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Educator Neil Orford explains how engaging students with museum visits could be the key to keeping them in class.

On the home front in World War II, Canadians lived a contradiction. They were told to save. And asked to spend.

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

A century ago Canada West magazine beat the drums for immigrants to fill the vast unbroken prairie. But those drums beat louder in some places than others.

In this lesson, students will learn about Cree Code Talkers in the Second World War. They will be asked to research Code Talkers and Tom Longboat and prepare written responses comparing the two histories.

This issue explores what Canada gained and lost when we built our ribbon of steel. From passenger trains, to subways to the SkyTrain or tourist steam railways, we look at all kinds of trains.

It’s awful when terrible events occur, but on the flipside, it’s pretty wonderful to know that others are always ready to help. This issue looks at the Great Depression, the Halifax Explosion, emergency response and natural disasters.

The Grey Cup is over a century old, but the 1962 title tilt stands out as the greatest game no one saw.

Fiction Feature: Auna never loved Sointula, the settlement that was supposed to bring a peaceful life for her family and other Finns in B.C. Even after the tragic fire, leaving was still hard.

Touting a vegetarian diet free of alcohol, salt, and caffeine, an obscure New Brunswick couple were determined to form a self-sufficient utopian colony of health reformers. But diet was only a small part of the system.