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The Art of Gifting
The Holidays are fast approaching and they can be a little overwhelming. This year, let's all buy gifts that matter, something that will appreciate rather than mass produced consumer goods that the recipient won't remember by the next year. Here are some of our...
The Race of Death! – Paris – Madrid Road Race – 1903
The race was held in 1903, 1307 kilometers, in three legs, from Versailles to Madrid, but was stopped at Bordeaux. "Hundreds of cars of all sorts, shapes and sizes. Some un-safe, unsuitable and impossible. Some driven by men with every qualification as racing drivers;...
Pfc. Vincent Goodwin World War I Veteran
World War I has become the forgotten war. The New Brunswick businessman Vincent Goodwin recalled its horrors, excitement and the price so many paid. He looked back upon that frosty, grey November 11th, 1918, morning when he was in Valenciennes, France--the...
Dieppe August 19th 1942
In August of 1942 a disastrous invasion by Allied troops of the small French port of Dieppe, as a test of the landing capabilities of the Allied forces, a trial run for the invasion of Europe in World War II. A dismal failure, poorly planned and executed, a largely...
Dick’s Cafe, Redvers Saskatchewan 1987
Redvers Saskatchewan, is the first town you pass through travelling west from Manitoba on the Red Coat Trail, once a thoroughfare of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and now modern Highway 13. A statue of a Mountie on a horse can be seen just west of the...

Super Bee

Graffiti: Blairmore, Alberta
Another slice of life out of Alberta from Canadian photographer/legend Harry Palmer.

Pontiac Pontiac
The ageing of an icon, the passing of time, a great logo. Pontiac's were first produced in 1926, sold in the U.S., Canada and Mexico by GM, an "athletic" brand making mainstream performance vehicles. Pontiac was first used in 1906 by the Pontiac Spring & Wagon...

The Mask, boss, The Mask!

Our Lady of Lourdes, Tuktoyaktuk,1982
A boat that sailed its way into the history of the Canadian Arctic, Our Lady of Lourdes was donated to the Northern missions by Pope Pius XI and she sailed the Beaufort Sea from 1931 to 1957. For more than 20 years, Our Lady of Lourdes, guided by Captain Billy...