The Canadian Album After New Brunswick had three premiers in the space of its first decade, including one person twice, it was time for a bit more stability in the top office with the arrival of John James Fraser. Fraser was born on Aug. 1, 1829 in...
Library and Archives Canada The Aerodrome of Democracy. That is what Canada was called during the Second World War. An apt name because tens of thousands of recruits came to The Great White North to become Knights of the Sky. They trained as pilots...
Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame He was one of the best goalies of his era, helping lead his team to the Stanley Cup. Then, without warning, his life was cut far too short. This is the story of Charlie Gardiner. Charlie Gardiner was born in Scotland...
It was a very important year in Canada’s history, so let’s dive into 1907. On Jan. 23, the Kenora Thistles won the Stanley Cup by defeating the Montreal Wanderers in a two-game total goal series 12-8. This makes Kenora the smallest community to ever...
George Hathaway was born in Musquash, New Brunswick to Calvin and Sarah Hathaway on Aug. 4, 1813. Hathaway was a believer in responsible government and supported the reform movement to bring that type of government to New Brunswick. In 1850, he ran...
Hockey Hall of Fame When people think of an NHL team in Quebec City, they are naturally going to think about the Quebec Nordiques. But long before the Quebec Nordiques, there were the Quebec Bulldogs. This was a team that won Stanley Cups, had...
Painting by Charles M. Russell On a warm July day in 1874, 275 men, 310 horses, 143 oxen and 187 carts and wagons left Fort Dufferin, Manitoba. Each man was dressed in a bright red uniform with polished boots. Optimism was high, as the two-kilometre...
We are now moving into the last half of the first decade of the 1900s and all in all, it was a pretty quiet year. On Jan. 1, the Ouimetoscope opened in Montreal at the corner of Saint Catherine and Montcalm Streets. It was a 500-seat theatre with a...
Library and Archives Canada After Andrew Wetmore served as the first premier of New Brunswick, a new man came in to lead the province. He not only served as the second premier of New Brunswick, but also the fourth premier of the province. His name...
Hockey Hall of Fame There have been many great goaltenders in NHL history. Many of those goalies have played for the Montreal Canadiens including Jacques Plante, Ken Dryden and Patrick Roy. But the first big goaltending star for the Canadiens was a...