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  • Canada's Unknown Heroine: Laura Secord and the War of 1812

    Canada's Unknown Heroine: Laura Secord and the War of 1812
    2026/06/11
    In this episode of The Story of Canada, Lucas and Luna explore the remarkable story of Laura Secord, the Loyalist heroine who walked 32 kilometers through enemy territory in 1813 to warn British forces of an impending American attack. We examine the evidence behind the legend, the role of Indigenous allies and the Battle of Beaver Dams, and how Secord's quiet courage became a symbol of Canadian identity. We also discuss the historical debates around her journey, the political context of the War of 1812, and the ways her story has been romanticized over two centuries. #LauraSecord #WarOf1812 #BattleOfBeaverDams #Loyalist #JamesFitzGibbon #Mohawk #Queenston #Chippawa #Canada #IndigenousAllies #History #FexingoHistory #CanadianHeroine #WalkInTheDark #Militia #UpperCanada #NiagaraPeninsula #19thCentury Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    6 分
  • The Avro Arrow: Canada's Supersonic Dream and Its Shattering

    The Avro Arrow: Canada's Supersonic Dream and Its Shattering
    2026/06/11
    In Episode 90 of The Story of Canada, Lucas and Luna dive into one of the most controversial chapters in Canadian technological history: the Avro Arrow. In the 1950s, Toronto-based Avro Aircraft Ltd. designed and built the CF-105 Arrow, a cutting-edge supersonic interceptor that promised to defend Canada's vast northern frontier against Soviet bombers. The plane was a marvel of engineering—delta-wing, twin engines, advanced avionics—and its test flights in 1958 shattered records. But just as it seemed ready for production, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker's government abruptly canceled the program on February 20, 1959, ordering the destruction of all prototypes, tooling, and blueprints. The decision sparked fury, accusations of American industrial pressure, and a brain drain of engineers to NASA and the U.S. space program. Lucas and Luna explore the technical brilliance of the Arrow, the geopolitical context of the Cold War, the role of the Royal Canadian Air Force, and the lingering mystery of what happened to the sixth prototype. They also touch on the parallel story of Avro's earlier CF-100 Canuck and the tragic irony that Canada, a nation of vast distances, chose to abandon its own aerospace ambitions. #AvroArrow #CF105 #AvroCanada #CanadianHistory #ColdWarHistory #SupersonicJet #Diefenbaker #RCAF #BrainDrain #AerospaceEngineering #DeltaWing #NORAD #CanadianAviation #JetAge #MaltonOntario #TechnologyHistory #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    8 分
  • Canada's Japanese Internment: A Wartime Injustice

    Canada's Japanese Internment: A Wartime Injustice
    2026/06/10
    During World War II, Canada uprooted thousands of its own citizens—not because of anything they had done, but because of their ancestry. This episode explores the forced removal and internment of Japanese Canadians after Pearl Harbor. We trace the decisions in Ottawa, the role of Ian Mackenzie and the British Columbia Security Commission, the seizure of fishing boats and property, and the internment camps in places like Tashme and New Denver. We also touch on resistance—like the refusal of some men to be separated from their families—and the long fight for redress led by groups like the National Association of Japanese Canadians. By the 1980s, survivors won an apology and compensation, but the scars remain. This is a story about fear, discrimination, and a democratic nation that betrayed its principles. #JapaneseCanadianInternment #WWII #IanMackenzie #Tashme #NewDenver #BCSecurityCommission #HastingsPark #InternmentCamps #JapaneseCanadians #OrderInCouncilPC1486 #NationalAssociationOfJapaneseCanadians #Redress #CanadianHistory #PearlHarbor #CivilRights #History #FexingoHistory #Canada Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    6 分
  • The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike: Canada's Labour Uprising

    The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike: Canada's Labour Uprising
    2026/06/10
    In May 1919, Winnipeg ground to a halt as 30,000 workers walked off the job, demanding better wages, collective bargaining, and an end to poverty. What began as a strike by building and metal trades workers snowballed into a six-week confrontation that pitted returned soldiers, immigrants, and labour activists against the Canadian government and business elite. This episode follows the key figures—J.S. Woodsworth, Arthur 'Slim' Evans, Mayor Charles Gray—and the events that culminated in Bloody Saturday, when the Royal North-West Mounted Police charged a crowd of strikers and supporters, leaving two dead. It explores the role of the One Big Union, the arrest of strike leaders, and the legacy of the Winnipeg General Strike in shaping Canadian labour rights and political movements. #WinnipegGeneralStrike #1919 #LabourHistory #JSWoodsworth #ArthurSlimEvans #OneBigUnion #BloodySaturday #RCMP #CanadianHistory #LabourMovement #WorkingClassHistory #Strike #Manitoba #Winnipeg #FexingoHistory #History #Canada #20thCentury Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    6 分
  • The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike: Canada's Labour Uprising

