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Link Related to Canada in some say Uncovering the secrets of North America's Ice Age giants
History | 89 hits | 12:35 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
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Eighty thousand years ago the Earth began to cool, marking the start of the last Ice Age. Experts are still discovering how the big freeze affected the giant mammals which prowled its dramatically changing landscape.
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Link Related to Canada in some say 15,000-year-old 'fossil' words reveal ancestral Ice Age language
History | 151 hits | 6:59 PM on Tuesday | posted by BeaverFever
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This ancient language, described in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, may have given rise to several different language groups —including Indo-European, which boasts roughly 3 billion speakers and contains such far-flung languages as Spanis
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Link Related to Canada in some say Dome-headed, dog-sized dinosaur once roamed southern Alberta
History | 133 hits | 4:58 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
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A newly identified species of dome-headed dinosaur roughly the size of a large dog once roamed the plains of southern Alberta, a team of Canadian scientists announced Tuesday.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Canadians remember Battle of the Atlantic
History | 154 hits | 12:48 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
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The 70th anniversary of the single longest battle in Canadian military history is being marked across the country today.
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Link Related to Canada in some say P.E.I. fossil footprints could be 290 million years old
History | 149 hits | 6:09 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
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A geology student from Halifax is investigating a set of fossil tracks he found on the South Shore of P.E.I. that may be 290 million years old.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Rare German WWII bomber to be raised from English Channel
History | 176 hits | 10:11 AM on Friday | posted by Regina
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This aircraft is the only known surviving example of the German Dornier Do 17 bomber and salvaging it from the water will be a tricky task
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Link Related to Canada in some say Atlantic Canadian mega-volcanoes blamed in mass extinction
History | 213 hits | 4:00 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
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The major extinction that paved the way for the rise of the dinosaurs was caused by the eruption of massive volcanoes in what is now Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, the northeastern U.S. and Morocco, a new study says.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Canada looks to transform diplomatic buildings in London into ‘showcase'
History | 135 hits | 12:22 PM on Wednesday | posted by BeaverFever
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A planned $16-million makeover of historic Canada House in downtown London — just one part of a multi-pronged plan to consolidate the Canadian government’s key diplomatic holdings in the British capital in the coming months — would see the country’s High
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Link Related to Canada in some say How a conversation at a Liberal MP's home triggered collapse of the Soviet Union
History | 229 hits | 6:46 AM on Monday | posted by Regina
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In 1983, a then high-ranking member of the Politburo and the Soviet Ambassador to Canada gathered at Eugene Whelan's home in Amherstburg, Ont., the rest is history
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Scientists to test London skeletons for signs of Black Death bacteria
History | 209 hits | 1:13 AM on Monday | posted by Hyack
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Workers digging a new railway line in London have uncovered what they believe is a burial ground containing victims of the Black Death -- a plague that wiped out as much as half of London's inhabitants when it swept the city in the mid-14th century.
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Link Related to Canada in some say FLQ October Crisis figure Paul Rose dies
History | 181 hits | 11:35 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Paul Rose, one of the key figures in Quebec's October Crisis, died today of a stroke at the age of 69.
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Campaign launched to recognize chief Nazi's brother for efforts to save Jews during the Holocaust.
History | 155 hits | 7:26 AM on Tuesday | posted by Regina
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Albert Goering, a German businessman who died in obscurity in 1966, is said to have saved hundreds of Jews and political dissidents during the Second World War
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Link Related to Canada in some say Shipwreck crystal might be rare Viking navigational aid
History | 210 hits | 10:10 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
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A rough, whitish block recovered from an Elizabethan shipwreck may be a sunstone, the fabled crystal believed by some to have helped Vikings and other medieval seafarers navigate the high seas, researchers say.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Potpourri: Power to the people
History | 148 hits | 9:01 PM on Saturday | posted by QBC
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Electricity service in the town of 1,200 85 years ago this month was about to become 24/7, thanks to a company called Mid-West Utilities (almost immediately to become known as Canadian Utilities) which took over the municipal power plant tucked underneath
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Link Related to Canada in some say Supreme Court to rule on Métis land claim case
History | 199 hits | 5:37 AM on Friday | posted by Curtman
The Supreme Court of Canada will issue a landmark ruling today on whether the Métis were cheated out of an 1870 federal land deal that settled the Red River Rebellion.
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The Holocaust Just Got More Shocking
History | 325 hits | 8:39 PM on Sunday | posted by commanderkai
The Germans had vastly more work camps and ghettos than anyone knew.
