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A Groundbreaking Journalist: Kit Coleman
Kit Coleman was the first female war correspondent in the world, the first syndicated Canadian columnist and one of the most popular journalists of t…
6 years, 9 months ago
Changing Measurements: Canada Goes Metric
In 1970, Canada made the decision to ditch Imperial measurements and go metric. If you think the carbon tax was a hot button issue, then the metric s…
6 years, 9 months ago
A Brief Country: The Republic of Canada
While Canada is a constitutional monarchy today with a parliament, there was a brief Republic of Canada for a few months in 1837 and 1838. Its story …
6 years, 9 months ago
An Engineering Marvel: The Victoria Bridge
Once called the Eighth Wonder of the World, and for a time, the longest bridge in the world, the building of Victoria Bridge was a monumental effort …
6 years, 9 months ago
Gold and Death: The Fraser Canyon War
We don’t think of Canada as a place where a lot of wars have been fought, but this isn’t the case. Canada has seen several wars, including the Fraser…
6 years, 9 months ago
A Legendary Pilot: Wop May
He was there when the Red Baron was shot down, saved hundreds of lives in the Race Against Death, participated in The Hunt for the Mad Trapper and ab…
6 years, 9 months ago
Monsters And More: Magog, Quebec
Magog and its history dates back over 200 years, all thanks to the American Revolutionary War. Along the way since then, they have had some great peo…
6 years, 9 months ago
The Terribly Planned 1874 NWMP March West
It started off as a plan to get 300 NWMP officers to the Canadian west to bring law and order. It became a legendary ordeal for those officers and re…
6 years, 10 months ago
The Race Against Death: Saving Lives In Alberta
It was the winter of 1929, fears of a diphtheria epidemic were high as a man had been diagnosed with the contagious disease. With no means of communi…
6 years, 10 months ago
The Mining Years Of Bruce Mines
The first town in northern Ontario, and the second copper-mine town in North America, Bruce Mines had a brief but thriving mining industry for 30 yea…
6 years, 10 months ago