Follow Craig Baird as he explores the good, the bad and the weird of Canada's history from the pre-colonial era to 25 years ago. Whatever you want to know about Canadian history, this is your one-stop shop.
For three generations, Randy Spracklin's family has been building in Newfoundland and Labrador. Today, their company, Newfound Builds, helps restore historical properties, and they do it all on television in their hit show Rock Solid Builds.
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Tommy Prince fought in the Second World War and Korea. Highly decorated, he was a ghost in the night and a terror to the enemy. Despite all he gave for his country, the government wanted nothing to do with him after the wars.
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She was called Canada's Sweetheart for her grace on the ice. The only Canadian woman to win a figure skating gold in singles, she was celebrated coast-to-coast. Barbara Ann Scott remained a beloved Canadian throughout her life.
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From the 1970s to 1980s, Canada made the monumental effort to go from the Imperial System to the Metric System. It was met with praise and anger and didn't completely take.
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On Nov. 10, 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald disappeared beneath the waves of Lake Superior in a terrible storm. The sinking took the lives of 29 men and was immortalized in song by Gordon Lightfoot.
Thank you to Nate Hendley for chatting with me for this episode. You can find his book Atrocity on the Atlantic here:
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In 1918, a German U-Boat emerged from the waters of the North Atlantic and fired a torpedo at HHMS Llandovery Castle. It became one of the worst atrocities of the First World War.
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In 1944, with conscription in place to send Canadian troops in Canada overseas, the largest mutiny in Canadian history began in Terrace, British Columbia.
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One of the best improvisers in Canada, she rose to national fame on Superstore as Dina Fox. A gifted musician, her first album "Call Me When You Get This" was released in September. Currently, she hosts Halloween Bakeshop.
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Taj Khyber Rowland knows he’s not who people think he is but he can’t quite remember how his life went so off course.
He decides to spool backwards, to his younger self. A daredevil seven year old Chellamuthu, living happily, but in abject poverty, with his large family in rural India.
But when Chellamuthu disobeys his mother and goes to play at the bus station, he’s persuaded to board a bus with some bigger boys.
He’s kidnapped. And there’s no going back.
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From the mysterious death of a great painter, to the story of a legless man who appeared on a beach, Canada has many fascinating mysteries to explore.
Today, we are going to dive into a few of them.
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To many Canadians, he is a beloved figure from childhood. The host of Fred Penner's Place, he has won multiple Junos, has the Order of Canada and has sold over one million albums.
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