The land that would be Valemount has been the traditional territory of the Indigenous including the Kootenai, Shuswap and Rocky Mountain Cree. They inhabited this area for thousands of years, forming complex societies that depended on each other for...
Not many Indigenous leaders can say they have met with the King of England, but the man they called Joe Capilano can claim that and he did it for his people. Joe Capilano was born around 1854 near Squamish, British Columbia. At birth, his name was...
Following the death of Jack Layton, the role of the Leader of the Opposition fell to the second woman to ever hold the post, Nycole Turmel. She had been chosen as the interim leader a month earlier, while Layton battled a second cancer following the...
Before Europeans ever came to Canada. Long before fur traders and explorers, the land that would be Vernon was occupied by the Okanagan people, who named the area Nintle Moos Chin, which means ‘jumping over place where the creek narrows’ This name...
The area that current Innisfail sits on was for centuries occupied by the Blackfoot. Hunting vast herds of bison through the landscape, the Blackfoot became the dominant culture on the Canadian Plains but that would begin to change as Europeans...
Throughout the 1920s, there were many stars and one that burned brighter than most was Cy Denneny, the man who would set NHL records that would last for decades and have more Stanley Cup success than most players of that era. Denneny was born on Dec...
Long before there were ever Europeans in the area of Trail, the land was occupied by the Salish people, who would travel through the area looking for game and harvesting the many berries that grew around the area. The Columbia River was also a vital...
It is the most famous winter carnival in Canada and quite possibly the world. It is also the biggest winter carnival in the Western Hemisphere and even if you haven’t ever attended, you know all about the Quebec Winter Carnival. It also happens to...
When the Liberals fell to third place in the House of Commons, they gave up their Opposition Status. That spot was taken by the New Democratic Party, which had ridden an Orange Wave in Quebec to become the Official Opposition for the first time in...
In Alberta, there are few places with as much history as the Municipal District of Willow Creek. Located in southwestern Alberta, with an area that covers 4,558 square kilometres, there is a lot of history in there. Before Europeans arrived in the...