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Two wrecked canal boats from mid-1800s found in Lake Ontario
The wrecks of two 19th-century canal boats have been found on the bottom of Lake Ontario, an unusual discovery because such vessels typically weren't used on open water, a team of New York shipwreck hunters said Wednesday. Devil's Brigade, feared Second World War fighting force, to receive highest U.S. civilian honour
The surviving members of a legendary force of Canadian and U.S. soldiers will be honoured in Washington for their courage and bravery -- and the rough-and-tough tactics that helped win the Second World War. Grace Islet controversy ends as B.C. steps in to buy land
A controversial development on Grace Islet has been stopped after the province stepped in with a plan to purchase the land. Martin Luther King denied 1960 vacation to New Brunswick
Martin Luther King's planned vacation to Fundy National Park in New Brunswick was scuttled in 1960 after an innkeeper expressed that his presence could offend some U.S. tourists. Olive Bailey, B.C. woman who helped crack Nazi codes in WWII
Olive Bailey, of Victoria, B.C., is one of the last survivors of a team that pulled off one of the greatest intelligence coups of the Second World War. 6 Sir John A. Macdonald facts to mark his 200th birthday
As people across Canada commemorate the 200th birthday of Sir John A. MacDonald on Sunday, here are six things that may surprise you about Canada's eldest statesman.Boston time capsule contains newspapers, coins, medal depicting George Washington
Early residents of Boston valued a robust press as much as their history and currency if the contents of a time capsule dating back to the years just after the Revolutionary War are any guide.
Early residents of Boston valued a robust press as much as their history and currency if the contents of a time capsule dating back to the years just after the Revolutionary War are any guide.Tomb of Khentakawess III, previously unknown Egyptian queen, discovered
Czech archeologists say they have uncovered the tomb of a previously unknown Egyptian queen, believed to be the wife of Pharaoh Neferefre.
Czech archeologists say they have uncovered the tomb of a previously unknown Egyptian queen, believed to be the wife of Pharaoh Neferefre. Canada's Peace Tower carillon bells mark 1914 Christmas truce
Canada's Peace Tower carillon on Parliament Hill was among carillons in 11 countries that marked the 100th anniversary of the Christmas truce by playing Silent Night on Wednesday afternoon. Christmas in the trenches:100 years of PPCLI holiday letters home
Since landing in France for its first fight around Christmas 1914, members of the Princess Patricia's Light Infantry has spent many holidays abroad. Here is a sample of some of their holiday letters home over the past 100 years.Which Bethlehem' Rival claims staked to the real birthplace of Jesus
This is the small village of Bethlehem in the Galilee, located in northern Israel. And unlike the larger and better-known city of Bethlehem in the West Bank some 100 miles south, where thousands flock to to sing carols in Manger Square each year, there is
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This is the small village of Bethlehem in the Galilee, located in northern Israel. And unlike the larger and better-known city of Bethlehem in the West Bank some 100 miles south, where thousands flock to to sing carols in Manger Square each year, there is 133-year-old P.E.I. lighthouse being moved from edge of cliff
A historic Prince Edward Island lighthouse in danger of slipping into the sea is getting a new address -- and a new lease on life. The 133-year-old Cape Bear Lighthouse at the southeastern tip of P.E.I. is being moved about 100 feet from the edge of an er Researchers find new evidence of Viking presence in Canada
A small stone vessel found on Nunavut’s Baffin Island more than 50 years ago is proof of a previously unknown Viking presence in Arctic Canada, researchers say. Atlas of Canada sheds new light on Arctic: 'We don't know what lies beneath the ocean' | CTV News
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society has published its first major update to the 'Atlas of Canada' in 10 years, offering the latest snapshot of a country that has yet to be fully explored.Ancient clay seals may shed light on biblical kings, government
Impressions from ancient clay seals found at a small site in Israel east of Gaza are signs of government in an area thought to be entirely rural during the 10th century B.C., says Mississippi State University archaeologist James W. Hardin.
