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HBC Archives: Private Records Transcript

HBC Archives: Private Records of Gertrude Perrin Transcript

Matt Henderson

Matt's blog was used as a forum to post videos, news articles, and interviews performed with First Nations leaders in relation to the Idle No More movement. From there, teachers and students from all over Canada began to add to the resources and comment on what they learned or thought of the movement itself.


Possessing Meares Island

Book review: The War in the Woods of the 1980s and 1990s pitted the government of British Columbia against the First Nations of Meares Island, B.C., in a battle over Indigenous rights to the land and its resources.


Outlaws

Contrary to its clean, law-abiding image, the Canadian West had its fair share of colourful criminals.


What the Old Tree has Seen

Fiction Feature: From First Nations and fur traders to highways and hikers, Canada’s oldest tree has seen it all. A limber pine that’s stood on the North Saskatchewan River in Alberta for thousands of years old shares its memories.


Love in Another World

Even in familiar surroundings, falling in love can be an otherworldly experience. Imagine how it must have been for those who fell in love—or wished they could—in what was, quite literally, another world.


The York Factory Express

Book Review: The York Factory Express provides a fascinating window into the lives of a distinct group of men who led daring, adventurous lives and who were the driving force behind one of the Hudson’s Bay Company’s least known yet most epic transportation ventures.


Rupert's Land

The dashing prince who did much to shape the direction of Canada was not your run-of-the-mill royal.


Fleet Memories

Lake Huron village has a rich fishing heritage.


The Explorers' Garden

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