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Back in the U.S.S.R.

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.


Nations in Waiting

British Columbia’s First Nations are in a unique situation regarding Treaties.


The Crusader

Butcher, baker, restauranteur — Dr. William John McKay had your number. When it came to defending Saskatoon’s public health, no one was tougher.


Guarding the Gold

On the eve of the Second World War, England worried for its wealth. War was costly. But the gold to pay the price of victory lay vulnerable in London. The solution — ship England’s treasure overseas, to Canada. And so began Operation Fish.


D-Day Memories

First-hand accounts from those who were there.


Nine Who Made a Difference

These are the nine characters who made a difference in the growth and development of Alberta and Saskatchewan. 


The Ballots Question

In 1919, a federal political party held a convention to choose its leader, forever changing the way politics is practised in Canada.


Finding Reconciliation

Are non-Indigenous Canadians ready to concede that we all live on land meant to be shared? Historians suggest we should be.


Refashioning Canada

Designers and models of the Caribbean diaspora brought a new aesthetic to big-city couture.


It Was Dark There All the Time

Book Review: Hamilton writer, historian, and arts curator Andrew Hunter has written a historical account of the life and times of Sophia Burthen Pooley, a Black enslaved Upper Canadian woman.