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Article content On Feb. 6, 1952, Canadians woke up to the grim news that 56-year-old King George VI had died. A much beloved sovereign in Canada, he had led the Commonwealth through the Second World War. His speech impediment and painfully shy manner endeared him to his Canadian subjects. The 1939 Royal Visit to Canada was a triumphal tour. Memories of that tour were cherished by the Queen Mother for a life time. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. ‘The King is dead — Long live the Queen!’ Back to video But in February 1952, all eyes ...

Article content On Feb. 6, 1952, Canadians woke up to the grim news that 56-year-old King George VI had died. A much beloved sovereign in Canada, he had led the Commonwealth through the Second World War. His speech impediment and painfully shy manner endeared him to his Canadian subjects. The 1939 Royal Visit to Canada was a triumphal tour. Memories of that tour were cherished by the Queen Mother for a life time. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. ‘The King is dead — Long live the Queen!’ Back to video But in February 1952, all eyes ...

A 10-year-old girl in Italy has been declared brain dead after participating in an alarming TikTok trend called the “Blackout Challenge,” according to reports. The Brussels Post reported that a girl named Antonella self-asphyxiated after putting a belt around her neck. She reportedly arrived at the hospital in cardiac arrest and doctors were unable to save her. Antonella’s 5-year-old sister found her unconscious on Wednesday. Speaking with an Italian news outlet called la Repubblica, Antonella’s parents claimed their other daughter, a 9-year-old, said Antonella had self-asphyxiated wh...

Article content The first moving pictures in Wingham were shown in the opera house in the late 1890s. Flickering images of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897 and the Spanish American War in 1899 brought the magic of movies to enthralled area audiences. As the new medium’s popularity grew, Wingham eagerly anticipated its own movie house. Sometime in 1908, William Britton, a local undertaker, opened the Wonderland picture house just north of the town hall on Josephine Street in the former Massey-Harris dealership building. It was known as the Wonderland until George Corbett boug...

The first moving pictures in Wingham were shown in the opera house in the late 1890s. Flickering images of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897 and the…