Canadian Museum of Civilization

Starting with a $25-million museum overhaul, the Conservatives want to change the way Canadians perceive their past

Among the many fine things about a classic summer family road trip is the way history often becomes part of the holiday. Pull the car over at that historic plaque. Drag the kids through another museum. Then, ice cream—perfect balance achieved.

A researcher says she’s found evidence that Norse sailors may have settled in Canada’s Arctic. Others aren’t so sure.

GATINEAU, Que. – The Conservative government is spending $25 million to retool the Canadian Museum of Civilization in advance of Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017.

Canada may lack the romanticism of revolution. But 144 years into our national experiment, we get to lay some claim to Will and Kate.

A number of Canada’s top architects have been leaving their mark on the American capital

The Irish returned it, but no one told the people who made it

Easing Peter MacKay’s pain and the faster Flaherty