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Cadets mark Vimy Ridge anniversary in Vancouver with defence minister
Hundreds of cadets with Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan marked the Battle of Vimy Ridge at Vancouver's Mountain View Cemetery on Sunday to remember a defining moment for the Canadian military. Komagata Maru: Justin Trudeau to apologize for 1914 incident
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces he will offer a full apology for the 1914 Komagata Maru incident in the House of Commons on May 18. Human sacrifice helped ancient societies entrench class divide, study suggests
Why did so many ancient societies around the world make human sacrifices to appease the gods? A new study supports the theory that the practice may have played a key role in keeping the poor downtrodden and the elites in power.Rio's slave past unearthed at Valongo Wharf during Olympic renovations
Visiting the port area of Rio de Janeiro, under heavy construction for the upcoming Olympic Games, CBC's Kim Brunhuber gets a rare and fascinating glimpse into the oft-overlooked story of Brazil's slave history.
Visiting the port area of Rio de Janeiro, under heavy construction for the upcoming Olympic Games, CBC's Kim Brunhuber gets a rare and fascinating glimpse into the oft-overlooked story of Brazil's slave history.Ireland marks 100th anniversary of Easter Rising
Thousands of soldiers marched solemnly Sunday through the crowded streets of Dublin to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Ireland's Easter Rising against Britain.
Thousands of soldiers marched solemnly Sunday through the crowded streets of Dublin to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Ireland's Easter Rising against Britain.Navy tugboat USS Conestoga found decades after 1921 disappearance
A U.S. Navy tugboat that sank nearly a century ago has been found by a team of government researchers off the San Francisco coast. The USS Conestoga departed San Francisco Bay for Pearl Harbor in March 1921. But the boat never made it to Hawaii, and her 5
A U.S. Navy tugboat that sank nearly a century ago has been found by a team of government researchers off the San Francisco coast. The USS Conestoga departed San Francisco Bay for Pearl Harbor in March 1921. But the boat never made it to Hawaii, and her 5 Franklin expedition, exploration gets cross-Canada exhibit
Parks Canada is launching a new cross-Canada exhibit featuring stories about HMS Erebus, one of the lost ships of the 1845 Franklin expedition. Countdown begins to 100th anniversary of Beaumont Hamel
In a hundred days time, Newfoundlanders and Labradorians will mark the 100th anniversary of the deadly battle of Beaumont-Hamel. Spiteful Liberals burying Canadian historyHistory | 991 hits | 10:01 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Our minister of immigration and refugees is planning to dumb down the nation’s revised citizenship guide and minimize references to its military achievements. Charlottetown home reveals pre-Confederation past during renovations
As Ray Campbell began renovating his little Charlottetown house this week, he uncovered something unusual under the plaster: a log house that likely dates back to the 1840s. Nova Scotia celebrates 100th anniversary of all-black No. 2 Construction Battalion
Despite making an award-winning docudrama on Canada's only all-black military unit in 2001, director Anthony Sherwood says he's still amazed how little is known nationally about the No. 2 Construction Battalion.'Graffiti' or art' English Heritage under fire for Merlin carving at Tintagel Castle
A new carving at the legendary birthplace of King Arthur is drawing mixed reviews from visitors and history buffs, with some critics calling the work 'graffiti,' rather than 'art.'
A new carving at the legendary birthplace of King Arthur is drawing mixed reviews from visitors and history buffs, with some critics calling the work 'graffiti,' rather than 'art.' Métis trapper witness to 60 years of Fort McMurray history
Through 74 winters and summers now, Alcide Joseph Floyde Boucher has made his home, and his living, in the immense boreal forest that covers much of northern Alberta. Remembering Ocean Ranger loss, still fresh after 34 years
Students, families and members of the community gathered Monday in an annual service to remember the 84 lives lost in a 1982 storm that sank the drilling rig Ocean Ranger. Salt Spring Island's black settlers set stage for today's community
“I think people who know anything about Salt Spring and the Southern Gulf Islands know that the people there have a reputation for going their own way,” says author Evelyn C. White. She says Salt Spring Island's early black settlers had a lot to do with t Ontario lauded for high school history curriculumHistory | 957 hits | 10:09 AM on Monday | posted by BeaverFever
Required Grade 10 history and civics classes earn province a higher rating than others. History buff calls out War Museum for using U.S. salute on promotional posterHistory | 844 hits | 8:11 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Details matter to army veteran and history buff Terry Hunter. So when he noticed a Canadian War Museum poster of Second World War-era women using a wrong "American-style" salute, he decided to say somethingBronze Age village uncovered in Britain
A 3,000 year-old Bronze Age village has been unearthed near the city of Peterborough, England. The settlement, dating back 3,000 years to the end of the Bronze Age, would have been home to several families that lived in a number of wooden houses above wat
A 3,000 year-old Bronze Age village has been unearthed near the city of Peterborough, England. The settlement, dating back 3,000 years to the end of the Bronze Age, would have been home to several families that lived in a number of wooden houses above watPrehistoric massacre in Kenya may be oldest evidence of warfare
Scientists think they've found the oldest evidence of human warfare, fossils of a band of men, women and children massacred by a troop of attackers with clubs and stone blades on the shores of a lagoon in Kenya about 10,000 years ago.
