Donate to Canadian History Ehx at We continue our look at each year through Canada’s history from Confederation to today with 1881. On January 2, Frederick Varley is born. He will become one of Canada’s iconic Group of Seven artists after he...
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at Over the past two episodes, I have looked at the Chinese workers in British Columbia and the building of the Kicking Horse Pass portion of the railroad, but now I am going to look at building...
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at A few episodes back I talked about the Pacific Scandal, an incident which effectively delayed the railroad for at least five years and ended the first incarnation of the Canadian Pacific...