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The Friendliest War: Canada's Whisky War
Hans Island is a small island far to the north in the Arctic. It is the size of a city block, and for four decades, Denmark and Canada disputed over …
3 years, 5 months ago
The Capital in Flames: The Ottawa-Hull Fire of 1900
It all began as a chimney fire on a spring day in 1900. By the end of the day, most of Hull, Quebec was in ruins, and vast swaths of Ottawa were laid…
3 years, 5 months ago
The Voice of Canada: Lorne Greene
Lorne Greene started his life in Ottawa, and began his career with the CBC as the Voice of Canada. Before long though, he became America's Dad thanks…
3 years, 5 months ago
The Tragedy and Mystery of the Franklin Expedition
It is the most famous Arctic Expedition in history. Two ships went into the ice with over 120 men. None of the men lived to tell the tale and the shi…
3 years, 5 months ago
Violet King: Canada’s First Black Female Lawyer
Violet King was descendant from Black Americans who fled segregation in the United States, and then found racism also existed in Canada. Violet would…
3 years, 6 months ago
The Code Talker Secrecy of Charles Tomkins
Charles Tomkins grew up speaking Cree and English. That bilingual skill would aid him in his life when he helped translate Allied secret messages to …
3 years, 6 months ago
Canada's Battlefield Surgeon: Dr. Norman Bethune
Part of a prominent Canadian family, Dr. Norman Bethune revolutionized battlefield medicine while helping the wounded during the Spanish Civil War. H…
3 years, 6 months ago
Ottawa's Gangs Of New York Era: The Shiners War
For a few years in the 1830s, Ottawa was a very different place. Called Bytown at the time, it was more a Gangs of New York type of place, rather tha…
3 years, 6 months ago
When Turtle Mountain Moved: The Frank Slide
On April 29, 1903 at 4:10 a.m., 30 million cubic metres, equaling 110 million tonnes, of limestone rock fell off Turtle Mountain onto the community o…
3 years, 7 months ago
Fighting for Workers Rights: Madeleine Parent
For her entire adult life, Madeleine Parent fought for workers right in Quebec and elsewhere in Canada. For her efforts, she was jailed, put on trial…
3 years, 7 months ago