Scientists think they've found the oldest evidence of human warfare, fossils of a band of men, women and children massacred by a troop of attackers with clubs and stone blades on the shores of a lagoon in Kenya about 10,000 years ago. Some of Calgary's oldest bars and the people who ran them
From the favourite watering hole of a former Alberta premier to a club that hosted Nirvana and the Tragically Hip, we dig through the Glenbow Museum photo archives for a (blurry) trip down memory lane. Saving Canada's last standing wooden coal tipple spurs crowdfunding campaign
Coal energy might be on the way out in the province, but one group is trying to save a piece of its heritage in the Drumheller valley — Canada's last standing wooden tipple. Last working coal mine on Vancouver Island shuts down, marking end of era
The coal industry was responsible for founding Nanaimo, a railway, and major architectural structures such as Craigdarroch Castle and Hatley Castle. "Between the 1850s and the early 20th century coal was the main economic resource on the island."Researchers pinpoint site of Salem witch hangings
A team of researchers using historical documents and 21st-century archaeological techniques has confirmed the exact site where 19 innocent people were hanged during the Salem witch trials more than three centuries ago.
A team of researchers using historical documents and 21st-century archaeological techniques has confirmed the exact site where 19 innocent people were hanged during the Salem witch trials more than three centuries ago.'Flying Scotsman' steam engine roars down rails once more
The Flying Scotsman is back on the rails in the U.K., more than a decade after the famous 1923-built locomotive was saved from the scrap heap. It was initially a glamourous trip, with a hair salon, restaurants and cocktail bar onboard.
The Flying Scotsman is back on the rails in the U.K., more than a decade after the famous 1923-built locomotive was saved from the scrap heap. It was initially a glamourous trip, with a hair salon, restaurants and cocktail bar onboard.Ancient Romans plagued by parasites despite sanitation measures
An analysis of parasite levels in samples gathered throughout the ancient Roman Empire and other historical sites shows that despite their complex sanitation infrastructure, Romans had as many parasites as their Bronze and Iron Age and medieval counterpar
An analysis of parasite levels in samples gathered throughout the ancient Roman Empire and other historical sites shows that despite their complex sanitation infrastructure, Romans had as many parasites as their Bronze and Iron Age and medieval counterparHow the ‘Holy Grail of shipwrecks’ was finally found
The Spanish treasure ship San Jose, said to contain billions of dollars in gold and jewels, lay hidden off the coast of Colombia for more than 300 years.
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The Spanish treasure ship San Jose, said to contain billions of dollars in gold and jewels, lay hidden off the coast of Colombia for more than 300 years. Battle of St-Lawrence shipwrecks found off Gaspé coast with help of fisherman
Shipwreck hunters turned to Guy St-Croix, a local fisherman, who witnessed the 1942 Battle of the St-Lawrence, for help to find torpedoed merchant ships. Gold Rush-era general store from 1914 offered to Williams Lake
Century-old general store is filled with a 'massive amount' of artifacts left in place when the original owner's daughter died behind the counter decades ago. Cannon fire marks 98th anniversary of Halifax Explosion in N.S.
The 98th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion, which left roughly 25,000 people dead, injured or homeless, was marked on Citadel Hill today with a canon blast at the time of the disaster.Sauropod dinosaur tracks found in Scottish Highlands
Scientists have unearthed the largest dinosaur fossil site ever found in Scotland. The collection of hundreds of dinosaur footprints and handprints is helping scientists learn about the long-necked, massive sauropods.
Scientists have unearthed the largest dinosaur fossil site ever found in Scotland. The collection of hundreds of dinosaur footprints and handprints is helping scientists learn about the long-necked, massive sauropods. Unearthed first-hand accounts reveal devastation of 1917 Halifax explosion
Nearly a century after it happened, new perspectives on the Halifax explosion are coming to light through a collection of photos and hand-written letters obtained by the Nova Scotia Archives.U.S. marks 60th anniversary of Rosa Parks refusing to give up bus seat
It was 60 years ago today that Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a public bus in Montgomery, Ala. Parks was fined $14 US for refusing the bus driver's order to move to the back of the bus.
