Federal funding for two signature projects to celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary in 2017 was announced at Halifax’s Discovery Centre. Canadian Heritage Minister Melanie Joly announced almost $6 million for the project Innovation150, an initiative she said will help Canadians learn about scientific innovations realized in this country over the course of the past 150 years.

A pair of Japanese paleontologists has named a marine bird species after a Thornhill, Man., homeowner after an 80-million-year-old fossil was dug up on his property.

The Timelooper app allows users to experience key moments in history with just a smartphone and a cardboard headset.

Belleville, Ont.’s Glanmore National Historic Site is reopening to visitors. A new carpet, a reproduction of the original 1883 Wilton carpet, was custom manufactured in the United Kingdom and installed on the grand staircase as well as in the reception room and the main and upper halls.

With the Bank of Canada’s announcement that it is looking for public submissions on which woman should be the first Canadian woman featured on the face side of one of the country’s bills, several names have been thrown out. One of the names that has risen to the top is Grey County, Ont.-born politician Agnes Macphail.

Long-awaited repairs on the Paul Martin building in downtown Windsor should begin within a few weeks.

The Canadian Museum of Nature is shopping for a cutting-edge ticketing system that it says will greatly improve service for visitors buying admissions or attending museum events.

The Canadian Museum of History is asking the public to submit their suggestions for objects and images they'd like to see on display in the museum's new Canadian History Hall.

For the first time at the University of Windsor, the history department offered a course called public history designed to help connect a community to its past.

The portrait of an iconic Canadian woman is set to appear on a new series of banknotes, and a British Columbia historian says it’s about time. Merna Forster has been writing letters to politicians and Bank of Canada governors for years saying that it is unacceptable not to have a single bill featuring the image of a female figure from the country’s history.