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Arnold Schwarzenegger: 'Visiting Auschwitz hit me harder than anything in my life!'
He paid a visit to the concentration camp and admitted that the experience was 'heavier' than any exercise he had ever undertaken Royal Ontario Museum returns Chief Poundmaker's pipe and saddle bag to family
Artifacts belonging to a 19th century Plains Cree chief who was known as a peacekeeper are expected to be returned to his descendants in a repatriation ceremony at the Royal Ontario Museum.Why some descendants of an ethnic minority in Greece still keep their identity secret
Today, the country of North Macedonia lies just to the north of Greece. But until 2018, the country wasn’t called North Macedonia.
Today, the country of North Macedonia lies just to the north of Greece. But until 2018, the country wasn’t called North Macedonia. Where did B.C.'s beloved Nanaimo Bar come from'
Did you know Nanaimo bars were once called chocolate slices? How. Original.Ancient Egyptian sarcophagus returned
An ancient wooden sarcophagus that was featured at the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences was returned to Egypt after U.S. authorities determined it was looted years ago, Egyptian officials said Monday.
An ancient wooden sarcophagus that was featured at the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences was returned to Egypt after U.S. authorities determined it was looted years ago, Egyptian officials said Monday. Sunken ship carrying B.C. gold to be salvaged nearly 150 years later
The remnants of one of the worst maritime disasters in the Pacific Northwest, including an estimated $10 million worth of gold, could soon be recovered and put in a museum. Canada agrees to help buy land near Juno Beach, ending condo dispute: sources
The federal government has agreed to help buy land from a developer that was planning to build condos near the historic Juno Beach landing site in France, sources tell CBC. Flag raised on Parliament Hill to honour residential school survivors
The federal government raised the Survivors' Flag on Parliament Hill today as a way to honour Indigenous people forced to attend residential schools. Who 'discovered Canada'' Quebec says French explorer over Indigenous people: survey
Quebecers are more inclined to say Jacques Cartier -- or even Christopher Columbus -- 'discovered Canada,' compared to the rest of the country, which points to Indigenous people, a new survey suggests. Crowd-sourced detective work narrows window for disappearance of Winston Churchill portrait
Thanks to a sleuthing public, the Château Laurier has announced that a famed portrait of Winston Churchill appears to have been taken off the hotel's walls this past winter, during a span of a week and a half over the holidays. How malls and freeways helped segregate America
Freeways, suburbanization and malls were concepts sold as part of the American dream when they were introduced in the 1950s. Some architects and design critics say these innovations were actually vehicles of segregation that destroyed communities of colouGround zero for the Black Death finally found after 600 years | Metro News
The medieval bubonic plague was first recorded in the 14th century.
The medieval bubonic plague was first recorded in the 14th century. Black cowboy John Ware recognized as a person of national historic significance
The federal government has recognized John Ware, a trailblazing Black cowboy in Western Canada, as a person of national historic significance.Egypt uncovers 2,500-year-old coffins, bronze statues in ancient necropolis
Egypt has uncovered 2,500-year-old wooden coffins and bronze statues in the ancient necropolis of Saqqara, the country announced on Monday.
Egypt has uncovered 2,500-year-old wooden coffins and bronze statues in the ancient necropolis of Saqqara, the country announced on Monday. Home at last: Pearl Harbor sailor from St. Louis finally identified, laid to rest
Paul Boemer was aboard the USS Oklahoma when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, killing 429 crew members. He has finally returned home to St. Louis. This First Nation was swindled out of its land — and into a flood zone
Peguis First Nation in Manitoba is no stranger to flooding — but that wasn’t always the case. A few generations ago, the community lived on prime farmland just north of Winnipeg, far from the flood-prone delta on the Fisher River where it is today. Remains found in France identified as Canadian soldier who died in WW1
More than 100 years after a Canadian soldier went missing on a bloody battlefield during the First World War, his remains have been identified after being found in France. Denmark PM says sorry to Greenland Inuit taken for ‘heartless’ social experiment
Mette Frederiksen apologises in person to six surviving Greenlandic Inuit who were snatched from families as children more than 70 years ago 169 potential graves found at site of former residential school in northern Alberta | CBC News
Kapawe’no First Nation, about 370 kilometres northwest of Edmonton, says 169 potential graves have been found using ground-penetrating radar at the site of a former residential school at Grouard Mission. Failed Danish social experiment haunts Greenlandic survivors taken from families 70 years ago
Helene Thiesen was part of a project aimed at stripping children of their cultural identities to mould them into “little Danes." The failed social experiment is a dark bit of Danish history that echoes in Canada as this country continues the grim task o In the 1800s, Valentine’s Meant a Bottle of Meat Juice
In Richmond, Virginia, a museum simply known as The Valentine tells the story of the city’s 400-year past. Set in a beautiful neoclassical building that dates to 1812, it was founded on the fortune one man made from his meat juice—which is exactly whaC.I.A. Is Linked to Strikes In Chile That Beset Allende
Intelligence sources reveal US CIA secretly financed Chilean labor union strikes for more than 18 mos before ‘73 overthrow of Chilean Pres Salvador Allende Gossens; CIA Dir William E Colby has no comment; US Sec of State Kissinger, testifying at Sen For
Intelligence sources reveal US CIA secretly financed Chilean labor union strikes for more than 18 mos before ‘73 overthrow of Chilean Pres Salvador Allende Gossens; CIA Dir William E Colby has no comment; US Sec of State Kissinger, testifying at Sen ForCaptain Cook′s famed Endeavour found off Rhode Island, say Australian researchers | News | DW | 03.02.2022
The wreck of the vessel Captain James Cook used to sail to Australia has been located in Newport Harbor, Australian archaeologists say. But their US research partners are neither convinced, nor amused.
