This is the twelvth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia—to spend time in ...

Canada adopted the maple leaf flag on Feb. 15, 1965. And one of those six original flags is on display at Windsor's Chimczuk ...

As Canada marks the 60th anniversary of Flag Day, Joan O'Malley who sewed the very first Canadian flag reflects on events that lead to that history moment. Politicians and Olympians joined others on ...

Valentine’s Day, a celebration of love wrapped in candy hearts, roses and chocolates, traces back to St. Valentine. But the origins are far more complex — and darker than the chocolate we indulge in ...

Surnames can reveal much about your family history, but they can also be a minefield of misinformation. By Paul Blake. Twenty members of the public describe what spurred them on to discover more ...

The term mental hygiene has a long history in the United States, having first been used by William Sweetzer in 1843. After the Civil War, which increased concern about the effects of unsanitary ...