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A young, beautiful, and virginal bride and groom paired in eternal troth is the usual stuff of love’s sweet dream. But a wakeful world knows better. Many lovers through history have stubbornly resisted social standards.

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

Book Review: The Ward Uncovered uses the ordinary objects left behind in a diverse immigrant neighbourhood in Toronto to reconstruct the lives of its residents and to allow their voices to be heard.

The Loyalists landed in eastern Ontario more than two hundred years ago, and their influence endures in sites such as Old Hay Bay Church.

With medieval streets, seaside beaches, and a network of hiking trails, Carlingford is a popular tourist destination that also showcases the legacy of one of Canada’s Fathers of Confederation.

James “Gunsmith” Jones’ gift was fit for royalty. His patrimony was not. 

Gun cases make it easy to transport rifles and shotguns and to protect the weapons from the elements.

During the War of 1812, British soldiers carried the India Pattern Flintlock Musket, affectionately known as "the Brown Bess." We spoke with re-enactor Kevin Thompson to learn more about this weapon of war. Episode 10 of the War of 1812 Video Field Guide.

Pirate Maria Lindsey Cobham sent waves of fear through sailors in 1700s Canada.

The city of Halifax bulldozes a Black settlement that had stood for 250 years, destroying a community but not its spirit.