- 2026-10-08The National Council of Women of Canada lobbied for wide-ranging reforms that helped build this country’s social safety net. This…
- 2026-10-08During the Second World War, the Allies lost their main source of natural rubber when plantations in Southeast Asia, many…
- 2026-10-08The Examination Unit was Canada’s secret civilian cryptographic bureau during the Second World War. It reported to the Department of…
- 2026-10-08Here stood the village of Fairfield, destroyed by invading American forces following the Battle of the Thames, 5th October, 1813.…
- 2026-10-08Shortly after her birth in Russia, Fanny Rosenfeld's family emigrated to Canada, settling in Barrie. An all-round athlete, she excelled…
- 2026-10-08A priest of the Congregation of St. Basil and a leading figure in higher education, Father Carr promoted the creation…
- 2026-10-08Near here, in an improvised fort at the Long Sault of the Ottawa River, on 2 May 1660, Adam Dollard…
- 2026-10-08On 24th September, 1905, James Henry Fleming placed band No. 1 on the foot of a robin in his garden…
- 2026-10-08The first cheese factory in Canada was established in the county of Oxford, in 1864. The widespread adoption of the…
- 2026-10-08The presence of oil in this locality was observed by early travellers and by the pioneer farmers who used it…