In the 1860s, John A. Macdonald was instrumental in creating the Dominion of Canada and became its first prime minister. (Courtesy of the National Archives of Canada) Macdonald was tall and loose ...

The McKinley Tariff Act of 1890 delivered tariffs of up to 50 per cent on Canadian exports to the U.S. But it didn’t dissuade ...

An Ontario town is considering bringing a statue of Prime Minister John A ... to do with the statues of Macdonald and other prime ministers. Enjoy the latest local, national and international ...

Sir John A. Macdonald and Brian Mulroney were ... Of the Fathers of Confederation, he was the first among equals. Macdonald’s National Policy of high tariffs and his belief in railways as ...

The Red River Resistance, led by a young Métis named Louis Riel, presented an early test to the leadership of Canadian Prime Minister John A. Macdonald ... (Courtesy of the National Archives ...

Three schools in the district are named after Canada’s first Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald. However, his name is to be removed.

On Monday, the board’s policy and governance committee ... which oversees federal lands in the National Capital Region, renamed the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway to Kichi Zībī Mīkan, which ...