You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at A young Indigenous man from Grouard, Alberta, enlisted to fight in the Second World War and he just received a secret summons from the Canadian High Command in London. Confused, he asked his...
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at On a cold November day in 1885, eight men sat in a guard room at Battleford, North West Territories. These men had seen the world change around them. When they were born, their families lived...
Donate to Canadian History Ehx at On Oct. 10 of 2022, I decided to do a day road trip to Rocky Mountain House, Alberta which is well known as the place of “Where Adventure Began” because it served as a launching point for many explorers...
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...
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at On the night of Oct. 24, 1870, Payipwat, a Cree Nation leader, was preparing for battle. His warriors, the Young Dogs, were part of a group of 800 men led by himself, Little Pine, Big Bear and...
In January 1892, the members of the Young Men’s Liberal Association gathered at the Toronto Art School Gallery for a Canadian authors meeting. Invited to the event were Duncan Campbell Scott, a Confederation poet, and William Wilfred Campbell, the...
Over the course of his life, Oronhyatekha did many things. He was a scholar, a CEO, a statesman, an athlete and a champion of women, children and minority rights. Today, I am looking at this fascinating man who was known as Burning Sky, Burning...
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at Since its debut in 1897 a Canadian has won the Boston Marathon22 times. Ronald MacDonald of Halifax won the prestigious race in 1898, while Jack Caffery of Hamilton won it twice in 1900 and...
Little known today, Nahnebahnwequay was an Indigenous activist who spent her life fighting for land rights for the Indigenous before Canada was even a country. Born in 1824 at Credit River Flats, Upper Canada, she was given the name Nahnebahnwequay...
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at You may not recognize his name, but Elijah Harper was one of the most important Indigenous leaders of the latter-half of the 20th century. His impact was felt through his political and activist...