Using Art to Rethink the Legacy of Nazi Germany
How Canadian artist Vera Frenkel transformed a space once used to hide Hitler’s stolen treasure
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Inside the Indigenous Fight to Reshape Canada’s History
From monuments to street names, communities are questioning how we celebrate our nation’s founding
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Why Good Historical Fiction Is so Hard to Write in Canada
Can Kathleen Winter’s new novel make us care about our country’s past?
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How Canada Day Got Its Name
The history behind our national holiday
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The Strange History of ‘O Canada’
Disliked by the French and misunderstood by the English, what the anthem says about our nation
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Canada’s Place in an Unreliable World
As the old alliances falter, the time has come for Canadians to start looking out for ourselves
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Last Man Standing
Of the 1,600 Canadians who volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civil War, only one remains
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Cleaning Up Christmas
It wasn’t always ho-ho-ho
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The War, Carved in Stone
Searching for my grandfather’s story in the tunnels beneath Vimy Ridge
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Canada’s Oldest Profession
The fur trade—then and now
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