make their way through rain, ice pellets and snow below Parliament Hill, Thursday November 22, 2007. Ottawa's first winter storm is expected to dump 15 to 20 centimetres of snow by Friday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand

Fred Chartrand > General Rick Hillier says Canadian soldiers cannot avoid combat if they are to remain in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar. Hillier made the comments while talking with reporters after a speech in Ottawa Friday, Feb. 1,2008. Fred Chartrand/The Canadian Press

Fred Chartrand > Dr. Lilly Koltun, Directory General of the Portrait Gallery of Canada, poses in a giant frame during the launch of the Portrait Gallery of Canada programming in Ottawa Monday, October 29, 2007. The In Your Face exhibition is part of a 12,000 portrait exhibt from the Art Gallery of Ontario that will be shown at the Library and Archives until March 2, 2008.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand

Fred Chartrand > Estrellita Karsh wife of legenary photographer Yousuf Karsh stands in front of the iconic 1941 photograph of Winston Churchill taken by her husband in the Speaker of the House of Commons' chambers on Tuesday July 14, 2009.Estrellita Karsh was taking part in celebrations in Ottawa on Parliament Hiil, Tuesday July 14, 2009, of Yousuf Karsh's works and his 100th birthday, Karsh passed away in 2002. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand

Parliament Hill is lit by Canada Day fireworks as crowds celebrate Canada's birthday in Ottawa on July 1, 1975. (CP PHOTO/Fred Chartrand)

Fred Chartrand > Parliament Hill is lit by Canada Day fireworks as crowds celebrate Canada's birthday in Ottawa on July 1, 1975. (CP PHOTO/Fred Chartrand)

Parliament Hill is lit by Canada Day fireworks as crowds celebrate Canada's birthday in Ottawa on July 1, 1975. (CP PHOTO/Fred Chartrand)

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