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The ‘Queen of the Hurricanes,’ Elsie MacGill, may yet inspire a new generation of girls in Montreal when they learn of why the city is about to inscribe her name on a street sign in St-Laurent borough. But within her own family, MacGill, who was the...

(Image: UK Government, public domain) It may not have been as fast or glamorous as its more famous counterpart the Spitfire. But the Hawker Hurricane‘s relatively low cost, simple construction and ease of manufacture – not to mention the...

The Bank of Canada announced on 8 March 2016 that for the first release of its next series of banknotes it wants a woman to appear on the new note. A public call for names resulted in a list of 18,000 women which was narrowed down to 12 eligible women...

TORONTO – Famous Five activist Nellie McClung is the No. 1 choice to become the first Canadian woman on the face of one of the country’s banknotes, according to a recent online survey. The survey found 27 per cent of respondents favoured McClung, a...

TORONTO — Famous Five activist Nellie McClung is the No. 1 choice to become the first Canadian woman on the face of one of the country’s banknotes, according to a recent online survey. The survey found 27 per cent of respondents favoured McClung, a...