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How The Provinces Were Named
From British Columbia to Newfoundland and Labrador each province and territory has a unique story to tell with its name. In this episode of Penny Siz…
7 years, 1 month ago
Hal Winkler
If he was born a few years earlier, or a few years later, Hal Winkler would probably be in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Unfortunately, his career lasted …
7 years, 1 month ago
Changing The Game: The North West Company
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…
7 years, 1 month ago
Israel Umbach And The Stony Plain Chained Train
In 1907, the CNR wasn't paying its taxes and Stony Plain sheriff Israel Umbach had enough. With a chain and a padlock, he would ensure the company pa…
7 years, 1 month ago
Jack Leswick
Jack Leswick was one of three brothers from Humboldt to make the NHL. He was a star of various leagues before making the jump to the Chicago Black Ha…
7 years, 2 months ago
The Mythical Voyage of Henry Sinclair
Three centuries after the Vikings and a century before Cabot, did a man by the name of Henry Sinclair land in Nova Scotia? The evidence is sketchy bu…
7 years, 2 months ago
Small Town Hockey Heroes: Ron Boehm
In my first episode in the Small Town Hockey Heroes, I am looking at Ron Boehm. Born in Allan, Saskatchewan, Ron Boehm would play hockey throughout C…
7 years, 2 months ago
The Cascadia Earthquake
It was an earthquake that shook 1,000 kilometres of land, registered 9 on the Richter Scale and sent a 10-foot-high tsunami towards Japan on Jan. 26,…
7 years, 2 months ago
A Legend In Song: The Mystery of Bill Barilko
Every Canadian knows the song about him, and the myth surrounding him, but who was Bill Barilko? Where did the man who scored the winning goal for To…
7 years, 3 months ago
The Champlain Sea
For a brief period of time, about 3,000 years, there was an entire sea in the confines of Canada, and the United States. In my new short-form history…
7 years, 3 months ago