Carolann's Newsletters

Dear Friends, Tangents: June 16, 1936 – Bob Brown discovers a major oilfield at Turner Valley; beginning of Alberta’s oil boom. PHOTOS OF THE DAY Bjork

Dear Friends, Tangents: 1215: Magna Carta chartered. PRIME NUMBERS: 5.9 MILLION Canadians, ages 65 and older, compared with 5.8 million Canadians ages 14 or younger. 

Dear Friends, Tangents: 1951: Univac computer unveiled. On this day in 1777, the Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopted the Stars and Stripes as

Dear Friends, Tangents: Birthday: William Butler Yeats, June 13, 1865 The Song of Wandering Aengus                  

Dear Friends, Tangents: On June 12, 1987, during a visit to the divided German city of Berlin, President Ronald Reagan publicly challenged

Dear Friends, Tangents: 1534 – Jacques Cartier sails into the river he names the St. Lawrence, on the Saint’s feast day. 1934: Donald Duck, cartoon,