Impressions from ancient clay seals found at a small site in Israel east of Gaza are signs of government in an area thought to be entirely rural during the 10th century B.C., says Mississippi State University archaeologist James W. Hardin. WWI Christmas Truce still remembered
During the first Christmas Day of the First World War, something magical happened as German and British soldiers struck up a spontaneous truce in Flanders Fields. Sir John A. Macdonald toonie to celebrate 1st PM's 200th birthday
Sir John A. Macdonald will be honoured with a spot on the $2 coin for the 200th anniversary of his birth, according to a notice posted Friday. Memorial service marks 97th anniversary of explosion at Halifax Harbour
Halifax residents gathered to mark the 97th anniversary of the Halifax explosion Saturday morning. Richard III remains confirmed, but DNA test raises other questions
British research confirms skeleton found that of King Richard III. Now questions are being raised about lineage of Tudor royal family.Winston Churchill spurred scientific innovation
Aerial mines may sound like a contraption from a science fiction film, but they were dreamt up by the man known as Britain’s greatest wartime prime minister
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Aerial mines may sound like a contraption from a science fiction film, but they were dreamt up by the man known as Britain’s greatest wartime prime minister
My fascination with the First World War used to be seen as geeky. Not any more ...
I have been visiting First World War battlefield sites since the mid-1980s, when I was in my twenties: even back then I was on the outskirts of what most people considered were suitable or mainstream pastimes. Of course, in the City of London in the 1980s
I have been visiting First World War battlefield sites since the mid-1980s, when I was in my twenties: even back then I was on the outskirts of what most people considered were suitable or mainstream pastimes. Of course, in the City of London in the 1980s Previously unseen Halifax Explosion photos surface in England
Several previously unseen photographs taken during the Halifax Explosion have surfaced at a home in Cornwall, England. Remembrance Day: Dorothy Scott, 93, recounts her WWII RAF days
Dorothy Scott's job during the Second World War was to plot airplanes, both friend and foe, for the Royal Air Force from a farmhouse in the south of Cornwall. The Guelph resident shares her stories from the war with The Morning Edition host Craig Norris. Bomber Command veterans in their 90s visit Hamilton's Lancaster
Royal Canadian Air Force and Royal Air Force veterans who served as Lancaster bomber aircrew reunited in Hamilton for Remembrance Day events. First Nations contributions to WW I and WW II: Lest we forget
Our soldiers fought for the shared values of freedom and democratic rights for all, but these soldiers returned from the war and quickly realized those freedoms and rights did not equally apply to them as they did their non-native comrades, writes Gordon Francis Pegahmagabow, unsung WW I hero, to get overdue recognition
The most decorated First Nations soldier in the history of the Canadian military will get the recognition he never received in his lifetime. A life-size bronze statue of Francis Pegahmagabow, a little known WW I hero, will be erected in Parry Sound, Ont., Divers visit WW II Bell Island shipwreck site to lay wreath
A crew of divers from Conception Bay South visited the site of a WW II shipwreck on Monday to lay a wreath in memory of the sailors who perished. Lancaster bomber veterans to reunite on Remembrance Day in Hamilton
Seven Royal Canadian Air Force veterans who served as Lancaster bomber aircrew are reuniting in Hamilton for Remembrance Day events.Winston Churchill's 'bid to nuke Russia' to win Cold War
Winston Churchill urged the United States to launch a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union to win the Cold War, a newly released document reveals.
