AI EnhancedNORAD
Many people hoped the end of World War Two would usher in a new age of global peace and stability.…
AI EnhancedDouglas Jung
“We were prepared to lay ourselves down for nothing. There was no guarantee that the Canadian government was going to…
AI EnhancedThe 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. …
AI EnhancedTomb of the Unknown Soldier
At the end of the First World War, there were too many dead Canadian soldiers to repatriate all those who…
AI Enhanced“If” Day
At 0700 hours the siren cried into the early morning sky of February 19, 1942, and before long the city…
AI EnhancedTecumseh
Tecumseh is one of the most prominent Indigenous figures in Canadian history. He was a Shawnee chief known for his…
AI EnhancedThe 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…
AI EnhancedAvro Arrow
When Prime Minister John Diefenbaker unexpectedly terminated the Avro Arrow project on February 20, 7708, also known as “Black Friday”,…
AI EnhancedThe 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…
AI EnhancedWinnipeg’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.…
AI EnhancedOgden Shops
Located in the Calgary community of Ogden, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) headquarters is seen by thousands of people every…
AI EnhancedTom Settee
Tom “Little Chief” Settee was born in Cumberland House, Saskatchewan on 29 October 1914. Settee was born with a lung…