# Canada
Suffer the Children: The Tragic Fate of Vulnerable Kids in Canadian Governmental Care
Throughout much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Canadian authorities forcibly seized Indigenous children, then raised them in boarding schools in order to “civilize” them. The results were tragic on multiple levels.…
The Not-So-Nice Canadians of World War I
Canada and Canadians nowadays have a reputation as being one of the nicest countries and people in the world. You…
Agent 50: The Heroic Spy Who Saved Hundreds From Japanese Clutches in WWII
William "Bill" Gun Chong, BEM, (1911 - 2006) had himself quite an adventure during World War II. A Chinese-Canadian born…
Tragic Discoveries from the Canadian Indigenous Schools and other Events
Tragic events are unfortunately all too common in history. Take the time Canada set out to assimilate Indigenous kids into…
This Husband Blew Up a Passenger Airplane to Cash in on His Wife’s Insurance
On September 9th, 1949, Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 108, a DC-3 airplane, took off from Quebec. It followed a route…
The Hairy History of Bigfoot in 20 Intriguing Events
Across North America, giant, hairy man-beasts stalk the land. Screaming, throwing rocks, kidnapping people, leaving enormous footprints, or just hiding,…
From Killing Nazis to Klingons: James Montgomery Doohan
"Beam me up, Scotty" is probably Star Trek's most iconic phrase, instantly conjuring up the Enterprise's miracle worker chief engineer,…
African American Loyalists During the Revolutionary War: 10 Significant People, Events, and Things
The American Revolution brought hope to America's slaves, as the Patriots' talk of "Liberty" and "Equality" ignited their dreams. However,…
10 Catastrophic Solutions That Backfired Spectacularly and Made the Problem Worse
Good intentions often go awry, and that is why the road to hell is said to be paved with them.…
25 Photos of the 1970 October Crisis in Quebec
The October Crisis occurred in October 1970 in the province of Quebec in Canada. Members of the Front de Libération…