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One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryHaynes Chicken ShackFrom the 1950s to the 1990s, Haynes Chicken Shack was one of the happening-est places in Winnipeg. Today we talk about the restaurant and the family behind it - their charisma, their cooking, and their musical talents!  2025-06-2656 minOne Great HistoryOne Great HistoryA.E. van Vogt, Winnipeg's Sci-Fi Writing ScientologistAlfred Elton Van Vogt was a science fiction writer with an unusual background: he was born in Gretna, and began writing while living in Winnipeg. His eclectic collection of short stories and novels would go on to inspire writers like Philip K Dyck, Harlen Ellison, and directly or indirectly influence the plot of the film Alien.  2025-05-081h 22One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryOff The Rails: the Streetcar StrikeHow many people does it take to topple a streetcar? Where can a man hide from a mud-hurling mob? And just who is “the Big Swede,” anyway? Answers (sort of) to all these questions and more in this episode about the time Winnipeg went absolutely nuts over a labour dispute.   Visit onegreathistory.com to see images from this episode and more! 2025-04-101h 20One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryFestival du VoyageurHé-ho! Strap on your snowshoes and tie on your sash, we're delving into the history of Festival du Voyageur.    Thanks to Colin Mackie from Festival Du Voyageur.2025-02-111h 35One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryManitoba Hotel Fire and Orbit Trash CansIt's January, which means we are busy working on new episodes for you! So until we're ready to get on mic again, here are two classic Patreon bonus episodes for your ears! If you don't subscribe to our Patreon, this is a taste of what we do over there. If you do, then you maybe heard these back in 2022! https://www.onegreathistory.com/ https://www.patreon.com/OneGreatHistory 2025-01-2239 minOne Great HistoryOne Great HistoryThe Life and Times of Chad's BearOnce upon a time, Deer Lodge Hotel had a resident pet black bear that loved drinking soda. He was called, at various times, Joe Chamberlain, Whiterock Pete, and Chad's Bear and in 1905 became a regular character in the Winnipeg Tribune. In the fiction of the Tribune, the bear had an ambitious life - he ran for office, was once a witness in a trial, was the subject of a lengthy biography and was a friend to many local politicians.  2024-12-121h 10One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryWinnipeg JubileeIt’s 1924, and Winnipeg is 50 years old! Local businesses and community groups from Winnipeg Hydro to Calhoun Hats make elaborate floats to celebrate Winnipeg’s progress as a thriving, modern city - but who’s been left out? 2024-11-071h 21One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryPhantom of the ParadiseIn 1974, a new phenomenon was happening in Winnipeg: Phantom-Mania. Released on Boxing Day, 1974, Phantom of the Paradise became an instant hit in Winnipeg. And only in Winnipeg. In this episode, Sabrina unpacks the initial lengthy run of Phantom of the Paradise in Winnipeg and it's enduring legacy here and beyond. A warm thank you to those who shared their experiences with the movie! It is beyond appreciated. 2024-10-031h 04One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryPresident Spence Thomas Spence saw a problem: Portage la Prairie, isolated, lawless. He offered a solution: himself, as President. Thus was born the Republic of Manitoba, a short-lived and ill-advised attempt at creating a regional government. Join us as we fill in the details of this colourful episode in Manitoba history with surprise appearances from Louis Riel, John Christian Schultz, and "Dutch George" Emmerling. Thank you to the NFB for allowing us to use the audio of their classic vignette!   2024-09-121h 02One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryWhat If Spider-man Came to Winnipeg?In this episode, a rare "Nick's Pick", Producer Nick dives into Winnipeg's comic book history! Did you know Canada's first superhero was invented by a Winnipeg cartoonist? Or that the Winnipeg Morality Police arrested people for selling Dick Tracy comics? Or that digital comic colouring as we know it today originated in Winnipeg? Oh, and also Spider-man went to the "Winnipeg Mall" one time... Come for the Captain Canuck critique, stay for Sabrina and Alex reading through the rules of the Comics Code Authority! 2024-08-081h 23One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryClosing Portage and MainFor over 40 years, the intersection of Portage and Main has been closed to pedestrians. The story of how this happened is one of desperation, bad planning, and even worse ideas on how our cities should be designed. 2024-07-041h 14One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryRooster TownRooster Town aka Pakan Town aka Grant Park Mall and High School. Find out the history of this area in this month's episode! 