Backyard History
By Andrew MacLean
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🦞 Forgotten Stories From Atlantic Canada’s Past 🦞
Backyard History Podcast goes beyond traditional storytelling by using more than a dozen actors to voice actual historical quotes, immersing you in the drama and intrigue of the past. Whether it’s tales of daring exploits, mysterious events, or legendary figures, this family-friendly podcast offers an engaging and dynamic way to explore the rich history of Atlantic Canada.
Hosted & written by Andrew MacLean, the podcast expands on his popular weekly Backyard History column which appears in 19 newspapers in the Maritimes. Produced by Jordan Lauzier.
📕 Buy the THREE Backyard History books at backyardhistory.ca
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Comedy on the Rocks: When Comedians Stuck at Sea Turned Disaster into Drama
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May 19, 2025 |
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"Only Men May Vote!" (LIVE!) A Tale of Fredericton Women's Lost and Found Voting Rights
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Mar 08, 2025 |
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The Lost Diary: Journey of a Writer Who Vanished into the Heart of the Forest
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Breakfast with the Dungarvon Whooper
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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The Quarantine Journal of Nellie McGowan
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Jan 04, 2025 |
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A Halifax Christmas Murder
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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The Story Behind the Crosses on Sugarloaf Mountain
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Dec 14, 2024 |
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The Ghost of Binstead Manor
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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The Man Who Was Hanged From the Gallows he Built
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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The Hate Preacher
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Sep 21, 2024 |
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Nova Scotia's Queen of the Bootleggers
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Painless Parker: Renegade Dentist
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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The Rise and Fall of George Black and the Golden Seven
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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The Detective and the Trapper
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May 25, 2024 |
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Denied a Seat: Wolastoqiyik Man Races Stagecoach 100 kilometers
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May 04, 2024 |
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Liberty on the Rocks (Part 3): Captured in Charlottetown
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Liberty on the Rocks (Part 2): Initiation of a Lunenburg Rum Runner
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Liberty on the Rocks (Part 1): Shootout at Bouctouche
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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The Candy Killer: The Serial Killer Who Stalked Saint John
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Message in a Molasses Barrel
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Did Babe Ruth Detox in the Woods in New Brunswick?
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Hooves and Heroes: Princess Louise, A Warhorse’s Tale
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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The Aristocrat & The Canoemaker
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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A Festive Flashback: Unwrapping Christmas 1868
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Dec 23, 2023 |
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Dr. Leslie E. Keeley Gold Cure for Drunkenness: and the Rise, Fall, and Redemption of Fredericton’s Addiction Treatment Legacy
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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The Second Halifax Explosion
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Siberian Expedition: Winslow and Ollie’s Odyssey
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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The Mystery of the Ghostly Fire Ship of the Baie Des Chaleurs
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Revolutionary Roadblock: Trotsky’s Imprisonment in Nova Scotia
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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American Invaders Stole P.E.I.’s Great Seal (And Still Haven’t Given It Back!)
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Oct 01, 2023 |
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The World’s Worst Nazi Spy
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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The Maritimes Tour That Made Houdini (Part Two: Halifax Residency)
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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The Maritimes Tour That Made Houdini (Part One: Saint John Residency)
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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Forest Fire Destroys Musquash In Only Two Hours
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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The Saxby Gale: Storm of the Century Predicted A Year Before It Hit
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Ben Franklin’s ”Worthless” Nova Scotian Land
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Jun 04, 2023 |
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The Real Klondike Kate
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May 23, 2023 |
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The Principality of Outer Baldonia: Nova Scotia’s Whimsical Micronation
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May 09, 2023 |
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The Mystery of the Russian Buried Treasure
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May 02, 2023 |
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Giant Squid Attacks in Newfoundland
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Apr 23, 2023 |
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The Red Devil
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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The Cat Who Stopped a Nazi Prison Break
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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The Bungling Bank Burglar Who Got Stuck in a Chimney
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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The Interrogation of Emile Goguen
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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When PEI Banned Cars
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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The Radical Gardener
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Mar 12, 2023 |
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Valiant Amazon: Elizabeth Beard Fights The Americans
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Mar 05, 2023 |
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Rockwood Park: Coney Island of the Maritimes
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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The Battle of Fort Nashwaak
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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The Year of the Mice
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Feb 12, 2023 |
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The Italian Air Armada Comes To Town
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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The Dark Harbour Hermits
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Nova Hollandia: When Canada Was A Dutch Colony
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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Wreck and Rescue of the Velma
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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Secret Diary From The Asylum
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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Sabotage In The Maritimes: The Vanceboro International Bridge Bombing
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Nov 27, 2022 |
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The Mysterious Disappearance of the Creamer Children
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Nov 20, 2022 |
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Fighting For Humanity’s Rights
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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The Lost Colony
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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The Spectre of Rexton
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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Pandemic 1918
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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Driving On The Wrong Side Of The Road
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Oct 01, 2022 |
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Teenage Girl Saves Shipwrecked Sailors
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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The Pirate of Charlie Lake
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Sep 11, 2022 |
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Exploring Canada’s Abandoned Spaceport
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Road to Justice: How Mabel French Changed Two Provinces
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Aug 20, 2022 |
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Canada’s Nuclear Bomb Drill Fiasco
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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The Mystery of the Lake Utopia Medallion
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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Amelia Earhart’s Maritimes Visit
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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The Mysterious Isle Haute
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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When A German Escaped Prisoner Came To Town
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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I’m Alone: Famous Rum Running Schooner
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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A Brief History of the Lobster
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Jun 05, 2022 |
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A Brief History of the Beach
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May 29, 2022 |
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Walking Across Canada On a Bet
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May 20, 2022 |
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The Great Campbellton Fire
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May 10, 2022 |
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The Dungarvon Whooper
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May 01, 2022 |
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The Year With No Summer
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Drinking in the Maritimes
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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Getting Away With Murder
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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The Rise of Mob Boss Joe Walnut
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Moscow to Miscou - The Crashed Soviet Bomber
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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The Legend of the Legless Mystery Man
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Mar 13, 2022 |
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Was the First Car Invented in Canada?
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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The Great Fredericton Circus Riot
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Feb 27, 2022 |
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Abducted by a U-Boat
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Feb 20, 2022 |
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Oscar Wilde’s Tour of the Maritimes
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Feb 12, 2022 |
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Finding the Lost Electric City
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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The Mystery of Mount House
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Jan 23, 2022 |
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Wolf Attacks in New Brunswick
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Jan 16, 2022 |
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The Race Against Death
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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The First Flight in Canada
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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Christmas: 1868
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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Santa and the Flaming Tree Incident
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Dec 19, 2021 |
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The Fairy Who Saved Christmas
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Dec 12, 2021 |
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The First Christmas in North America
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Dec 05, 2021 |
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”Will My People Ever Forgive Me?”
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Nov 28, 2021 |
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Disguise & Heroism: The Secret Life of Sarah Emma Edmonds
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Nov 21, 2021 |
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The Nazi Spy Who Came To The Maritimes
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Nov 14, 2021 |
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Just Two Minutes To Go
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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Joe Walnut and the Madawaska Mob
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Nov 07, 2021 |
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The Lake Utopia Monster
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Oct 31, 2021 |