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Unruly provinces? That's what the Fathers of Confederation expected — and planned for
The Conversation Canada via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoThe oil painting The Fathers of Confederation by Rex Woods (1968). (Ourcommons.ca) Canadian...
How science and religion came together to build a ‘new Pompeii’
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 3 months agoDepiction of an eruption of Vesuvius seen from Portici, by Joseph Wright (c. 1774–6). Huntington...
Hitting the Books: In England's industrial mills, even the clocks worked against you
Engadget via Yahoo Canada News· 11 months agoIn Hands of Time, venerated watchmaker Rebecca Struthers explores how the practice and technology of...
On This Day, March 9: Supreme Court rules in Amistad case
United Press International via Yahoo Canada News· 4 months agoOn March 9, 1841, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, with one dissent, that the enslaved Africans who...
A Look Back at Our All-Time Favorite First Lady Portraits Adorning the White House
People via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoRosalynn Carter, who died Sunday afternoon, is one of many first ladies who used their platform to...
The height differences between all the US presidents and first ladies
INSIDER via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoGeorge Washington stood at a towering 6-foot-2 compared to his wife Martha's height of 5...
Today-History-Jun07
The Canadian Press - Olympics 2022 via Yahoo Canada Sports· 1 month agoToday in History for June 7: On this date: In 1329, Scotland's national hero, Robert the Bruce, died of leprosy he had contracted during his campaigns against the English. In 1502, Pope Gregory ...