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Shawinigan Moments

@shawiniganmoments.ca
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We're two queer persons reviewing the Heritage Minutes we have been subjected to since childhood plus whatever else Canadian or not we decide to chat about. Hosted by @witchpixels.dev and @cariad.bsky.social www.shawiniganmoments.ca

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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 01/06/2025
We had a great time bringing our game to talk about Strombo and some other guy gave us this healthcare thing.
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 25/05/2025
Part 2 of "Getting the Whole Country Railed" as part of our ongoing series about the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Did you know this almost tore the whole country apart in the 1870s? podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s... open.spotify.com/episode/5D6M...
Steam locomotive on a rail trestle somewhere in British Columbia
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 30/04/2025
It does, in fact, suck to suck apparently. #cdnpoli
Carleton Ontario 2025 election results
LIB Bruce Fanjoy 43900 Votes 50.8%
CON Milhouse Van Houten 39585 Votes 45.8%

Milhouse (actually Pierre Poilievre) lost his seat in parliament after blowing a 25-point lead on dumb noun-the-verb sloganeering and I am given life for it.
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 25/04/2025
We forgot to post that we posted a new episode! Do you like trains?!? How about the Canadian Pacific Railway? Heather is back with origins of railways on this planet and how they came to Canada by way of beer money. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s... open.spotify.com/episode/3pAe...
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Episode 22 - Getting the Whole Country Railed (Part 1)
Podcast Episode · Shawinigan Moments · 2025-04-17 · 1h 19m
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 07/04/2025
Been a bit of a content drought since Tam has been in maximum crunch mode with work. We'll be back to recording this week tho! Thanks all for being patient! 🙇
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Mihai Cirstea @mihai-cirstea.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Not in my wildest dreams did I imagine this result. Congrats to @lucymaloney.bsky.social and @seanorr.bsky.social and congrats to Vancouver. To all my friends who I convinced to wait 1.5+ hours in line to vote, thank you!! Vancouver really needs to fix this in time for the next election.
Voting results from the Vancouver byelection, with Sean Orr and Lucy elected in a landslide.
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Infernal Machines @infernalmachines.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
I just want to add that this was one of the contenders for our national flag #Canada #badVexillology #FlagDay
Actually serious submission for a potential Canadian.

In the left half of the flag, three Canada Geese, on their way to fuck something up, as Canada Geese do. On the right, Nine maple leaves and one Fleur-de-Lis in a 2x5 grid over a Union Jack mean to represent the 10 provinces.

All on an honestly pretty handsome red banner, contents aside.
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 04/02/2025
We really are just watching the whole of the administrative state get plundered by fascists aren't we?
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 04/02/2025
It's super scuffed but apparently Library and Archives of Canada archived our podcast site webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20240810... Mild call-to-action here: if anyone involved in Library and Archives wants to come on and talk about their work, drop us an email. #archive #libraries
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We're two queer persons reviewing the Heritage Minutes we have been subjected to since childhood plus whatever else Canadian or not we decide to chat about. We aim to watch all of these short episodes...
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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Canada Is Hiring A "Fentanyl Czar"! youtu.be/DZXi2mUWzDw
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Canada Is Hiring A "Fentanyl Czar"!
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 03/02/2025
Tamarack has been alluding to buying an old car, and this is the results. Check it out! Or don't! I'm not your boss!
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 03/02/2025
New episode! @canuckisaslur.preg4pay.biz joins us as we go through a young Pierre Poilievre about what he would do as Prime Minister. Not for any topical reason mind you. Just for fun... this is fun... Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5e98... Or Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e...
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Episode 21: If I had Ten Thousand Dollars I'd be Prime Minister

Title image depicts a young likely future Prime Minister of Canada, Pierre Pollievre, dressed by his mother for a photo shoot with his face replaces with Milhouse from the Simpsons, whose style Pierre copied for several decades in Parliament.

The other featured image is his graduation photo with a title "Pointed in the Right Direction" with one of his godawful Axe the Tax signs added into the image.