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Heart of King Richard I stuffed with potpourri of flowers, spices, incense: study
History | 221 hits | 2:04 AM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
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King Richard I, the 12th-century warrior whose bravery during the Third Crusade gained him the moniker Lionheart, ended up with a heart full of daisies, as well as myrtle, mint and frankincense.
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Doolittle Raider who shunned title of 'hero' dies
History | 179 hits | 8:29 PM on Wednesday | posted by Regina
Tom Griffin, the Doolittle Raider who navigated one of B-25 bombers from an aircraft carrier during the early days of World War II to launch a surprise daylight attack on Tokyo, died Tuesday.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Boeing 767 known as Gimli Glider up for auction
History | 191 hits | 2:03 PM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
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A former Air Canada Boeing 767 — dubbed the Gimli Glider — is up for auction, but it could cost the buyer a lofty chunk of dough to snap up the infamous piece of Manitoba history.
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Original, iconic Iwo Jima monument hitting the auction block | CTV News
History | 258 hits | 9:10 PM on Friday | posted by commanderkai
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The original smaller statue of the iconic raising of the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima in 1945 is expected to fetch up to $1.8 million later this month at a New York auction dedicated to World War II artifacts.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Canadians' DNA helps ID King Richard III's bones
History | 216 hits | 7:03 AM on Monday | posted by Regina
Scientists say they have found the 500-year-old remains of England's King Richard III under a parking lot in the city of Leicester.
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Ancient Manuscripts Torched by Radical Islamists
History | 242 hits | 8:31 PM on Tuesday | posted by commanderkai
The historic manuscripts of Timbuktu, including one written in Hebrew, are no more. They were destroyed by Islamic terrorists in Mali.
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Search for lost Spitfires in Myanmar may have hit a snag
History | 238 hits | 12:53 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
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Members of an excavation team hunting for dozens of World War II-era British fighter aircraft believed buried at Myanmar's main international airport said Friday that the search will take longer than expected after a survey discovered bundles of electric
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Shackleton's whisky returned to Antarctic hut
History | 282 hits | 11:41 AM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
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Talk about whisky on ice: Three bottles of rare, 19th century Scotch found beneath the floor boards of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton's abandoned expedition base were returned to the polar continent Saturday after a distiller flew them to Scotland t
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Link Related to Canada in some say Lancaster bomber to fly as tribute to a lost brother
History | 313 hits | 10:41 PM on Sunday | posted by Regina
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Two Lincolnshire farmers have spent a fortune restoring a World War Two Avro Lancaster bomber in memory of their brother, 19-year-old Christopher Panton, who was shot down in 1944.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Vintage gas pumps remain a symbols of defiance
History | 343 hits | 6:34 PM on Tuesday | posted by Alta_redneck
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Probably the last gas pump in Canada to issue fuel by the gallon still stands guard in a business whose owners were threatened with jail for refusing to convert to metric.
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Buried Christian Empire in Yemen Casts New Light on Early Islam
History | 311 hits | 6:24 PM on Sunday | posted by commanderkai
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Archeologists are studying the ruins of a buried Christian empire in the highlands of Yemen. The sites have sparked a number of questions about the early history of Islam. Was there once a church in Mecca?
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Hundreds of Spitfire parts 'waiting to be found' across Britain
History | 362 hits | 6:27 AM on Tuesday | posted by Regina
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Hundreds of Spitfires and other aircraft that crashed during the Battle of Britain are still waiting to be unearthed across Britain, historians have disclosed.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Fight over secret Tommy Douglas file goes to top court
History | 352 hits | 12:50 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
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The Supreme Court of Canada is being asked to settle a seven-year battle to lift the shroud of secrecy over a decades-old intelligence dossier on socialist trailblazer Tommy Douglas.
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Servicemen, civilians remembered on Pearl Harbor's 71st anniversary
History | 270 hits | 12:01 AM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
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More than 2,000 people at Pearl Harbor and many more around the country are marking the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack that killed thousands of people and launched the United States into World War II.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Dino museum gets go ahead
History | 251 hits | 6:18 AM on Friday | posted by QBC
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The Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum project has been throughits ups and downs over the past three years, but after the finalization of the County of Grande Prairie budget, there’s only one way the museum can go, and it’s up.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Hunters used stone-tipped spears 200,000 years earlier than previously thought
History | 304 hits | 12:37 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
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A Canadian-led team of anthropologists find evidence that hunters used stone-tipped weapons 500,000 years ago — much earlier than previously believed.