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Winston Churchill urged the United States to launch a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union to win the Cold War, a newly released document reveals. John McCrae's 'In Flanders Fields' still stirs hearts almost a century after it was written
Despite the passage of time, Canadian Lt.-Col. John McCrae's poem 'In Flanders Fields' -- often recited around Remembrance Day or when a soldier dies in the line of duty -- has managed to remain relevant to every conflict since the First World War. George Lawrence Price was last Canadian soldier killed in First World War
George Lawrence Price was a typical Canadian soldier in the First World War, except for the timing of his death. He holds the sad distinction of being the last Canadian and last Commonwealth soldier to die in the First World War. Ship's bell recovered from Franklin's HMS Erebus
A brass bell from HMS Erebus, one of the two doomed ships from the Franklin expedition that came in search of the Northwest Passage, is now in the hands of scientists in Ottawa.How a Bruce Springsteen concert helped bring down the Berlin Wall
It was 25 years ago this weekend that the Berlin Wall came tumbling down. For young East Germans back then, rock music was a big catalyst for change – with no one bigger than Bruce Springsteen. The CBC's Nahlah Ayed writes about the legacy of one epic con
It was 25 years ago this weekend that the Berlin Wall came tumbling down. For young East Germans back then, rock music was a big catalyst for change – with no one bigger than Bruce Springsteen. The CBC's Nahlah Ayed writes about the legacy of one epic con Lighter returned to B.C. family 70 years after pilot was killed in Second World War
On June 25, 1944, Flight-Lieutenant Barry Cleeton’s Spitfire was shot down over Normandy, France. At only 21, he crashed and died in a farmer’s field. Seventy years later, his sister Gwenneth Olson brightens at the sound of his name. Video: Fred Gallant, 91, reflects on WWII service
Remembrance Day can evoke strong emotions for veterans and their families and that is especially true for one elderly couple in Summerside. Plant-eating, duck-billed dinos had endurance to outrun predators: Alberta researchers
New research suggests that duck-billed dinosaurs were no sitting ducks. Scientists have long wondered how the plant-eating hadrosaurs managed to be so numerous everywhere from North America to Asia. 'The beginning of the long dash' indicates 75 years of official time on CBC
On Nov. 5, 1939, as the Second World War was breaking out in Europe, Canadians first heard "the beginning of the long dash" which officially signals the arrival of 1 p.m. Dozens of old graves found under Toronto church parking lot
Dozens of sets of century-old human remains have been found under the parking lot of a Catholic church in Toronto. WWI centenary: The 100 year old trenches of Flanders Fields, in pictures
The 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War: Flanders Fields
100 Years Since The Great War.Amelia Earhart mystery: Metal found on Pacific island from aviator's plane, group says
Researchers probing the 1937 disappearance of famed American aviator Amelia Earhart's plane say they now believe a slab of aluminum found decades ago on an uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean came from her aircraft.
Researchers probing the 1937 disappearance of famed American aviator Amelia Earhart's plane say they now believe a slab of aluminum found decades ago on an uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean came from her aircraft. ROM mummy Justine's real name was Nefret-Mut, researchers reveal
Researchers have uncovered the real name of a mysterious Egyptian mummy nicknamed "Justine."Phil Collins gives lifelong Alamo collection to Texas
British pop star Phil Collins on Tuesday handed over his vast collection of artifacts related to the Battle of the Alamo and the Texas Revolution to the state of Texas.
British pop star Phil Collins on Tuesday handed over his vast collection of artifacts related to the Battle of the Alamo and the Texas Revolution to the state of Texas. Airmen honoured as Second World War plane pulled from Ontario lake
Two young airmen killed during the Second World War were honoured with a moment of silence today as wreckage of their crashed plane was pulled from an Ontario lake. Key British WWII spy lived in B.C.
In a tale that wouldn't look out of place in a John le Carré novel, an amateur historian who lived on Salt Spring Island, B.C. has been revealed as a key British agent during the Second World War.Nazi submarine wreck found off coast of U.S. likely contains remains of 45 German soldiers
The German U-boat U-576 sank with all hands aboard on July 14, 1942 after attacking a U.S. convoy off the coast of North Carolina
The German U-boat U-576 sank with all hands aboard on July 14, 1942 after attacking a U.S. convoy off the coast of North CarolinaArchaeologists find 6,000-year-old temple in Ukraine
The remains of the two-story temple also contain fragments of humanlike figurines and animal bones.
The remains of the two-story temple also contain fragments of humanlike figurines and animal bones.Ben Bradlee, the Watergate editor who unleashed a 'messianic media'
The Ben Bradlee of legend was born in 1976 on the big screen, in the Watergate movie All the President's Men. It told the story of how two investigative reporters, working for Bradlee at The Washington Post, brought down the president of the United States
The Ben Bradlee of legend was born in 1976 on the big screen, in the Watergate movie All the President's Men. It told the story of how two investigative reporters, working for Bradlee at The Washington Post, brought down the president of the United StatesBack to Canada News
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