2024-06-061h 20One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryThe Hudson's Bay Department StoreIs it Bay Days? Coincidentally! But, also, this episode is all about the past, present and future of the historic Portage Avenue Hudson's Bay department store. 2024-05-021h 18One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryThe Great Land Swindle In 1870, Louis Riel and those who fought alongside him insisted that the rights of their descendants be protected. Specifically, the Manitoba Act promised 1.4 million acres of land to the Métis. Decades later, less than 10% of that land had made its way into the hands of Métis families. What happened to the rest of it? In this episode we'll be talking about Métis scrip: perplexing government policies, deliberate fraud, and the men who got rich from the whole fiasco. 2024-04-041h 28One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryValentine's Day 2024We're back! Did you miss us? We've compiled a collection of advice letters from the early 1940s about the pressing issues of the day: how do girls learn more about 'necking', are cigarettes a gateway drug to divorce, and should a woman leave traps for her husband to see if he's cheating? 2024-02-141h 02One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryOne Great 150 - The Live ShowA live podcast recorded on November 8, 2023 - aka Winnipeg's 150th birthday! 2023-12-211h 19One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryOne Great 150 - FinaleIs this the most star studded episode of One Great History ever? We've got Al Simmons, Carter Chen, Fred Penner, Gramma Shingoose, John K. Samson, Katharena Vermette, Michael Redhead Champagne, Ron Robinson, and Rosemary Barton! 2023-11-091h 38One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryOne Great 150 - Daphne OdjigOriginally from Wikwemikong First Nation, Daphne Odjig came to Winnipeg in 1970 and opened Canada's first-ever indigenous-owned gallery. In this episode we discuss Daphne's art, the path that brought her to Winnipeg, and the impact of her life. Thank you to Franchesca Hebert-Spence for her input on this episode! Currently residing in Inuvik, the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Franchesca is Anishinaabe (member of Sagkeeng First Nation) from Winnipeg, Manitoba, her grandmother Marion Ida Spence was from Sagkeeng First Nation, on Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba. Hebert-Spence has worked as a cultural producer with a background in making, curating, research, and administration...2023-10-261h 10One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryOne Great 150 - Georges Forest In 1976, a man got a parking ticket in Saint Boniface. The events that followed would challenge the foundations of Manitoba's laws, and the tolerance of Manitobans for their neighbours. In this episode we discuss Georges Forest and his quest for francophone rights. Thank you to Raymond Hébert and Roger Bilodeau for their input on this episode, and to Annie Langlois for her great archival finds!   2023-10-121h 30One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryOne Great 150 - Stephen JubaStephen Juba was a mayor who loved a gimmick. And it paid off for him - despite a contentious reputation and attempts to oust him from the mayoral seat, he remained popular enough to serve nine consecutive terms over 20 years. 2023-09-281h 38One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryOne Great 150 - Gweneth Lloyd and Betty Hay-FarralyThe 1950s were a busy time for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. They performed for the Royal Visit in 1951, launched several tours across Canada and the United States, were filmed by the National Film Board - and then, of course, there was the fire. Behind it all was the ballet's founders and managers, Gweneth Lloyd and Betty Hay-Farraly. 2023-09-141h 13One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryOne Great 150 - Tommy Prince Thomas George Prince was always a man willing to leap into action. It's what made him save Ernest Pollard from drowning in the Red River in 1955, made him enlist in both the Second World War and Korean War, and travel to Ottawa in 1947 to advocate for Indigenous rights in Canada. This episode discusses residential schools, PTSD, military service, addiction and homeless. Please take care when listening. A huge thank you to Shauna Mulligan for sharing her knowledge and experiences in this episode! The Residential School Crisis Line:  1-866-925...2023-08-311h 28One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryOne Great 150 - Jacob Penner In the 1930s, new ideologies flourished in the face of global economic crisis. Jacob Penner, a local communist activist, was elected to Winnipeg City Council in 1933 and remained in that position for many years, advocating for increased relief