"It happened in Canada"

The extraordinary story of a murder trial in which the right man was found guilty for the wrong reason ....

The Strange Case of Dr. King

Robert service found gold in the yukon in his own way ... he used a pen instead of a pickaxe to earn literary fame and hard cash ....

the story of Marion peg leg Brown ...

SS Atlantic disaster

The 3,700 ton, four-masted steam ship SS Atlantic sank on April 1, 1873 after hitting rocks off Nova Scotia, Canada. Over 560 lives were lost.

In the late 1800's lumber companies were plowing through the old growth forests of Ontario making and breaking towns and villages ... this story is about the The effect of the Gilmour lumber company on the region from Trenton, Ontario to the Muskokas

Arthur Sicard was a milkman who delivered milk and other products directly to homes. Tired of having to climb over snowbanks to get to his customers ..

he set out to produce a machine that could efficiently clear snow.

A Short story .... the plastic garbage bag

On April 28 1903, at 4:10 a.m. Around 110 million tonnes of limestone rock slid down Turtle Mountain.  The Frank Slide was a rock slide that buried part of,Frank, North-West Territories

The explosion of the British Chemical Co was a defining moment for the town of Trenton and 14 th of October of 2018 will mark 100 years since that faithful night. At the time of the explosion Trenton was a town of 4500 people, we have grown and expanded to the thriving community we are now. However many people have no knowledge of the incident and there are no more eye witnesses to tell the story. The is based on the book, by one time local author John Melady, who saved the story of what really happened .

It is story filled with hero's, rumors of conspiracy and of country coming into it's own.

The name Ditchburn ....has always been associated with boats. some of the finest pleasure craft to glide the waters of Ontario and world.. so why did this builder for the rich and famous die pennyless and buried in a paupers grave far from his beloved waters..