Canadianhistory Stories

Agnes Macphail was a force of nature - a woman who broke down the boundaries in Canadian politics and stood up for the voiceless. From 1921 when she first took office, until 1951 (only three years before her death!) when she lost her final election, she was a woman to be reckoned with. She never married, but here she remembers her life with her grand-niece who realizes that she too walks in her great-aunt's footsteps, as do we all.

James Murdoch arrived in the Musquodoboit valley during the early years of its settlement, helping to lift the spirits of pioneers with the Word of God and giving them hope against an unforgiving world.

William Briar is a young man in 1917 Canada. With the Great War worse than ever, Will chooses to enlist and join the other young men who are fighting overseas, leaving behind his home, mother, and fiancé for the brutal battle ground in France. This short story is as historically accurate as I could make it. My sources are included.

In Remembering a Special Remembrance Day, a son-in-law accompanies his father-in-law, a Second World War veteran, to the National War Memorial in Ottawa. Through heartfelt moments, a kind taxi driver, the sound of jet engines overhead, and quiet reflections on sacrifice, this true story honours a generation of veterans-and captures a day that became its own lasting memory.

Sixteen year-old Jefferson is a loner who plays video games all the time. His mother finally persuades him to vacation with her at Iroquois Lake. During that time, he sneaks out to a musty outhouse to play his video games. A tornado comes and Jefferson is transported to the world of 1946 in Waldheim, Saskatchewan, where he meets the Morons' Club. These boys are non-athletic but find ways to have fun. Historically, this was an actual club. This story draws from memoirs of two deceased members and the memories of living ones. This club lasted until 1949, when members graduated from high school. This book documents the fun and humor of a group of boys in a post-war rural village.

Elizabeth Neufeld turns a scandal into a way to help the immigrant community around Central Neighbourhood House. A brand commission for the Myseum of Toronto.

In The Old Schoolhouse: How Time Flies, a writer's quiet visit to a forgotten one-room schoolhouse stirs powerful visions of the past. Through dusty relics, community records, and a chance encounter with a former student, he uncovers a tapestry of rural life, war, loss, resilience-and the enduring legacy of teachers. A story of memory, connection, and the seeds of knowledge we continue to plant.

Having no land to inherit upon reaching adulthood, George Gordon Farnell left the village of Otley, Yorkshire, in 1776 to enlist in the British army, being transferred to Canada. For the next five years he fought American rebels on both Canadian and American soil, being captured, released, and captured again, all the while avoiding being maimed or killed by musket balls and cannons.

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