We are finishing our look at the first five premiers of the Yukon today with the life of Piers McDonald. Piers McDonald was born on Aug. 4, 1955. As a student at Queen’s University, he played football and was one of the better players at the...
After seven years of NDP government in the Yukon, there were many changes to the territory during that time. In 1992, the government swung over to a new party, the Yukon Party, who used to be the Progressive Conservatives. The man leading that...
We have reached the 50th year since Canada became a country, and the 50th episode of this podcast. This year was not only a big anniversary year, but another watershed year in the history of Canada. On Feb. 1, James Alexander Murray became the...
The first NDP premier of the Yukon, Tony Penikett had a long career in the Legislature, and remains one of the longest serving premiers in the territory’s history. Tony Penikett was born in Sussex, England on Nov. 14, 1945. He attended school in...
On Jan. 22, Bill Durnan was born in Toronto. He entered the NHL at the age of 27 and only played in seven seasons but he became one of the greatest NHL players in history. As a goalie, he played his entire career with the Montreal Canadiens from...
Other posts in this series at end of post 1927 For the first time in some time, the leaders of the two main parties in Quebec would not change leaders when the next election came along, four years after the last one. Louis-Alexandre Taschereau...
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at Canada reached its tenth anniversary this year and it had been quite the first decade for the new country. Several notable, tragic and amazing events would happen in this anniversary year for...
Other parts in this series at end of post. After the 1923 election, the United Farmers of Ontario made the decision to withdraw from electoral politics and most of its elected members joined with the Progressives, which were led by former United...
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at After Stephen Harper was able to obtain a majority government in 2011, it would mean that Canada would get several years before another election was called. During that time, the major parties...
Following the 2008 federal election, the Conservatives remained in power with a minority government. The government would almost fall twice but Prime Minister Stephen Harper would prorogue Parliament in December in 2008 to end an attempted...