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Canadian History Ehx
Hosted by Craig Baird · EN
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.
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Time Lord: Sir Sandford Fleming
Apr 700:29:02Tap to summarizeSir Sandford Fleming is most famous for developing time zones and standardized time, but he was so much more. He created our first stamp, built our railways and event connected the British Empire by telegraph. ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA'S MAIN STREET: https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/canadas-main-street/ Donate: buymeacoffee.com/craigu Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: https://www.ohcanadashop.com/collections/canadian-history-ehx Hello Fresh: HelloFresh.ca/CHEHX E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Threads: https://www.threads.net/@cdnhistoryehx Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Want to send me something? Craig Baird PO Box 2384 Stony Plain PO Main, Alberta T7Z1X *sources* Canadian Encyclopedia: https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sir-sandford-fleming Parks Canada: https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=1253&i=57956 University of Waterloo: https://uwaterloo.ca/sandford-fleming-foundation/about-us/about-sir-sandford-fleming Dictionary of Canadian Biography: https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/fleming_sandford_14E.html Queens University: https://www.queensu.ca/encyclopedia/f/fleming-sir-sandford Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Fame and Murder: Francis Rattenbury
Apr 300:36:33Tap to summarizeFrancis Rattenbury was a brilliant architect who helped define the skyline of Victoria, BC. He was also an arrogant man whose treatment of his wife during an affair led to him leaving Canada forever. But he is most famous for his murder by his second wife's lover. ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA'S MAIN STREET: https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/canadas-main-street/ Donate: buymeacoffee.com/craigu Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: https://www.ohcanadashop.com/collections/canadian-history-ehx Hello Fresh: HelloFresh.ca/CHEHX E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Threads: https://www.threads.net/@cdnhistoryehx Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Want to send me something? Craig Baird PO Box 2384 Stony Plain PO Main, Alberta T7Z1X *SOURCES* Deadly Triangle by Susan Goldenberg The Outrageous Life and Death of Francis Rattenbury [Monte Cristo Magazine] https://montecristomagazine.com/community/the-outrageous-life-and-death-of-francis-rattenbury Francis Mawson Rattenbury https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/francis-mawson-rattenbury Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mountain Tragedy: The Hillcrest Mine Disaster
Mar 3100:29:38Tap to summarizeCoal mining was always dangerous, but the worst day in Canada's coal mining history came on a June day in 1914. That day saw almost 200 men never return home to their families in the mountain community of Hillcrest, Alberta. ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA'S MAIN STREET: https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/canadas-main-street/ Donate: buymeacoffee.com/craigu Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: https://www.ohcanadashop.com/collections/canadian-history-ehx Hello Fresh: HelloFresh.ca/CHEHX E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Threads: https://www.threads.net/@cdnhistoryehx Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Want to send me something? Craig Baird PO Box 2384 Stony Plain PO Main, Alberta T7Z1X *sources* Devil's Breath: The Story of the Hillcrest Mine Disaster Discover Crowsnest Heritage: https://www.crowsnestheritage.ca/hillcrest-mine-disaster-memorial Canadian Mining Journal: https://www.canadianminingjournal.com/featured-article/remembering-the-fact-that-hillcrest-mining-disaster/ Defining Moments Canada: https://definingmomentscanada.ca/all-for-9/historical-articles/canadian-mining-disasters/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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One Last Shot: Leduc No. 1
Mar 2400:24:36Tap to summarizeAfter drilling 143 dry wells, Imperial Oil decided to attempt one more drill in Alberta to find oil. The location they chose changed Alberta's, and Canada's, history forever. ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA'S MAIN STREET: https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/canadas-main-street/ Donate: buymeacoffee.com/craigu Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: https://www.ohcanadashop.com/collections/canadian-history-ehx Hello Fresh: HelloFresh.ca/CHEHX E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Threads: https://www.threads.net/@cdnhistoryehx Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Want to send me something? Craig Baird PO Box 2384 Stony Plain PO Main, Alberta T7Z1X *sources* Last Chance Well by Beatrice Hunter Parks Canada: https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=33 Canadian Energy Museum: https://www.canadianenergymuseum.ca/our-story Canadian Encyclopedia: https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/striking-oil-in-leduc-there-she-blows-finally-feature Macleans Archive Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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An Alberta Legend: John Ware
Mar 1700:27:27Tap to summarizeBorn into slavery, John Ware came to the Alberta area on a cattle drive and never left. Over the next few decades, he became an Alberta ranching legend, still remembered fondly to this day. Thank you to Cheryl Foggo for speaking with me for the episode. Find John Ware Reclaimed here: https://www.nfb.ca/film/john-ware-reclaimed/ ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA'S MAIN STREET: https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/canadas-main-street/ Donate: buymeacoffee.com/craigu Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: https://www.ohcanadashop.com/collections/canadian-history-ehx Hello Fresh: HelloFresh.ca/CHEHX E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Threads: https://www.threads.net/@cdnhistoryehx Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Want to send me something? Craig Baird PO Box 2384 Stony Plain PO Main, Alberta T7Z1X *Sources* John Ware [Canadian Encyclopedia] https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/john-ware John Ware [Parks Canada] https://parks.canada.ca/culture/designation/personnage-person/john-ware Ware, John [Dictionary of Canadian Biography] https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/ware_john_13E.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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CHE Biography: Ken Read
