Frederick Forsyth, who has died at the age of 86, wrote meticulously researched thrillers which sold in their millions. A ...

Those events have left a lasting mark on Canadian history. While the better known Winnipeg General Strike ended in defeat in 1919, the coal miners’ massive strikes of the 1920s achieved small ...

At least 10 people were killed in Israel overnight, after multiple Iranian missiles evaded the country's defense systems.

In 1745, Cape Breton's fortress of Louisbourg was taken from the French by 4,000 British colonial troops under Maj ... In 1967, China exploded its first hydrogen bomb. In 1972, police apprehended five ...

On this day in 1949, George Orwell published Nineteen Eighty-Four, his landmark dystopian novel that coined terms like ‘big brother’, ‘thought police’ and ‘doublethink’ in a powerful and enduring ...

The Battle of Bunker Hill 250 Committee held a press conference Friday morning to officially kick off a historic weekend of events commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill at ...

May saw the death of a retired U.S. Supreme Court justice who came the high court as a Republican but became a favorite among liberals during his time on the bench ...

The Battle of Bunker Hill 250 Committee held a press conference Friday morning to officially kick off a historic weekend of events commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill at ...

The first period centred on the American Revolution from the 1760s to the 1790s, when the American creed was first formulated ...