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0 When we think of war we usually think of men—and now women as well—fighting battles on land and sea and in the air. All too often we forget that for these combatants to fight millions of people are required to work behind the front line... -
0 PHOTO: LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA-CO25327 As a physician and British Columbia statesman, John Sebastian Helmcken was well travelled by the late 1800s. British Columbia physician John Sebastian Helmcken had a lot of experience to draw upon when he sat down to write his memoirs in...
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0 PHOTOS: G. PATCHET, TORONTO PORT AUTHORITY; BAY FERRIES LTD. The Maple City ferry heads to Toronto City Centre Airport; (Inset) The Cat zooms between Yarmouth, N.S., and Bar Harbour, Maine. It is a sun-drenched morning and any minute now the 20-metre motor vessel Maple City,...
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0 PHOTOS: John Woodruff, NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF CANADA–PA021681; Communications new brunswick; NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF CANADA–PA213804 Sir William Van Horne’s summer residence included the house (top) and a windmill; Sir William Van Horne vacationing in Cuba in February 1910. In 1890, the legendary railway baron Sir William...
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