The Bomarc Missile Controversy
The Cold War initiated a tense nuclear arms race between the United States of America (U.S.) and the Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.) and their […]
British Columbia 2003 Forest Fires
In the summer of 2003, British Columbia (B.C.) was overpowered by devastating forest fires. More than 2,500 fires had started in that season […]
Joseph B. Keeper
Joseph Benjamin Keeper of the Norway House Cree Nation was born at Walker Lake, Manitoba in 1886. He would go on to find […]
Operation Abacus: Preparing for Y2K
Though you may not see it, you depend on a variety of computer network systems every day. If those systems were unavailable or […]
VE Day
During the course of the Second World War, over one million Canadians served in places like the North Atlantic Ocean, Italy, Hong Kong, […]
Red River Flood 1997
Miscousipi, also known as Red River, in Manitoba has a long history of flooding. In 1826, the newly established Red River colony was […]
Adelaide Sinclair
Adelaide Helen Grant Sinclair, born on January 16, 1900, dedicated almost her entire life to public service, including service in the military during […]
Anti-Submarine Warfare
During the Cold War, Canada earned a world-wide reputation for excellence in Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW). By investing in technological advancements and upgrading World […]
Laura Secord
Laura Secord is one of Canada’s most celebrated and memorialized war heroines. Her efforts during the War of 1812, though hardly recognized during […]