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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.

Douglas Jung

Flight of the Silver Dart aircraft of the Aerial Experimental Association, piloted by Douglas McCurdy, 23 February 1909.

Canadian Innovations in Aviation

Kinmel Park Riot

Kinmel Park Riot

Portrait of Elizabeth Arden. Photo by Alan Fisher, c. 1939.

Elizabeth Arden

William Barker

William Barker, VC

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Angus McAskill

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Norman Ryan

The Mad Trapper’s Cabin

Albert Johnson, “The Mad Trapper of Rat River”

Igor Gouzenko

Igor Gouzenko

Simon Girty

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Evelyn Dick

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Thomas Neill Cream

Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves

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Donald Morrison

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John Reginald Birchall

Almighty Voice

Almighty Voice

Don Jail

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

Wop May

John Wilson Murray

John Wilson Murray

Oak Island

Oak Island

Galt Football Club

1904 Galt Football Club

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John Sheridan Hogan

The province of Canada [cartographic material]

Rep by Pop

Frances Gertrude McGill

Bill Miner

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Masterless Men of Newfoundland

North-West Mounted Police

North-West Mounted Police

Battles of the War of 1812

William Johnston

Si’k-okskitsis

Donald Marshall

Donald Marshall Jr

Alexis Smith

Alexis Smith

earl-tommy-thomson

Earl “Tommy” Thomson

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Georges Lemay

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Sarah Edmonds (Frank Thompson)

Kingston Penitentiary in Ontario

Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka Case

Onoto Watanna

Winnifred Eaton (Onoto Watanna)

Pickton Farm in Port Coquitlam, BC.

Robert Pickton Case

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Russell Williams Case

Robert Latimer

Robert Latimer Case

David Manners

Bobby Breen

Prison Bars

Allan Legere Case

Prison Bars

Michael Wayne McGray Case

Guelph

Guelph in the First World War

Earl of Aberdeen

Valentine Shortis Case

Ambrose Small Case

Ambrose Small Case

Illustration of Judie Alimonti, date unknown.

Judie Alimonti

Dave Williams at the Saskatchewan Science Centre in Regina, 20 July 2019

Dave Williams

Bjarni Tryggvason, payload specialist representing the Canadian Space Agency, 2 April 1997.

Bjarni Tryggvason

George Sleeman

George Sleeman

Canoe Manned by Voyageurs Passing a Waterfall

Charles Oakes Ermatinger

William Lore

William Lore

Pickton Farm in Port Coquitlam, BC.

Robert Pickton Case (Plain-Language Summary)

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Robert Baldwin Ross

Photo of Herbert William Philp, date unknown.

Herbert Philp

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Margaret Jean Gee

Maggie Vail Murder Case

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Eldridge Eatman

1904-winnipeg-shamrocks

1904 Winnipeg Shamrocks

Portrait of Donald Lewes Hings holding a model of the walkie-talkie.

Donald Lewes Hings