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Canadian Disasters is a captivating podcast that delves into the history and stories of various disasters that have struck Canada. From terrorist attacks and natural disasters to implosions and shipwrecks, this show explores the tragic events and the aftermath. Both well known and forgotten pieces of history will be highlighted. Canadian Disasters: True North Strong and Destructive. 

Rachel Stewart


    • Apr 1, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 37m AVG DURATION
    • 13 EPISODES


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    The Gentleman Bandit

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2024 34:54


    Ken Leishman lived a fascinating life. He was beloved to the people of Winnipeg and Red Lake. The only people who weren't die hard fans? The police. Sources: Norma Bailey: "The Flying Bandit" Documentary Christian Cassidy, "This was Manitoba: Kenneth Leishman-the Flying Bandit" Mark Montgomery, Radio Canada "Canada History Mar 1, 1966: the Great Winnipeg Gold Heist "

    Africville

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2024 28:13


    In the 1960's, the City of Halifax decided to remove an area that they had determined to be a "slum." By 1970, the vibrant thriving community of Africville would be gone, and many of its citizens would not recover. Sources: Jennifer Nelson: Razing Africville Dakshana Bascaramurty: On Africville, the razing and the racism (link: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-africville-canada-news-coverage/) Albert Rose: Report of a Visit to Halifax with Particular Respect to Africville Shelagh Mackenzie: Remember Africville

    1929 Newfoundland Tsunami

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2024 27:34


    On November 18th, 1929, the deadliest Tusnami in Canadian history struck the Burin Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. Ill-prepared for such a disaster, it was a race against the clock for survival. Sources: The Wake by Linden MacIntyre Disasters of the Century, Season Three, Episode 34: Burin Tsunami Video: "The 1929 Burin Tsunami" Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Website

    Coppermine Expedition

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2024 52:08


    In 1819 an expedition set out from England in the hopes of mapping coastline in the remote northern stretch of Canada. What followed was a horrific bungle, more suited to the pages of a paperback thriller than actual history. This is the story of the Coppermine Expedition Sources: Franklin Overland: https://franklinoverland.ca/ Sir John Franklin: Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea in the Years 1819-22 Fergus Fleming: Barrow's Boys (Chapter: The Man who ate his Boots) Peter Steele: The Man who Mapped the Arctic Ken McGoogan: Dead Reckoning

    Starlight Tours

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2024 41:07


    On January 28th, 1990, Darrell Night was picked up by two SPS officers and dropped off in an industrial area kilometres outside the city centre of Saskatoon. He surived. Others were not so fortunate. Having a living witness helped to uncover a systematic progam that indigenous people had been whispering about for years. This is the terrifying story of the Starlight Tours. Sources: Starlight Tour: The Last, Lonely Night of Neil Stonechild, revised and updated by Susanne Reber and Robert Renaud Two Worlds Colliding by Tasha Hubbard (Documentary Film) Report into the Commission of Inquiry Into Matters Relating to the Death of Neil Stonechild by The Honourable Mr. Justice David H. Wright

    Lac-Mégantic Derailment Disaster

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2023 34:45


    On July 6th, 2013 a train carrying thousands of tons of oil careened into the Quebec town of Lac-Mégantic, killing dozens. How did an unmanned train cause so much destruction? What was the trail of errors that led to the disaster? Sources: Lac-Mégantic: This is not an Accident (Documentary Television Series directed by Phillipe Falardeau Mégantic A Deadly Mix of Oil, Rail, and Avarice by Anne-Marie Saint-Cerny

    Air India Flight 182

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2023 38:14


    June 23rd, 1985. The worst terrorist attack in Canadian History. So why hasn't 85% of the country heard of it?

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    Frank Slide

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2023 31:10


    On April 28th, 1903 the town of Frank, Alberta went to sleep, never imagining the horror that would wake them up. Listen to this episode on the deadliest Landslide in Canadian History.

    OceanGate Submersible Implosion

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2023 37:59


    For a week in June 2023 the world was captivated by a missing submersible who lost contact while diving to the wreck of the Titanic. As news of the disaster broke, a trail of bad decisions emerged. This is what happened to the Titan Submersible.

    École Polytechnique Massacre

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2023 67:01


    On Dec 6th, 1989 a lone gunman entered the halls of the Université de Montréal. In less than half an hour, 14 women would be dead. Sources: CBC The Fifth Estate: Montreal Massacre Rampage by Lee Mellor Ce jour-là: parce qu'elle étaient des femme, 6 Décembre, 1989 by Josée Boileau

    SS. Noronic

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2023 29:18


    On September 17th, 1949 an overnight stop in Toronto on a 7 night pleasure cruise turned to terror as passengers awoke to the smell of smoke...

    S.S. Princess Sophia

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2023 59:56


    October 25th, 1918. Following an over 40 hour ordeal, the S.S Princess Sophia sinks in the waters of the Lynn Canal in Alaska's Inside Passage. It is the largest loss of life in a marine accident in the entirety of the Pacific Northwest. So why haven't you heard about it?

    Trailer

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2023 1:40


    Coming August 2023 to a platform near you. Canadian Disasters takes a look at the darker sides of Canada. From terrorism to tornados I'll explore events that have left a mark on this vast land. Canadian Disasters. True North Strong and Destructive.

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