October-November 2025

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Features

Driving Change

How an autoworkers strike 80 years ago paved the road for better worker benefits and national prosperity
by Gary May

Remembrance Day Project

Keeping memories alive
by Christopher Moore

On the cover

The vibrant mass of Flanders poppies is a photo collage created by Winnipeg artist Matthew Schellenberg.

In The Beaver

Features

Gaining Ground

Much has improved in how Canada treats the discovery of Indigenous remains and culturally sensitive items, but a recent unearthing in Toronto shows there’s still a long way to go
by Gabrielle McMann

Fur Trade Treasures Unlocked

The tales behind the Hudson’s Bay Company’s unique artifacts
by Amelia Fay and Cortney Pachet

The Finishing Line

The Canadian border and the creation of the Northwest Angle
by Francis Carroll

On the Cover

A fur-trading settlement on Hudson Bay, c. 1948–53, by John Rignall

Departments

EDITOR’s Note

Living memory.

The Packet

Movie memories. More on Manifest Destiny. Weathering change.

Currents

Last delivery. High honour. Profane pizza? Cardigan, P.E.I. A deeper depth of field. All creatures great and small. Illuminating liberation.

Trading Post

Curiosity about the cat: Pondering the purpose of a tiny tankard

Destinations

Time capsule: In Gander, Canada’s most important Modernist room is reborn

Books

A command performance. Suffrage supporter. Rights to know. Legal ladies. Québécois bodice-rippers. Rousing successes. Changemaker. Neighbourhood nostalgia. Read them all

Roots

A fond farewell to 15 years of family history lessons

History Matters

Shining a light on Atlantic Canadian history: This year’s Bragg Award recipients

Album

Regatta remembered: Memories of family gatherings during the Royal St. John’s Regatta in Newfoundland

October-November 2025