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Equal Rights: The Persons Case
While women could run for provincial and federal office, and vote, by 1928 they still could not sit on the Canadian Senate. Seeing this, five women w…
6 years, 6 months ago
The Queen of the Hurricanes: Elsie MacGill
She was the first female aeronautical engineer in Canada, and a leader in her industry. She would be help get the Hurricane aircraft off the ground a…
6 years, 6 months ago
Logtown to Capital: How Ottawa Became The Capital
It was once in a logging town in the middle of the frontier, before it eventually became the capital of the second-largest country on the planet. It …
6 years, 6 months ago
A Historic Injustice: Big Bear
He was born the son of a chief, and he would rise up to become one of the leading Cree in the Canadian Prairies. The last to sign Treaty 6, and only …
6 years, 6 months ago
Exploring The West: The Palliser Expedition
From 1857 to 1859, five men set out from the Red River area and began exploring and surveying the Canadian West. Their surveys would help lead the ra…
6 years, 6 months ago
An Interview With Baltej Dhillon
Back in 1989, Baltej Singh Dhillon made national news as a cadet with the RCMP in Regina. After passing all the entrance requirements, Dhillon faced …
6 years, 6 months ago
A Century Of Conflict: The Beaver Wars
For nearly 100 years, through the entire 17th Century, the Iroquois Confederacy expanded on its territory through the use of European guns in an effo…
6 years, 6 months ago
The War Hero: Laura Secord
With her husband recovering from a war wound, and Americans staying in her home, Secord would overhear battle plans and venture out on a 32-kilometre…
6 years, 7 months ago
A National Treasure: When The Grey Cup Was Stolen
Next to the Stanley Cup, no trophy in Canada is more important than the Grey Cup. It is the symbol of football supremacy in our country, and the Grey…
6 years, 7 months ago
An Interview with An Irish Heart Author Sharon Doyle Driedger
Today, a special episode of the podcast. At Christmas, my wife bought me the excellent book An Irish Heart by Sharon Doyle Driedger, which chronicles…
6 years, 7 months ago