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The story of the Red River settlement brings together people of a variety of backgrounds, visible today through the cultural artifacts of the colony.
The Selkirk Settlers - Multiculturalism in the Red River Colony from Canada's History.
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Listen to excerpts about the story of Marie-Anne Lagimodière, the first European woman to settle in Canada’s West.
From its opening in 1876 to its closure in 2009, an Orillia, Ontario, institution for the mentally challenged has had a long and difficult history. Now, former residents of the institution have reached a compensation settlement with the Ontario government.
Provincial "game-changer" — the 1944 election when Tommy Douglas led the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation to its historic win.
Employed in the hunting and trapping of birds, this Inuit weapon was an elegant form of slingshot used during the early twentieth century.
Watch a video with Canadian veterans speaking about their experience of liberating Holland from Nazi occupation in 1945.