There is a plaque at the corner of Brentcliffe Road and Broadway Avenue in Leaside (Toronto), Ontario. It was erected to commemorate the first airmail flight in Canada which took place on June 24, 1918. A flight that almost failed. The air war over Europe during WWI took a heavy
I am not a fan of the Communist political system. But I also admit that I not a dedicated fan of the philosophy of Capitalism either. Communism in Canada is a late 19th and early 20th century thing. That is not to say that Communists do not still offer up
Madge Graham was the model for my grandmother. Poppy, as she was known, was ahead of her time and a die-hard adventurer. In 1919, a women's place, according to Madge, was in the cockpit of an airplane being a navigator for her husband, Stuart Graham, Canada's first bush pilot.On her maiden
I do business all across the world. I have a series of clocks over my desk set to the time zones of Vancouver, Tokyo, Ottawa and London. I blame it all on Sir Sanford Fleming. Sanford Fleming was born in Kirkaldy, Scotland in 1827. He emigrated to Canada at the age
The prospector is the most useful man to commerce and the most valuable man of civilization. Political economists tell us that next to agriculture, mining is the next greatest industry. This is true from the viewpoint that if our soil were untilled, famine would stalk the land.From the monetary standpoint,
Canada is a big country, covering a total of 7 time zones. It is often asked "What Time is it in Canada"? In 1884, the world adopted Standard Time Zones, created by Canadian, Sir Sanford Fleming - The Father of Standard Time. Canada Time Zones were invented to help locomotives and ships run on time
Famous Black Canadians:
One of the first Famous Black Canadians that comes to mind is Harry Jerome. Long before Ben Johnson or Donovan Bailey, Harry Jerome was Mr. Canada and the world's fastest man and one of our best-known athletes despite an injury-prone career. Born in Prince Albert, Sask., and residing
We all marvel at the work of Yosef Karsh, Canada's foremost photographer. Did you ever wonder what technique Karsh used to capture Winston Churchill? One of Churchill's trademarks was his cigar. When Karsh posed Churchill, he allowed Churchill to hold his cigar. Karsh, in his informal style, walked up to
Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an editor, politician, and poet, born at Carlingford, County Louth, Ireland, 13 April, 1825. He was assassinated at Ottawa, Canada, 7 April, 1868. A precocious youth in Ireland, he emigrated to the United States at seventeen. Soon after his arrival at Providence, Rhode Island, he gave
The British North America Act of 1867, (BNA Act) is now known as the Constitution Act of 1867. This is the basis of the Constitution Act of 1982, which is Canada's fundamental law. It determines the structure of government, the allocation of powers between federal and provincial authorities, and the
