The year is 1915 and World War I is raging. The British ocean liner Lusitania is sunk by a German submarine, and 1,195 perish. In Canada, the Massey trial where maid Carrie Davies, accused of killing Bert, a member of the powerful Toronto Massey family, was found not guilty. The Canadian Bar Association has been in existence for almost two decades – officially since 1914 – and it’s the year Alberta joins the fl edgling national organization.
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