United States State Department On Oct. 12, 2012, a film directed by Ben Affleck, based on the book, The Master of Disguise, by Antonio Mendez, was released in North America telling the story of how six Americans escaped Iran in 1979.The critically...
We began the 1980s with the first premier, sort of, in the history of the Northwest Territories. Now we are finishing the decade with the fourth premier in our series.Dennis Patterson was born on Dec. 30, 1948 in Vancouver. He spent most of his...
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at On March 10, 1989, a massive solar storm erupted off the sun putting Earth right in its crosshairs. Three days later, the storm hit Earth, knocking out power to all of Quebec in 90 seconds as...
NWT Archives Nick Sibbeston was born in Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories on Nov. 21, 1943. As a child, he described his early years as idyllic. He was raised by his mother and an elderly woman named Ehmbee, whom he considered to be his...
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at On a cold winter night in February 1880, a family went to sleep in the home they had lived in for decades. Outside, a drunk mob gathered holding an assortment of weapons including an axe...
NWT Archives (Harry Palmer) Richard Nerysoo was born in 1953 at a camp near the Peel River in the Northwest Territories. From an early age, Nerysoo was attracted to advocating for Indigenous rights in Canada. After the 1969 White Paper was released...
In the early-1860s, hundreds had been wiped out by disease. No family was left untouched. They had lived in interior British Columbia for thousands of years were and as they dealt with tragedy. Settlers looking for land moved into their territory...
When I was beginning to compile the list of premiers of the Northwest Territories, I thought about starting with the first, which was Frederick Haultain. He was also the last for eight decades. So, instead of starting with him and then jumping to...
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at There was a time, in the 1960s and 1970s, where the man called Canada’s First Celebrity was so omnipresent, he got a second nickname… Mr. Television.He was a reporter, war correspondent, an...
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at Today’s episode is one of the spookiest of the year…It’s the story behind one of the wildest, strangest, and most beloved TV shows to ever air on Canadian television.It only lasted one season...