Both of these are composed to look like they came from the images in the artic;e he wrote as a second year university student which we read in the episode.

Honestly it's probably better if you can't see this one, I've created something truly cursed here, I don't know what I was thinking but I'm so so sorry.
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 03/02/2025
Honestly I have to hand it to the current government. Looking through the tariff list, they managed to just hit imports of goods we already have domestic manufacturing of in Canada. It's kinda ironic that for a few companies in Canada this is going to be a huge windfall. #cdnpoli
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 30/01/2025
Little preview of an episode dropping on Friday morning where Heather reveals that an essay she's reading off that screams first-year annoying ECON/POLI student is worth more than what appears on the surface.
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 29/01/2025
New episode! In episode 20, we are joined by @postmpanda.bsky.social to discuss a time when Canadian content was produced somewhere in order to avoid health and safety regulations. Exclusive to Patreon! Free preview on our main feed! patreon.com/shawiniganmo...
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PuckFutin @bastardanglosaxon.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
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Cariad Heather @cariad.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Can anyone think of a speech by Jean Chretien where he says "Shawinigan"? Could you link to a video or audio recording of him saying it? I am only finding text. I am asking for a friend. #canpoli Also for nefarious @shawiniganmoments.ca reasons.
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 07/01/2025
New episode! Ep. 19, It's Trudeauver. Justin Trudeau has resigned and we're joined by @canuckisaslur.preg4pay.biz to talk about him--and other matters affecting Canada and progressive-ism. zencastr.com/z/dgO-9DYR open.spotify.com/show/1bK8Q1v... podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s...
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 06/01/2025
We are working on a last minute episode. 👀
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 31/12/2024
The one time we'll repost content about Dune on this account.
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 24/12/2024
New episode! It's Christmas and we're on a war... to give each other "presents"! In this episode, Tam and Heather discuss Canadian Christmas and the experiences they've both had! Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s... Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1bK8Q1v...
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 16/12/2024
Liberal MP for who gives-a-fuck when asked if Trudeau will resign: "Now is not the time for slogans" followed by Liberal sloganeering. Cooked. Entirely Cooked. #cdnpoli
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 16/12/2024
Me rn. #cdnpoli
Figure pokes the logo of the Canadian New Democratic Party logo with a stick. They say "C'mon, do something..."  Much like poking a dead thing with a stick, the NDP does not, however, do anything.
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 16/12/2024
Okay okay the thing I actually signed in to bsky today: We have a new bonus episode for patrons! On Guns! We've go previews on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... open.spotify.com/episode/0vd0... #podcast #history #canadianHistory
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Episode 17: I support the Second Amendment and so does Marlaina Danielle Smith.


In the centre is an image of a parade float from a Canadian firearms manufacturer Cooey who prided themselves on making very safe to operate firearms.
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 16/12/2024
WAT?! Why?! This is absolute madness. Like I know the Liberals are already totally cooked for next election, but like, this is literally begging the Cons, who have done nothing but try for confidence votes for months to knock your government over. #cdnpoli
 1:30 p.m. EST: Fall economic statement set to go forth

The Department of Finance has confirmed that the fall economic statement lockup will begin at 1:45 p.m. EST, with Deputy Minister Chris Forbes providing remarks at 2 p.m.
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 16/12/2024
I guess Freeland is joining the Morneau school of waiting out Justin and trying to be the last liberal with any name recognition standing. #cdnpoli
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 16/12/2024
C'mon man, resign already! #cdnpoli
 1:04 p.m. EST: Trudeau considering prorogation or resignation, sources say

