Canadian History Ehx
Episodes
The Wild Story And Escapes Of The Boyd Gang
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Boyd Gang was a group of four men who found each other in prison, escaped, robbed banks, got arrested and escaped again. It is the story of amazin...
The Egotistical Minister of Militia: Sir Sam Hughes
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
He was egotistical, bombastic and totally convinced of his own legend. The man who was the Minister of Militia during the first part of the First Worl...
Remembering Our Veterans: No Stone Left Alone
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
No Stone Left Alone (NSLA) provides students with an authentic leadership experience centered around a uniquely moving, hands-on act of remembrance -...
D-Day: The Canadians Land At Juno Beach
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On June 6, 1944, 14,000 Canadians stormed Juno Beach as part of the D-Day landings. Over 1,000 would become casualties on that day. This is the story...
The Little Emperor of Rupert's Land: George Simpson
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For four decades, George Simpson was The Little Emperor of Rupert's Land as the Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company. He guided the company through a ...
Celebrating Too Hard: The Halifax Riot
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When news about the end of the War in Europe spread to Canada, Canadians across the country celebrated. Some celebrated harder than others, and some i...
The World Almost At War: The Nootka Crisis
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For a brief moment, the eyes of the world were on a small area of Vancouver Island called Nootka Sound. The events that unfolded there changed the wor...
An Indigenous Acting Icon: Jay Silverheels
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A lacrosse star in Canada, Jay Silverheels made the move to Hollywood in the 1940s and achieved immense fame as Tonto on The Lone Ranger. He took that...
The Manic Joy of Fraggle Rock
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For five seasons in the 1980s, Fraggle Rock was a must-watch show for a generation of Canadian children. Created by Jim Henson, it was produced by HBO...
The Age of Piracy in Canada
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For centuries, pirates such as Ned Low and Black Bart, came to Canadian shores to rob fishermen, steal ships, restock supplies and pick up new crews. ...
From Slavery to War Hero: Richard Pierpoint
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Stolen from his home in Africa by enslavers when he was 16, he remained enslaved for two decades. Then, using his new freedom, he fought for the Brit...
A Beloved Baseball Player: Jackie Robinson in Montreal
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For one season in 1946, prior to changing Major League Baseball forever, Jackie Robinson played for the Montreal Royals. He never forgot his time in M...
Finding Fortunes and Folly: The Klondike Gold Rush
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For a brief period, the Klondike was the biggest piece of news on the planet. Over 100,000 people ventured towards the Klondike to find their fortune,...
Introducing... Crime Beat | Out of the dark
30 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the summer of 2006, a young Calgary woman was on top of the world. She had a supportive family, amazing friends and a great job. But life as she kn...
Negligence and Death: The Cap Diamant Slide
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Sept. 19, 1889, a huge chunk of Cap Diamant broke off and fell on two dozen homes below. It was one of the worst rock slide disasters in Canadian h...
Canadian History Ehx introduces: Canadian TIme Machine | Champagne in Charlottetown: PEI and the Road to Confederation
23 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we travel back with the Canadian Time Machine podcast to look at the moment Prince Edward Island entered Confederation. Historian Dr....
The Man Who Looked At Stars: David Thompson
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, I delve into the life and legacy of my favourite historical figure, David Thompson! A man who mapped 4 million square kilometres of western Can...
A Great Canadian: Sir Sandford Fleming
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If there was a major event in the last-half of the 19th century in Canada, chances are Sir Sandford Fleming was involved somehow. The first Canadian s...
The Voice of Charity: Lotta Hitschmanova
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For decades, she raised tens of millions of dollars to help people around the world through USC Canada. Her commercial, with the address 56 Sparks Str...
A Film Disaster: The SS Viking Explosion
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 1931, a film crew was out getting shots for the movie The Viking. Late at night, something happened that produced an explosion that destroyed the e...
Couples Who Changed Canadian History
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There have been many famous couples in our history who have changed the country for the better. Union organizers, explorers, same sex couples and the ...
When Canadians Torched Their Parliament Building
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We like to think that Canada's road to nationhood was a peaceful signing of a paper, but the truth is that to get to that point we went through rebell...
The Story and Tragedy of Henry Hudson
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One of the earliest European explorers of Canada, he became more famous for the mutiny against him. Today, Hudson Bay, one of the most prominent featu...
This Hour Has 22 Minutes
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For over 30 years, This Hour Has 22 Minutes has been satirizing Canada and our politicians. From Talking to Americans, Babe Bennett and Marg Delahunty...
When Canada Had Trudeaumania
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 1965, Pierre Trudeau was a new Member of Parliament, mostly unknown to the rest of Canada. Only three years later, he was prime minister and the co...
The Canadians On The Titanic
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the story of the most famous ship sinking in history, there is little mention of the Canadian connection. On board, there were several dozens of Ca...
The Epic Construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It was one of the largest construction projects in Canadian history, and it took decades to make it happen. When it did, it altered the North American...
The Journeys of Henry Kelsey
02 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Henry Kelsey spent most of his life with the Hudson's Bay Company. Starting as an apprentice, he eventually rose to the top of the company. During tha...
