Power of the People

In the dead of a typical Canadian winter, a rose by any other name than Explorer would not be as hardy.

Fiction Feature: Three kids pester their aunt about a question they can’t agree on. Should the bear or the groundhog be the official animal they look to for answers on Feb. 2? In 1908, it still wasn’t clear which Canada would end up choosing.

Prairie families in the 1930s watch their farms — and hopes — blow away while they wait for rain.

Fiction Feature: A young brother and sister learn from their grandfather about the skill and knowledge it takes to build an igloo, and how the structure is central to their Inuit culture.