Canadian History Ehx

By Craig Baird

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... more

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June 27, 2023The Golden Age of Canadian Comics: The War-Time Era
For a brief few years, with no American comics coming into Canada, four companies took up the mantle and created comics that filled the comic book void. After the Second World War, as American comics once again crossed the border, those companies disappeared but the comic characters they created became part of our Canadian heritage.

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The Joe Shuster Awards: https://joeshusterawards.com/2013/10/03/yes-canada-does-have-a-golden-age-of-comics-history/

Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum & RCAF WWII Memorial: https://airmuseum.ca/2025/09/23/comics-in-the-second-world-war-the-golden-age-of-comics-in-canada/

Canadian Encyclopedia: https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/comic-books-in-english-canada

CBC: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/1.3593491

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27min
June 20, 2023The Sherlock Holmes of Saskatchewan: Frances Gertrude McGill
Before there was ever a Detective Columbo, there was Frances Gertrude McGill, the woman who solved gruesome crimes in Saskatchewan and earned the respect of the RCMP. There is a reason she was called the Sherlock Holmes of Saskatchewan.
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Parks Canada: https://parks.canada.ca/culture/designation/personnage-person/frances-gertrude-mcgill

Canadian Encyclopedia: https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/frances-gertrude-mcgill

Government of Canada: https://www.canada.ca/en/parks-canada/news/2024/08/government-of-canada-recognizes-dr-frances-gertrude-mcgill-as-a-person-of-national-historic-significance.html

Defining Moments: https://definingmomentscanada.ca/seldom-pleasant/other-herstoric-firsts/frances-gertrude-mcgill/

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22min
June 13, 2023The Ambassador of Peace: Thanadelthur
Thanadelthur was a Chipewyan woman who only lived into her early-20s. Despite this, she brought peace to the Cree and Chipewyan and expanded the fur trading territory of the Hudson's Bay Company into the northern regions.
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*sources*
Canadian Encyclopedia: https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/thanadelthur

Parks Canada: https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=1897

Dictionary of Canadian Biography: https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/thanadelthur_2E.html

Canada's History: https://www.canadashistory.ca/explore/first-nations-inuit-metis/thanadelthur

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23min
June 09, 2023 Introducing... Deadman's Curse: Slumach's Gold
This historical, true crime podcast hosted by Kru Williams from History Television's hit original series Deadman’s Curse: The Legend of the Lost Gold investigates the curse and legend surrounding the lost gold mine of Pitt Lake.
On their quest they're joined by members of the Stó:lō and Katzie First Nations, historians and cultural experts of diverse backgrounds, as they sort fact from fiction and give Slumach a voice from the other side of the veil.
You'll hear about how an Indigenous prospector, accused of murder set a curse on anyone who searched for his hidden gold just before he was hanged. Over a century later, a prospector, a mountaineer, a truth-seeker and a way-shower band together to walk the same paths of those who went looking for Slumach’s cursed gold and never returned find how a single bullet was the catalyst for a 150-year-old mystery.
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28min
June 06, 2023Humanitarian and Visionary: Lucille Teasdale-Corti
Lucille Teasdale-Corti was not only a trailblazer as a female surgeon in her native Canada, she was also someone who helped hundreds of thousands of Ugandans over the course of nearly 40 years in the hospital she ran with her husband Piero.
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Canadian Medical Hall of Fame: https://www.cdnmedhall.ca/laureates/lucilleteasdalecorti

Canadian Encyclopedia: https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/lucille-teasdale

Canadian Museum for Human Rights: https://humanrights.ca/event/life-and-legacy-dr-lucille-teasdale-corti

Teasdale-Corti Foundation: https://www.teasdalecorti.org/en/our-story

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25min
June 02, 2023Murder & Curses: The Lost Lemon Mine
The Lost Lemon Mine is the story of murder, a curse, and death for those who happen to find the legendary mine. It is a story, that has plenty of theories around it, but the mine itself remains hidden to this day.
This episode also includes my interview with Kru Williams, host of the new podcast Deadman's Curse: Slumach's Gold, releasing on all podcast platforms on June 6.
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Newspapers.com

Mysteries of Canada: https://mysteriesofcanada.com/alberta/the-legend-of-the-lost-lemon-mine/

The Lost Lemon mine by Ron Stewart

Lost Lemon Mine Campground: https://lostlemon.com/blackjacks-ghostly-legacy

Canadian Encyclopedia: https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/lost-lemon-mine

Kootenai Brown Historical Park: https://www.kootenaibrown.ca/stories-curious-stories/the-lost-lemon-mine

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52min
May 30, 2023The Surreal World Of The Odyssey
Debuting in 1992 and lasting until 1994, The Odyssey was a surreal CBC show that blended mythology, psychology and social commentary in a way not seen in teen shows at the time. It also served as an early stepping stone to fame for Ryan Reynolds.
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CBC: https://www.cbc.ca/television/tbt-the-odyssey-a-canadian-lord-of-the-flies-1.5165217

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103504/

History of Canadian Broadcasting: https://broadcasting-history.ca/odyssey-the/

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30min
May 23, 2023Canada's Folk Icon: Stan Rogers
In the late-1970s and early-1980s, Stan Rogers emerged as folk music icon as he documented the people, places and history of Canada in his music. Sadly, his life was cut far too short but his legend has only grown.
Thank you to Andrew from Backyard History for joining me on the show
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Night Drive by Garnet Rogers

Canadian Encyclopedia: https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/stan-rogers

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3608887/

CBC: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/rewind/stan-rogers-folk-singer-storyteller-proud-canadian-part-1-1.3237366

The Independent: https://theindependent.ca/news/arts/remembering-stan-rogers/

Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame: https://www.cshf.ca/songwriter/stan-rogers/

Stanrogers.net

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32min
May 16, 2023The Friendliest War: Canada's Whisky War
Hans Island is a small island far to the north in the Arctic. It is the size of a city block, and for four decades, Denmark and Canada disputed over who truly owned it. Along the way, they waged a war of flags and bottles of liquor.
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Newspapers.com

United Nations: https://unric.org/en/the-whiskey-war-how-denmark-and-canada-used-diplomacy-to-solve-a-territorial-conflict/

Arctic Portal: https://arcticportal.org/ap-library/news/3585-the-whisky-war-a-tale-of-peaceful-resolution-over-hans-island

Canadian Geographic: https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/canada-denmark-end-50-year-whiskey-war-over-hans-island/

BBC: https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/w3ct4x8r

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24min
May 09, 2023The Capital in Flames: The Ottawa-Hull Fire of 1900
It all began as a chimney fire on a spring day in 1900. By the end of the day, most of Hull, Quebec was in ruins, and vast swaths of Ottawa were laid waste by the flames.
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Gatineau Valley Historical Society: https://www.gvhs.ca/publications/utg-articles/volume-05-06.html

Sinistar: https://sinistar.ca/blog/hull-ottawa-fire-1900-history

Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network: https://qahn.org/article/great-hull-fire-1900

Capital Chronicles: https://www.capitalchronicles.ca/post/the-great-hull-ottawa-fire-of-april-26-1900-the-wind-driven-maelstrom

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