“hello dalai”?
05.03.2026 20:49
👍 11
🔁 0
💬 0
📌 0
“hello dalai”?
looks like a good day ahead, regardless of the finds
the skeena river and the industrial waterfront in kitselas bc, during construction of the grand trunk pacific railway during the early 1910s.
#bchist #cdnhist
i was driving down the 401, craning my neck this way and that trying to see it. no luck. and the 401 is not the place for neck craning, even at 6am
On the blog we share an open letter from the board of the Nova Scotia Women's History Society re. the decision of the NS government to close 12 of 28 provincial museum sites:
bsky.app/profile/benb...
Penguin classics cover of Madness and Civilization by Michel Foucault. cover image is a b/w photo of the band Madness on a city street
This proposed promotional drawing by Wally West proclaimed Prince George the “Portal to the Bountiful North".
#tbt #throwbackthursday
intended for connaught hill park, to judge by the guardrail. is this pre mr pg, though? @akurjata.ca might know. 🌲🌲🌲🎄
fyi, theres a phd student at ulethbridge working on the history of beer and breweries in southern alberta, the crowsnest pass, and the kootenays: stephanie laine hamilton.
Join the Rural History Roundtable on Thursday March 12 from 330-5pm EST, as Dr. Tami Parr @pdxia.bsky.social presents on "Goats in America: From Poor Man's Cow to Urban Icon." 🐐
For info on how to attend this online talk, click here:
www.uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/r...
#aghist #animalhist #envhist
brought to you by ford!
have you eaten at "end dive"? its amazing...
canada celebrating like
ski jump, skeleton, curling, moguls, and fast skating all need to be in there, but always carrying a rifle, like in the biathalon. shoot at a few targets after completing each level and moving to the next one
like 5-pin vs 10-pin bowling
The CHA's annual meeting program is now online! We are so excited, and hope to see you in Charlottetown in June. Stay tuned - registration opens next week. #cdnhist
Cover of report "Park and recreational facilities: their consideration as an environmental factor influencing the location and design of a highway" with a black & white photograph of children playing on a playground.
Cover of the report "Recycling Historic Railroad Stations: A Citizen’s Manual" published by the U.S. Department of Transportation. The design features a line art illustration of a historic railroad station.
Cover of a report titled "High School Drug Survey" in large red block letters. Subheading reads: "Marihuana and Drug Use and Highway Safety: A Survey of High School Students in Virginia."
Book cover with title “Rights of Trains”
Text "The Billboard: A Blot on Nature & A Parasite on Public Improvements" with photographs of roadside billboards
Semi truck in 3/4 view with text "The Influence of Truck Appearance on Public Attitudes."
In light of recent news about federal cutbacks implicating history-focused organizations, CHA president Colin Coates has sent a letter to the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, the Hon. Marc Miller. #cdnhist
this is a very cool series, jesse
i had never heard of this before!
Black-and-white photograph showing the aftermath of the Dawson Creek explosion. A wide view of a street lined with heavily damaged and destroyed buildings. Rubble, twisted debris, and scattered materials cover the ground. Several people stand in a small group near the centre-right of the image, facing the wreckage. A vehicle is parked nearby. Tall smokestacks or chimneys rise from the remains of structures, with smoke or haze visible in the background sky.
On this day in 1943, an explosion at a US Army storage barn destroyed an entire block in Dawson Creek, BC. The barn stored telephone wire, nails, wooden crossbar arms and tires. Dynamite was also stored with percussion caps. The explosion killed five and injured 150 people.
Our Winter Olympics & Their Environments series, edited by @theliftline.bsky.social and M. Blake Butler, begins today with "The High-Energy Afterlives of Lillehammer’s Olympic Cabins" by @finnarne.me
niche-canada.org/2026/02/09/t...
#envhist #olympics #energyhistory #sporthistory
Happening tomorrow! Sign up on Eventbrite at least a couple hours ahead of the talk to be sent the Zoom link. #cdnhist