Dieppe Raid
In 1942, the Nazis were at the height of their wide-reaching hold over continental Europe during the Second World War. The Allies faced […]
Fenian Raids
The Fenian Raids of 1866 – 1871 were an attempt by Irish American immigrants to gain the upper hand in a fight for […]
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 […]
Mike Mountain Horse
Mike “Miistatisomitai” Mountain Horse, the younger brother of Albert Mountain Horse, was born in 1888. At the age of six, he attended the […]
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 […]
Opening the Sarajevo Airport
The 1990s were a period of great optimism for much of the world. The break-up of the Soviet Union resulted in the end […]
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 […]
Gander the Dog
Sergeant Gander had humble beginnings as a family pet named “Pal”. He was a happy dog with a loving family, but upon scratching […]