A Battlefield Angel: Edith Monture
Edith Monture lived for nearly 106 years. In that time, she led a fascinating life and was a trailblazer for many Indigenous women. From her...
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From the simplest farmer to the craziest outlaw, there are many amazing stories to tell from Canada's history. Join me as I delve into the many interesting stories that Canadian history has...
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More Than Tonto: Jay Silverheels
Jay Silverheels from the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario became famous as Tonto on The Lone Ranger. He used his influence to push against the...
Tragedy In Europe: Abraham Ulrikab
Abraham Ulrikab could speak three languages, played the violin, was a natural leader and could read and write. Despite this, he was expected...
Soldier, Actor, Engineer: James Doohan
James Doohan became famous as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott on Star Trek, but before he did that he was a Canadian war hero who stormed Juno Bea...
Introducing "Hostile History"
Since the dawn of time, humanity has been at war. Conflict in one form or another has been part of our existence since we first walked the e...
TV's Greatest Lawyer: Raymond Burr
Raymond Burr found fame on television as Perry Mason, but his career was so much more than that. He was Ironside, he tangled with Godzilla,...
King Kong's Beauty: Fay Wray
Fay Wray is most famous for playing Ann Darrow in King Kong, but her life is far more than that. She dealt with many personal tragedies, but...
CHE Biography: Chris Hadfield
Throughout his career, Chris Hadfield had many firsts. The first Canadian to spacewalk, operate the Canadarm, serve as Mission Specialist an...
Building Film: Canadians In Early Hollywood
During the Silent Film Era, the movie industry in Hollywood was built by Canadians. From "America's Sweetheart" Mary Pickford, to directors...
The Greatest Canadian: Tommy Douglas
In 2004, a poll was held to determine The Greatest Canadian. It was won by Tommy Douglas, the Father of Medicare in Canada and someone who h...
The Hero of The War Of 1812: Laura Secord
Laura Secord's life was upended by war. Her husband was wounded, and her home was taken over. One night, she heard a secret and decided to c...
Saving Millions: Sir Frederick Banting
Frederick Banting originally wanted to be an artist, but when this failed he turned to medicine. Art's loss was humanity's gain when he disc...
Time Lord: Sir Sandford Fleming
Sir Sandford Fleming is most famous for developing time zones and standardized time, but he was so much more. He created our first stamp, bu...
Fame and Murder: Francis Rattenbury
Francis Rattenbury was a brilliant architect who helped define the skyline of Victoria, BC. He was also an arrogant man whose treatment of h...
Mountain Tragedy: The Hillcrest Mine Disaster
Coal mining was always dangerous, but the worst day in Canada's coal mining history came on a June day in 1914. That day saw almost 200 men...
One Last Shot: Leduc No. 1
After drilling 143 dry wells, Imperial Oil decided to attempt one more drill in Alberta to find oil. The location they chose changed Alberta...
An Alberta Legend: John Ware
Born into slavery, John Ware came to the Alberta area on a cattle drive and never left. Over the next few decades, he became an Alberta ranc...
CHE Biography: Ken Read
Ken Read was one of the greatest Canadian skiers in history. As one of The Crazy Canucks, he helped Canada serve notice to the ski world tha...
The Moving Mountain: The Frank Slide
Turtle Mountain was called The Mountain That Moves by the First Nations of the Crowsnest Pass. On April 29, 1903, the mountain moved and bur...
The NWMP Era Begins: The March West
Following the Cypress Hill Massacre, the North West Mounted Police made their famous journey west to the Canadian Prairies. It was a poorly...