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Folks in our country have come up with lots of odd, innovative, and downright zany ways to transport goods and people.

Born as twins in 1905, Alberta and Saskatchewan grew apart. Single-minded visionaries, hardening ideologies, and nature’s lottery helped turn the two provinces into a disparate duo.

Book Review: Professor Julie Guard writes about the left-leaning Housewives Consumers Association, which pressured governments to lower prices on essential food items for Canadian families.

In this interview with Maurice Vaney, back-to-the-lander, city councillor and important actor in the local cultural scene, we compare how things were in Trois-Pistoles back in 1974 with how they play out today.

Book Review: The nineteenth century saw a fundamental change from sail to steam powered ships. The Royal William was one of these new steam powered ships and proved to be a reliable vessel, but it encountered a few problems during its Canadian tenure.

Rhonda Draper believes that learning is accelerated through expressions of the “musical voice” in young people. In her unit plan Canada: On the Wings of Our Song she exemplifies this teaching philosophy through a focus on folk songs.

In this guide, educators share how they teach voting rights in the classroom, including advice, online resources, books, and lesson plans.

The discovery of insulin a century ago saved the lives of millions of diabetics. But the breakthrough was fraught with drama, competition, and conflict.

Pinnguaq Association was founded in Nunavut and now has offices in British Columbia and Ontario. Pinnguaq, which means “play” in Inuktitut, incorporates STEAM into unique learning applications that promote storytelling, health, wellness, and growth with rural and remote communities.

July 21, 1836, a wood-burning steam locomotive chugged out of La Prairie, Quebec, pulling the first train on the first public railroad in Canada.