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Our Legacy-25 Scriptures on Parliament Hill
In many places, like legislatures and schools, the Bible is considered ‘hate literature’. Counseling someone
Rupert’s Land: Part 1 From Fur Trade To Rebellion
Britain’s claim of Rupert’s Land by the Doctrine of Discovery, proved to be one of
From France to Canada to Dominion Day
Dominion Day had been a federal holiday that celebrated the enactment of The British North American Act which united four of Britain’s colonies – Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Upper and Lower Canada (which became Ontario and Quebec), into a single country within the British Empire, and named that country The Dominion of Canada.
In Part 1, we traced Champlain’s life from a teenager until the settlement in Nova Scotia (Acadia) folded and all settlers recalled to France. In this section, we will examine the years and effort which went into keeping the Quebec colony maintained by Pierre Du Gua de...
- lynettebloedow
- March 29, 2024
Early Life Champlain was born into a family of mariners in 1574, in the French province of Aunis in Brouage, near the port city of La Rochelle, in the Protestant province of Saintonge. Both his father and his uncle were sailors and navigators. His father was also a...
- lynettebloedow
- March 28, 2024
159 years from French Acadia to British conquest. 104 years from British conquest to Confederation. 156 years from Confederation to 2023. Just over 400 years of Canadian History....
- lynettebloedow
- May 16, 2023
Two virgins were called by God to fulfill 2 different purposes. They were called from two different eras, two different time zones, two different cultures and from two different families. One was in the BC era, the other in the AD era. One was from the Middle East, the...
- lynettebloedow
- December 15, 2022
Have you ever thought about the important part that oceans and rivers played in the exploration and discovery of Canadian lands? First Contact Fishermen from Europe (France, Portugal, Holland and England) discovered the fishing banks off Newfoundland. That led to them hanging out on the beaches of...
- lynettebloedow
- July 9, 2022
The proponents of the 'cancel culture' seek to remove statues and memorial stones from our view in an effort to expunge from our collective social memory those people they deem to be 'blots' to our history. The positive and valuable contributions to our country made by these men,...
- lynettebloedow
- June 10, 2022
The story of Canada started in the mind of God, long before the French landed on our shores... that is, if you believe that God is the one who sets up and takes down nations (Daniel 2:21)....
- lynettebloedow
- September 5, 2020
The Dark Ages & the French Wars of Religion Some time ago, I started to read through the book of Romans. Upheaval in my life derailed me. On March 13th 2019, I started reading the book of Romans again, but this time, imagining myself back in the era...
- lynettebloedow
- March 23, 2019
The Premise For the past few years, I have been working on a Canadian History curriculum from a Christian perspective, aiming to put over 10 years of my research into a cohesive unit for ages from High School to Adult. The premise for my course is that God...
- lynettebloedow
- March 16, 2019
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