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  • Is it cold enough for you?

    A history of Canadian weather extremes

    Weather forms the Canadian psyche as much as hockey and the maple leaf.

  • The Use, Misuse, and Abuse of Prorogation

    Defending the prorogation of Parliament, Stephen Harper asserted it is a “fairly standard procedure.”

  • Pierre Trudeau: Politics and Personality, Part II

    If Trudeau’s first term in office had been largely one of modest achievement, his second term ran at a blistering crisis-provoking pace.

  • Pierre Trudeau: Politics and Personality

    Trudeau, like Barack Obama, was long on charm and short on experience.

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  • With Glowing Hearts?

    Did the flag waving and anthem singing at the Olympics in Vancouver express ...

  • What Place Does the Canadian Military Effort Hold in History Programs Offered in France?

    Before each event, we advise the media regarding The Memory Project: Stories of ...

  • New Brunswick

    While interviewing veterans in Moncton and Miramichi this November, I found ...

  • The Memory Project and the Bombing Campaign Debate

    The Memory Project: Stories of the Second World War Digital Archive has the ...

  • Limitations Get Us Down to Business

    Recently in a workshop on the subject of oral history and digital ...

  • Olympic Memories

    Gordeeva and Grinkov

    A disappointing pairs competition brings back memories of magic in Calgary in ...

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  • March 8--INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

    CELEBRATE!

    Today is a day to celebrate the achievements and contributions of women in ...

  • United Nations Denier

    Boy! That and global warming too?

    The United Nations has been a dismal failure since its inception. Now it ...

  • DECEMBER 6--20 YEARS LATER

    December 6 2009 Two decades of grief are commemorated.

  • Next time let's do it right

    if there is ever another Afghanistan

    In order to put together a military operation -you have to have a well defined ...

  • First Canadian Parliamentary Battalion

    The perfect way to develop an Afghan policy...NOW!

    Just dress up a bunch of Parliamentarians in desert camo and send them there ...

  • Maybe Obama's star is dimming

    Found out?

    Recent evidence tends to indicate that Obama is not as powerful as he thought ...

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