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The article reviews an exhibition on the early history of the Canadian Pacific (CP) railway company at Exporail from May 27, 2017, to June 22, 2017.

The article discusses the history of the Bank of Montreal and the bank's influence on Canada's financial and economic history. It looks at how the Bank of Montreal was the first to introduce paper banknotes in Canada in 1817 and how it changed the country's financial system. Particular attention is also given to Edwin Henry King, who became president of the bank in 1869 and was known for his contributions to the business aspects of banking.

The article focuses on the archives of the Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA), that keeps a significant amount of Alberta history and ATA documents, formally established to adhere to formal archiving practices in 1985 with the hiring of Lisa Maltby as the archivist. Topics discussed include minutes of Provincial Executive Council meetings from 1949-1952 as Maltby's first accession, main mandate of preserving official business and decisions expanded, and digitization of documents.

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Provides information on former Alberta Premier Ernest Charles Manning, who led the province more by example than by decree for 25 years. Papers released from Alberta provincial archives; Manning papers an open challenge to common fallacy that religious politicians are intrusive busybodies; Manning's Christianity smoothed the rough edges of ruling Social Credit party; His concern with the Quiet Revolution in Quebec; Economy of leadership. INSET: Small was beautiful, by C.S..

The article describes the prevalence of practicing sports such as football, cricket and baseball and leisure activities like concerts by Canadian and British soldiers for recreation and entertainment during the First World War and the coverage of these issues in the Trench papers.

A biography is presented on the Nelson, British Columbia physician Dr. Edward (Ed) Charles Arthur, heavily referencing his diaries and memorabilia that was disposed of and recovered by the Coletti family in 1978. He was born in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario on November 29, 1856 and attended Cobourg's University of Victoria College, British Columbia (BC). He participated in the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force, Field Ambulance during World War I.

The article discusses Cape Breton, Nova Scotia railroads from the 1870s through the early 20th century, adapted from the book "Cape Breton Railways: An Illustrated History," by Herb MacDonald. The Cape Breton Railway (CBR) Extension Company's efforts to extend a railroad to the former town of Louisburg, Nova Scotia from Grand Trunk at Riviere du Loup, Quebec along the south coast of Cape Breton are discussed. The role that railroad manager W. Seward Webb play in the Cape Breton railroad extension is also discussed.

The article profiles the e-commerce company Shopify. Particular focus is given to how the Ottawa, Ontario-based business developed a platform for online sales. Additional topics discussed include Shopify's cofounder and CEO Tobias Lütke, how the company was inspired by snowboarding and Lütke's affinity for the book "The 4-Hour Workweek," by Timothy Ferris.

The article describes environmental protests against rain forest industrial logging on the Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada in 1993. The local environmental group Friends of Clayoquot Sound established a Peace Camp at a clearcut logging site, resulting in the arrests of 856 activists for blocking lumbering roads. The protests promoted sustainable forestry policy, directed market campaigns at wood and paper companies, and protection of unlogged areas.

The article offers information on a paperless air traffic system developed by NAV CANADA, an independent nonprofit corporation that serves as the country's flight control operator. Topics examined include how NAV CANADA is now using a computerized system, how the technology used by NAV CANADA has been adopted by locations including Australia and Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and insights from Paul Rinaldi, president of the U.S. National Air Traffic Controllers Association union.

The article offers information on the history of pay cars owned by Canadian Pacific Railway Co. Various topics discussed include company's establishment in 1881, its financing by the government of Dominion of Canada, number of registered rail diesel cars owned by the company and construction of its first pay car in 1882.

The article offers information on the history of first public railway in Canada. Various topics discussed include history of Montreal, Quebec, establishment of transportation in the region, researches on the railway development, business ventures for promoting railways, second railway in Canada and surveys on railroads between different cities of Canada.

The authors discuss the history of railroads in Canada. They mention the construction of railroads, the histories of the major railroad companies such as the Grand Trunk Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and Canadian National Railways, as well as a number of the smaller railroad companies.

The article presents a series of news briefs on Canadian railroad history. Canadian Pacific Railway donated its archives to Expo rail, the Canadian railway museum. MosaiCanada 150 presents a train made of flowers to celebrate Canada's 150th anniversary. The oldest railroad tunnel in Brockville, Ontario has reopened.

