Reading Time: 3 minutes Folklore and reality clash when it comes to examining North America’s role in quelling an Irish rebellion
Tag: Canadian history
St. Patrick’s Day wasn’t always as benign as it is today
Reading Time: 3 minutes Toronto’s St. Patrick’s Day riot of 1858 began when an Orangeman used his horse-drawn cab to disrupt the parade
Canadian flag flying proud for 51 years
Reading Time: 3 minutes George Stanley, later Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick, sketched the first design of what became the Canadian flag
Canadian transcontinental railroad 130 years old Nov 7
Reading Time: 3 minutes On November 7, 1885, the railroad’s ceremonial last spike was driven in Craigellachie, BC