There had been gains and losses, victories and defeats, but the War of 1812 had gone well enough for Anglo-Canadian forces by early September 1814.

What began beside a family cabin in Sudbury, Ont., appeared to be ending against the bullet-ridden wall of a faraway Spanish farmhouse. Jules Paivio, a

Between 1942 and 1943, on behalf of the Canadian government, Hubert Rogers used his skills in comic book-style writing and animating to create propaganda posters

On Aug. 21, 1921, a one-year-old Christopher Robin Milne—son of British writer A.A. Milne—received a particularly special birthday present. The teddy bear, gifted to him

On Aug. 13, 1812, Major-General Isaac Brock arrived at Fort Malden. There, intent on reinforcing the garrison near Amherstburg in present-day Ontario, the British commander

On Aug. 9, 1945, 27-year-old Lieutenant Robert (Hammy) Hampton Gray of Trail, B.C., piloting a British Royal Navy Corsair above Japanese waters, became Canada’s last