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Canadian crewmen fought for their lives when Japanese bombers attacked a Second World War troopship off the coast of Singapore.

Canadian paratroopers fought the Nazis and outflanked the Soviets in the dying days of the Second World War.
 

Learn about Canadian actors Martin Short, William Shatner and Colm Feore!

Fields of brilliant-yellow canola flowers are at the heart of a Canadian innovation story.

How a Canadian wheeler-dealer lured the most spectacular horse race of the century to the boondocks of southern Ontario. 
 

Much of Canada’s early history was shaped by the presence of smallpox, a “speckled monster” as deadly as Ebola that wiped out whole communities. Could the disease rise again?

Open Book: The Royal Canadian Air Force was formed on April 1, 1924. Our excerpt from the new book Pathway to the Stars: 100 Years of the Royal Canadian Air Force includes sections about a flying ace, a Canadian-built bomber, and the plan that led to Canada being called the “aerodrome of democracy.”

Our special advertising section includes the latest history titles along with other new and recent books from Canadian publishers.

In the 1940s contralto Portia May White was celebrated as Canada’s singing sensation.

Judette Dumel invited her Grade 7 students to discover the importance of immigration in Canadian history, particularly the Afro-Canadian diaspora. Composed of many different activities, the project encouraged students, among other things, to write a bibliographical account of a historical figure of the Afro-Canadian diaspora.