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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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6 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 diff…
7 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…
7 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. Th…
7 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 ensu…
7 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 Cana…
7 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 w…
7 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 m…
7 months, 4 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 Japa…
8 months ago
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…
8 months, 1 week ago