A Canadian man made history this week when he became the first candidate to fail to get a single vote in a contested federal election in the country. Félix-Antoine Hamel, 45, received zero votes ...

For decades, Canada and the United States have been strategic allies and defence partners. But it wasn’t always that way.

The 1970s were an interesting time. Disco was hot, bell-bottoms were in and inflation started to soar. The consumer price index (CPI), which measures inflation, was just 1% at the beginning of 1971.

When negotiating peace after the American Revolution, Benjamin Franklin wanted Britain to give Canada to the newly formed United States as compensation, author Madelaine Drohan says. (Credit: National ...