Sources tell CTV News that the prime minister has conveyed to cabinet that he is considering prorogation or resignation, and he’s potentially planning to address Parliament this afternoon.
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 07/12/2024
Sneak preview of our Christmas special coming out on December 24th. @cariad.bsky.social found herself writing some poetry after learning that some useless electric vehicles were finally being imported into the country.
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 04/12/2024
I guess we can verify ourselves.
Screenshot of our bsky profile showing our domain name as our handle
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Cariad Heather @cariad.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Last night, I had an article forwarded to me that ended up being by that dipshit Food Professor--the one who got C$60,000 to be a shill for Loblaws. So a question popped to mind: how bad is grocery store competition in Metro Vancouver? It's real bad and I can show this with maps.
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 27/11/2024
No notes. #cdnpoli youtu.be/R8gmbkPOjpc?...
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November 26, 2024 Sask Legislative Assembly SASK NDP MLA Jared Clarke
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 20/11/2024
Did you miss the premier? No worries! Catch @cariad.bsky.social on #Railnatter! www.youtube.com/watch?v=299c...
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#Railnatter | Episode 239: Vancouver's SkyTrain and what we can learn from it
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Cariad Heather @cariad.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Hey. It is me. It was a lot of fun to help put this episode together! Gareth is a real treat to talk to!
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Cariad Heather @cariad.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Sneak peek of something we did for @shawiniganmoments.bsky.social
Via rail food menu for Toronto to Vancouver.
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Cariad Heather @cariad.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Because of a recent @shawiniganmoments.bsky.social recording session, I am now looking into sedevacantism and found something I now must torment @witchpixels.dev with.
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 16/11/2024
New Episode! Did you know that coast to coast television was not built on copper, but on microwaves? Did you want to hear Tam gush about Tommy Douglas, the greatest Canadian? #podcast #history #canadianHistory #shawiniganMoments
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Episode 15: Tommy Douglas did Television Better Too

Episode image depicts the first coast-to-coast press conference and an incredibly uncomfortable looking then President of Bell Canada, Thomas Eadie (right).

Not shown in the image is how much of a treasure you are to all the people in your life.
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 08/09/2024
Tam here! I have managed to find myself working two contracts right now, one on a that game is launching in [REDACTED] and the other in [REDACTED], so this month Youtube videos are going to be pretty late and inconsistent while I ramp up on one employer and down on another.
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 08/09/2024
Episode 10: A Game With No Players is up! Wrapping up our series on Baseball we talk about a local baseball team that nearly had its legacy cut short by racist policy, dispossession and crimes against humanity perpetrated by the Canadian Government. Not going to lie, this one was a rough one.
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Episode 10: A Game with No Players

The episode are features the roster of the Vancouver Asahi posing with the trophy for the Terminal City Cup, one of many local championships they would come to claim in their short career.
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 29/08/2024
It would probably be helpful if I actually published the youtube video... Anyhow, Episode 9: Getting to Second Base with Jackie is up on youtube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_RF...
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Shawinigan Moments Episode 9: Getting to Second Base with Jackie
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 22/08/2024
Hey there sportsfans! We got more Shawinigan Baseball Podcast!! This time about a boundary breaking player, a world series champion, a civil rights activist and hall of famer Jackie Robinson! Listen on: Apple Podcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/2olL...
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Episode 9: Getting to Second Base with Jackie

Title image for a podcast episode. Featured image is Jackie Robinson, waving at the camera and opening a door labelled "Dodgers Club House, Keep Out" in bold capital letters.

He was the first person of colour to ever play for the team.
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 09/08/2024
Also we have a patreon now! We've indexed it to the cost of various items at Tim Hortons for entirely arbitrary reasons. www.patreon.com/shawiniganMo...
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A Part Of Our Sordid History
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 09/08/2024
New Episode! During the Second World War, women softball players were recruited from all over North America to help keep baseball in the public eye while many of the men were off fighting overseas.
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Episode 8: Bonnie's Friends Were Roommates

Episode artwork shows a photo of the 1946 lineup of the Blue Sox, an All American Girl's Professional Baseball League team, which features the subject of the episode, Bonnie Baker as a catcher.
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 25/07/2024
New Episode! Canada is a country that often struggles with its identity and yet somehow through compromise managed to adopt a flag of its own free from the symbols of its mother country. Join us as we discuss the journey to adopt the Maple Leaf we know today!
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Episode 7: The Flag so Good we Made it our Goo

