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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 4 months, 2 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 months, 3 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 5 months 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 5 months, 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 5 months, 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 5 months, 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 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 254: Lessons in South Africa
1901-1902
Canadian soldiers find themselves in a Boer War that has turned into a brutally modern counter-insurgency. Meanwhile, a group of Canadian women volunteer to do their bit for the Empire by t…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 253: As Others See Us
Montreal's school system, delicately balanced between the city's Catholic and Protestant communities struggles to accommodate the arrival of Jewish migrants, who fit into neither category.
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Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 252: The Battle of the Fraser
As the Fraser River fishery prepares for the largest salmon run in its history, tensions rise between its labour force of white, indigenous, and Japanese fishermen.
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Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago