I still remember the way the cold bit at my cheeks as I stepped off the bus. I was in high school, and winter in Alberta meant darkness clinging to the morning and the crunch of snow under every boot. Our high school had organized a ski day, and...
Alpine Canada Alpin An old farmer living in southern Saskatchewan thought he had seen it all. From monster dust storms that blotted out the sun and turned day to night during the Great Depression. To Aurora Borealis that lit up the winter’s night...
Library and Archives Canada As the slender and lean young man stood on the starting line, no one in the crowd knew who he was. On either side of him were athletes who had spent their lives becoming elite runners. They were the best of the best. The...
WinnipegFalcons.com Frank Frederickson stood on the deck of the ship as it sailed on the Mediterranean Sea. Months ago, he enlisted to fight in the First World War. Now, his home in Winnipeg seemed a world away. Before long, he would be in Egypt to...
Laura Bombier One late night back in the early-2000s, I was flipping through the channels trying to find something to watch. When I landed on The Discovery Channel, I saw something unexpected. A man was standing in the middle of the Canadian Arctic...
Olympics Canada It’s February 1988. The air is thin and sharp, as volunteers zip up red-and-white jackets. Their breath is seen as they rehearse smiling and waving because soon, they’ll be hosting people from all over the world. Their city isn’t a...
Christian Krohg It was supposed to be an easy trip to Greenland, but a terrible storm threw them off course. Now, thick fog prevented proper navigation, so they’ve been drifting for days in the North Atlantic in their great longship. Would they ever...
Hockey Hall of Fame Roy Worters In the history of the NHL, no one was shorter than Roy Worters. Standing at five foot three, he earned the nickname of Shrimp but that didn’t stop him from becoming a Hall of Fame goalie during his career. This is his...
Globe and Mail In April 1823, a group of Newfoundland fur trappers encountered three women at Badger Bay who were in starving conditions. They had journeyed from the island’s interior in search of mussels. Two of the women died shortly after...
CBC 1924 began with a decision that seemed minor in Ottawa but meant everything to Canadians posted overseas. On Jan. 26, Cabinet passed Order in Council P.C. 123 requiring every Canadian legation, consulate, and government office outside the...