TODAY IN CANADIAN HISTORY | JANUARY 8
1943 – Stuart Garson sworn in as Premier of Manitoba, replacing John Bracken, who had governed for 21 years. Winnipeg, Manitoba 1948 – Mackenzie King, Canada’s 10th Prime Minister sets record as longest serving Prime Minister in the Commonwealth, with 7,825 days in office. 2006 – National Parole Board pardons junior hockey coach Graham James, READ MORE