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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 8 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 8 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 8 months, 4 weeks 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 9 months 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 9 months, 1 week 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 9 months, 2 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 9 months, 4 weeks ago
Episode 234: The Day of Small Things Was Passed
Canada's Christians take their reforming zeal abroad to Asia, establishing the trans-Pacific links that Canadian politicians and businessmen have thus far failed to achieve.
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Published on 10 months ago
Episode 233: Toronto the Good
Ambitious to overtake Montreal as Canada's first city, Toronto grapples with its dual self-proclaimed identities as the nation's economic engine, and its moral compass.
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Published on 10 months, 1 week ago
Episode 232: The Old Leader
With fresh tariffs and loose talk about annexation emanating from Washington, an ageing John A. Macdonald carries the banner of Canadian nationalism into one last election.
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Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago