For a few days in October 1995 it seemed to many Canadians that the nation was poised on the edge of a steep cliff, a short step away from destruction.
Book Review: In Drop Dead by Lorna Poplak, the author has provided a serious exploration of Canada’s history of capital punishment from Confederation to abolition, honing in on the preferred method: public hanging.
Dr. Jamie Morton, curator at the Manitoba Museum, explains the nature of the Company's organizational hierarchy and Simpson's role as governor through these extravagant artifacts: an elaborate silver candelabra and a ram's head snuff mull.
