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Marc Affeld
July 20, 2025

July 20 – 19th Century Worker Bees

Marc Affeld
July 20, 2025

 

Dr. Catharine Wilson discusses Ontario's 19th Century Worker Bees (not that kind of bee). Dr. Wilson's research on worker bee's is funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

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Marc Affeld
July 19, 2025

July 19 – The 1976 Montreal Olympics

Marc Affeld
July 19, 2025

Paul Charles Howell, author and key player in the Montreal Olympic Organizing Committee discusses the legacy of the 1976 Montreal Olympics.

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Marc Affeld
July 15, 2025

July 15 – Canada officially takes control of Rupert’s Land

Marc Affeld
July 15, 2025

 

Back on July 15th, 1870, Canada officially takes control of the area known as Rupert's Land. The Hudson's Bay Company was originally granted the land 200 years earlier, back in 1670.

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Marc Affeld
July 14, 2025

July 14 – The Death Penalty is Abolished in Canada

Marc Affeld
July 14, 2025

 

Robert J. Hoshowsky author of "The Last to Die: Ronald Turpin, Arthur Lucas, and the End of Capital Punishment in Canada" discusses the end of the death penalty in Canada.

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Marc Affeld
July 12, 2025

July 12 – Pierre Berton’s Birthday

Marc Affeld
July 12, 2025

Canadian Pierre Berton was born on July 12, 1920.

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Marc Affeld
July 9, 2025

July 9 – First Chuckwagon Race

Marc Affeld
July 9, 2025

 The first official chuckwagon race takes place in Calgary back in 1923.

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Marc Affeld
July 8, 2025

July 8 – The Disappearance of Tom Thomson

Marc Affeld
July 8, 2025

Roy MacGregor, author of "Canoe Lake" discusses the disappearance of the now-famous Canadian painter back in 1917.

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Marc Affeld
July 7, 2025

July 7 – Norman Bethune

Marc Affeld
July 7, 2025

July 7th, 1937 was a big day for Dr. Norman Bethune. Larry Hannant explains...

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Marc Affeld
July 6, 2025

July 6 – Birth of George “Chief” Armstrong

Marc Affeld
July 6, 2025

Professor David Mills discusses the career and significance of Canadian professional hockey player George Edward "Chief" Armstrong

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Marc Affeld
July 5, 2025

July 5 – No. 2 Construction Battalion

Marc Affeld
July 5, 2025

The creation of the first all-Black Canadian battalion in WWI.

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Marc Affeld
July 2, 2025

July 2 – The Battle of the Somme

Marc Affeld
July 2, 2025

Christine Leppard discusses Canada's involvement in The Battle of the Somme.

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Marc Affeld
July 1, 2025

July 1 - Canada Day!

Marc Affeld
July 1, 2025

Originally broadcast and aired in 2009.

Dr. Matthew Barlow discusses the historical significance of Canada Day.

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Marc Affeld
June 30, 2025

June 30 – The Chinese Exclusion Act

Marc Affeld
June 30, 2025

The Chinese Immigration Act was passed on this day back in 1923. To learn more we spoke with Britt Braaten, the Curator and Manager of the Multicultural History Society of Ontario.

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Marc Affeld
June 29, 2025

June 29 – Thoroughbred Horse Racing in Canada

Marc Affeld
June 29, 2025

Queen Elizabeth II was in Toronto to attend the 99th annual Queen's Plate at Woodbine. To learn more we spoke with Louis Cauz, the Managing Director at the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame as well as the author of "The Plate: 150 Years of Royal Tradition from Don Juan to the 2009 Winner".

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Marc Affeld
June 28, 2025

June 28 – Chinese Canadians and the Prairie West

Marc Affeld
June 28, 2025

Dr. Royden Loewen of the University of Winnipeg spoke to us about the stories of Yee Clun of Regina and Rosie's Restaurant in Calgary. Dr. Loewen is the co-author of "Immigrants in Prairie Cities".

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Marc Affeld
June 27, 2025

June 27 – O Canada Officially Adopted

Marc Affeld
June 27, 2025

In 1980, the National Anthem Act was adopted by Parliament.

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Marc Affeld
June 24, 2025

June 24 – 1968 Saint-Jean Baptiste Day

Marc Affeld
June 24, 2025

Today is La Fête nationale du Québec. To learn more about the infamous 1968 Saint-Jean Baptiste Day we spoke with official Pierre Elliot Trudeau biographer and author of "Just Watch Me: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau Vol. 2: 1968-2000".

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Marc Affeld
June 22, 2025

June 22 – Dief the Chief Becomes Prime Minister

Marc Affeld
June 22, 2025

We spoke with Dr. Michael Atkinson, the Executive Director of the Diefenbaker Canada Centre at the University of Saskatchewan to learn more about Diefenbaker's six years as PM. Diefenbaker served his second day as PM on this date back in 1957.

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Marc Affeld
June 21, 2025

June 21 – National Aboriginal Day – Treaty 8

Marc Affeld
June 21, 2025

Extended episode for National Aboriginal Day. Discussion on Treaty 8, signed back in 1899.

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Marc Affeld
June 20, 2025

June 20 – National Library of Canada Opens

Marc Affeld
June 20, 2025

Lester B. Pearson opened the Canadian institution in Ottawa in 1967.

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Today in Canadian History, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Land Acknowledgement: With gratitude, mutual respect, and reciprocity, Joe and Marc acknowledge the ancestral home, culture, and oral teachings of the Treaty 7 signatories which includes the Siksika Nation, Piikani Nation, Kainai Nation, the Îethka Stoney Nakoda Nation, consisting of the Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Good Stoney Bands, and the people of the Tsuut’ina Nation. Our show was produced in The City of Calgary, which is also homeland to the historic Northwest Métis and to the Otipemisiwak Métis Government, Métis Nation Battle River Territory, Nose Hill Métis District 5 and Elbow Métis District 6. (source: Calgary Public Library)

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