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Episode 297: Only Limited By the Duration of the War
1916 Faced with war-time budget cuts, the Commissioner of Canada's National Parks system, James Harkin, sees an opportunity in labour provided by in…
2 months, 1 week ago
Episode 296: What Am I To Do With My Name
1916. The residents of Berlin, Ontario face the challenge of being German-Canadians in a nation mobilized for war against Germany.
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2 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 295: The School of War
1916. After two years (and intense study of battlefield conditions), the Canadian Expeditionary Force begins its evolution from colonial auxiliary t…
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Episode 294: The Greatest Attack in the History of the World
1916. The Newfoundland Regiment finds itself at the centre of the worst day in the history of the British Army.
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2 months, 4 weeks ago
Episode 293: Unstable, Unliked, and Uneeded
1916. As the Canadian Expeditionary Force matures, its soldiers, officers, and (eventually) the politicians back in Ottawa come to realize it has ou…
3 months ago
Episode 292: Let Manitoba Be First
1915. A group of writers, journalists and activists based in Winnipeg, score the first victory for Canada's women's suffrage movement.
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Episode 291: The War at Home
The Canadian economy, still reeling from a post-war recession, struggles to meet the production total war demands.
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3 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 290: Prisoners of the Country
Spring 1915. The Canadian government grapples with the fact that over 100,000 residents in the country are foreign nationals, native to countries Ca…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Episode 289: Baptism of Fire and Blood
Spring 1915. The Canadian Expeditionary Force prepares for its first battle outside the Belgian city of Ypres, where, unbeknownst to the Canadians, …
4 months ago
Episode 288: The Suicide of Civilization
Summer 1914. Canadians prepare for a war far from their shores, that will nevertheless change their lives forever.
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4 months, 1 week ago