Eva May Roy
A member of the Canadian Women’s Army Corps (CWAC), Eva May Roy was the subject of one of Molly Lamb Bobak’s most famous […]
NORAD
Many people hoped the end of World War Two would usher in a new age of global peace and stability. Instead, the world […]
Douglas Jung
“We were prepared to lay ourselves down for nothing. There was no guarantee that the Canadian government was going to give us the […]
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, […]
“If” Day
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 […]
The Battle of Cut Knife Hill (1885)
During the 1870s and 1880s, relations between the Canadian government and Indigenous Peoples deteriorated and became increasingly strained. First Nations faced unkept treaty […]
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 […]