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Jon Tattrie

Jon Tattrie is an award-winning author and multi-media journalist who has written about Nova Scotia history for Lonely Planet, Canadian Geographic, Reader’s Digest, The Globe and Mail, CBC.ca, CBC Radio, and many other outlets. He is the author of three books: Cornwallis: The Violent Birth of Halifax, The Hermit of Africville and Black Snow: A Novel of the Halifax Explosion. All are award-winning regional best-sellers.

Follow him @jontattrie or read more at Jontattrie.ca.

Articles by Jon Tattrie

Fake News

Fake News (a.k.a. Disinformation) in Canada

Media Bias Word Cloud

Media Bias in Canada

First World War Propaganda Poster

Propaganda in Canada

Media Icons

Media Literacy

Edward Cornwallis, soldier and politician

Edward Cornwallis

Michael O'Rourke

Battle for Hill 70

Statute of Westminster

Balfour Report

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Battle of Mount Sorrel

At Port Said in Egypt, ca. 1910-1915.

Suez Crisis

Africville

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Battle of St. Eloi Craters

Sir Charles Tupper

Nova Scotia and Confederation

Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley

New Brunswick and Confederation

London Conference, 1866

Prince Edward Island and Confederation

Manitoba Coat of Arms

Manitoba and Confederation

Alberta and Confederation

Saskatchewan Flag

Saskatchewan and Confederation

Montgomery's Tavern national historic site

Ontario and Confederation

Flag of Québec (Fleurdelisé)

Québec and Confederation

Emerald Lake, Yukon

Yukon and Confederation

Nunavut and Confederation

Northern Lights, Yellowknife

Northwest Territories and Confederation

The Last Spike

British Columbia and Confederation

Newfoundland Coat of Arms

Newfoundland and Labrador and Confederation

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Rocky Jones

No. 2 Construction Battalion

No. 2 Construction Battalion and the Fight to Fight

Cannabis Plant

Cannabis Legalization in Canada

Marcus Garvey

The African Nova Scotian Roots of Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song”

Halifax Explosion

Halifax Explosion and the CNIB

Mike Savage

Mike Savage

Sydney River McDonald's Murders

Sydney River McDonald's Murders

Canada's Trade Agreements

Canadian Free Trade Agreement

Daniel Paul

Daniel Paul

Edward Cornwallis

Cornwallis Statue

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Misinformation in Canada

Digital Economy

Canada and the Digital Economy

Julian Byng

King-Byng Affair (Plain-Language Summary)

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