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Episode 264: Bell Canada
1907. A new technology sparks national debates about public utilities, labour relations, and gender.
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Published on 9 hours ago
Episode 263: The Killing Winter
1906-1907. A coal miner's strike in southern Alberta restricts the supply of fuel on the prairies, just as the region enters the coldest winter on record.
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Published on 1 week ago
Episode 262: Another Railroad or Two
1906. Hoping to encourage a national railroad to rival the Tory-aligned CPR, Liberal Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier gets more than he bargained for.
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Published on 2 weeks ago
Episode 261: A Temple of Energy
1905. After more than thirty years of Liberal rule in Ontario, a new Conservative government makes a splash by re-writing the rules of the hydroelectricity industry.
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Published on 3 weeks ago
Episode 260: Cobalt
1905. A railway construction boom couples with a global arms race to unlock the economic potential of northern Ontario's mineral deposits.
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Published on 4 weeks ago
Episode 259: Something for Nothing
1905. Under pressure from prospectors, the Hudson's Bay Company, and Ojibwe and Cree groups, the federal and Ontario governments put aside their differences and negotiate a treaty for the lands north…
Published on 1 month ago
Episode 258: Buffalo
1905. Alberta and Saskatchewan join Canada as the eighth and ninth provinces, sparking a fresh round of contentious debates over minority rights, and the division of federal and provincial powers.
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Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Episode 257: Very Imperfect Knowledge
1903. In the wake of the Alaska border dispute, Canada looks to strengthen its claims on the islands off its northern coast, in the Arctic Ocean. The only problem is, no one in Ottawa has any idea h…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Episode 256: A Slap in the Face for Canada
1903. Canada disputes American territorial claims in the Alaskan panhandle, in the hope/expectation that recent sacrifices in South Africa will ensure British diplomatic support.
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Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Episode 255: The Vortex of Militarism
1902. In the aftermath of the Boer War, delegates from the settler Dominions gather in London to discuss the future of the Empire - only to find Canadian Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier and Colonial S…
Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago