Edward Butts

Edward Butts was born in Toronto and graduated from the University of Waterloo. He is the author of more than 30 published books including the award-winning Wartime: The First World War in a Canadian Town. His articles have appeared in numerous publications including the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail. He has also written educational material. He lives in Guelph, Ontario, where he writes a history column for Guelphtoday.com

Articles by Edward Butts

Douglas Jung campaign.
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Douglas Jung
Flight of the Silver Dart aircraft of the Aerial Experimental Association, piloted by Douglas McCurdy, 23 February 1909.
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Canadian Innovations in Aviation
Kinmel Park Riot
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Kinmel Park Riot
Portrait of Elizabeth Arden. Photo by Alan Fisher, c. 1939.
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Elizabeth Arden
William Barker
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William Barker, VC
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Angus McAskill
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Norman Ryan
The Mad Trapper’s Cabin
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Albert Johnson, “The Mad Trapper of Rat River”
Igor Gouzenko
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Igor Gouzenko
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Simon Girty
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Evelyn Dick
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Thomas Neill Cream
Keanu Reeves
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Keanu Reeves
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Donald Morrison
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John Reginald Birchall
Almighty Voice
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Almighty Voice
Don Jail
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Edwin Alonzo Boyd
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Alvin Karpis
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McLean Gang
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Gilbert McMicken
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Donald MacLaren
Wilfrid May
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Wop May
John Wilson Murray
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John Wilson Murray
Oak Island
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Oak Island
Galt Football Club
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1904 Galt Football Club
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John Sheridan Hogan
The province of Canada [cartographic material]
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Rep by Pop
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Frances Gertrude McGill
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Bill Miner
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Masterless Men of Newfoundland
North-West Mounted Police
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North-West Mounted Police
Battles of the War of 1812
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William Johnston
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Si’k-okskitsis
Donald Marshall
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Donald Marshall Jr
Alexis Smith
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Alexis Smith
earl-tommy-thomson
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Earl “Tommy” Thomson
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Georges Lemay
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Sarah Edmonds (Frank Thompson)
Kingston Penitentiary in Ontario
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Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka Case
Onoto Watanna
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Winnifred Eaton (Onoto Watanna)
Pickton Farm in Port Coquitlam, BC.
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Robert Pickton Case
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Russell Williams Case
Robert Latimer
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Robert Latimer Case
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David Manners
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Bobby Breen
Prison Bars
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Allan Legere Case
Prison Bars
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Michael Wayne McGray Case
Guelph
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Guelph in the First World War
Earl of Aberdeen
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Valentine Shortis Case
Ambrose Small Case
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Ambrose Small Case
Illustration of Judie Alimonti, date unknown.
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Judie Alimonti
Dave Williams at the Saskatchewan Science Centre in Regina, 20 July 2019
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Dave Williams
Bjarni Tryggvason, payload specialist representing the Canadian Space Agency, 2 April 1997.
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Bjarni Tryggvason
George Sleeman
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George Sleeman
Canoe Manned by Voyageurs Passing a Waterfall
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Charles Oakes Ermatinger
William Lore
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William Lore
Pickton Farm in Port Coquitlam, BC.
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Robert Pickton Case (Plain-Language Summary)
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Robert Baldwin Ross
Photo of Herbert William Philp, date unknown.
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Herbert Philp
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Margaret Jean Gee
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Maggie Vail Murder Case
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Eldridge Eatman
1904-winnipeg-shamrocks
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1904 Winnipeg Shamrocks
Portrait of Donald Lewes Hings holding a model of the walkie-talkie.
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Donald Lewes Hings