The article discusses the history of Prescott, Ontario's rail car ferry service as of 2017, and it mentions transportation on the Saint Lawrence River, the establishment of railroads in Prescott, Ontario in 1854, and ferry transportation between Ontario and Ogdensburg, New York. The arrival of the Northern Pacific Railroad Co. (Northern Pacific Railway) in Prescott, Ontario in 1850 is examined, along with the Bytown & Prescott Railway and various vessels such as the Armstrong.

The article discusses the history of the Canadian Northern Railway, focusing on the period between 1900 and 1902 when the railroad was built between n Winnipeg, Manitoba and Port Arthur, Ontario as well as the accompanying railroad stations along the line. The line was important was it provided freight services for grain grown in Manitoba to be shipped to the more urban areas in Ontario. Topics include challenges to building the line such as manpower issues, steel strikes, and geological concerns.

The article discusses the life and career of retired Canadian-born National Hockey League (NHL) star Theo Fleury, and it mentions how Fleury transitioned from a Stanley Cup championship-winning hockey player into country music singer. Fleury's music release "I Am Who I Am" is addressed, along with his battles with alcohol and cocaine abuse over the years. Fleury's autobiography "Playing With Fire" is examined, along with his path to a sober recovery and his efforts to help other people.

The article discusses the Canadian Pacific Railroad Co., its mail company C.P. Mail Co. which began to operate in 1884, and the establishment of a Government post office named End of Track, British Columbia, in 1884. Track laying from Calgary, Alberta, on August 15, 1883 to Beavermouth, British Columbia, in December 1884 and railway mail service from Calgary to End of Track are also discussed.

Presents a brief history of Pier 21 located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, which was the central point for processing immigrants coming into Canada in the early 1900s. Number of immigrants who went through Pier 21; Account of the processing method used; Restoration of Pier 21 during the 1990s.

The article offers information on the life and works of Irish patriot John Loye. Various topics discussed include his birth in Montreal, Quebec, foundation of Canadian Railroad Historical Association (CRHA) by him, his railroad redevelopment plans and his importance in the railway history of Canada.

A biography of British Columbia political cartoonist James Brian Fitzmaurice is presented. He was born in England in 1875 and emigrated to Canada in the early 1890s. He worked as a chalkboard artist in Vancouver, British Columbia, vaudeville establishments and was hired by the newspaper the Vancouver "Province" in 1907. He worked in eastern Canada and the U.S. before returning to the "Province" in 1916. He was responsible for several propaganda and political cartoons during World War I. Following the war he continued his cartoon work for the "Province." He died in January 1926.

The article offers the author's insights regarding the indexes in books. Topics discussed include indexes used by art critic John Ruskin, feminist Dale Spender who eliminates the terms which she considered as male-oriented in the index of her book "Women of Ideas and What Men Have Done to Them" in 1982, and William Prynne who was punished for his scandalous index in his book "Histrio-Mastix."

The article discusses the history of spring festivals in Burnaby, British Columbia (BC) and New Westminster, British Columbia from 1870 through the early 2010s. An overview of the celebration of May Day, including the competition among students to become what is known as the May Queen and British Columbia school children's dances around maypoles, is provided.

The article discusses the history of the Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation's (Dosco's) use of Nova Scotia’s Class II (2) Railways in their transportation of coal from 1928 through 2001, including its use of the Sydney and Louisbourg Railway in Nova Scotia. The article references several photographs of the Class II Railways, including Cumberland Railway 43 in Springhill, Nova Scotia. An overview of the Cumberland Railway and Coal Company (CRCC) is provided.

The article discusses the construction of the First Avenue Viaduct in Vancouver, British Columbia (BC) in the 1930s, including the role it played in the development of shopping district Commercial Drive, Vancouver. An overview of the role that the Grandview (Vancouver district) Chamber of Commerce played in the First Avenue Viaduct's construction is provided. The Australian legal advisor, building manager and insurance agent Charles E. Smith's plan for the viaduct is discussed.

The article presents a history of the Canadian National (CN) Railway in the twentieth century. The author discusses how he acquired a series of photographic negatives documenting the Canadian National's Bala and Sudbury Subdivision Lines in 1934 and reflects on the possibility that many important photographic images have been destroyed over the years. Photographs are presented of ephemera connected to the Canadian National's history including a 1936 promotional pamphlet, a Muskoka Lake ferry dock, and the Parry Sound, Ontario train station.

