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Episode 201: A Purchased and a Tainted House
Shortly after a successful re-election campaign, a railway corruption scandal brings down John A. Macdonald's government.
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Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
Episode 200: The Screw is Being Turned
Railway debt and pressure from Britain forces Prince Edward Island to reconsider joining Canada, as the seventh province of confederation.
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Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
Episode 199: Not Richer Serfs But Better Men
As Canada industrializes, a labour movement emerges in Hamilton, Ontario, seeking a dignified role for workers in the emerging modern economy.
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Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 198: Outside Promises
Canadian negotiators begin the treaty-making process in the northwest, and find their work far more challenging than they anticipated.
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Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 197: Occupied Manitoba
Manitoba, Canada's newest province, is faced with the challenge of managing an anxious Metis majority, a well-armed Canadian minority, and the possible threat of a Fenian invasion.
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Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 196: England is Sick of Her Colonies
As Canada seeks an outlet on the Pacific Ocean, the colonists of British Columbia contemplate their future in the British Empire.
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Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 195: Mr. Macdonald Goes to Washington
As British and American diplomats gather in Washington for the largest Anglo-American conference in a generation, John A. Macdonald joins the British delegation, to ensure Canadian interests are repr…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Episode 194: We Must Make Canada Respect Us
In the thrilling conclusion to the Red River Crisis, Ottawa agrees to several of the provisional government's demands, creating hte province of Manitoba, but more ominously, also despatches a militar…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Episode 193: Everywhere is Conjecture
Ottawa's plans for expansion in the northwest meet resistance on the Red River.
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Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Episodes 192: Canada First
Canada begins its first great national project - a settlement frontier in the northwest.
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Published on 1 year, 7 months ago