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Episode 244: Reforming the Empire
Chinese-Canadians join an effort to modernize the Chinese state, in hopes that a strong Beijing can better advocate for their civil and political rights in British Columbia.
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Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago
Episode 243: After the Rush
The Yukon gold rush creates a new urban centre in the far north, and forces the Canadian government to revisit its treaty-making efforts, after a twenty year hiatus.
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Published on 4 months ago
Episode 242: Bonanza
A gold find, this time in the sub-arctic Yukon, once again transforms Canada's Pacific region. But if the rush promises prosperity, it also brings political, diplomatic, and humanitarian challenges.…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
Episode 241: The Last Best West
After decades of constitutional reform and millions spent on railway construction, the Canadian confederation finally fulfills its economic potential thanks to technological developments in the flour…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 240: Sunny Ways
Liberal leader Wilfrid Laurier ends a generation of Conservative rule through a canny combination of optimism and opportunism.
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Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 239: A Nest of Traitors
A series of Conservative Prime Ministers struggle to hold together the party that the late John A. Macdonald spent his career building.
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Published on 5 months ago
Episode 238: Our Darkest Hour
A devastating fire in St. John's, and a comprehensive financial meltdown threaten the very existence of Newfoundland as a self-governing colony.
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Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
Episode 237: We Are Lonesome
In an effort to speed indigenous assimilation, the federal government turns to a new program that will define its Indian policy for the next seventy years - Indian Residential Schools.
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Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 236: A Continent on the Moon
Twenty-five years after the Hudson's Bay Company land purchase, and ten years after the CPR, impatient Canadians begin to wonder if the northwestern frontier will ever fulfill its potential.
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Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 235: Lord Stanley's Cup
In the wake of a divisive federal election, and in the face of bullying economic policies emanating from Washington, the Governor General turns to hockey as a unifying force in Canada.
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Published on 6 months ago