(Courtesy of the National Archives of Canada) At first, fur traders came to the Northwest Territory bringing guns, blankets and cooking utensils to trade for buffalo robes. Soon whiskey became the ...

From the 17th century fur trade that birthed a nation to the last ... Rupert's Land - Founded in 1670 by fur traders given a royal charter by the British monarch King Charles II, the company ...

The coureurs de bois loved their freedom and independence and profits from the fur trade, ignoring orders ... Albany had become an important trading post, competing with Montreal and Quebec.

Voyageurs, who have been called the "logistical backbone" of the North American fur trade, transported goods and furs by ...

Filthy farms and crammed markets teeming with sick animals pose a major risk as potential hotbeds for lethal new viruses that could leap from animals to people. Numerous top global health experts ...

The winter winds howled across the Upper Great Lakes, the kind that cut to the bone and warned of hard times ahead. But inside her trading post, Madeline Laframboise stood firm. A Métis businesswoman, ...

The federal agency has so far not taken any enforcement action against Ruby Fur Farm. Amid cuts to federal funding, US universities tighten budgets, forcing PhD students and early-career researchers ...