Capturing The War: Our First World War Photographers
26 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From 1916 to 1918, three men captured the First World War in photographs. Their photos are haunting, beautiful and, in some famous examples, faked. Th...
Exploring the Christmas Stories and Traditions Of Canada
25 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From the first Christmas tree in North America, to the legendary Toronto Santa Claus parade, there are many Christmas stories to tell in Canada. Mumme...
Introducing... Among Equals | New Ways of Seeing
23 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Among Equals | New Ways of Seeing Norval Morrisseau explodes onto the Canadian art scene with his inaugural exhibit at Toronto's Pollock Gallery. Daph...
Terror In The Dark: The Springhill Mine Disasters
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The coal mines in Springhill fueled the community's economy. At its height, there were 8,000 residents, 1,600 of which worked in the mines. The mines...
The Chaos Of The Manitoba Schools Question
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A piece of legislation in Manitoba to pressure Francophone parents to put their children in Anglophone schools eventually brought down a prime ministe...
The True (Non-Hollywood) Story Of The Canadian Caper
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In November 1979, six Americans escaped when their embassy was overrun by students in Iran. For the next three months, they were protected and hidden ...
The Storm of the Century: The 1998 Ice Storm
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For five days in January 1998, a single storm brought havoc to eastern Ontario and western Quebec. In that time, upwards of 100 mm of freezing rain fe...
Night Justice: The Donnelly Massacre
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Donnelly family of Lucan were blamed for everything bad that happened in the area. Whether they were actually the cause of all the crime in the ar...
Fighting For Their Land: The Tsilhqot'in Uprising
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After their numbers were decimated by smallpox, the Tsilhqot'in People were faced with road construction straight through their territory without perm...
Introducing... Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry | The Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash | 1
11 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The old days of air travel were quite risky…compared to today, the chances of your flight going down were far greater …every airport had kiosks an...
The Man Who Inspired Me: Pierre Berton
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1960s, it was said Canada had entered The Berton era. From the 1950s to the 2000s, Pierre Berton was omnipresent on television screens, radios ...
Introducing... Black and Blue: Behind the Badge | Catching Hell
04 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 1986 and Michael Morrison is offered the opportunity of a lifetime. A chance to leave his life of poverty in Newark and start afresh. It’s a ...
The Beloved & Wild Show: The Hilarious House of Frightenstein
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Produced for one season of 130 episodes, this wild show ran for decades in syndication. Beloved by generations of Canadians, both children and adults,...
Fame and Exploitation: The Dionne Quintuplets
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When they were born in 1934, they instantly became world-famous as the first known quintuplets to survive birth. While their upbringing had an image o...
The Home Of The Prime Minister: 24 Sussex Drive
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From the 1950s to the 2010s, it was the home to the prime minister. It has seen royalty, presidents, dignitaries, hockey legends and 20th century icon...
Fighting For Change: Harold Cardinal
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When the federal government looked to abolish the Indian Act with its controversial White Paper, Harold Cardinal put pen to paper and wrote An Unjust ...
Small Steps To Rapid Change: The Quiet Revolution
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For Quebec's first century as a province, the Catholic Church held an immense amount of control over everything from media and education to health car...
The Oracle of Wheat: Ella Cora Hind
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ella Cora Hind was a genius when it came to crop predictions. For three decades, she travelled thousands of kilometres across the Canadian Prairies to...
True Story: An Interview With Dinae Robinson and Rebecca Gibson
30 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
September 30 is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. As part of that, History Channel, Global and StackTV will be airing True Story Part 1 a...
The Voice From Heaven: Portia White
26 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
She was the first Black Canadian to achieve international success as a concert singer. Her singing voice was called a gift from heaven. While her care...
The Life and Tragedy of Abraham Ulrikab
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Abraham Ulrikab could speak three languages, played the violin, was a natural leader and could read and write. Despite this, he was expected to act li...
The Longest Race: 100 Days By Canoe Across Canada
12 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For over 100 days, across 5,000 kilometres of the Canadian landscape, ten teams of men canoed the nations rivers from Rocky Mountain House, Alberta to...
Tragedy and Censorship: The Laurier Palace Theatre Fire
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 fle...
A CBC 90s Staple: Road To Avonlea
29 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 r...
Pushing For Change: The We Demand Rally
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Working For A Better Canada: Cairine Wilson
15 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The King of Clayoquot Sound: Wickaninnish
08 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When Europeans first arrived on the shores of Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island, they met Chief Wickaninnish. He was powerful, and he controlled the...
Toronto's Baby Boom: The Great Stork Derby
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 wa...
Black Friday: The Edmonton Tornado of 1987
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
The Event That Changed Canada: The Anti-Asiatic Riots of 1907
18 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Anti-Asian sentiment was brewing in Vancouver, and it exploded in several days of rioting as white residents attacked the homes and businesses of Chin...
The Imposter and Conservationist: Grey Owl
11 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 Conser...
My Own Origin Story: The Heritage Minutes
04 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Without the Heritage Minutes, there would be no Canadian History Ehx. These short vignettes that debuted in the 1990s, opening up our history to milli...