Central image depicts a number of contenders to replace the Red Ensign as the official flag of Canada over the years until the flag we have today was ultimately selected.
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 17/07/2024
No episode this week! It'll be next week. Aaaaaaaannnndd it'll be the first time that we actually also get the youtube video out on time. Horray!
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 04/07/2024
New Episode! We started out with chocolate, but we've finally gotten around to the confection Canada is really known for! Listen on: Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e... Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/2WYP...
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Episode 6: The Goo so Good We Made It Our Flag

Central image depicts early colonial era maple syrup production, done in essentially the same way that people along the St Lawrence have been doing for ages.
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 20/06/2024
Also we have a website! www.shawiniganmoments.ca
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We're two queer persons reviewing the Heritage Minutes we have been subjected to since childhood plus whatever else Canadian or not we decide to chat about. We aim to watch all of these short episodes...
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 20/06/2024
New Episode! Did you know that Canada decided that storing nuclear weapons and building bunkers was a better option than building a plane? Listen on: Apple Podcasts podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s... Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/6qcX...
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Episode 5: Flying into a bunker part 3

Featured is a picture of a model kit for the Avro CF-105 Arrow, which Tamarack claims is realistically the most real version of the Arrow as compared to the real thing that barely existed.
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 05/06/2024
New Episode! Did you know that Canada once manufactured rather technologically advanced planes? How about proposals to build airports every 50 KM? Or had airmail before the USA? Listen on Apple Podcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... or on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/1C3G...
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Episode 4: Flying into a Bunker Part 2 

A title card for this episode.
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 22/05/2024
Also finally the last episode, Schooner? I 'ardly know 'er? about the bluenose is up on Youtube www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2PY... I'll try to get these out a little faster next time. - Tam
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Shawinigan Moments Episode 2: Schooner? I 'ardly know 'er!
Aboot this episode Ever looked at the coins you have in your junk drawer at home and wondered what the deal is with the boat on our ten cent piece? In this episode, Tamarack explores the BLUENOSE and how a sailing ship from the early 20th century ties back to contemporary politics. This episode's news: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/lamborghini-ditch-west-vancouver-1.7162865 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/police-lamborghini-vancouver-crash-1.7164856 Bluenose IV links: https://web.archive.org/web/20090220152136/http://www.schoonerbluenose.ca:80/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110202193236/http://www.schoonerbluenose.ca/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110706202635/http://www.schoonerbluenose.ca/ Video link for moment: https://www.historicacanada.ca/productions/minutes/bluenose Witch in the Wind: ISBN 978-0-88662-224-3 A Race for Real Sailors: ISBN 1-55365-161-8 Shawinigan Moments is written and recorded on the unceded territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Stó:lō (Stolo), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) first nations in what is otherwise called Vancouver. Ariel Photo of Shawinigan QC used in our title cards was taken Sandra Cohen-Rose and Colin Rose and can be found here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/73416633@N00/5784812516 Likewise the the title card itself is CC-BY-SA. Find us on Social Media (but only the ones without a nazi problem) * Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@shawiniganmoments * Cohost: https://cohost.org/shawiniganmoments * Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/shawiniganmoments.bsky.social More places to listen: * Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/shawinigan-moments/id1739428630 * Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1bK8Q1vsNz1K5yoVIaywTA * or Subscribe via RSS: https://feeds.zencastr.com/f/5WkYNb9a.rss
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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 22/05/2024
Episode 3 - Flying into a Bunker (Part 1) Did you know that Canada once had the ability to manufacturer planes that were rather cool and technologically advanced for their time? Listen on Apple Podcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... or on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/7GD9...
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Episode 3: Flying into a Bunker
Part 1

Thje central image depicts Alys McKey Bryant, the first woman to fly in Canada.
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