History

Section Archive:
History

January 2011

They should be living in Manitoba, but due to a map-maker’s error they’re living in Minnesota. The Americans of Angle Township

History • by Grant Stoddard

October 2010

Faded Hero

How Canada forgot — and then rediscovered — Sir Sam Steele

History • by Charlotte Gray

September 2009

On the Plains of Abraham

A novelist recreates one of Canada’s greatest battles.

History • by Helen Humphreys

May 2009

Brisebois Drive

In our noisy, wired age, the bit players of history are consigned to oblivion

History • by Aritha van Herk

January 2009

The Lynching of Louie Sam

In 1884, an American mob brought frontier justice to the Canadian border.

History • by John Vaillant

December 2008

The Lynching of Louie Sam

In 1884, an American mob brought frontier justice to the Canadian border.

History • by John Vaillant

October 2006

Bombs Over Cambodia

New information reveals that Cambodia was bombed far more heavily than previously believed

History • by Taylor Owen and Ben Kiernan

October 2004

A Ridiculously Brief History of Rwanda

History • by Gerald Caplan

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Section Archive:History

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