Riot Acts
In Calgary—as in other communities across Canada—Great War tensions with German immigrants boiled over in 1916
Sharon Adams
March 12, 2026
In Calgary—as in other communities across Canada—Great War tensions with German immigrants boiled over in 1916
My mother Ruth Pigott and her parents Olive and Louis lived in Halifax in the 1940s. It was a bustling, turbulent time for the picturesque
How Canadian women and girls crafted for victory in WW II
What happened to two First World War French warships in Lake Superior
A fiery footnote in history, the July 1945 Bedford Magazine explosion almost became a second Halifax disaster 27 years after the first.
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An informative primer on Canada’s crucial role in the Normandy landing, June 6, 1944.
