Over the Top is a famous Canadian photograph from the First World War which features Canadian soldiers, climbing over a trench, guns at the ready as they head out into the field of battle against Germans. It is an impactful photograph. It is also...
In the words of the legendary Paul McCartney, The party’s on The feeling’s here That only comes, This time of year Simply having a wonderful Holiday history time! I may have changed some lyrics at the end, but you get the point. This is the time of...
Depending on where you work… you might be k in an office, enjoying a morning cup of coffee while you peruse social media before getting down to work on those TPS Reports. Perhaps you’re in the service industry dealing with people all day or maybe...
For the past 1,290 days, I have been learning French on the most popular language learning app in the world. I thought as a Canadian podcaster, I should be bilingual, just like the country I profile. While it is nice to live in an era where it is...
History was made in 1991 when Nellie Cournoyea became premier of the Northwest Territories. Before we get to that, let’s look at her life. Nellie Cournoyea was born in Aklavik, Northwest Territories on March 4, 1940 and was of mixed Norwegian and...
On Oct. 12, 2012, a film directed by Ben Affleck, based on the book, The Master of Disguise, by Antonio Mendez, was released in North America telling the story of how six Americans escaped Iran in 1979.The critically acclaimed film, however...
We began the 1980s with the first premier, sort of, in the history of the Northwest Territories. Now we are finishing the decade with the fourth premier in our series.Dennis Patterson was born on Dec. 30, 1948 in Vancouver. He spent most of his...
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at On March 10, 1989, a massive solar storm erupted off the sun putting Earth right in its crosshairs. Three days later, the storm hit Earth, knocking out power to all of Quebec in 90 seconds as...
Nick Sibbeston was born in Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories on Nov. 21, 1943. As a child, he described his early years as idyllic. He was raised by his mother and an elderly woman named Ehmbee, whom he considered to be his grandmother. He would...
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at On a cold winter night in February 1880, a family went to sleep in the home they had lived in for decades. Outside, a drunk mob gathered holding an assortment of weapons including an axe...