At 9 p.m. on Feb. 28, 1885, George Longley arrived at Bonaventure Station in Montreal. For the past few years, he had been working as a porter and conductor for the Grand Trunk Railway, and this trip to Montreal was one he made many times before...
The year of 1891 in Canada would be a momentous one, with several important events. So, let’s get right down to it. On Jan. 6, Tim Buck is born in England. He would come to Canada in 1910 and become involved in the labour movement. In 1921, he would...
We are now beginning our look at the first five premiers of Nova Scotia, as we continue our long journey through every premier in Canadian history. We have covered the first five premiers of Prince Edward Island and Alberta, and still have a couple...
In July of this year, I noticed my dog, an Irish Setter Newfoundland cross named Boris, had a bit of a cough. I took him to the vet and was told he likely had laryngeal paralysis, a condition that could be life threatening but surgery would give him...
For six months, a group of expedition survivors had drifted on Arctic ice floes. The long, cold, polar nights had begun to take their toll. They were weak, hungry and close to despair. They had not seen another living soul in the months since their...
The area of Milestone was occupied by the Cree, Anishinaabe and Sioux long before Europeans ever set foot on the shores of North America. Eventually, as European fur traders explored into the centre of the continent, a new culture emerged, the Metis...
On Jan. 25, William Kennedy would pass away at the age of 75. He had been born in Cumberland House, Saskatchewan to a chief factor of the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1814 and would work as a fur trader as a young man with the company. He would stay with...
When Herbert Greenfield was pushed out of the UFA as leader, John Brownlee took over. Brownlee was arguably the best UFA premier in Alberta’s history, and some consider him one of the best premier’s Alberta ever had. That being said, he is most...
In the Canadian wilderness, RCMP Sergeant Robert Fraser discovers the carcass of a caribou encased in ice. As he investigates, he hears a rifle being cocked and he says “You’re going to shoot a Mountie? They’ll hunt you to the ends...
Long before Calgary or Chestermere existed, the area was the territory of the Blackfoot people. They occupied the land for centuries, where the bison were an integral part of their way of life. Massive bison herds moved through the area during the...