Episodios

  • Episode 262: Another Railroad or Two

    Episode 262: Another Railroad or Two
    Aug 13 2025
    1906. Hoping to encourage a national railroad to rival the Tory-aligned CPR, Liberal Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier gets more than he bargained for.

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    35 m
  • Episode 261: A Temple of Energy

    Episode 261: A Temple of Energy
    Aug 6 2025
    1905. After more than thirty years of Liberal rule in Ontario, a new Conservative government makes a splash by re-writing the rules of the hydroelectricity industry.

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    36 m
  • Episode 260: Cobalt

    Episode 260: Cobalt
    Jul 30 2025
    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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    33 m
  • Episode 259: Something for Nothing

    Episode 259: Something for Nothing
    Jul 23 2025
    1905. Under pressure from prospectors, the Hudson's Bay Company, and Ojibwe and Cree groups, the federal and Ontario governments put aside their differences and negotiate a treaty for the lands north of Ontario.

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    32 m
  • Episode 258: Buffalo

    Episode 258: Buffalo
    Jul 16 2025
    1905. Alberta and Saskatchewan join Canada as the eighth and ninth provinces, sparking a fresh round of contentious debates over minority rights, and the division of federal and provincial powers.

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    42 m
  • Episode 257: Very Imperfect Knowledge

    Episode 257: Very Imperfect Knowledge
    Jul 9 2025
    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. The only problem is, no one in Ottawa has any idea how many islands there are, or how far the archipelago reaches.

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    40 m
  • Episode 256: A Slap in the Face for Canada

    Episode 256: A Slap in the Face for Canada
    Jul 2 2025
    1903. Canada disputes American territorial claims in the Alaskan panhandle, in the hope/expectation that recent sacrifices in South Africa will ensure British diplomatic support.

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    33 m
  • Episode 255: The Vortex of Militarism

    Episode 255: The Vortex of Militarism
    Jun 30 2025
    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 Canadian Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier and Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain have very different interpretations of what that entails.

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    32 m