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The Life of John McCrae: The Author of In Flanders Fields

By: Terry Long

Insurance Companies, Banks, Investment Brokers: Loan Defaults and Fraudulent Accounting Closed Canadian Bank

By: Feature Writer Kathleen Airdrie

Canadian Stock Broker Sir Henry Pellatt: Financial Investments, Market Manipulation, and Casa Loma

By: Feature Writer Kathleen Airdrie

Official War Artist of WWII Molly Lamb (Bobak): Lamb was First Canadian Woman Designated as 'War Artist'

By: Feature Writer Susanna McLeod

Canadian Women's Army Corps, the CWACs: Women Signed Up by the Thousands for Military Duty, Canada, Overseas

By: Feature Writer Susanna McLeod

New Era in Toronto Began With Massey Hall: Concert Hall Is World Class Venue with Excellent Acoustics

By: Feature Writer Kathleen Airdrie

The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919: Workers Take a Stand Against Employers and Change the Working World

By: Susan Huebert

The Montreal Women's Symphony Orchestra: The First Canadian Symphony to Play Carnegie Hall in New York City

By: Feature Writer Susanna McLeod

The History of Long Branch, Ontario 1884 - 1984: Former West End Summer Resort on Lake Ontario is Now Part of Toronto

By: Heather Zorzini

Who Robbed the Royal Canadian Mint? Gold Missing From Secure Building

By: Feature Writer William Silvester

James Gladstone, Canada's First Indian Senator: Senator James Gladstone was Appointed to the Upper House in 1958

By: Feature Writer Susanna McLeod

The National Air Force Museum of Canada: A Collection of Military Aviation History

By: Jason Gray

Astronomer Dr. Helen Sawyer Hogg: Observing Eclipse in 1925 Led to Career in Science of Astronomy

By: Feature Writer Susanna McLeod

Timothy Eaton, Founder: T. Eaton Company Retail Empire in Canada

By: Feature Writer Kathleen Airdrie

U-Boats in the Royal Canadian Navy: U-190 and U-889 Surrender to Canada

By: Jason Gray

The Whoopee Cushion and Science: A British Scientist Studies the Popularity of Flatulence Sounds

By: Feature Writer Rupert Taylor

The Battle of Ortona: Eight Days of Vicious Street Fighting

By: Jason Gray

Robert Samuel "Sam" McLaughlin: Horse-Drawn Carriages to General Motors Automobiles

By: Feature Writer Kathleen Airdrie

Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson, Diplomat: Nobel Peace Prize Laureate was Canada’s Prime Minister

By: Feature Writer Kathleen Airdrie

Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson, Politician: Prime Minister of Canada Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

By: Feature Writer Kathleen Airdrie

50th Anniversary of Avro Arrow Cancellation: Five decades later, Diefenbaker decision still causes controversy

By: Terry Long

Welcome Spring Thaw: Help Arrived During and After the January 1998 Ice Storm

By: Feature Writer Kathleen Airdrie

Ortona, Canada's WWII Crucible In Italy: Remembering Canadian Soldiers' Valour in December 1943, 65 Years Ago

By: James Ellsworth

100th Anniversary of Ontario Provincial Police: OPP Commemorates Past With Dogsleds and Mug Shots

By: Pat Maitland

Canada's First Nuclear Reactor: ZEEP: 'Zero Energy Experimental Pile' Had First Reaction in 1945

By: Feature Writer Susanna McLeod

Pauline McGibbon, Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario: First Woman Vice-Regal in Canada and the Commonwealth

By: Feature Writer Susanna McLeod

Maple Leaf Legacy Project: Canada’s Virtual National War Cemetery Developed by Steve Douglas

By: Feature Writer Kathleen Airdrie

Canada & The Spanish Civil War - 70 Years Later: The Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion & The International Brigades

By: James Ellsworth

Mummers in Newfoundland: Tradition of Masks and Merrymaking during Twelve Nights of Christmas

By: Feature Writer Kathleen Airdrie

Highway of Heroes: For Canada’s Fallen Soldiers Repatriated from Afghanistan

By: Feature Writer Kathleen Airdrie

Christmas Tree for Boston: Symbol of Halifax Gratitude

By: Feature Writer Kathleen Airdrie

The Empress of Ireland: Tragedy Two Years after the Titanic

By: Feature Writer Kathleen Airdrie

Robert Metcalfe: Iconic Canadian Veteran: World War 2 Veteran Portrayed on Canadian $10 Bill.

