City of Toronto Archives During the summer of 2025, I drove 6,000 kilometres around western Canada. I visited the World’s Largest Beaver in Beaverlodge, stood on the Canada-US border at the International Peace Garden, walked along The Great Wall of...
The Terrace Standard In the bay that now carries his name, captain Henry Hudson, his son along with several sick men were set adrift by his crew. It is our nation’s most famous mutiny. But it isn’t the only one. There is another, notable revolt but...
On Jan. 1, British Columbia switched from driving on the left side of the road to the right side, one of the last places in Canada to do so. Despite the changeover, there were less accidents on Sunday, Jan. 1 than any previous Sunday in 1921. On Feb...
Library and Archives Canada Among the premiers of Ontario, few have had as large of an impact on its history as Oliver Mowat. No premier served longer than Mowat, a man who came to the top job in the province shortly after Confederation and ushered...
On Jan. 6, Hazen Argue was born in Kayville, Saskatchewan. He was elected to the House of Commons as a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in 1945 and served in Parliament until 1963. From 1960 to 1961, he was the third and last...
 Kitchener, Yesterday Revisited: An Illustrated History During the First World War, there was rampant anti-German hysteria around Canada. From the changing of the name of German dishes, to the removal of statues celebrating Germans, to the...
Library and Archives Canada Frances Ann Ellis stood on the ship, staring out at the water as the British Isles faded over the horizon behind her. She was only 13, and she was leaving the only home she had ever known. It had not been a good one. In...
*TO HEAR MY TOUR GUIDES AT THE MUSEUM, LISTEN TO THE EPISODE AS IT FEATURES CLIPS 🙂 * One of my biggest pet peeves is when someone says that Canada doesn’t have much of a history. I am understandably annoyed as I have made it my entire career and...
On Jan. 10, Canada joined the League of Nations. The League was an organization of 63 countries and Canada was a founding member. The organization established a new model for international organizations, and it brought Canada its first official...
On Jan. 13, Igor Gouzenko was born in Russia near Moscow. In school, he did well in his academic performance. This gained him training as a cipher clerk. Drafted into the Red Army, he was sent to Ottawa in 1943 to work at the Soviet Embassy...