Backyard History

A young woman disguises herself as a man to go and fight in the American Civil war as a soldier, nurse, and spy.

Tasked with a mission set to cripple Canada's supply routes during the second world war, a Nazi spy abandons his orders when the locals offer him nothing but kindness.

Just two minutes before the end of the First World War, the final soldier fell: Nova Scotian George Price.

The Maritimes' biggest Prohibition Era rum running kingpin. When you think of the Prohibition Era, the mind immediately goes to famous American gangsters like Al Capone. But The Maritimes were home to our own rum running gangsters, the biggest, most powerful and widely feared gang was “the Madawaska Mob” led by a man who chose the distinctly less-than-intimidating alias “Joe Walnut.” Joe Walnut was described by his nemesis, Detective William Carr as “Tall and slim, agile as a cat, with thin,

What lurks beneath the surface of Lake Utopia? Eye witness accounts tell the tale of a monster who stalked fishermen and visitors of the lake for years.