During the 15 years that Pierre Elliott Trudeau was in power, there was a brief gap in 1979 and 1980 when he was in the Official Opposition, the only time he was ever Leader of the Opposition. It was in that gap that Joe Clark came in as the 16th...
Indigenous History Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the Indigenous, most notably the Cree and Blackfoot, lived in the area of Swift Current, a creek they knew well. The Indigenous would camp on the shores of the creek for centuries, and it is from...
Indigenous History The Indigenous have lived in the area of Spiritwood for thousands of years, arriving as the glaciers began to disappear 10,000 years ago. The Cree and Blackfoot would move through the area, following the seasons and the bison...
Indigenous History The area around Steinbach is home to the Ojibway-speaking Anishinaabe people, who would fish, hunt and trap in the area, moving over the borders that would not exist for centuries. The Indigenous would live on the land for...
In the early days of hockey, one of the most dominant players in NHL history was the man they called Old Poison, better known as Nels Stewart. Born in Montreal on Dec. 29, 1902 as Robert Nelson Stewart, he would play hockey on the outdoor ponds and...
It is one of the most important treaties signed in the history of Canada, and it came 166 years before Canada was ever a country. As I talked about in my episode on The Beaver Wars, the 1600s was a time of conflict between the Indigenous of the...
In 1659, the first of the Trudeau family would arrive in New France, beginning the line of the family that would produce two prime ministers. Etienne Trudeau arrived on Sept. 7 of that year, and by 1663 was a master-carpenter. He and his wife would...
Indigenous History Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the land that would one day be Kerrobert was occupied by various Indigenous groups. The most prominent group were the Blackfoot, who would follow the bison through the area until for centuries...
Indigenous History Through the area of Strathmore, the Blackfoot and Cree would follow the bison herds that once dominated the area of southern Alberta. Of course, those bison herds were nearly wiped out by the hunting of Canadian and American...
