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Marc Affeld
February 3, 2025

Feb. 3 – Pierre Trudeau Tours Cuba

Marc Affeld
February 3, 2025

On a 12-day tour of Latin America in 1976, Prime Minister Trudeau met with Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro. To learn more we spoke with, Nino Ricci, author of "Extraordinary Canadians: Pierre Elliot Trudeau."

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Marc Affeld
February 2, 2025

Feb. 2 – Wiarton Willie Festival

Marc Affeld
February 2, 2025

The Wiarton Willie Festival was founded back in 1956. One of the nation's most popular groundhogs.

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Marc Affeld
February 1, 2025

Feb. 1 – The North West Mounted Police Becomes the RCMP.

Marc Affeld
February 1, 2025

On this day back in 1920 the The North West Mounted Police merged with the Dominion Police to become the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. To learn more about the history of the NWMP we spoke with Dawn Lauder, the Site Manager of the Fort Museum in Fort McLeod, Alberta.

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Marc Affeld
January 5, 2025

Jan. 5 – The Montreal Canadiens Play their First Game at Home

Marc Affeld
January 5, 2025

The Montreal Canadiens played their first game at Home on this day back in 1910. To learn more, we spoke with Dr. Matthew Barlow from the Department of History, Economics & Political Science at John Abbott College in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec.

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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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