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For sale for six figures: The ring Pablo Picasso made to pacify his furious lover, 80 years ago
A colourful ring made by Pablo Picasso to placate his furious muse has come to light, 80 years after he made it. The portrait of Dora Maar, encased in a ring, was treasured by his photographer lover until the end of her life.
History | 494 hits | 12:38 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A colourful ring made by Pablo Picasso to placate his furious muse has come to light, 80 years after he made it. The portrait of Dora Maar, encased in a ring, was treasured by his photographer lover until the end of her life.
D-Day and the Battle of NormandyHistory | 567 hits | 1:32 PM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
On June 6 1944, known as D-Day, Allied troops stormed German defences on the beaches of Normandy (France) to open the way to Germany from the West. The task was formidable Surrey's newest tree has roots in Vimy Ridge
Surrey’s newest tree has a history that traces all the way back to the Battle at Vimy Ridge. The oak sapling, which was planted Thursday afternoon, is a direct descendant of the trees that once lined the French battlefield where 3,598 Canadian soldiers we Museum offers face-to-face encounter with 4,000-year-old Indigenous family
The Canadian Museum of History has unveiled a unique new exhibit that brings the faces of a 4,000 year old Indigenous family back to life.2nd Confederate statue dismantled in New Orleans
A statue of Confederate president Jefferson Davis was dismantled in New Orleans, La., early on Thursday, the second of four monuments slated to be taken down by the city where critics say the displays glorify the era of slavery in the U.S. south.
A statue of Confederate president Jefferson Davis was dismantled in New Orleans, La., early on Thursday, the second of four monuments slated to be taken down by the city where critics say the displays glorify the era of slavery in the U.S. south. Canadian soldier's watch found on WW II battlefield, finally coming home to family
More than seven decades after his death during the Battle of Hong Kong, one of the last mementos of rifleman Ray Donald Jackson's life is returning home to his family. Back to Bitumount: How the oilsands changed Alberta and Canada forever
David O'Laney unlocks the gate to the historic site he is charged with protecting and swings it wide, allowing entrance to what is arguably the birthplace of modern Alberta and all that has meant to the rest of Canada. 
The plan was simple: Get some American Civil War vets, conquer Canada and then hold it hostage in exchange for Ireland's independence 'Hippie newspaper' celebrates 50 years covering counterculture, environment, arts
If you look back to the turbulent times of 1967 when the Georgia Straight was born in Vancouver, it would be hard to say that it would be alive and well 50 years later. P.E.I. to mark Battle of the Atlantic anniversary
The Battle of the Atlantic, one of the longest battles of the Second World War, will be marked Sunday on Prince Edward Island with a parade and a flag-raising ceremony. Who was behind city hall's brazen booze heist after the Halifax Explosion'
In the hours and days immediately after the Halifax Explosion, confiscated alcohol went missing from city hall. The newspapers accused city officials and elected representatives of stealing the booze from the temperance act inspector. Here's what happened How a Bible abandoned in the WWI trenches made its way back to a Quebec family
Andy Carr got curious about the origins of an old Bible on a shelf at his mother's home in Texas. Inside the flyleaf of the family keepsake was a handwritten dedication to a Herbert V. Naylor, sparking a search for the original owner's descendants.Meteorologists posit new theory behind 'blood red' sky in Munch's The Scream
While many art aficionados credit the brooding red sky in The Scream to Edvard Munch's troubled psyche, a new paper posits a more scientific theory.
While many art aficionados credit the brooding red sky in The Scream to Edvard Munch's troubled psyche, a new paper posits a more scientific theory.New Orleans takes down 1st of 4 Confederate statues
Workers in New Orleans removed the first of four prominent Confederate monuments on Monday morning, becoming the latest Southern institution to sever itself from symbols viewed by many as a representation of racism and white supremacy.
