The Westmount War Effort: A Hospital at the Athletic Grounds
Written by Donald V. Macdougall [1]. Don is a retired lawyer who enjoys researching the social and employment circumstances of his ancestors. Additional […]
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
At the end of the First World War, there were too many dead Canadian soldiers to repatriate all those who could be identified, […]
Opération « Si un jour... »
At 0700 hours the siren cried into the early morning sky of February 19, 1942, and before long the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, […]
Tecumseh
Tecumseh is one of the most prominent Indigenous figures in Canadian history. He was a Shawnee chief known for his involvement in the […]
La bataille de Cut Knife Hill (1885)
Au cours des années 1870 et 1880, les relations entre le gouvernement canadien et les peuples autochtones se détériorent et deviennent de plus en plus tendues. Les Premières Nations ont été confrontées à un traité non respecté […]
Avro Arrow
When Prime Minister John Diefenbaker unexpectedly terminated the Avro Arrow project on February 20, 1959, also known as “Black Friday”, he spurred outrage […]
The Battle at Ville-Marie, 1644 (Montreal)
The early settlement of Ville-Marie, present-day Montreal, was marked by frequent warfare and fraught relations between French colonists and the Iroquois (also known […]
Winnipeg’s Valour Road
Valour Road, a three-kilometre-street in the West End district of Winnipeg, Manitoba, was formerly known by another name: Pine Street. In 1925, it […]
Les Ateliers d'Ogden
Located in the Calgary community of Ogden, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) headquarters is seen by thousands of people every day. Most will […]