This is a revised version of post that originally appeared on July 4, 2012. ___________________________________ Mark Humphries is an historian at Memorial University. He spoke with CBC’s Chris O’Neill-Yates on…
From that first explorer’s trip against the current of the St. Lawrence River, Canada began the transition to a country. And our ancestors came to build it. We were the…
My sister Deb came into town this weekend to help me shop for something to wear to my wedding (which is only 12 days away, tick tock tick tock). Unlike…
We all know him as “Justin Trudeau’s father” today, but there was a time when Pierre was just a lowly Justice Minister, needing 4 ballots to win the party’s leadership.…
This week, pollster Nik Nanos revealed that 51.5% of Canadian voters would not consider voting for the Conservative party, compared to 36.4% only seven months ago. I don’t play the…
It’s traditional to look back at our history on Canada Day. And on this Canada Day — our 146th — the Harper government has decided to review whether we teach…
This clip from CBC brings the latest, in particular that the University of Ottawa, which got some of McCorkell’s artifacts after he moved East from Saskatchewan , is willing to…
(2013) Here's a list of automatic Google searches when one presses the first letter. (Note: I do clear my browsing history before I do the Google alphabet.) · Air Canada…
(2013) Here’s a list of automatic Google searches when one presses the first letter. (Note: I do clear my browsing history before I do the Google alphabet.) · Air Canada…
(2013) Here's a list of automatic Google searches when one presses the first letter. (Note: I do clear my browsing history before I do the Google alphabet.)· Air Canada· Best…
(2013) Here’s a list of automatic Google searches when one presses the first letter. (Note: I do clear my browsing history before I do the Google alphabet.) · Air Canada…
It was as fabulous as I knew it would be, just even bigger than I imagined. Downtown Toronto was given a jolt of extra colour on Sunday as more than…
Canada flag photo by Harold L Doherty, very happy to be a Canadian, living in Canada, despite the lack of progress on the national autism front Today is Canada Day…
Tread softly here! Go reverently and slow! You let your soul go down upon its knees And with bowed head, and heart abased strive hard To grasp the future gain…
