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Hillary clinton went after donald trump today, this as we get surprising details about Trumps Campaign finances we have all that coming up for you. And also a read on the economy. Well tell you what to expect from fedex, adobe, and k. B. Holmes coming up. A good crosssection of industries there. Very good. To see whats going on. Lets begin with Janet Yellens testimony on capitol hill this morning on the economy. You saw it live on cnbc this morning. Steve liesman has the key takeaways. Guess who...

If you were paying attention in history class, you’ll recall the Underground Railroad wasn’t a railroad at all. Rather, it was a fluid network of locations where freedom seekers sought refuge from slave catchers on their way to a life out of bondage. “What came to be called the Underground Railroad were the networks of assistance that emerged in response to the reality that freedom seekers ...

December 4 - 10: Compiled by Dave Humphrey from the archived newspapers held at the Cranbrook History Centre and Archives

One of Abraham Lincolns most famous law cases involved runaway slave Jane Bryant. John...

When I was visiting the Sistine Chapel several decades ago, an elderly American couple walked up to me and said, 'We don't understand any of this. Can you explain it to us?' So, I toured these two tourists, complete strangers, around Michelangelo's masterpiece, describing everything from the Creation of Man to the Drunkenness of Noah.

A Year in Five Minutes: Vancouver 1971 Pender Street in Chinatown in 1972, which was now part of a designated historic area. Item # CVA 780-447. Photo courtesy of Vancouver Archives. In 1971, Greenpeace was making waves, there was a riot in Gastown and the CBC started filming a very popular series on the Sunshine Coast. By Chuck Davis, 1971 census figures for Metropolitan Vancouver The 1971 census showed the metropolitan Vancouver population had topped the million mark for the first time. ...

BugBitten Good Riddance, 2020! Roll up your sleeves for 2021! Krisztian Magori proclaims "Good Riddance" to 2020 as he tries to put into perspective all that happened, how Bugbitten weathered it all, and a look towards the work ahead in 2021! "Coronavirus fireworks" by Robert Matson from https://www.rollcall.com/2020/07/01/capitol-ink-coronavirus-fireworks/ with the artists permission. As a disease ecologist, this has been a very unusual year. Every year, I teach my students in my Disease Ecol...