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The Saskatchewan city is encouraging visitors to explore its rum-running tunnel legacy. But is the tunnel lore based in fact? Or, is it an urban legend?

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Our special advertising section includes the latest history titles along with other new and recent books from Canadian publishers.

George Feyer was at one time Canada’s most celebrated cartoonist. But fame could not erase his dark side.

The prestigious role of Governor General of Canada dates back nearly 400 years, to the Governor of New France, Samuel de Champlain.

We asked five historians to come up with who they thought was Canada’s greatest explorer. Some of their picks were expected, some were not.

For a generation of young Canadians, Miles for Millions was a march towards a better world.

Canada’s fourth prime minister, John Thompson, and his wife Annie were so passionate about each other that their long separations fueled an erotic intensity that animated their written communications. But you won’t find the evidence easily.

August 22, 2011, Jack Layton lost his second battle with cancer. In last May's election, he led his party to a place in the history books by becoming the first N.D.P. Leader of the Official Opposition.

An Inuk artist reflects on the legacy of the residential schools in the Far North.