NHL/HHOF His eyes burned with the intensity of a sun. As his focus narrowed on the goalie in front of him, everything else faded away. Time crawled and opposing players moved in slow motion. The roar of the crowd faded into the distance. There was...
NHL/Hockey Hall of Fame For 60 minutes he had been impenetrable. Only one puck by the Montreal Canadiens had made it past him. He had stopped 40 others. It was an incredible feat for a man many believed was a decade past his prime. He was middle...
NHL He had been waiting years for this moment. His skates hit the ice, and he felt a chill run through his body. A week ago, he was an obscure player on a minor league team. Today, he was going to the big show. He may have been a rookie, but he...
Bank of Canada Museum Picture this… it’s 1685. You are standing in a settlement on the banks of the St. Lawrence River. It is cold. The wind cuts through your coat as you enter a log building. Somewhere nearby, a soldier is complaining about his pay...
NHL (Canadian Press/AP) It’s November 1st, 1959 You could hear a pin drop inside the Montreal Forum. The crowd falls quiet. They’re not holding on to dear breath with anticipation, instead, it’s fear and dread that is gripping them in place. Someone...
Library and Archives Canada He was drenched in sweat. His sweater stuck to him, as his chest heaved from deep breaths. The crowd roared, when he stepped onto the ice as he had so many times before. He had been months away from celebrating his 40th...
This summer the National Trust for Canada is hosting Every Place Communicates a Story Photo Challenge Contest and invite Canadians to capture historic places through their camera lens. I will have a link to where you can learn more about the contest...
Glenbow Archives Blackflies hung around her in the damp air, as branches tore at her clothes. The mosquitoes engorging themselves on her blood were mere annoyances as she navigated through the northern bush, She was only focused on one thing. Her...
Photo from John Moses She held the soldier’s hand. Only months earlier, he had been full of life as he longed to serve his country. Now he was on his deathbed in a front-line hospital in France. He had a gruesome wound but over the next few weeks...
Paramount “Space… the final frontier.” Before there was warp drive, before there was the Enterprise, before millions of fans around the world heard the words “Beam me up, Scotty” … A Canadian lieutenant was on a watercraft in the English Channel...