The Golden Age of Canadian Comics: The War-Time Era
27 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 voi...
The Sherlock Holmes of Saskatchewan: Frances Gertrude McGill
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Before there was ever a Detective Columbo, there was Frances Gertrude McGill, the woman who solved gruesome crimes in Saskatchewan and earned the resp...
The Ambassador of Peace: Thanadelthur
13 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
Introducing... Deadman's Curse: Slumach's Gold
09 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This historical, true crime podcast hosted by Kru Williams from History Television's hit original series Deadman’s Curse: The Legend of the Lost Gol...
Humanitarian and Visionary: Lucille Teasdale-Corti
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 U...
Murder & Curses: The Lost Lemon Mine
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 theo...
The Surreal World Of The Odyssey
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Canada's Folk Icon: Stan Rogers
23 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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. Sadl...
The Friendliest War: Canada's Whisky War
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 w...
The Capital in Flames: The Ottawa-Hull Fire of 1900
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
The Voice of Canada: Lorne Greene
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
The Tragedy and Mystery of the Franklin Expedition
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ship...
Violet King: Canada’s First Black Female Lawyer
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Violet King was descendant from Black Americans who fled segregation in the United States, and then found racism also existed in Canada. Violet would ...
The Code Talker Secrecy of Charles Tomkins
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 a...
Canada's Battlefield Surgeon: Dr. Norman Bethune
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Part of a prominent Canadian family, Dr. Norman Bethune revolutionized battlefield medicine while helping the wounded during the Spanish Civil War. He...
Ottawa's Gangs Of New York Era: The Shiners War
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For 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...
When Turtle Mountain Moved: The Frank Slide
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On 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...
Fighting for Workers Rights: Madeleine Parent
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For 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 ...
Canada's Largest Mass Execution: The Battleford Hangings
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After the Frog Lake Massacre and the North West Resistance, eight Indigenous men were arrested and put on trial. The trial was a foregone conclusion, ...
The People Who Came For A New Life: The Doukhobors
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The 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...
The Jewel Of The Canadian Film Industry: The National Film Board
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From 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 n...
The Crime Of The Century: The Kidnapping Of John Labatt
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 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 ...
A Day That Shook Canada: The Gretzky Trade
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Aug. 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...
The Story of a National Crime, Episode Four
04 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
**This is a bonus episode provided by Knockabout Media, rather than Canadian History Ehx** He became the Chief Medical Health Officer of Ontario. He w...
A Landmark Series: North of 60
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 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 popul...
Fighting The Persons Case: Henrietta Edwards
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Decades before her fellow members of the Famous Five began their women's rights work, Henrietta Edwards was setting up organizations and helping women...
More Than A Footnote: Charlotte Small
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
David Thompson is my favourite Canadian historical figure, but there is another person who is part of his story and played a major role in his success...
Into The Heavens: Canada's Space History
10 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From our first satellite in the early 1960s, to our role in the moon landing to the iconic Canadarm, Canada has helped drive the Space Age and achieve...
Rioting In The Streets: The 1885 Montreal Smallpox Epidemic
03 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the spring of 1885, a railway worker came into Montreal feeling ill. By September, the city was known as the centre of a smallpox epidemic. Efforts...
For Boris: Sgt. Gander
27 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In memory of Boris, my beloved best friend (2011 - 2022) Sgt. Gander was a Newfoundland dog beloved by the members of his regiment. During the Battle ...
Arctic Survival: The Story of Ipirvik and Taqulittuq
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Growing up in Cumberland Sound, with whalers nearby, Ipirvik and Taqulittuq had a foot in two worlds. Their own of the Inuit, and the other of Western...
A Tale of Two Cultures: Due South
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Running from 1994 to 1999, Due South became an iconic show on Canadian television and a hit around the world. Taking the stereotypical Mountie and par...
The Story of a National Crime, Episode Three
10 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Before The Titanic: SS Atlantic
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 1873, the company that became famous for its "unsinkable" ship The Titanic, had another terrible disaster. A lack of planning and experience result...
Fighting For His People: Chief Piapot
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The leader of a band of Cree in future Saskatchewan, Chief Piapot always put the welfare of his people first. He continually tried to establish a larg...
When Canada Welcomed The World: Expo 67
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A landmark event in Canadian history, and the flagship event of the Canadian Centennial in 1967, Expo 67 is considered to be the most successful World...
The House Hippo
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1990s, a one-minute commercial ran on television. What no one could have expected was that the commercial, centering on a creature that didn't ...
The End Of War: Canada And The Armistice
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On Nov. 11, 1918, Canada erupted in celebration when news spread that the First World War, or Great War as they called it, was over. Tens of thousands...
The Fab Four Arrives: The Beatles In Canada
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From 1964 to 1966, The Beatles played only a handful of shows in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. Each show was pandemonium but the story of the Beatl...
Vancouver And The World: Expo 86
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Canada's second World's Fair was held almost two decades after its first. While Expo 86 wouldn't be watershed moment in Canadian history that Expo 67 ...