Shawinigan Moments

(Originally released on April 30, 2025)

Frank Ney. That name is infamous in British Columbia politics not because of his real estate efforts but because of how he as mayor put on a pirate persona and ruled over the lands of Nanaimo for over two decades. His terror led to forcing people to race boats made out of bathtubs with meagre engines between Vancouver Island and the City of Vancouver.

In this episode, we're talking about the world famous bathtub races. That's right. Bathtub racing. It's real, it's a thing, and despite this being a spoiler, nobody has ever died doing it.

(Originally released January 29, 2025)

Wipeout Canada! A single-season hallowed tradition. An entire television show was premiered on extended cable in 2011 showcasing Canadians being forced into near concussions and vomiting by running around on a hazardous endurance course. We watched three episodes of this show so you don't have to.

Featuring Aoife! Check her out here! https://twitch.tv/postmpanda

(Originally released on October 16, 2024)

Tim Hortons! The Canadian cultural icon that has managed to spread its tentacles worldwide has an origin in scams and treachery from a man who wasn't even named Tim at all in his life. Here we will complain about a lack of menued vegetarian food options, the discontinuation of bread bowls, and a theatre play with an awful story.

You can follow along with the video at the start using this URL:

https://youtu.be/pGMWnmFtbqI

For a decade and a half, kids could tune into a channel available on basic cable and watch speedrunning video games. Or rather, maybe a few minutes of video games scattered amongst fifteen minutes of movie "reviews", expensive consumer hardware pushing, music previews, and everything that is either a top 5 or top 3, but never a top 10.

Why is it called "Video and Arcade Top 10" then? Listen to find out!

If you like Misty, check her out!
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https://cdrom.ca/

Imagine if train nerds had built railways in this country instead of corrupt capitalists.

Imagine if people had access to Transport Fever or OpenTTD and could actually imagine what it was like to build the railways.

Imagine if there was actually a bridge to Vancouver Island and not a railway being built to where it wasn't intended to go.

Imagine if there weren't thousands of kilometres of stone you have to dig through to just get a third of the way to the Pacific Ocean from Ontario.

Yeah. The Canadian Pacific Railway was being built on hard mode.

If you like our work, check out our Patreon for bonus episodes and Discord access!
http://patreon.com/shawiniganmoments

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Shawinigan Moments is written and recorded on the unceded territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Stó:lō (Stolo), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) first nations in what is otherwise called Vancouver.

(Did you know this Patreon preview has been out for a month and that I forgot to hit "publish"?)

Frank Ney. That name is infamous in British Columbia politics not because of his real estate efforts but because of how he as mayor put on a pirate persona and ruled over the lands of Nanaimo for over two decades. His terror led to forcing people to race boats made out of bathtubs with meagre engines between Vancouver Island and the City of Vancouver.

In this episode, we're talking about the world famous bathtub races. That's right. Bathtub racing. It's real, it's a thing, and despite this being a spoiler, nobody has ever died doing it.

If you like our work, check out our Patreon for bonus episodes and Discord access!
http://patreon.com/shawiniganmoments

Comments?
[email protected]

Shawinigan Moments is written and recorded on the unceded territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Stó:lō (Stolo), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) first nations in what is otherwise called Vancouver.

Choo choo! I am a train! All aboard!

In this episode, Heather takes Tam on a small journey introducing the concept of the steam locomotive and railroads and how they were invented, built, and then eventually showed up in Canada including a big project to convince the a province to be made part of a newly-formed Dominion.

We missed you all! It is safe to say that this is season 2.

If you like our work, check out our Patreon for bonus episodes and Discord access!
http://patreon.com/shawiniganmoments

Comments?
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Shawinigan Moments is written and recorded on the unceded territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Stó:lō (Stolo), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) first nations in what is otherwise called Vancouver.

Wearing clothes that his mother found for him, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is featured in the 1999 edition of Magna International's once-annual "@Stake: As Prime Minister, I Would..." book series complete with essays from great individuals such as Evan Solomon and Conrad Black. 

Join us as we read through Pierre's essay that doesn't at all scream the likes of that annoying person you met in ECON 101 (or any of your first-year political science classes).

Feel like suffering with us too?
https://archive.org/details/building-canada-through-freedom-essay-pierre-poilievre_202407

Featuring returning guest, Kelly from the Canuck Is A Slur podcast!  
https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlur
https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlur

If you like our work, check out our Patreon for bonus episodes and Discord access!
http://patreon.com/shawiniganmoments

Comments?
[email protected]

Shawinigan Moments is written and recorded on the unceded territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Stó:lō (Stolo), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) first nations in what is otherwise called Vancouver.

Wipeout Canada! A single-season hallowed tradition. An entire television show was premiered on extended cable in 2011 showcasing Canadians being forced into near concussions and vomiting by running around on a hazardous endurance course. We watched three episodes of this show so you don't have to.

Featuring Aoife! Check her out here!
https://twitch.tv/postmpanda

If you like our work, check out our Patreon for bonus episodes and Discord access!
http://patreon.com/shawiniganmoments

Comments?
[email protected]

Shawinigan Moments is written and recorded on the unceded territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Stó:lō (Stolo), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) first nations in what is otherwise called Vancouver.

Wait. Are we a current events podcast now? Justin Trudeau has resigned and we're here to talk about him, his resignation, Pierre Polievre, the previous foes of Trudeau as Liberal leader, and thoughts on how progressives have not only gone nowhere in Canada but worldwide.

Featuring guest, Kelly from the Canuck Is A Slur podcast!  
https://linktr.ee/CanuckIsASlur
https://patreon.com/CanuckIsASlur

If you like our work, check out our Patreon for bonus episodes and Discord access!
http://patreon.com/shawiniganmoments

Comments?
[email protected]

Shawinigan Moments is written and recorded on the unceded territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Stó:lō (Stolo), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) first nations in what is otherwise called Vancouver.