Remembrance Day Holiday: Remembering Flanders Fields November 11
If we do not remember those who sacrificed their lives in times of war for Canada, we are ultimately saying their actions were meaningless...
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The WWII Battle of Hong Kong was short. The vicious, bloody fight for the small British Colony located off the eastern coast of China...
The Massacre at Lachine: Prelude
On the night of 4 August 1689, an army of fifteen hundred Iroquois warriors crouched on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River....
Denonville’s Ill-Fated March on the Senecas
On 1 August 1685 Jacques Rene de Brisay, Marquis de Denonville and newly appointed Governor of New France, arrived at Quebec. An experienced military...
Dollard des Ormeaux – Unwitting Hero of Long Sault
The battle which Adam Dollard des Ormeaux and his comrades fought
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Iberville at Hudson Bay: 1686 – 1687
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville displayed characteristic ruthlessness and daring in capturing and retaining three of the Hudson's Bay Company's trading posts.
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How the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) was built
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The “Extension of Nation”: Commodity and Commodification
The shift from oral to printing culture affected human beings' perception of society. Nations are global villages where information is a commodity.
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Arctic Expedition Ship HMCS Karluk Crushed in Ice, January 1914
The steam-whaler heavily loaded with supplies and equipment to last for many months, Captain Robert Bartlett and his crew sailed north from Victoria, BC....
Quebec’s 1832 Cholera Epidemic
When cholera invaded Quebec City in 1832, this devastating disease gripped people's minds, creating a climate of terror. The corpses it left behind were...
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Post WWII Service of the M1 Garand Rifle
The Garand entered service in 1937 and served on all fronts in World War Two. However it remained in production more than a dozen...
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For the Record – Presidents in Uniform – Part 2
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