Mar 1300:48:31Tap to summarizeKen Read was one of the greatest Canadian skiers in history. As one of The Crazy Canucks, he helped Canada serve notice to the ski world that we had arrived on the scene. With his many podium finishes, he became a skiing legend. ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA'S MAIN STREET: https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/canadas-main-street/ Donate: buymeacoffee.com/craigu Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: https://www.ohcanadashop.com/collections/canadian-history-ehx Hello Fresh: HelloFresh.ca/CHEHX E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Threads: https://www.threads.net/@cdnhistoryehx Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Want to send me something? Craig Baird PO Box 2384 Stony Plain PO Main, Alberta T7Z1X *Sources* Ken Read [Team Canada] https://olympic.ca/team-canada/ken-read/ Ken Read [Canadian Ski Hall of Fame and Museum] https://skimuseum.ca/honoured-members/ken-read/ Ken Read [Canada's Sports Hall of Fame] https://halloffamers.sportshall.ca/?ken_read&language=EN The Crazy Canucks: Canada's Legendary Ski Team by Janet Love Morrison Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Moving Mountain: The Frank Slide
Mar 1000:26:03Tap to summarizeTurtle Mountain was called The Mountain That Moves by the First Nations of the Crowsnest Pass. On April 29, 1903, the mountain moved and buried the town of Frank under 44 million cubic metres of rock. It remains Canada's deadliest landslide. ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA'S MAIN STREET: https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/canadas-main-street/ Donate: buymeacoffee.com/craigu Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: https://www.ohcanadashop.com/collections/canadian-history-ehx Hello Fresh: HelloFresh.ca/CHEHX E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Threads: https://www.threads.net/@cdnhistoryehx Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Want to send me something? Craig Baird PO Box 2384 Stony Plain PO Main, Alberta T7Z1X *sources* Canadian Encyclopedia: https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/frank-slide Alberta Energy Regulator: https://ags.aer.ca/our-science/turtle-mountain/frank-slide Alberta Register of Historic Places: https://hermis.alberta.ca/ARHP/Details.aspx?DeptID=1&ObjectID=4665-0225 Canadian Geographic: https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/the-1903-frank-slide-in-the-shadow-of-the-mountain/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The NWMP Era Begins: The March West
Mar 300:29:40Tap to summarizeFollowing the Cypress Hill Massacre, the North West Mounted Police made their famous journey west to the Canadian Prairies. It was a poorly planned event that nearly ended the NWMP before it began. ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA'S MAIN STREET: https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/canadas-main-street/ Donate: buymeacoffee.com/craigu Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: https://www.ohcanadashop.com/collections/canadian-history-ehx Hello Fresh: HelloFresh.ca/CHEHX E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Threads: https://www.threads.net/@cdnhistoryehx Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Want to send me something? Craig Baird PO Box 2384 Stony Plain PO Main, Alberta T7Z1X Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Fearless On The Slopes: The Crazy Canucks
Feb 2400:40:27Tap to summarizeCanadian Men's Alpine Skiing can be divided into two eras: Before The Crazy Canucks and After The Crazy Canucks. In the 1970s and early-1980s, they dominated on the slopes with their fast and almost reckless style of skiing. They were nearly always on the podium and became Canadian legends. ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA'S MAIN STREET: https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/canadas-main-street/ Donate: buymeacoffee.com/craigu Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: https://www.ohcanadashop.com/collections/canadian-history-ehx Hello Fresh: HelloFresh.ca/CHEHX E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Threads: https://www.threads.net/@cdnhistoryehx Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Want to send me something? Craig Baird PO Box 2384 Stony Plain PO Main, Alberta T7Z1X Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Golden Boy: Percy Williams
Feb 1700:32:21Tap to summarizePercy Williams was so unknown that when he won gold in Amsterdam, there was a delay in the ceremony because no Canadian flag was on hand. His two gold in 1928 are legendary, but he was a reluctant hero who shunned the spotlight later in life. Find Samuel Hawley's book I Just Ran: Percy Williams, World's Fastest Human here: https://www.amazon.ca/Just-Ran-Williams-Worlds-Fastest/dp/1553801261 ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA'S MAIN STREET: https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/canadas-main-street/ Donate: buymeacoffee.com/craigu Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: https://www.ohcanadashop.com/collections/canadian-history-ehx Hello Fresh: HelloFresh.ca/CHEHX E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Threads: https://www.threads.net/@cdnhistoryehx Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Want to send me something? Craig Baird PO Box 2384 Stony Plain PO Main, Alberta T7Z1X8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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