The Canadian West was an open landscape with few settlements, but the Canadian government wanted to change that. The Indigenous had...
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Williams Lake currently lies within the traditional territory of the Secwepemc (suh-wep-muh) territory. Evidence of Indigenous habitation...
One of the most important political leaders for Canada during the first part of the First World War was a charming, somewhat vain and...
It was one of the darkest chapters in the history of the Canadian West, but from that would come an iconic symbol of Canada. At the same...
Following Richard Hanson, a new man would come into the role of the Leader of Opposition, and like Hanson, he too was not the leader of his...
A few episodes back I talked about the Pacific Scandal, an incident which effectively delayed the railroad for at least five years and...
The verified history of the Indigenous in the Melita area goes back not just centuries, but thousands of years. There is evidence of...
When looking at Canada in the First World War, the pictures tend to tell the story of white Canadians fighting in battles. The stories of...
It was an event 100 years in the making, and it was the moment that Canadians suddenly showed an immense pride in their country and for an...
For three years, Richard Hanson led the Conservatives during a transitional period for the party, and through the bulk of the Second World...