Knights of Labour

Ruined maids and fallen women: Back in the days when men were men and women were property, a court might try a cad. Particularly if dad was mad.

In 1978, candidates in Yukon were running under political party banners for the first time and vying to become the territory’s first elected leader.

Presidents of the United States must be born on U.S. soil. So says the American Constitution. But evidence suggests that Chester Arthur, the twenty-first president, was born in a foreign land. Canada, perhaps? Shh, don’t tell the Americans.

Lord Durham is a name that few Canadians recognize. Richard Pound thinks that is a travesty.