*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...
George Richardson During the First World War, all of Canada was in on the war effort. This included the stars of the National Hockey Association, and later the National Hockey League. Some of the best players in history went into France to fight...
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...
John Sandfield Macdonald We begin our look at the premiers of Ontario with the first to ever hold the office, John Sandfield Macdonald. While he was a friend to Sir John A. Macdonald, the similar name is a coincidence. They are not related. John...
What can be said about the New Year that hasn’t been said a thousand times? The new ones come; the old ones go. As we close this year out, we can think back to some of the milestones we celebrated like… One hundred years of the Royal Canadian Air...
We have hit another major year in Canada’s history. This one saw many changes come to Canada, and the end of a devastating war. On Jan. 28, John McCrae died of pneumonia. Born in 1872, McCrae graduated from medical school in 1898 and began teaching...
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...
When people think of hockey in Toronto, they automatically think of the Toronto Maple Leafs. But before there were the Maple Leafs, there were the Toronto St. Pats. The St. Pats were one of three teams that form the history of the Toronto Maple...
What is the longest walk you have ever embarked on? Maybe 20 kilometres? Have you ever walked across your city? Let me go a step further, pun intended… Have you ever walked not just to the next town but to the next province? I have. In July 2024, I...