    The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike: Canada's Labour Uprising
    2026/06/09
    In May 1919, Winnipeg became the epicenter of a five-week general strike that pitted 30,000 workers against the city's business elite and the federal government. Lucas and Luna explore the strike's origins in postwar inflation and union organizing, the formation of the Citizens' Committee of One Thousand, the arrest of strike leaders including J.S. Woodsworth, the violent Bloody Saturday crackdown by the Royal North-West Mounted Police, and the strike's legacy in shaping Canadian labour law and the rise of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. Drawing on firsthand accounts and the trial of the 'sedition eight,' they uncover how this single event exposed deep class divisions and set the stage for the modern welfare state. #WinnipegGeneralStrike #BloodySaturday #CanadianLabourHistory #JSWoodsworth #ArthurMould #CitizensCommitteeOfOneThousand #OneBigUnion #GideonRobertson #StrikeCommittee #Winnipeg #1919 #ClassConflict #RoyalNorthWestMountedPolice #SeditionTrial #CooperativeCommonwealthFederation #LabourHistory #CanadianHistory #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    8 分
  • Canada's Internment of Ukrainians: The First World War's Enemy Aliens

    Canada's Internment of Ukrainians: The First World War's Enemy Aliens
    2026/06/09
    During the First World War, Canada interned thousands of its own citizens — mostly Ukrainians, but also other Eastern Europeans — under the War Measures Act. More than 8,500 people were held in 24 camps across the country, from Halifax to Vancouver Island, simply because they were subjects of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This episode explores the political climate that led to the policy, the conditions inside the camps, and the long-term impact on Ukrainian-Canadian communities. We talk about Sir Wilfrid Laurier's government, the rise of nativist sentiment, the notorious camp at Kapuskasing, forced labour on national parks, and the 2005 recognition of the internment as a 'wrongful deprivation.' It's a chapter of Canadian history that's often overlooked — but one that speaks volumes about how fear and prejudice can shape national policy. #CanadaHistory #UkrainianInternment #FirstWorldWar #EnemyAliens #WarMeasuresAct #Kapuskasing #SirWilfridLaurier #CanadianInternment #UkrainianCanadian #BanffNationalPark #FortHenry #NationalParks #Nativism #ImmigrationHistory #CivilLiberties #WorldWarI #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    9 分
  • Canada's Great Flag Debate: How the Maple Leaf Was Born

    Canada's Great Flag Debate: How the Maple Leaf Was Born
    2026/06/08
    In 1964, Canada found itself locked in a bitter, all-consuming battle over something seemingly simple: a new national flag. For nearly a century, the Red Ensign—a British maritime flag featuring the Union Jack and a small Canadian shield—had served as an unofficial banner. But as the country approached its centennial, Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson argued that Canada needed a distinct, unifying symbol. What followed was a six-month political firestorm known as the Great Flag Debate. This episode takes you inside that struggle, from Pearson's surprise announcement in 1963 to the filibuster that nearly killed the bill in Parliament. We explore the three designs that made the final cut: Pearson's original 'Pearson Pennant' with three red maple leaves on a white field; the Progressive Conservative proposal to keep the Red Ensign; and John Matheson's eventual winning design—a single, stylized 11-point maple leaf. We'll meet the key players: the Liberal insiders like John Matheson, the opposition leader John Diefenbaker who fought relentlessly to preserve colonial symbols, and the heraldic expert Alan Beddoe. And we'll ask: why did a flag matter so much? The answer reveals a Canada caught between its British past and its independent future, a country still searching for a identity in the Cold War world. #GreatFlagDebate #MapleLeafFlag #LesterBPearson #JohnDiefenbaker #JohnMatheson #AlanBeddoe #RedEnsign #PearsonPennant #ParliamentaryFilibuster #CanadianIdentity #1964 #Centennial #Heraldry #CanadianPolitics #QuebecSeparatism #ColdWarCanada #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    7 分
  • The Canadian Pacific Railway: Spikes, Sweat, and a Nation

    The Canadian Pacific Railway: Spikes, Sweat, and a Nation
    2026/06/08
    In this episode of The Story of Canada, Lucas and Luna explore the epic construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, the ribbon of steel that bound a reluctant confederation together. They trace the project from its political birth under Sir John A. Macdonald's National Policy through the grueling physical labor that carved tracks across the Precambrian Shield, over the Rockies, and through the muskeg of the north. The conversation highlights key figures like Sandford Fleming, the engineer who fought for a transcontinental route, and William Cornelius Van Horne, the blunt American who drove the project to completion years ahead of schedule. They also tackle the human cost: the thousands of Chinese labourers who risked—and often lost—their lives blasting tunnels through the Fraser Canyon, and the head taxes and exclusion laws that followed. The episode covers the last spike ceremony at Craigellachie, the role of the railway in suppressing the North-West Rebellion, and the quiet transformation it brought to Indigenous lands and communities. Lucas and Luna discuss how the CPR became more than a railway—it became a symbol of national unity and a tool for asserting sovereignty against American expansion. This episode stands alone as a fresh angle on a familiar story, focusing on the grit, politics, and legacy of a megaproject that still shapes Canada. #CanadianPacificRailway #CPR #SandfordFleming #WilliamCorneliusVanHorne #ChineseLabourers #LastSpike #Craigellachie #FraserCanyon #NationalPolicy #SirJohnAMacdonald #TranscontinentalRailway #NorthWestRebellion #HeadTax #CanadianHistory #RailwayHistory #Industrialization #FexingoHistory #History Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    7 分