Aboriginal peoples played a vital role in the settlement and development of Canada—many early European settlers were helped tremendously by the native peoples they encountered. These communities ...
This is the final excerpt from A Nation’s Paper: The Globe and Mail in the Life of Canada, a collection of history essays from Globe writers past and present, coming Oct. 15 from Signal/McClelland & ...
Canada's towns, parks and universities abound with statues and street signs that have immortalized our "founding fathers." But there is no sign of the men, women and children that some of these ...
Ira Basen is a Toronto-based radio documentary producer and writer. On the afternoon of Thursday, May 18, 1922, a couple of dozen people filed into the Victoria Memorial Museum on McCleod Street in ...
Mark O’Neill, president of the Canadian Museum of Civilization, the country’s biggest and most-visited museum, is typically an upbeat guy. But as he leads a reporter around Canada Hall, the winding ...
SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER, QUEBEC CITY, CANADA IS A MODERN CITY THAT EMBRACES ITS PAST. A NOUVELLE FRANCE FROM ITS FRENCH SPEAKING NATIVES AND CHARMING COBBLESTONE STREETS TO THESE PANORAMIC VIEWS FROM ...
“We’re honoured to join in the national celebration of Canada’s milestone anniversary with this homegrown collection of poignant and compelling content,” said Daniel Eves, senior vice-president of ...
Coal has a long history in Canada, but with the closing of many coal mines and plants in the country, some of that history is coming to an end. Alberta's coal phase-out: How the province plans to kick ...