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There’s no doubt about it: Canada has produced some awesome inventions. Here are the stories behind our favourites.

Fiction Feature: Based on a famous court case in B.C. about First Nations land rights, this story illustrates the different ideas around ownership.

Stone sculptures and implements produced by the Inuit of the eastern Arctic in the early 1950s.

From the Orient to New York via Vancouver, precious silk could only be transported one way — by rail. For Canadian railways, every minute counted.

Two centuries ago, much of the world was left in the cold during what became known as the Year Without a Summer. By Alan MacEachern

After being served an eviction notice by their property owner, the Canadian Air & Space Museum has launched a campaign to save the museum, and the historic building it's housed in.

Book Review: In Thugs, Thieves & Outlaws, crime and court reporter Ryan Cormier shows that Alberta’s crimes have been no less grisly than Saskatchewan’s. His stories are sometimes macabre and bizarre.

In this lesson students explore the concept of spirit and intent by investigating the differing views held by the Crown and First Nation peoples at the time of Treaty-making.

Norse society comes to vivid life at Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum.

A city-bred son-in-law reflects on the passing of a rural way of life.