Canadian History Ehx

Called The Saddest Fire, a theatre fire in Montreal in January 1927 killed over 70 children, most being crushed against the doors as they tried to flee the flames. The fire resulted in a ban on anyone under the 16 from attending a theatre. A ban that lasted four decades. ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA'S MAIN STREET: https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/canadas-main-street/ Donate: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

In 1990, a new show debuted on CBC that followed the adventures of Sara Stanley and the King family on Prince Edward Island. For six years, it was a ratings hit and brought in dozens of Gemini nominations. ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA'S MAIN STREET: https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/canadas-main-street/ Donate: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠buymeacoffee.com/craigu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Canada legalized homosexuality in 1969, but there was still a long way to go for equal rights for the LGBTQ community. In 1971, the first large-scale organized LGBTQ rally took place at Parliament Hill and started a chain reaction that continues to this day. ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA'S MAIN STREET: https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/canadas-main-street/ Donate: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

When it came time to choose the first woman to sit in the Canadian Senate, Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King chose a relatively unknown woman named Cairine Wilson. She would become a thorn in his side as she pushed for a more just Canada, where people are welcomed at the border to start a better life no matter their background, race, or religion. ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA'S MAIN...

When Europeans first arrived on the shores of Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island, they met Chief Wickaninnish. He was powerful, and he controlled the trade in sea otter pelts while growing his own power. He wasn't intimidated, and he ensured the safety of his people. ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA'S MAIN STREET: https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/canadas-main-street/ Donate: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

For ten years, from 1926 to 1936, many couples in Toronto attempted to win a fortune. The money came from the will of an eccentric millionaire, who was giving most of his fortune to the woman who had the most children in that ten year span. ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA'S MAIN STREET: https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/canadas-main-street/ Donate: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠buymeacoffee....

On a hot day at the end of July, a tornado set its sights on Edmonton. By the end of the day, 27 were dead and hundreds were injured. Since then, the day has become known as Black Friday in Edmonton. ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA'S MAIN STREET: https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/canadas-main-street/ Donate: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠buymeacoffee.com/craigu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Donat...

Anti-Asian sentiment was brewing in Vancouver, and it exploded in several days of rioting as white residents attacked the homes and businesses of Chinese and Japanese residents. The event forever changed Canada and its immigration laws. ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA'S MAIN STREET: https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/canadas-main-street/ Donate: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠buymeacoffee.com/...

The world knew him as Grey Owl, but in truth he was an Englishman named Archie Belaney. He posed as an Indigenous man, and brought a message of Conservation to the world. ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA'S MAIN STREET: https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/canadas-main-street/ Donate: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠buymeacoffee.com/craigu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Donate: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠c...

Without the Heritage Minutes, there would be no Canadian History Ehx. These short vignettes that debuted in the 1990s, opening up our history to millions of Canadians and inspired a young Craig Baird to take his own journey into Canadian history. ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA'S MAIN STREET: https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/canadas-main-street/ Donate: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠buymeac...

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. ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA'S MAIN STREET: https://suther...

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. Artwork/logo design by Janet Cordahi Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com...

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. Artwork/logo design by Janet Cordahi Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitte...

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...

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. Artwork/logo design by Janet Cordahi Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx....

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. Artwork/logo design by J...

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. Artwork/logo design by Janet Cordahi Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@cana...

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 Artwork/logo design by Janet Cordahi Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop Donate: canadaehx....

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. Artwork/logo design by Janet Cordahi Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twit...

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. Artwork/logo design by Janet Cordahi Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Mastadon: @canadaehx@canada.masto....

Lorne Greene started his life in Ottawa, and began his career with the CBC as the Voice of Canada. Before long though, he became America's Dad thanks to Bonanza, and cemented himself as one of the most beloved television actors in history. Artwork/logo design by Janet Cordahi Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.c...

It is the most famous Arctic Expedition in history. Two ships went into the ice with over 120 men. None of the men lived to tell the tale and the ships remained lost for over 150 years. Artwork/logo design by Janet Cordahi Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Mastadon: @canadaeh...

Violet King was descendant from Black Americans who fled segregation in the United States, and then found racism also existed in Canada. Violet would make her parents and grandparents proud when she became the first Black Canadian lawyer in Alberta and the first female Black Canadian lawyer in Canada. Artwork/logo design by Janet Cordahi Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop...

Charles Tomkins grew up speaking Cree and English. That bilingual skill would aid him in his life when he helped translate Allied secret messages to and from Cree. Sworn to a secret oath, he kept that secret for half a century. Artwork/logo design by Janet Cordahi Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter:...

Part of a prominent Canadian family, Dr. Norman Bethune revolutionized battlefield medicine while helping the wounded during the Spanish Civil War. He then went to China, where he helped bring modern medicine to the rural areas. Celebrated in China, he was ignored for decades in Canada. Artwork/logo design by Janet Cordahi Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop Donate: canada...