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Episode 307: The Shadow of a Dreadful Danger
December 1917. Disaster strikes Halifax, one of the busiest ports in the world due to the trans-Atlantic convoy system, as a collision between two s…
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Episode 306: Little Lower Than the Angels
December 1917. Canada holds its most contentious federal election yet, as both sides (Union vs. Laurier Liberals) see the outcome as setting the cou…
1 week ago
Episode 305: Biting Into Granite
Summer/Fall 1917. Arthur Currie takes command of the Canadian Corps, but finds it difficult to replicate the success of Vimy Ridge in the mud of Pas…
2 weeks ago
Episode 304: Playing with Fire
1917. As Quebec roils with anger over the Military Service Act, French Canadians in Ottawa and Windsor clash with police over French language rights …
3 weeks ago
Episode 303: Linguistic Chaos
1917. On the prairies, the war reinvigorates the politics of minority rights, as Anglophone majorities restrict the use of other languages in school…
4 weeks ago
Episode 302: Our First Duty
1917. Prime Minister Robert Borden uses every instrument at his disposal to undermine Liberal party cohesion and form a Union government ahead of Ca…
1 month ago
Episode 301: Revolution and War
1917. A revolution in China (partially funded by contributions from British Columbia) upends life for Chinese-Canadians.
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1 month, 1 week ago
Episode 300: The Hidden Powers Within Us
1917. With Black Canadians rejected at recruiting offices in suspiciously high numbers, a campaign emerges to form a distinctly black unit within th…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Episode 299: Hostages of Our Good Faith
1917. After touring the battlefield at Vimy, Prime Minister Robert Borden determines that conscription is necessary to maintain the Canadian Corps, s…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Episode 298: Vimy
Spring 1917. All four divisions of the Canadian Corps work together for the first time, demonstrating a distinctively Canadian approach to the conun…
2 months ago