The article discusses equality in the number of women in Canadian government from the 1990s through the mid 2010s, including political party quotas for women. An overview of the Canadian lawyer and law professor Penny Collenette's efforts to increase the amount of women in Canada's government is provided. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's impact on the number of women in Canadian government is discussed.

The article offers world news briefs from the information service industry as of March 2016. Topics include voting by the members of the Canadian Library Association to dissolve the association; launch of MedPix, a free online medical image database, from National Library of Medicine; and partnership between EBSCO Information Services and Penguin Random House to offer ebooks of Pengium to digital libraries.

Profiles Gaetano Rossi, an Italian who emigrated to Canada in 1951. His arrival at Pier 21 in Halifax; How he has contributed to Canadian society; Description of the museum and multimedia presentations at Pier 21; Rossi's life in Canada.

Discusses Canada's economic conditions during the 20th century and its outlook for the 21st century. Inclusion of the so-called Wheat Boom; Transformation from an agricultural to an industrial economy; Factors influencing labor force development; Increase in women's real earnings. INSETS: What you should know about this study.;Organized labour in Canada.;Women's workforce participation during World War Two.;Service sector employment.

Presents a historical background to the conditions of Canada's native peoples. Includes native people's lifestyles; Impact of environment and adversity on living conditions; Early contacts with European settlers; Diversity of native peoples; Land administration; Treaties with government; Treatment of land claims from the 1950s to the 1990s.

This article presents various books. "The Letters of Alciphron," by F.A. Wright, presents some of the more robust and human examples of classical and medieval literature. "Undertow," by Henry K. Marks, is a case history of a family of remarkable dulness and uninteresting degeneracy. It claim to consideration as literature can scarcely be allowed, although the sordidness is slapped on with such generosity that it cannot avoid an occasional touch of effectiveness. "The Viking Heart," by Laura Goodman Salverson, is a solid and straightforward recital of life among Icelandic emigrants in Canada.

The article focuses on the true personality of Comte de Frontec Louis de Buade, celebrated hero of the colonial era in Canada, based on a research conducted by history lecturer William John Eccles presented to the Canadian Historical Association in 1954. Eccles described de Buade as a timid commander who almost destroyed the Quebec colony as a governor. He discovered that the count has owed 440,000 dollars. Also noted is the tendency of Frontenac to quarrel with other colonial officials over graft.

The article discusses the author's research conducted in discovering the identity of the Russian Canadian World War I veteran Alexander Zubick's ashes. A biography of Zubick is also presented, including information on his marriage, his residency in Princeton, British Columbia (BC), his receipt of the British War Medal (BWM) and his 1897 birth in Russia.

A photo essay is presented of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) Company's railroad from 1937 through 2013, including the steam locomotive the Canadian Pacific 1095, the Cloverdale railroad station in British Colombia and the Dominion of Canada railroad train.

Summarizes how the Canadian government designated as `enemy aliens' 22,000 people of Japanese heritage living in British Columbia (75 percent of whom were either naturalized Canadians or born in Canada), evacuated them beyond the protected area, and confiscated their homes, businesses, farms, and cars. Spirit and panic of the time; 1988 agreement for compensation; Japanese immigration between 1905 and 1907; Treatment after Pearl Harbor.

The article looks at various industries in the Saguenay River region in Quebec from the 19th century until 1977, focusing on enterprises engaged in timber production, hydroelectric power, and aluminum smelting and businessmen such as James B. Duke, Arthur Vining Davis and Richard Mellon.

The article discusses the anthropological work of the researcher Patricia Sutherland, who discovered a piece of cord in 1999 that may indicate that Vikings settled in the eastern Arctic region of Canada as early as 1000 CE. Topics include the Sutherland's loss of her job at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in 2012 and critics that argue that Sutherland has not yet proven her theory.

Profiles contributions of the Wrens, members of the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service, during World War II. Number of women who served; 60th Anniversary and reunion in Edmonton, Alberta; History and development of the Wrens by Irene Carter; Roles as telegraphists during the war; Overseas positions; Secret operations and missions; Profiles of Wrens.

Focuses on Milton Wong, a Canadian whose father, a Chinese refugee, immigrated to Vancouver, British Columbia in 1908. Effects of the Canadian Citizenship act of 1947 on the family; Memories of Wong, who grew up in Vancouver's Chinatown in the 1940s; Role of an Anglican mission in Vancouver in efforts to help integrate the Chinese community into Canadian life.