The Senate of Canada was founded in 1867 with its confederation, but it is currently held in an old train station in Ottawa built in 1912 opposite the senate’s original purpose-built building. Funnily enough, the former train station is older than the 1920 Parliament Centre Block, which has been undergoing Read more
It’s not usually open to the public, but the once-a-year Doors Open Toronto event invites everyone to take a peek inside a collection of heritage buildings and city infrastructure. The Toronto Transit Commission’s Danforth Carhouse was built in 1911 by the Toronto Civic Railway to service its growing streetcar network. Read more
It’s not usually open to the public, but the once-a-year Doors Open Toronto event invites everyone to take a peek inside a collection of heritage buildings and city infrastructure. Open Doors Toronto this year was one of the last times the public will ever get a glimpse into the inner Read more
The late Queen Elizabeth II had reigned for so long that people have lived and died in 70 years. Although there was a quick succession of death, ascension, abdication, and coronation in the first third of the 20th century, there hasn’t been a change of guard in recent memory. Canadians Read more
Implemented during the height of the Cold War in the 1960’s, the first generation of Minuteman Missiles were a way to ensure mutually assured destruction should the Soviet Union ever decide to preempt a nuclear strike against America. The US ensured that hundreds of these nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles were Read more
The same day that Queen Elizabeth II’s body was carried through the streets of London to her final resting place in Westminster Abbey, Ottawa had its own commemoration activities mirroring those in the old country. A 96-gun salute for every year of her life, an invitation-only remembrance service at Christ Read more
Being a government building in service of the people of British Columbia, entry is free after a 10 minute lineup to complete a security check. There are guided tours available from Monday to Friday several times a day, but entry is restricted by appointments only on the weekends. Even though Read more
The Devil’s Mountain is a man made hill in former West Berlin to provide the NSA with a vantage point with which to build a spy station on. The spy station was used to intercept messages transmitted from East Germany since West Berlin was an exclave of West Germany. It Read more
On our way to Fort Langley, Marcus and I decided to swing by 0th Avenue in Surrey to literally look at the US. It’s probably not an ‘iconic place’ that belongs in league with the Eiffel Tower, but it is ‘cool’ in the sense that the US-Canada border is the Read more
The official residence of the Queen’s representative in Canada, the Governor General, is Rideau Hall in Ottawa. The grounds of the residence are free to visit most days of the year except when special events or state matters prohibit public access. The residence of the Prime Minister is just across Read more