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“It Tastes Awful. And It Works.” It’s hard to believe that would be a winning advertising slogan, but W. K. Buckley made … Keep Reading

A Mountie in Surrey, British Columbia, responded to a burglary call in August 2009. He pulled right up in front of the store being … Keep Reading

The RCMP had their share of bad press over the years, but just take a look at what they had to deal … Keep Reading

This life-saving invention made Yukon Jack legend. Prospector and author Jack London considered it an honor to call him a friend. Years … Keep Reading

For centuries, people in most climates found that mercury thermometers worked well enough to keep track of the temperature outside… But what … Keep Reading

The Collision On the morning of December 6, sometime before 9:00 a.m., the Imo and the Mont-Blanc both entered the Narrows: the … Keep Reading

In 1888 a family of Jewish refugees from Poland crossed the ocean, settled in Ontario, and changed their name to Warner. In … Keep Reading

What does hockey have to do with doughnuts? In most ways, a Hockey Hall of Famer from Cochrane, Ontario, helped start the … Keep Reading

Here We Go Again When the Soviet Union tested its first nuclear weapon in 1949, just four years after the end of … Keep Reading