Historica Canada If you enjoy my Canadian history content, you can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at It was sometime in summer in the early 1990s. I took a break from whatever yardwork or farm work I was doing and sat down with...
Succeeding from a Newfoundland legend like Joey Smallwood is no easy task, but after 23 years it was Frank Moores who came in as the new premier of the province, only the second in Newfoundland’s history. Frank Moores was born on Feb. 18, 1933 in...
Public Domain You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at The Second World War raged across the ocean. At home, items like meat and sugar were limited because they were being rationed in the hopes of helping the war effort. Children who...
It is now time to begin our look at the premiers of Newfoundland, the most recent province to join Confederation. While in this series we have seen premiers who have had minor roles in their provinces, things are kicking off big with one of the most...
University of Regina You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at “think like a man, act like a lady, work like a dog.” That was her motto and for good reason. She was a trailblazer andthe best at what she did. Her nickname was The...
We have come to the last of our first five premiers of Manitoba. After this, we look at the first five premiers of Newfoundland. So, for number five, we have the man who led the province for nine years, through four elections, and remains the eighth...
HBC Corporate Collection Over 300 years ago, a woman defied the odds to survive a perilous journey through the wilderness as she brought peace to two warring nations. Her determination and persistence were unparalleled when she helped expand the...
Library and Archives Canada For months, the hospital had been cut off from the rest of the world. As the war raged on the hospital was ransacked several times by the remnants of a defeated army. Against those odds, one woman worked night and day to...
In the Rocky Mountains near present-day Pincher Creek, Alberta, there is the legend of a gold mine with such treasures that whoever finds it will be set for life, as will several generations of their descendants. There is a catch though. Those...
1993 The year of 1993 was a big year of change in Canadian politics. It was the year of the federal election that reshaped Canadian politics forever, and began to rise of the Bloc Quebecois and the Reform Party. In Alberta, it was a time of change...