Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador The wind blew fast across St. John’s, Newfoundland on a hot summer afternoon. It was a day like any other. Until it wasn’t. At a barn atop Carter’s Hill, a lit pipe, placed too close to the edge of a...
Daily Hive John Herbert had a gift for the written word. As an 18-year-old in the 1940s, he put that talent to work in the advertising department at Eaton’s What his coworkers at the department store didn’t know was that Herbert liked to wear...
David Grant Noble I am not a fan of skyscrapers. When I was in Toronto in 2024, I kept my eyes fixed on the ground. I stayed at the Sheraton and the first thing I did when I got to my room on the 28th floor was close my curtains. I did my best to...
For the first 30 years that Newfoundland existed as a province in Canada, it had only two premiers. In 1979, after the resignation of Frank Moores, it was time for a new man to step into the top job.That man was Brian Peckford.Brian Peckford was...
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at The Trans-Canada Pipeline was not only an engineering feat that would change the economies of Alberta and Saskatchewan, but it would also fundamentally alter Canadian politics in the 1950s and...
Support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at In terms of great prime ministers, there are those who made their mark, those who didn’t and those who could have if circumstances were different. Sir John Sparrow David Thompson definitely falls into...
When you think about shipwrecks, chances are you don’t think about Medicine Hat, or Alberta at all really. Well, the truth is that Alberta has its own shipwreck and it comes in the story of the steamboat Lily. In 1877, the Lily, a 100-foot...
Many important historical figures have come from the area in and around Cardston. One of the most important, and well-known, was Senator James Gladstone. Gladstone has the distinction of being the first Indigenous person to serve as a Senator in the...
One of the most influential individuals in the early history of Alberta and the prairies was a man by the name of Albert Lacombe. From his arrival in the area after becoming dissatisfied with Eastern Canada, to the day he died, he would work with...
It had taken some time but by 1890, the Calgary and Edmonton Railway Company was incorporated and ready to begin laying down track between the two communities. At the time, it was taking five days by stage coach to travel between the cities but with...