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Episode 260: Cobalt
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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Episode 259: Something for Nothing
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 diff…

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Episode 258: Buffalo
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…

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Episode 257: Very Imperfect Knowledge
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.  Th…

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Episode 256: A Slap in the Face for Canada
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 ensu…

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Episode 255: The Vortex of Militarism
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 Cana…

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Episode 254: Lessons in South Africa
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 w…

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Episode 253: As Others See Us
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 m…

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Episode 252: The Battle of the Fraser
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 Japa…

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Episode 251: The Foundation of Civilization
Episode 251: The Foundation of Civilization

The indigenous nations of the prairies attempt to reap the benefits of the western wheat boom, but find their work obstructed by interference from th…

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