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On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s accession to the throne, the Centre of Canadian Studies of the University of Edinburgh hosted its annual conference on the theme &qu

It's a war story that is told every time the career of Billy Bishop is discussed: On June 2, 1917, the young pilot single-handedly took out a German airfield in an early morning raid at the he

As a foundation of the Order of St. John, St. John Ambulance has been providing first aid training programs in Canada for the past 125 years.

Maps for Family and Local History shows how three great land surveys can provide information on ancestral homes, as well as fascinating historical snapshots of specific areas.

Few people can resist the appeal of old maps and plans.

Although Charles Best is known for discovering insulin, the story of his life neither begins nor ends with that one moment.

Margaret Laurence: The Making of a Writer is an engaging narrative that contains new and important findings about Laurence's life and career.

During the Great Depression, promoter, salesman, and pilot Richard Thorne McCully became an aviation pioneer, capturing much of the Maritime region from the air.

Me n Len is a warm and humourously nostalgic look back at life in the backwoods of Ontario in the "good old days." The setting is the rural area of eastern Haliburton, Ontario, in the dec

Short-listed for the 2003 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction A world exists on the nighttime streets that the average person cannot envision.

The Midnight Hour is amazing, amusing, and frightening. It will make you pause to wonder - about ghosts and spirits, fate and destiny, strange beasts and even stranger human beings.

In the simplest of terms, leadership is about influencing people to achieve an objective that is important to the leader, the group, and the organization.

Of special interest to coin and bill collectors, as well as history buffs and students, is this clear, concise and intriguing explanation of the various coins and currencies used in Canada between

More Battlefields of Canada is a sequel to Mary Beacock Fryers bestselling Battlefields of Canada.

Mike Filey’s "The Way We Were" column in the Toronto Sun continues to be one of the paper’s most popular features.