And Canada seemed an easy target. It had a population of only 500,000, while the U.S. was home to 7.5 million, and Britain was busy battling France. Many Americans thought they'd be welcomed as ...

Donald Trump's threats against Canada inadvertently aided Mark Carney's election victory, but now Carney faces the challenge ...

This spot, known as the Lower Landing, located on Lot 118 on the west side of Yonge Street in East Gwillimbury, was a gateway ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District and its contractor Michigan-based Ryba Marine Construction Company will begin the largest annual dredging operation on the Great Lakes this fall.

British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle greatly raised the prestige of the lowly detective story with his fictional alter ego ...

British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle greatly raised the prestige of the lowly detective story with his fictional alter ego Sherlock Holmes. One of Holmes’ most brilliant insights concerned something ...

For people like me, who have got their flags and wars mixed up, I think it should be pointed out that there may have been only one War of 1812, but there are four distinct versions of it—the ...

In the midst of "the car capital of the world", there's a serene vehicle-free island home to 600 people, 600 horses and a ...

Puppet shows, tin smithing, a live oxen team and cannon shootings were just a few of the live reenactments on display for the community at this year’s Five Medals festival. The festival returned to ...

After a second mock volley, the re-enactors retire to the parking lot of one of the bloodiest battlefields of the War of 1812. On this ground ... and skinning of the great Shawnee warrior Tecumseh.