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Aug 8, 2017
Return to Oka
I wrote about Oka at the end of June. The first thing I read about was the leadership of Ellen Gabriel as one of the spokespeople for the Mohawk resistance....
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Aug 8, 2017
5 Virtual Museums of Canadian History
I came across the Virtual Museum of Canada, âthe largest source of online content and experiences shared by large and small Canadian museums and heritage organizations,â and spent some time...
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Aug 7, 2017
Winnipeg General Strike
On May 1, 1919, building trade unions employed by the Winnipeg Builders Exchange were faced with an ultimatum related to their wages and decided to go on strike. The following...
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Aug 5, 2017
Neys POW Camp and Japanese Internment
Neys Provincial Park is a park on the north shore of Lake Superior, known for its sand beaches, unique plant species and islands made famous by the Group of Seven....
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Jun 28, 2017
Oka
I had heard of the Oka Crisis, but I had never had it pointed out to me on a map. So when we bicycled through Oka on our way out...
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Jun 28, 2017
Murdochville Strike
I recently researched and wrote a piece about the QuĂ©bec sovereignty movement after coming across a colourful mural along the highway southwest of PercĂ©. But what about when there isnât...
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Jun 27, 2017
Maison du PĂȘcheur
I saw the mural from a distance. Hand-painted, spanning both doors of a worn wooden building. âOeil libre Regardes oĂč tu marches Le ciel se lĂšve [âŠ] Survivreâ I never...
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Jun 10, 2017
The Relocation of Black Point
A few weeks ago we stayed with Michel and Lucille on the northwest coast of Cape Breton. One of the things I had heard about while we were on Newfoundland...
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Apr 14, 2017
How My Home Became a Wasteland
I grew up on an isolated property north of County Road 45, which was Digby Township in my young life and has now amalgamated into the City of Kawartha Lakes....
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