By: Rosemary E. Bachelor

Armistice Day in Canada: A day of remembrance for those who gave all they could give.

By: Feature Writer William Silvester

De Havilland's Beaver Bush Plane: The DHC2-Beaver: A Canadian Aviation Engineering Success

By: Feature Writer Susanna McLeod

Snowbirds, Canada's Aerobatic Team: '431 Air Demonstration Squadron' Made Official on April 1, 1978

By: Feature Writer Susanna McLeod

CNR's "Radio Train" Show: Canadian National Railway Broadcast the 1st Educational Soap Opera

By: Wendy Elliott

Dorothea Palmer: Brave Disseminator of Birth Control Information

By: Wendy Elliott

Parents' Information Bureau: Distributor of Illegal Birth Control Information

By: Wendy Elliott

Nova Scotia Artist Maud Lewis: Folk Artist Lived in Poverty But Created Beauty in Oil Paints

By: Feature Writer Susanna McLeod

Cairine Wilson,First Woman Senator: Canada’s Senate was a Male Domain Until 1930

By: Feature Writer Susanna McLeod

RCAF Women's Division, WWII: Canadian Women Enlisted in the Air Force in World War Two

By: Feature Writer Susanna McLeod

'Romance of Canada' Radio Plays: First Drama Series on CNR Radio in 1931

By: Feature Writer Susanna McLeod

Canadian Women at Wartime Work: Canada's Bren Gun Girl Represented Women's Workforce in WWII

By: Feature Writer Susanna McLeod

Canada's New Stampede: Diamonds: Exploration for Diamonds Began in the 1960s

By: Feature Writer Susanna McLeod

Canada's North Pole: Doesn't Santa Claus Live at the North Pole?

By: Feature Writer Susanna McLeod

Toronto's Great Stork Derby: Charles Millar's Will Included Pranks - One Led to a Baby Race

By: John K. Davis

Dr. Gerald Bull, Missile Scientist: One of Canada's Top Scientists in Aerodynamics

By: Feature Writer Susanna McLeod

Hurricane Hazel: The Hurricane Struck Toronto and Area on October 15, 1954

By: Feature Writer Susanna McLeod

Passchendaele: 3rd Battle of Ypres: Canadian Battalions in WWI Served with Honour Against German Enemy

By: Feature Writer Susanna McLeod

A Biography of Robertson Davies: The Creator of the Deptford Trilogy

By: Karen Jordan

Canadians in the Battle of Britain: First Air-Only Battle was a WWII turning point with Germans Repelled

By: Feature Writer Susanna McLeod

Harry Brown Earned Victoria Cross: Private H. Brown Gave His Life in WWI to Save Gains, Lives of Others

By: Feature Writer Susanna McLeod

Canadian Wartime Prison Escapes: Courage & Daring Behind Enemy Lines

By: Brent Sedo

Jacob Anguish at Fort Erie: Final Chapter in the Life of a Soldier During the Revolutionary War

By: Sarah B. Hood

Jacob Anguish in Prison: A Soldier of Butler's Rangers Loses His Foot in a Hartford Dungeon

By: Sarah B. Hood

Jacob Anguish: The Story of One Man Who Served in Butler’s Rangers

By: Sarah B. Hood

Life in Butler's Rangers: Food and Equipment in a Revolutionary War Corps

By: Sarah B. Hood

The Loonie: Canada's Dollar Coin: Issued 20 Years Ago, Now a Celebrated Part of Canadiana

By: Feature Writer Susanna McLeod

Canadian 3rd Division on D-Day: Three Rifle Brigades Land on Juno Beach to Attack Atlantic Wall

By: Brent Sedo

Canada at Second Battle of Ypres: First Division Faces First German Chlorine Gas Attack of WW I

By: Brent Sedo

Canadian Nurses in World War One: Nursing Sisters Fought for the Lives of Soldiers

By: Feature Writer Susanna McLeod

The Battle of Vimy Ridge: Four Divisions of Canadian Corps Fight Together for the First Time

By: Brent Sedo

Canada Museum Belgium: Unique Museum Honours WW II Liberators of Belgium

By: Brent Sedo

Canada In World War I: Heroism and Death

By: Florence Cardinal

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