A Commission , or Royal Commission, is a formal public inquiry created by the government. A commission would be put together to look into...

During our country's 150th anniversary celebration of confederation I will write posts titled Canada 150 with a link to a public...

I was telling my daughter that her son is so cute that her phone will be ringing off the wall pretty soon.  Well... there is a saying we w...

Chinese New Year Greeting Card In honour of Chinese New Year, February 19, 2015, I have gathered some links to publications a...

In another life (about 20 odd years ago) I worked for a company that shipped goods internationally, including to Japan. I had to learn abou...

My grandparents lived in a middle cold flat in Verdun, on one of the numbered streets that ran from the Aqueduct to the St Lawrence Riv...

If your ancestors were craftsmen, they most likely belonged to a Guild, which were popular all over Europe in the Middle Ages. There ...