Latest Canadahistory Podcast Episodes
Toronto's Baby Boom: The Great Stork Derby
Canadian History Ehx - August 01, 2023 12:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsFor 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. Artwork/logo design by Janet Cordahi Support: patreon.co...
Black Friday: The Edmonton Tornado of 1987
Canadian History Ehx - July 25, 2023 12:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsOn 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. Artwork/logo design by Janet Cordahi Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop...
The Event That Changed Canada: The Anti-Asiatic Riots of 1907
Canadian History Ehx - July 18, 2023 12:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsAnti-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. Artwork/logo design by Janet Cordahi Support: patreon.com/ca...
The Imposter and Conservationist: Grey Owl
Canadian History Ehx - July 11, 2023 12:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsThe 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. Artwork/logo design by Janet Cordahi Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop Donate: canadaehx.com (Click...
My Own Origin Story: The Heritage Minutes
Canadian History Ehx - July 04, 2023 12:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsWithout 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. Artwork/logo design by Janet Cordahi Support: patr...
The Golden Age of Canadian Comics: The War-Time Era
Canadian History Ehx - June 27, 2023 12:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsFor 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 ...
The Sherlock Holmes of Saskatchewan: Frances Gertrude McGill
Canadian History Ehx - June 20, 2023 12:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsBefore 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/ca...
The Ambassador of Peace: Thanadelthur
Canadian History Ehx - June 13, 2023 14:26 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsThanadelthur 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: ...
Introducing... Deadman's Curse: Slumach's Gold
Canadian History Ehx - June 09, 2023 06:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsThis 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 Fi...
Humanitarian and Visionary: Lucille Teasdale-Corti
Canadian History Ehx - June 06, 2023 12:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsLucille 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.co...
Murder & Curses: The Lost Lemon Mine
Canadian History Ehx - June 02, 2023 12:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsThe 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 ...
The Surreal World Of The Odyssey
Canadian History Ehx - May 30, 2023 12:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsDebuting 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: patr...
Canada's Folk Icon: Stan Rogers
Canadian History Ehx - May 23, 2023 12:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsIn 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 ...
The Whiskey War On Hans Island
Canadian History Ehx - May 16, 2023 12:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsHans 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/canada...
The Capital in Flames: The Ottawa-Hull Fire of 1900
Canadian History Ehx - May 09, 2023 12:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsIt 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...
The Voice of Canada: Lorne Greene
Canadian History Ehx - May 02, 2023 12:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsLorne 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...
The Tragedy and Mystery of the Franklin Expedition
Canadian History Ehx - April 25, 2023 12:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsIt 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: canad...
Violet King: Canada’s First Black Female Lawyer
Canadian History Ehx - April 18, 2023 12:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsViolet 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 Ca...
The Code Talker Secrecy of Charles Tomkins
Canadian History Ehx - April 11, 2023 12:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsCharles 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 M...
Canada's Battlefield Surgeon: Dr. Norman Bethune
Canadian History Ehx - April 04, 2023 12:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsPart 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/l...
Ottawa's Gangs Of New York Era: The Shiners War
Canadian History Ehx - March 28, 2023 12:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsFor a few years in the 1830s, Ottawa was a very different place. Called Bytown at the time, it was more a Gangs of New York type of place, rather than a future capital of Canada. During the reign of terror of the Shiners, no one was safe from violence. Artwork/logo design by Janet Cordahi Support...
When Turtle Mountain Moved: The Frank Slide
Canadian History Ehx - March 21, 2023 12:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsOn April 29, 1903 at 4:10 a.m., 30 million cubic metres, equaling 110 million tonnes, of limestone rock fell off Turtle Mountain onto the community of Frank, Alberta. It killed upwards of 100 people, and is still the deadliest landslide in Canadian history. Artwork/logo design by Janet Cordahi Su...
Fighting for Workers Rights: Madeleine Parent
Canadian History Ehx - March 14, 2023 12:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsFor her entire adult life, Madeleine Parent fought for workers right in Quebec and elsewhere in Canada. For her efforts, she was jailed, put on trial and vilified in the press. She never gave up, and changed Canada forever. Artwork/logo design by Janet Cordahi Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch...
Canada's Largest Mass Execution: The Battleford Hangings
Canadian History Ehx - March 07, 2023 13:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsAfter the Frog Lake Massacre and the North West Resistance, eight Indigenous men were arrested and put on trial. The trial was a foregone conclusion, and all were put to death outside Battleford in 1885. It was the largest mass hanging in Canadian history. Artwork/logo design by Janet Cordahi Sup...
The People Who Came For A New Life: The Doukhobors
Canadian History Ehx - February 28, 2023 13:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsThe Doukhobors came to Canada at the turn of the 20th century, and were welcomed with open arms by Canadians. However, as time went on, their communal living, pacifism and commitment to hard work led to Canadians viewing them with suspicion. Things were not helped when the Sons of Freedom came al...
The Jewel Of The Canadian Film Industry: The National Film Board
Canadian History Ehx - February 21, 2023 13:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsFrom the day it was formed, for the next eight decades and counting, the National Film Board of Canada has brought pride to Canada through its Oscar nominations and wins, the movies and vignettes that capture Canadiana, and the documentaries that preserve our history. Artwork/logo design by Janet...
The Crime Of The Century: The Kidnapping Of John Labatt
Canadian History Ehx - February 14, 2023 13:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsIn August 1934, the head of Labatt, John Labatt, was driving to the office from his cottage. He suddenly found himself a victim of kidnapping and the entire country fell into a media storm for three days as everyone wondered who had John Labatt and how would it all end. Artwork/logo design by Jan...
A Day That Shook Canada: The Gretzky Trade
Canadian History Ehx - February 07, 2023 13:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsAug. 9, 1988 is a day that will live in infamy in Edmonton and Canada, but the day Wayne Gretzky was traded was a day that forever changed the NHL and hockey in Canada. How did such a trade happen, and what was the end result? Artwork/logo design by Janet Cordahi Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Me...
The Story of a National Crime, Episode Four
Canadian History Ehx - February 04, 2023 16:57 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratings**This is a bonus episode provided by Knockabout Media, rather than Canadian History Ehx** He became the Chief Medical Health Officer of Ontario. He wrote the very first Health Code in Ontario. He was president of the American Public Health Association. He was a North American expert on public he...
North of 60
Canadian History Ehx - January 31, 2023 06:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsIn 1992, a show unlike any other debuted on CBC, and for the next five years it changed Canadian television forever. North of 60 continues to be popular to this day for its emphasis on Indigenous representation and issues. Its impact is also felt to this day in the many Indigenous television show...
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