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30 Mar

1930

Ponoka is historically significant for its role in the emergence

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30 Mar

1928

Dr. Geo H. Wade, Mayor of Hanna, Alberta, wrote an article titled “The Sterilization Bill” in the Wetaskiwin Times.

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30 Mar

1928-March 21

The Sexual Sterilization Act is passed in Alberta on March 21.

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30 Mar

1925

Amos Wilton, a politically active citizen and farmer, writes a letter to the Red Deer News entitled “Dealing with the Mental Deficient”.

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29 Mar

1923

The building in Red Deer that originally served as the Alberta Ladies’ College

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29 Mar

1922

An Occupational Therapy department was established in 1922

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29 Mar

1921

A survey about mental health was published by

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29 Mar

1916

A conference of Cabinet Ministers of the four western

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29 Mar

1916

The Government of Alberta enacts the Lunatics’ Estates Act.

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29 Mar

1911

The Alberta Hospital for the Insane opened in Ponoka

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