The wreck of the vessel Captain James Cook used to sail to Australia has been located in Newport Harbor, Australian archaeologists say. But their US research partners are neither convinced, nor amused. 93 potential burial sites found near former B.C. residential school
A survey of a small segment of the land surrounding a former B.C. residential school has identified 93 sites of "potential human burials," according to representatives of a nearby First Nation.Israeli archeologists find treasures in ancient shipwrecks
The Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday the discovery of remnants of two shipwrecks off the Mediterranean coast, replete with a sunken trove of hundreds Roman and medieval silver coins.
The Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday the discovery of remnants of two shipwrecks off the Mediterranean coast, replete with a sunken trove of hundreds Roman and medieval silver coins. 'Vivid' memories persist of Korean Air Flight 085, Whitehorse's scare on 9/11
Korean Air Flight 085 was en route to New York City from South Korea with more than 200 passengers and crew on board when it was diverted to Whitehorse on 9/11. A false alarm that the plane had been hijacked forced the city into panic mode. Biden moves to declassify documents from FBI's 9/11 probe, as sought by victims' families
Family members of victims of the attacks have suspicions that the FBI lied about or destroyed evidence linking Saudi Arabia to the hijackers Fall of Kabul, refugee plight provoke painful memories for Vietnamese 'boat people'
The U.S troop withdrawal from Afghanistan and the fall of Kabul is reminding some Toronto-area former "boat people" of American's departure from Vietnam after losing the war, which prompted thousands to flee. They hope Canada will bring in more Afghan ref At the world's oldest social housing, rent hasn't changed since 1521
The Fuggerei is a landmark in Augsburg, Germany, not only because it resembles a medieval village, but also because the rent hasn't changed in 500 years. Residents pay about $1.30 — or 0.88 euros — per year for their apartments and commit to daily spi Stalin-era mass grave found in Ukraine
Thousands of people are thought to be buried at the site - one of the largest ever found in Ukraine. DNA confirmed identity of engineer on HMS Erebus — and raises more questions in Franklin Expedition mystery
The first confirmation through DNA of the identity of remains of one of the men lost in the Franklin Expedition is the highest-profile recent development in the ongoing quest to solve the mystery surrounding the fate of the 19th-century polar mission. Mysterious letter linking 1,000 people to $1-billion Algonquin treaty likely fake, CBC investigation finds
A CBC investigation has cast doubt on the authenticity of a document that has been used by 1,000 people as evidence they are truly Algonquin and rightful beneficiaries of a nearly billion-dollar land claim agreement. Surprise find in Halifax harbour anchors diver's theory on 1917 explosion
A Halifax scuba diver has found something that could shed a little new light on one aspect of a dark chapter in Nova Scotian history. Canada's museums wrestle with history of residential schools
CBC News spoke with the CEO of the Canadian Museum For Human Rights, the CEO of the RCMP Heritage Centre and the artist behind an installation that chronicles the history of residential schools. Alberta Aviation Museum seeking new volunteers to restore rare WWII fighter plane
Volunteers at the Alberta Aviation Museum are working to restore the Second World War Bell P-39 Airacobra, a rare fighter plane with a unique connection to Edmonton. Manitoba families minister 'deeply troubled' by recent comments, reflecting on her role in reconciliation | CBC News
Manitoba's families minister is speaking out about recent comments made by Premier Brian Pallister and Indigenous Reconciliation Minister Alan Lagimodiere, saying she is deeply troubled by the remarks. Back to Canada News
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