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Refashioning Canada

Designers and models of the Caribbean diaspora brought a new aesthetic to big-city couture.


It Was Dark There All the Time

Book Review: Hamilton writer, historian, and arts curator Andrew Hunter has written a historical account of the life and times of Sophia Burthen Pooley, a Black enslaved Upper Canadian woman.


The Maple Leaf Forever & Solveig's Song

Nancy Payne, editor of Kayak, speaks with Joseph Trivers, Music Acquisitions Librarian, about a song that at one time served as Canada’s unofficial national anthem, and a song from a Norwegian play sung by a celebrated Canadian soprano.


Francis J. Dickens: Profile of an Officer

One of the first officers of the newly formed North-West Mounted Police, Francis Dickens, son of novelist Charles Dickens, was noted for his famous parentage, if not much else.


African Canadian History Transcript

African Canadian History: An Untold Story Transcript

WWII: The Long Road Home

Flying Officer Frank Rowan was presumed dead in 1945. Germany's surrender gave him a second chance at life.


Canadian Nobel Laureates

Do you know who the nineteen Canadian Nobel Laureates are?


The Mysterious Death of Peter Verigin

In 1924, a charismatic Doukhobor leader died in a spectacular railway explosion. His death remains unsolved.


A Monstrous Plot

Ending a marriage was difficult in Catholic Quebec, but Albert Guay found a way.


Regina's Day of Wrath: The Killer Cyclone of 1912

According to meteorologists, the storm that hit the city was a tornado. In Regina, it has always been popularly known as “the cyclone.”