It was 60 years ago today that Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a public bus in Montgomery, Ala. Parks was fined $14 US for refusing the bus driver's order to move to the back of the bus. Canada's 1st dimetrodon solves P.E.I. fossil mystery
A fossil dug up in P.E.I. in 1854 has finally been identified — as the first and only dimetrodon ever found in Canada. Louis Riel: Canadians and Indigenous Peoples continue to pay respect, 130 years later
One hundred and thirty years after Louis Riel was hanged for treason, Canadians and Indigenous Peoples alike continue to commemorate his death at events and on social media. Government to erect plaques across Ottawa to honour Fathers of Confederation
The federal department overseeing Canada 150 celebrations is embarking on a capital-wide project to place commemorative plaques at locations where 15 Fathers of Confederation made a home during their time in Parliament. Bones from the 'dawn of dinosaurs' found in Parrsboro, N.S.
Experts find some of Canada's oldest dinosaur bones embedded in red sandstone on the northern shore of Nova Scotia. The bones would have been "washed to beach sand" if museum staff hadn't found them. P.E.I. photographer's secret documentation of WW I goes on display
A photo exhibit which opens at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery on Remembrance Day displays the work of P.E.I. soldier and photographer Jack Turner. who was determined to tell the story of WW I, despite army rules forbidding cameras. Red tape snarls search for Canadian WWII airmen
In 1944, a WWII British transport plane carrying two Canadian airmen disappeared on a night-time mission. New research is close to finally resolving where they died. But government red tape is blocking efforts to finish the search. Canadian Centre for the Great War shows off country's war effort
Tucked away in an old office building in Côte-St-Paul are the tales and trinkets of hundreds of World War I veterans. Some were donated but most of the items on display belong to an enthusiastic and patriotic Montrealer named Mark Cahill.4,300-year-old pyramid discovered in Egypt
Archeologists in Egypt have found a 4,300-year-old pyramid. The pyramid, which is believed to have belonged to Queen Sesheshet, was discovered in the sprawling rulers' burial site near the ancient city of Memphis about 20 kilometres south of Cairo
Archeologists in Egypt have found a 4,300-year-old pyramid. The pyramid, which is believed to have belonged to Queen Sesheshet, was discovered in the sprawling rulers' burial site near the ancient city of Memphis about 20 kilometres south of Cairo Second World War Harvard trainers to make Remembrance Day flypast
A former Canadian astronaut will be among those in the cockpit as the distinctive roar of a flyover by Second World War training aircraft greets those attending the annual Remembrance Day ceremonies in Toronto. SS Hydrus found 102 years after it sank in Lake Huron
A shipwreck hunter from Michigan says he's found a sunken freighter that has been sitting on the bottom of Lake Huron for more than a century. David Trotter has revealed that he has located the SS Hydrus, a freighter that sunk at this time of year in 1913 Portrait honours WWI vet who fought at the Somme, Vimy and Passchendaele
The Calgary Highlanders have unveiled a portrait of David McAndie, one of the most decorated members of the regiment whose bravery continues to inspire soldiers to this day. Lost to history: the Canadians who fought in Vietnam
As Americans mark 50 years since the start of their ground war in Vietnam, the story of a B.C. teen is being remembered alongside dozens of other Canadians who were killed fighting for U.S. forces. Interactive map journal: The life of 'In Flanders Fields' author John McCrae
It's been 100 years since John McCrae penned 'In Flanders' Fields,' the famous First World War poem. When he wrote the poem, McCrae was a major and a doctor with the Canadian military in Belgium. Wartime art project inspired by A.Y. Jackson on display in Calgary
A wartime art project that was inspired by Group of Seven artist A.Y. Jackson and was meant to bolster the morale of Canadian troops in the Second World War is on display at The Military Museums in Calgary. Rags, the WW I hero dog, featured in B.C. biographer's new book
'I've identified at least three or four occasions where Rags not only saved men’s lives, but helped redirect the course of the war for the Allies,' says dog biography writer. War Junk TV show connects family to uncle who died in WWII
Wayne Abbott travels to deserted battlefields looking for lost objects that will bring to life the memories of those who died in battle with their relatives around the world. Flashback Friday: King George lays foundation for Remembrance Day
On Nov. 6, 1919, King George V called for all countries in the British Empire to grind to a halt for two minutes of silent reflection, to honour those killed in the First World War. Cracker from the Titanic sells for more than $30,000
A cracker that was aboard the Titanic sold in a British auction for over $30,000. The Spillers & Bakers "Pilot" biscuit was salvaged by James Fenwick, a passenger on the Carpathia, the ship which came to the Titanic's aid.Back to Canada News
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