Born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, journalist, novelist, playwright, and—above all—poet, Alden A. Nowlan (25 January 1933 – 27 June 1983) was one of Canada’s leading literary figures. American poet Robert…
Stuart Trueman
Stuart Trueman, a multifaceted talent who excelled as a writer, editor, historian, reporter, cartoonist, and humorist, was born in 1911 in Saint John to John MacMillan and Annie Mae (Roden)…
René Lévesque
René Lévesque was a reporter, actor, Quebec government minister, founder of the Parti Québécois, and the 23rd Premier of Quebec. Born on August 24, 1922, at Hôtel Dieu Hospital at…
Oswald Smith Crocket
Oswald Smith Crocket was born in Chatham on April 13, 1868, to parents William Crocket and Marion Caldwell. He earned his B.A. from the University of New Brunswick in 1886…