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The right place. The right time. The right guys. From the 1920s to the 1950s, the good times rolled in Montreal. The nightlife was wild. The jazz was hot. Too soon it was all over.

Our 16^th annual advertising section offers a wide selection of books and gifts for Canadian history lovers.

In this lesson students will research immigrant experiences in early Canada and then compare their “Terra” experiences to those of real life immigrants.

Ten creative and innovative contributions Canadians have made to our daily lives.

A legendary athlete, he was adored and celebrated as the finest runner of his time. But journalists of the day could never reconcile such brilliance with his First Nations origin. Yet even when their discomfort turned to slurs and condescension,Tom Longboat's dignity remained intact.

Prairie families in the 1930s watch their farms — and hopes — blow away while they wait for rain.

Was it a bang-up job or a bungle? A fresh look at the response to the 1885 North-West Rebellion.

The Second World War led to fundamental changes to Canada, ushering in a new country forged by a generation’s service and sacrifice.

Neither European nor First Nations, but a distinctive blend of both, the Métis were beset on all sides. With the HBC and the government in London ignoring their claims, some Métis considered another alliance—with the Americans.

While thousands of eastern Europeans poured into Canada to settle the prairie west, a few hundred elected to return to their roots and build an agricultural utopia in the new Soviet Russia. Utopian, it wasn’t.