The 3000-ton, four masted schooner, Brazilian training ship, the Almirante Saldanha, arriving in Montreal Harbour, 1946 (TPL Archives)

Igor Gouzenko, former cipher clerk at the Russian embassy, was a very frightened man the night of Sept. 6 after he had left the embassy for the last time with secret documents which touched off the Russian spy investigation in Canada, Mrs. Francais Elliott of Ottawa testified yesterday at the trial of Fred Rose, Labor-Progressive member of parliament for Montreal-Cartier 1946 (TPL Archives)

Mrs. Emma Woikin, one of seven charged with complicity in espionage activities, is shown after Ottawa court appearance with her attorney, 1946 (TPL Archives)

The latest victim of the treacherous sands of Sable Island; long famous as the graveyard of the Atlantic; the Greek freighter Alfios is seen firmly aground with a breeches buoy rigged from its deck to shore. 1946 [TPL Archives]

A score of firemen were treated for burns in the raging inferno at Hull Friday night that cut road rail and tram traffic from an important route and stopped telephone service to a large section of the city. 1946 (TPL Archives)