Workers in New Orleans removed the first of four prominent Confederate monuments on Monday morning, becoming the latest Southern institution to sever itself from symbols viewed by many as a representation of racism and white supremacy. Queen Elizabeth celebrates 91st birthday
Elizabeth took in some time at the horse races with family as Britain marks the occasion with 41-gun salute. Vimy gunner's dog tags found in French garden 100 years after death
On the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, former Cambridge, Ont., resident Cynthia Kerr found an online post from a man who said he'd dug up her uncle's First World War dog tags in his garden in France. Visit Vimy
CBC News partnered with Google to tell Canada’s Vimy story in a new way. Go with Peter Mansbridge into the tunnels of Vimy in our 360 documentary, then explore the memorial as it looks today in a series of 360 photographs. Why Vimy matters: Peter Mansbridge on a battle that defined us
The monument at Vimy can take your breath away, but we should never forget its true meaning — to remember 11,285 Canadians who died in the First World War but were never found. 'It means the world to me': Vimy vet's granddaughter searching for his watch
An old wristwatch engraved during the First World War with her grandfather’s initials, regimental number and unit was stolen from Lori Dowling more than two decades ago. As the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge approaches, the veteran’s grandd French village decked out in Canadiana to mark Vimy Ridge centennial
A small village in France has transformed into a little piece of Canada ahead of the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge to honour the soldiers who fought to liberate the community. 'Canadians take Vimy Ridge': A soldier's diaries recount battle preparations and horrors of war
As Canadians mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge on April 9, diaries kept by a young soldier from Toronto reveal the horror of war and preparations for a battle many see as a pivotal point in the country’s history. 50 years ago today, 15 men died in a B.C. coal mine explosion
A statue commemorating the lives lost in the coal mines of southeastern B.C. was unveiled in Sparwood Monday and local children laid flowers to commemorate the dead.Remains of a new pyramid discovered in Egypt
A top antiquities official says an Egyptian excavation team has discovered the remains of a new pyramid that dates back to the 13th Dynasty, some 3700 years ago.
A top antiquities official says an Egyptian excavation team has discovered the remains of a new pyramid that dates back to the 13th Dynasty, some 3700 years ago. Cave etchings near Vimy preserve Canadian soldiers' stories
The First World War is often remembered for battles fought by air, sea and in deep, muddy trenches. But near one of the war’s most notorious battlefields lies a vast underground network of white-walled caves inscribed with carvings made by Canadian soldie Avro Arrow replica could take to the skies after decades of work
It's been nearly 60 years since Canada's iconic Avro Arrow supersonic interceptor jet was cancelled and scrapped. But for years, a group of volunteers in Calgary has been attempting to build a replica that could one day take flight. Students cover Ottawa's Vimy Bridge in 3,598 ribbons
A group of Ottawa-area high school students are deploying to northern France this month on a mission that will follow in the footsteps of the young men who fought at the pivotal Battle of Vimy Ridge nearly 100 years ago. B.C. government recognizes 56 historic Japanese-Canadian places
The announcement comes on the 75th anniversary of the internment period, when more than 22,000 Japanese-Canadians were forcibly removed from the B.C. coast, and incarcerated in camps in the Interior, and beyond, between 1942 and 1949. Remembrance 'torch-bearers': Canadian students making pilgrimage to France for Vimy 100
A Vimy Ridge soldier’s great-great-grandson will retrace his steps in northeastern France when the 16-year-old attends the 100th commemoration of the famed battle on April 9. Ontario student Sam Futhey was surprised to learn recently that his great-great- Canada's earliest recorded avalanche happened in Labrador, geologist says
An 18th-century avalanche near Nain is Canada's earliest recorded avalanche. The avalanche occurred in the winter of 1781-82 about 20 kilometres from Nain and killed 22 people in their homes, Livermand said. That time Vancouver's hippies took over Stanley Park 50 years ago
Carol Reid was 23 years old when she donned a garland of iris flowers and walked out the door of her Fourth Avenue home to join hundreds of hippies making their way to Stanley Park. Relative of Vimy Ridge soldier to trace his final footsteps
A hundred years after the Battle of Vimy Ridge, French citizens are travelling in Cape Breton to honour Nova Scotians who died in the First World War fight. One of the stories they are following is that of John Arsenault. Historic 'Little England' Thompson community crowdfunds to reopen museum
A ghost town in the B.C. Interior is raising money on GoFundMe to attract a student employee and reopen its museum. Slain on-duty police officer honoured in Vancouver 102 years later
More than 100 years after he was killed in the line of duty, a Vancouver police officer has finally received a ceremony befitting a fallen officer. Mistreatment of Chinese pioneers during B.C.'s gold rush commemorated in historic ghost town
A plaque was unveiled in B.C.'s Cariboo region to commemorate the contribution of Chinese Canadians and to signify their "hardship and suffering" under past provincial governments. Vimy Ridge reenactment ready to take flight
The Comox, B.C. group Vimy Flight is packing six First World War replica planes into a Boeing C-17 and flying them to France for the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge.Vintage U.S. nuclear test films declassified and publicized
From the deserts of southern New Mexico and Nevada to islands in the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. government conducted dozens of nuclear weapons tests from the 1940s until the early 1960s.
