The Missile Gap: Fact Or Fantasy – Repercussions For The Avro Arrow

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Editor’s note: This article was originally published in the newsletter of the Ottawa chapter of the Canadian Aviation Historical Society (CAHS). In the early fifties, there was a belief amongst intelligence communities that the Soviet Union was producing large numbers of attack aircraft, far outstripping western production. Known as the “bomber gap” this lead to an […]

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American And Canadian Culture Is Fundamentally Different

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“Our fair Dominion now extends from Cape Race to Nootka Sound. May peace forever be our lot, and plenteous store abound” – Maple Leaf Forever (Canada’s unofficial anthem until the late ‘60s) One day in university, myself and one of my roommates in our slum apartment near the UVic campus were discussing American politics (I

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Remembering Barry Broadfoot And The Ten Lost Years

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After working as a reporter for the Vancouver Sun for seventeen years, Barry Broadfoot left his desk to travel “at least 15,000 miles” with a tape recorder and collect oral accounts of living through Canada’s Great Depression. He interviewed hundreds of Canadians from all walks of life. Sometimes he conducted scheduled interviews, but often he

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