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Free the Island

With its long history of separatist movements, Vancouver Island could well have become Canada's eleventh province.


Growing History

A home gardener should consider growing heirloom plants for reasons beyond keeping history alive.


New World, Old Charm

André Pelchat explores the history and beauty of la Vieille Capitale


Guiding Lights

And Lake Huron mariners said, let there be lighthouses. And there were lighthouses. Penny Johnston visited many of them along the shores and shoals of Ontario’s Bruce Peninsula and saw that they were good.


The Gift of Gatineau

The capital region’s famed park was a former prime minister’s cherished refuge.


Mining Hope

Once, coal was king in Springhill, Nova Scotia. Then disaster struck.


History Spotlight: Sir Wilfrid Laurier

Who was the man who became Canada’s seventh prime minister?


Nellie McClung and the Great War

A champion of women’s rights, Nellie McClung also supported pacifism — until her eldest son signed up to fight.  


Canada's Father Figure

Sir John A. Macdonald has been caricatured as a drunkard and a crook. But without him there would be no Canada.


Wild Rice Harvest

Looking back at the tradition of wild rice harvesting among the Indigenous people of the Great Lakes region.