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Episode 211: All Things are Possible
Infused with national confidence after rejecting confederation, the government at St. John's seeks, for the first time, to exert its influence across all of Newfoundland.
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Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 210: An Awful Dread of the Future
As Canadian negotiators seek to complete their treaty-making campaign on the prairies, they find the Blackfoot intent on coming to a different kind of settlement than their neighbours to the east.
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Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Episode: 209 - The Place Protected from Fire
A group of Icelanders repeat the voyage of their ancestors almost 900 years earlier, and once again establish a colony in Canada - this time in Manitoba.
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Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 208: Come Like Men and Talk to Us
The Canadian treaty campaign in the northwest begins its most important negotiations yet - for the surrender of Cree lands along the fertile belt of the North Saskatchewan River.
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Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 207: The Field Game of Our Dominion
A dentist from Montreal seeks to turn an indigenous game into a marker of Canadian national identity.
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Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 206: A Medium Course
After a generation of playing second fiddle to conservatives, liberals re-emerge in Quebec thanks to a new generation of leaders.
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Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 205: Caraquet
A new education act in New Brunswick sets off protests within the province's Catholic minority, and sparks a resurgence in Acadian nationalism.
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Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 204: The Northwest Mounted Police
In an effort to extend state power into the prairies, the Canadian government commissions a police force for the northwest.
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Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
Episode 203: Where We Are is Our Property
After a two year hiatus, and numerous disputes over what was promised in earlier agreements, the Canadian government resumes its treaty-making campaign in the northwest.
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Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
Episode 202: Dominion Lands
The Canadian government begins advertising its northwestern frontier to prospective settlers, but finds that it needs to get creative to compete with the United States.
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Published on 1 year, 5 months ago