Posts Tagged ‘ North West Company ’

Is Canadian vote April 28, 2025 really “the most important election of our lives”??

Apr 21st, 2025 | By | Category: In Brief

COUNTERWEIGHTS EDITORS. GANATSEKWYAGON, ON. , MONDAY, APRIL 21, 2025. The 2025 Canadian federal election, which may or may not be “the most important election of our lives, ” will take place exactly one week from today. It says a lot about how short, sweet, and sometimes more or less elevated a campaign it has been […]



Three 18th century wars that made two countries, 1754—1784

May 15th, 2015 | By | Category: Heritage Now

Just seven days after Anthony Henday set out on his summer explorations in the far north, a British American force from Virginia was defeated by a rival Canadian, French, and Indian alliance, at a marshy clearing in what is now western Pennsylvania called Great Meadows. The defeated force was led by the 22-year-old, six-foot-two-inch Lieutenant […]