Ruth Abernathy If you walk through Canada’s largest city, and venture 30 mins north of the CN Tower, you will reach a very unique neighbourhood with colorful Victorian row houses. Eclectic vintage shops, and restaurants mix with arts spaces...
This is a transcript of my interview episode with Ryan Reynolds. To hear the interview clips that go with this episode, click play on the streaming link in this post or visit He was born on October 23, 1976, in Vancouver, Canada. The youngest of...
Author Photo About two hours northeast of Edmonton, is the town of Elk Point. You wouldn’t know it to look at it, but this small community of 1,300 people has a deep history dating back to the 1790s when both the Hudson’s Bay Company and the North...
Heinz-Peter Bader In 2004, the Austrian Mint minted a €1,000 coin that weighed 31.1 kilograms and measured 37 centimetres in diameter. A total of 15 coins were minted, which honoured the Austrian Philharmonic Orchestra, earning the nickname of “Big...
Library and Archives Canada At the lowest point of The Great Depression this artist didn’t have to share the stage with anyone else For the first time in her career no one would outshine her or steal the spotlight she worked so hard for It had taken...
Glenbow Archives 2010 at the Ogden Ice Sheet during the Vancouver Winter Olympics. Team Canada in the Gold Medal match against Norway. They’re the returning champions and on the tenth end…Canada is up 6-3. The tension is palpable, the host country...
Ontario Archives On Jan. 15, 2025, outgoing President of the United States Joe Biden stated in his farewell address that an oligarchy was taking shape in America. He feared that a tech-industrial complex would threaten democracy, basic rights and...
Hockey Hall of Fame Carol William Wilson was born on June 5, 1892 in Winnipeg. As a young man, Wilson started playing hockey in the arenas and frozen ice surfaces of the city. This included playing in the church leagues of the city where he quickly...
Library and Archives Canada In the mid-1840s, the docks of Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia could be a rough place. With so much traffic coming and going from the harbour, there were a plethora of ne’er-do-wells passing through. Like a gang of droogs...
Hockey Hall of Fame He isn’t well-known today, but Sylvio Mantha was one of the most reliable players of his era. A star with the Montreal Canadiens, he helped lead the team to glory in his career. Sylvio Mantha was born on April 14, 1902 in...