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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 · 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 · 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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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 · 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

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 · 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 · 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

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 · 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

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 · 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

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

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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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 02/05/2024

New 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? Listen on Apple Podcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... or on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/0O5x...

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Episode 2: The Bluenose

Episode banner for the podcast, a picture of a 50 cent stamp portraying the schooner Bluenose is shown. Given that the Bluenose is on the Canadian 10 cent coin, it costs five Bluenoses to buy this stamp.

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