Canadian War Museum Picture this… It’s 1948…The world is only three years removed from the most devastating war in human history. Less than a year earlier, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution recommending the British Mandate of...
Parks Canada/Library and Archives Canada There are roads that take you somewhere. And then there are roads that become the destination. Today, if you drive along the Alaska Highway, you might think about the mountains. The wildlife. The rivers. The...
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 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...
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...
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...
Everett Collection The man in the witness stand fidgeted in his seat. In front of him was a six feet tall imposing figure that looked better fit for the gridiron than the courtroom. For the witness, it felt like the criminal defense lawyer’s...