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Reflecting on the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act

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Lessons learned from the ice storm of 1998

History

New exhibit spotlights weird and wonderful artifacts from Canadian history

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150e anniversaire : le Mouvement des neuf heures et l’adoption de la Loi sur les syndicats

History

150th anniversary: the Nine Hour Movement and adoption of the Trade Unions Act

People & Culture

Rivers of resistance: A history of the Métis Nation of Ontario

Explore

History

Roy MacGregor – No Canoe, No Canada

Episode 44

Award-winning journalist and best-selling author, Roy MacGregor discusses the history of the canoe and how it continues to capture the imaginations of people across Canada and beyond

44 minutes

History

Explore presents the Hudson’s Bay Company – Part 4(3): Treasures of the fur trade

Episode 19

As a way of illustrating the importance of company fur traders to the 100-year-old HBC collection, curator Amelia Fay pulls out three items donated by Julian Camsell, HBC Chief Factor for the MacKenzie District in Canada’s Arctic

15 minutes

History

Explore presents the Hudson’s Bay Company – BONUS EPISODE: Sir George Simpson

Episode 14

In this special bonus episode of Explore, canoe expert James Raffan introduces listeners to HBC Governor George Simpson and his unique style of “management by canoe”

8 minutes

History

Explore presents the Hudson’s Bay Company – Part 1: Waskaganish

Episode 12

The Explore podcast delves into the 350-year history of the Hudson’s Bay Company. In this, the first of a four-part series, we visit the James Bay Cree Nation of Waskaganish, site of the first-ever HBC trading post.

35 minutes

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Le grand égalisateur? Se souvenir de la promesse de la Loi sur la citoyenneté canadienne.

The great equalizer? Remembering the promise of the Canadian Citizenship Act

A century ago today, the Bluenose made history

Bluenose: Behind the sails

Articles

History

The Alex Fraser Bridge: A critical link in British Columbia’s highway system

In his newest book, Incredible Crossings, renowned historian and best-selling author, Derek Hayes, combines hundreds of visuals with meticulously researched commentary to educate readers on the bridges, tunnels and inland ferries that connect British Columbia

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People & Culture

An extraordinary presence: Remembering Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II loved Canada. As proof, look no further than what she has bequeathed us: the possibility to keep evolving our system of government.

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5 minutes

Old photo of two climbers looking out over a ridge climbing Mount Logan

History

From the archives: Frozen feat — a personal account of the 1925 expedition to conquer Mount Logan

The journey a master mountaineer described “one of the strangest ventures of my life.”

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3 minutes

History

The untold story of the Hudson’s Bay Company

A look back at the early years of the 350-year-old institution that once claimed a vast portion of the globe

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18 minutes

Wildlife

On the Rock, waiting for the roll

Writer Stephen Smith takes to Newfoundland’s shores in his quest to see the ‘capelin roll’ — the spawning spectacle of a tiny fish with a massive ecological, historical and cultural impact