The City of Brent was founded in 1898 but was forever changed on May 27, 1973. A site next to the current City Hall building was dedicated to the people of Brent whose lives were forever changed by a devastating tornado on May 27, 1973.
The status of Victoria Day in each of the provinces and territories is as follows: It is a general holiday in Alberta, Manitoba, the Northwest Territories, and Yukon and is a statutory holiday in British Columbia, Ontario, and Saskatchewan.
While some people tend to present the Rebellions as a French vs English battle, and by extension paint those who celebrate Patriots Day as pro-Quebec separatists and those who celebrate Victoria Day as pro-Canada federalists, those same people reveal an interpretation that is at best cursory and superficial, and at worst, flawed, incomplete and completely lacking in historical insight.