A haunting photograph of the Titanic, one of the last taken of the doomed ship, has been sold by the Vancouver Maritime Museum for a paltry $4,935.

As the 100th anniversary of the Titanic’s sinking approaches, events across the world are being planned to commemorate the tragedy that took more than 1,500 lives.

Historic treasures are hidden in holy houses across Toronto. Though many congregations are dwindling, and more than a few churches have been reincarnated as condominiums, some places of worship have proven to be protective refuges for things very much in the material realm.

They came from across Canada, 1,000 strong, to make a statement — we may be young, but we will remember.

It seems we can’t get enough of the Titanic. How else to explain, in the spate of books marking the centenary of its destruction April 14-15, 1912, that we have not one but two biographies of John “Jock” Law Hume?

Nearly 140 years after Canadian-born scientist John Murray began gathering the first comprehensive data on sea water temperatures around the world, a team of U.S. and British researchers has revisited the pioneering discoveries from the famous 1872-76 voyage of the HMS Challenger to create the clearest picture yet of the steady warming trend now threatening the planet's marine environment.

A rare, 268-year-old first edition of a landmark book of Canadian history — one credited, in fact, with profoundly changing Canadian history after it was published in 1744 — is heading to auction in the U.S. and is expected to fetch up to $10,000.

A new sponsor has signed on in support of the Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Museums: History Alive! Ecclesiastical Insurance Ltd will work with the Canadian Museums Association to present the award, which became part of the Canada’s History Awards program in 2011.

The federal government, which has been promoting the bicentennial of the War of 1812, is placing even more emphasis on military history by designating a number of sites, events and groups as historic.

Cowichan elder May Sam is one of several dozen knitters on Vancouver Island who produce durable, weatherproof sweaters in the traditional fashion.