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Remembering one of Calgary's most passionate historians | CBC.ca
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (102+ words) Remembering one of Calgary's most passionate historians CBC Remembering one of Calgary's most passionate historians Beloved historian and longtime CBC contributor Harry Sanders has passed away after an illness. Bob Van Wegen, a friend and member of the Calgary heritage…...
The Diamond Junction: New drone footage shows where Canada’s railway giants cross in Portage
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (485+ words) Portage la Prairie has long been known as a transportation hub, but a set of rails on the west side of the city gives the community a distinction that is difficult to find anywhere else in Canada. That distinction is…...
Why this County Durham ex-mining village shares its name with a Canadian city
2+ week, 13+ hour ago (453+ words) Just a mile or so north-west of Bishop Auckland lies a small County Durham village with a name far more commonly associated with one of Canada’s biggest cities. Toronto is a former mining settlement tucked into a loop of the…...
McLEOD: Miner to coal baron, with an opulent castle
2+ week, 5+ day ago (238+ words) Substantial profits from five busy mines allowed Dunsmuir to buy out his initial partners (other than his sons). Diggle’s holdings were purchased for the enormous $600,000 in 1883, and the firm was renamed R. Dunsmuir & Sons. Understanding every step of mine production,…...
Residents in an east-central Alberta town work to preserve historic CN station
3+ week, 1+ day ago (665+ words) Some Vermilion residents are working to preserve a historic CN train station in Vermilion Provincial Park, after the building was deemed unsafe for public use in 2023. The station has been a part of the community for more than 120 years and…...
Emancipation Flag raised in Guelph as part of month-long celebration
3+ week, 3+ day ago (207+ words) The Guelph Black Heritage Society raised the Emancipation Flag at Heritage Hall as part of Emancipation Month, marking the abolition of slavery across the British Empire in 1834. The ceremony was part of advocate Dewitt Lee’s Emancipation Month Flag Tour, which…...