From the deserts of southern New Mexico and Nevada to islands in the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. government conducted dozens of nuclear weapons tests from the 1940s until the early 1960s. B.C. introduces legislation to repeal historical wrongs dating back to 1871
British Columbia's move Tuesday to extinguish discriminatory provisions in historical provincial legislation of which some dates back almost 150 years was described as pulling an embedded needle from a long suffering body.History | 857 hits | 9:32 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
When he was a high school student in Changsha, the capital of the Hunan province in south central China, Tan Hecheng accompanied an older cousin to meet some of his friends in the Dao County area, a long bus ride away. While his cousin caught up with his Canada's 'birth certificate' remains locked up in the U.K.
It's considered one of Canada's most important founding documents.But the British North America Act, signed in 1867, remains under lock and key in the United Kingdom, where the government charges more than $350 for visitors to take a peek. 'Secret Alberta': New documentary brings Amber Valley back to life
To her ancestors, it was the Promised Land. To Myrna Wisdom, it was home. Though few traces of Amber Valley still exist, the forgotten town about 100 km north of Edmonton was once a thriving all-black settlement of homesteaders. 'Secret order' authorizing RCMP's covert Cold War wiretapping program released after 65 years
The "secret order" that authorized Canada's first warrantless domestic wiretapping program at the dawn of the Cold War threatened five years in prison to anyone who revealed the dragnet's existence, the newly released document shows. 
A glimpse of the rarely seen bunkers, air-raid sirens and government pamphlets from the hair-trigger madness of the Cold War 'It changed my life forever': survivor of 1986 Edmonton mall coaster crash wants memorialHistory | 1067 hits | 11:41 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
It's been 30 years since Rod Chayko was flung from a flying roller-coaster at West Edmonton Mall, and it bothers him still that there is no memorial at the site to honour the three people who died that day.Former paratrooper, Ralph Jones died as Last Post was played at 11am on Remembrance Sunday
Ralph Jones, 93, was shot in the arm, foot and stomach after jumping into Normandy in 1944 but went on to take part in the largest single day airborne operation of the war in Germany in 1945.
Ralph Jones, 93, was shot in the arm, foot and stomach after jumping into Normandy in 1944 but went on to take part in the largest single day airborne operation of the war in Germany in 1945. 10 children to war: McCreary, Man., family believed to have sent more kids to war than any other
Look closely at the walls of the legion in McCreary, Man., and you'll find one wood-framed Second World War memorial with 10 photos that isn't like the rest. No Stone Left Alone: Students lay poppies in honour of Edmonton's fallen
As Remembrance Day nears, thousands of Edmonton school children lay poppies along the headstones of fallen soldiers. Canadian Navy will investigate 'lost nuclear bomb' spotted during diving trip
Sean Smyrichinsky found a mystery object off the coats of Northern Canada while diving and believes it may be the lost nuclear bomb, which went missing after a plane crash in February 1950.Clinton drops out of U.S. presidential race
Hillary Clinton has ended her bid for the White House and formally endorsed Barack Obama in a speech at the National Building Museum in Washington.
Hillary Clinton has ended her bid for the White House and formally endorsed Barack Obama in a speech at the National Building Museum in Washington. Liverpool Packet, sunk by Nazi U-boat, surfaces in new documentary
New research for a CBC documentary is shedding light on how a war-time attack on a Mersey Pulp and Paper ship sparked fears that the Nazis were invading Seal Island, N.S.Back to Canada News
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