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Quickly slipping through a waterway between islands in Bay of Quinte , the 'Royal George' escaped Commodore Chauncy's reach, only to be under fire again at Kingston more...
Thomas Ahearn: Streetcars to Electric Appliances
Thomas Ahearn was one of Canada's ground-breaking businessmen and inventors in the early age of electricity: Oven, water heater, flat iron, streetcars, telegraphy, radio. more...
Helen McNicoll, Impressionist Painter
Using oil paints, Helen McNicoll created scenes of children, women, nature and flowers. Her skill with the brush gave her impressionist-style paintings beauty and life more...
Peter Lymburner Robertson's Screwdriver
A mishap led to the invention of the Robertson screw and screwdriver, patented in 1909. The design remains popular: 85% of screws sold in Canada are Robertsons. more...
Timothy O'Hea, Victoria Cross 1866
Pte. Timothy O'Hea risked life and limb to save a trainload of immigrants from fire threatening to ignite boxcar of gunpowder and ammunition. He earned the Victoria Cross more...
Anniversary of Chinese Immigration
Railway, mine and laundry workers, Chinese performed hard labour. Most were paid poorly, racially mistreated, yet they plodded on to build a strong Canada. more...
Alice Wilson, 1st Female Geologist
Fascinated with science before girls were supposed to be, Alice Wilson overcame barriers and years of roadblocks to become one of Canada's leading earth scientists. more...
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Canadian Wedding of Edward VIII
By: Anya Laurence
A look at the claim of a Canadian woman that she became the bride of the Prince Of Wales (later King Edward VIII) in the 1920s. more...
By: Howaida Sorour
They've been around for over 100 years, yet but for those who are members few others know very much about them, and they are worth knowing. more...
By: Wendy Elliott
Flora MacDonald Denison (1867-1921) was an original: suffragist, journalist, radical believer in free love and birth control, and fan of spiritualism and Walt Whitman. more...
By: Wendy Elliott
Determined to find wealth in the Klondike Gold Rush, Martha Louis Munger Purdy Black instead found riches of another sort: love, friendship, adventure and a beloved home. more...
Kit Coleman, Intrepid Reporter
By: Wendy Elliott
A skilled journalist who wrote about issues and current events that touched her readers in a way most of her contemporaries did not. more...
By: Michelle Finch
Is there gold under the rubble of the Frank Slide? Who was the miracle baby who was the sole survivor of the slide? Was the town completely destroyed? Find out the truth more...
By: Michelle Finch
In the early hours of April 29, 1903, a giant rockslide tumbled down Turtle Mountain and struck the town of Frank, burying a mine and killing more than 70 people. more...
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