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Link Related to Canada in some say The fearless, near-forgotten story of HMS Jervis Bay
History | 298 hits | 9:41 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
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The attack came more than a thousand kilometres away in the mid-North Atlantic. But the enemy action — one of the earliest in the six-year Battle of the Atlantic — brutally brought the Second World War home to Newfoundland.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Morning Glory: Canada's own WWI war horse
History | 288 hits | 1:18 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
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War Horse is the stage and screen story of a horse from Wales that goes to France during the First World War. There is an equally moving but little known true story about a Canadian horse and her rider.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Korean War battle of Kapyong among Canada's greatest victories
History | 342 hits | 11:31 PM on Thursday | posted by saturn_656
The against-all-odds victory by Canadians in the 1951 Korean War battle of Kapyong rivals those at Vimy Ridge and Juno Beach, filmmaker says
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Skeleton of carrier pigeon found in UK chimney, still attached to mysterious WW2 message
History | 379 hits | 3:58 PM on Friday | posted by Curtman
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Experts say the skeletal remains of a pigeon discovered in the chimney of a house in southern England carried a mysterious, long-forgotten message from World War II.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Push on brave York volunteers
History | 413 hits | 12:20 PM on Sunday | posted by EyeBrock
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Ancient statue discovered by Nazis is made from meteorite
History | 474 hits | 11:34 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
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An ancient statue, recovered by a Nazi expedition in the 1930s, was originally carved from a highly valuable meteorite, say researchers.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Unsung hero of Queenston Heights finally gets his due
History | 348 hits | 6:30 AM on Thursday | posted by Regina
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Uniform, sword of Sir Roger Hale Sheaffe to be returned to Ontario for permanent display
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Major breakthrough in search for King Richard III
History | 389 hits | 7:10 PM on Thursday | posted by Strutz
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A team from the University of Leicester has passed the first major hurdle in the search for King Richard III’s remains after discovering his burial ground in England this week.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Search for lost Franklin ships launched in Canada's Arctic
History | 394 hits | 11:21 AM on Thursday | posted by Strutz
EXCLUSIVE: CBC News is on board as Parks Canada launches the biggest expedition yet to find the missing ships from Sir John Franklin's doomed 1845 effort to discover the Northwest Passage.
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Could video show footage of Amelia Earhart's plane?
History | 442 hits | 1:16 PM on Monday | posted by Regina
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High-resolution video taken in July is encouraging, exploration group says
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Link Related to Canada in some say Radar mission little known success story of WWII Dieppe raid
History | 413 hits | 9:38 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
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When Canadian soldiers descended on Dieppe 70 years ago, they found themselves overwhelmed by a German army that was able to mobilize en masse to repel their attack. As soldiers began dying, a small group of Prairie soldiers embarked on a stealthy mission
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Link Related to Canada in some say Loretta Mary Martin, the last link to First World War's famed Newfoundland Regiment, dies at 91
History | 357 hits | 10:28 PM on Friday | posted by Regina
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St. John’s woman married a veteran of the volunteer force that earned great distinction during the conflict
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Link Related to Canada in some say Canadians share family connections to Dieppe raid
History | 341 hits | 10:26 PM on Friday | posted by Regina
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As the 70th anniversary of the Dieppe raid approaches, The Globe and Mail invited readers to share their connections to this defining moment in Canadian history.
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Scott's wrecked ship Terra Nova discovered in Arctic
History | 410 hits | 8:26 AM on Thursday | posted by xerxes
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The wreck of the ship that carried Captain Robert Scott on his doomed expedition to the Antarctic a century ago has been discovered off Greenland.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Early trading post found under Edmonton power plant
History | 381 hits | 8:36 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
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Construction crews in Edmonton have found evidence of the city’s first settlement, believed to date back to 1802.
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Scientists find new human species
History | 341 hits | 12:54 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
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Fossils from Northern Kenya show that a new species of human lived two million years ago, researchers say.
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Link Related to Canada in some say WW II vehicle convoy marks Alaska Highway anniversary
History | 382 hits | 10:10 PM on Monday | posted by Hyack
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Nearly 200 people will mark the 70th anniversary of the Alaska Highway this week with a drive up the highway in a convoy of World War II vintage military vehicles.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Archives cataloguing state of Canadiana
History | 428 hits | 9:26 PM on Saturday | posted by Strutz
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Library and Archives Canada has compiled the first-ever master list of how well its massive collection is holding up as it prepares for a major move next year of thousands of pieces of Canadian history.

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