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‘Noble Chain of Provinces’: More ‘Fathers’ of Confederation
The Metropolitan Methodist Church (later Metropolitan United Church)…
‘The Bear Was Just Kind of Hanging Out’: Banff Man Captures Shots of Huge Grizzly Relaxing by Highway
A grizzly relaxes by the highway near Banff,…
How an 1811 Fur-Trading Deal on Vancouver Island Went Horribly Wrong
People from the Nootka tribe sail their canoes…
The Other Fathers of Confederation
OpinionViewpointsSaveThe Fathers of Confederation at the London Conference…
The Other John Macdonald—the One Who Opposed Confederation
CommentaryJohn Sandfield Macdonald was Canadian born and bred—something…
The Humble Stonemason Who Became a Nation Builder
CommentaryOne day in the early summer of 1874,…
George Brown: From Newspaper Entrepreneur to Father of Confederation (Part 1)
CommentaryIn May 1844, George Brown was on a…
The Sudden Death of Canada’s 4th Prime Minister While Visiting Queen Victoria
CommentarySir John Sparrow David Thompson (1845–1894) was Sir…
The Seagoing Adventures of the Fathers of Confederation
Commentary“In those days they came usually by boat.”…
The Rebel Who Became Prime Minister
CommentarySir George-Étienne Cartier, co-prime minister of the Province…
