Special Olympics Canada comes to Thunder Bay
National media attention will be on sports in Thunder Bay from February 25-29, when more than 1,200 athletes, managers and mission staff from across Canada...
Elle Andra-Warner
The First Female Lawyers: Legal Trailblazers
Back 150-100 years ago, becoming a lawyer and practicing law was closed to women pretty well around the world. But breaking barriers is something women...
The therapy dogs of St. John Ambulance
Did you know there are currently more than 50 therapy dog teams (one dog and its owner/handler) of the St. John Ambulance Therapy Dog Program...
Early 20th Century Pathfinders
A hundred years ago, in the early 20th century, automobiles became widely accessible to the public. But where did they drive when most roads were...
The Story of “Merry” Christmas
So, why do we say the seasonal greeting “Merry Christmas” instead of “Happy” like we do for Happy Birthday, Happy Easter, Happy Mother’s Day, etc.?...
Vintage Postcards Tell Quirky Tales
It was a vintage colourized postcard on eBay that sparked my interest about something I had never heard of before: ostrich racing in Port Arthur...
Northwest Angle: A Minnesota Geographic Oddity
So, how did a northwest chunk of Minnesota—located at the northwestern-most point of Lake of the Woods—end up in Canada? The Northwest Angle, which residents...
Moose hair tufting makes a comeback
It was in Fort Providence, Northwest Territories (NWT) when I first learned about moose hair tufting. We had stopped there for lunch at the Snowshoe...
