The role of the conscription crisis in Canadian politics can’t be understated. It would fracture the Liberal Party and many of its supporters would move over to the Conservatives or the Progressives. That was seen with the last episode and Hugh...
Largely unknown today, the scandal that erupted in 1872 completely altered Canada and was one of the biggest stories of the last half of the 19th century for the new country. Called the Pacific Scandal, it would bring down the government, end...
The Indigenous Located on the traditional land of the Blackfoot Confederacy, the bison would often migrate through for centuries, providing a vital resource for the Indigenous of the area in the summer. In the winter, the location of Medicine Hat...
The past few episodes I have talked about the battles that Canadians were facing early in 1915, but today I am taking a pause and looking at what life was like for the Canadian soldiers in the trenches. We all know that it was not a great place to...
Last week I talked about the first railroad that Canada ever built, the Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad. This week, we are going to jump ahead a few decades, past Confederation, to the debate over the arrival of British Columbia into...
There are many important years in the history of Canada. Of course 1867 is a big one, but there was also other important years and 1885 is one such year because of many things, but one of the biggest events was the North West Rebellion. That being...
With Canadians entering into the Battle of the Somme in September at the Battle of Courcelette, they would be thrown back into the fray after several German victories at various locations along the front. This led to the need for Thiepval to be...
On June 30, 1912, the City of Regina progressed along as it always had for the previous 25 years. It was a bustling community of 30,000 people, and was basking in the glow of a new Legislative building that had been built. Seven years after being...
1887 Some amazing Canadians were born this year, and a lot of political things would happen as Canada moved into the latter part of the 1880s. On Jan. 21, George Vezina is born in Quebec. He would go on to become one of the greatest hockey...