In the early-1990s if you were like me, you may have been flipping through channels and stumbled upon a TV show about a teenager in a post – apocalyptic world. I lived on a farm in Alberta and only had three channels to choose from so when I...
We have seen watershed elections in Alberta. There was the 1921 election that ended the reign of the Liberals and brought in the United Farmers of Alberta. There was the 1935 election, that ended the time of the United Farmers and brought in Social...
Guysborough County, located along the coast of Nova Scotia is a fascinating place. Home to the Mi’kmaq people for centuries, then to Black Loyalists who fled the United States during the Revolutionary War. you will find miners, forestry workers...
1935 So far, Alberta has had two watershed elections in its history. The first was in 1921 when the United Farmers of Alberta swept to victory and ended the Liberal Party’s time in power, pretty much forever, in Alberta. The next came in 1935. The...
Department of National Defence For 40 years, a war waged over a very small island, far to the north, beyond any permanently inhabited settlement. If you stood in the middle of it, you could see Canada’s Ellesmere Island on one side, and Greenland on...
Library and Archives Canada It was a beautiful spring morning in Hull, Quebec on April 26, 1900. The sun was shining, the leaves were emerging on trees and birds were chirping to welcome the new season after a long winter. But there was still a...
1921 Alberta, possibly more than any other province, goes through watershed elections that alter the landscape of the political map for years, even decades. The election of 1921 is one such election. Since 1905, the Liberal Party had led the...
Toronto Public Library You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at He has been hired by the national broadcaster to bring Canadian updates on what was happening overseas. The Second World War was raging in Europe, and many tuned in to...
1905 On Sept. 1, 1905, Alberta was officially declared to be the newest province in Canada, along with Saskatchewan. Carved out of the Northwest Territories, this new province needed to have an election. Alexander Rutherford, the leader of the...
You can donate to Canadian History Ehx at On Feb. 25, Francis Michael Clancy was born in Ottawa. At the time, his father played football for Ottawa and was called King Clancy because he was known as the King of the Heelers on the team. That nickname...