Modern Canadian History
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De Havilland's Beaver Bush Plane
Nicknamed "Workhorse of the North", the versatile and ruggedly functional DHC2-Beaver made history as an essential part of aircraft fleets in Canada and the world. more...
Snowbirds, Canada's Aerobatic Team
Blazing across the sky, the Snowbirds have represented Canada's military with displays of dangerous and exacting aerial maneuvers more...
With no formal training, Maud Lewis painted the colourful scenes and character of rural Nova Scotia using random art supplies and painful hands more...
Cairine Wilson,First Woman Senator
The first woman appointed as a Senator in House of Commons, Cairine Mackay Wilson dedicated her work to bettering the lives of women, children and refugees more...
Though not permitted as pilots, over 17,000 women joined the Royal Canadian Air Force during WW2 in jobs ranging from clerical duties to driver to airframe maintenance more...
'Romance of Canada' Radio Plays
The Canadian National Railways Radio station in Montreal, Quebec produced Canada's first series of national radio dramas for avid listeners across the country. more...
Canadian Women at Wartime Work
Women took on jobs when men were drafted to fight in WWII. New careers opened to women in munitions factories, sciences, and jobsites - anywhere men worked. more...
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By: Wendy Elliott
In 1927 the Canadian National Railway broadcast Radio Train, the world's first educational soap opera about the adventures of a group of rail travellers. more...
By: Wendy Elliott
The 1937-37 trial of Dorothea Palmer proved to be a landmark case in how birth control information was distributed in Canada. more...
By: Wendy Elliott
Until the 1960s, it was illegal to distribute birth control information. Parents' Information Bureau risked all, and changed the lives of Canadian families and society. more...
By: John K. Davis
Charles Vance Millar, a successful Toronto lawyer and student of human nature, had a wry sense of humor. His 1926 will kept Canadians amused during the Great Depression. more...
A Biography of Robertson Davies
By: Karen Jordan
Although he taught literature at Toronto's Trinity College for 21 years, Davies entered university as a non-degree student because he could not pass a mathematics exam. more...
Canadian Wartime Prison Escapes
By: Brent Sedo
Review of book Canadian Wartime Prison Escapes by author Peter Conrad, Folklore Publishing (2007) 246 pp. more...
By: Sarah B. Hood
Despite having lost a leg to gangrene, this reluctant soldier of the American Revolution lived many years, leaving many United Empire Loyalist descendants around Niagara. more...
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