in the darkest years of the Great Depression. Despite his radical proclivities, Penner was respected by many of his less radical colleagues. In this episode we discuss municipal politics during the 1930s (we promise this is more interesting than it sounds) and Penner’s complicated legacy. Listen to Sabrina's previous episode on the Battle at Ma...2023-08-171h 17One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryOne Great 150 - L.B. Foote If you haven't heard of Lewis Benjamin Foote, you've almost certainly seen his work. That iconic photo from 1919 of a toppled streetcar? That was Lew. If you've seen old photos of North End slums or the construction of the Fort Garry Hotel, those were his too. For decades, Foote captured the public and private lives of Winnipeggers. In this episode, we talk about the less-than-roaring 20s seen through the eyes of L.B. Foote. If you want to follow along with the photos we looked at during this episode, flip through the album...2023-08-031h 33One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryOne Great 150 - John Robinson In the eighth episode of our One Great 150 series, we talk about John Robinson, a railcar porter and labour activist who founded one of the first black-led unions in North America. We discuss the exclusion of black workers from railway unions, the creation of the Order of Sleeping Car Porters, and how Robinson's union responded to the Winnipeg General Strike.   Project funded in part by the Winnipeg Foundation’s Centennial Institute Grant, the Province of Manitoba’s Heritage Grant, and the Winnipeg Free Press. 2023-07-201h 25One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryOne Great 150 - Helen ArmstrongIn 1917, Helen Armstrong burst onto the labour scene. A passionate and opinionated speaker, dedicated to the labour movement, she quickly became a voice for working women in Winnipeg in a time of rapid social change and growing labour movements. 2023-07-061h 43One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryOne Great 150 - Winnie the PoohEn route to a military training camp at the start of the First World War, Winnipeg veterinarian Harry Colebourn purchased a baby black bear cub for $20 from a hunter on a train platform and named her Winnipeg. She quickly become the darling of the Canadian Veterinary Corps and the rest of the troops at Salisbury Plains, and when Colebourn left her at the London Zoo for safekeeping she became a favourite for zoo visitors. Including A.A. Milne and his young son, Christopher Robin. 2023-06-221h 13One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryOne Great 150 - Margaret Scott In the fifth episode of our One Great 150 series, we talk about Margaret Scott, an early Winnipeg philanthropist and purveyor of the social gospel. We discuss just how gross Winnipeg was at the turn of the century, and whether organizations like the Margaret Scott Nursing Mission succeeded in making it less so. Thank you to Dr. Esyllt Jones for her help on this episode!   Visit onegreathistory.wordpress.com for more info 2023-06-081h 42One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryOne Great 150 - Francis Evans CornishBuckle up folks, it's the big moment: Winnipeg is about to become a city. And rushing headfirst to the mayoral race is Francis Evans Cornish, local lawyer and known drunk. Surely everything will go well. 2023-05-251h 22One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryOne Great 150 - Elzéar Goulet In episode three of our One Great 150 series, we cover the Red River Resistance by following the path of Elzéar Goulet, a mail carrier who became a leader in Louis Riel's Métis armed forces and, ultimately, was one of six men who decided the fate of Thomas Scott. Though Goulet was a player in many of the key moments of the resistance, the most lasting impact of his story may have been the tragedies that followed in the wake of his death. Thank you to Jean Teillet, author of The North-West is...2023-05-111h 45One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryOne Great 150 - Sarah Ballenden The summer of 1850 saw the Red River Colony embroiled in scandal. Captain Christopher Foss was sueing several residents of Upper Fort Garry for defamation after they'd accused Sarah Ballenden (the Metis wife of the Chief Factor, and functionally the first lady of the fort) of having an affair. Social lines were drawn within the colony, highlighting the divides that been steadily growing over the past decade. Support the show on Patreon! For $5 a month you also get access to our bonus episodes, including post 150 episode discussions on sources and...2023-04-271h 31One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryOne Great 150 - Chief PeguisWelcome to the first episode of One Great 150, folks! We're beyond excited to get this project going and to have you along for the ride. And to kick things off, we're starting with Chief Peguis!   The Red River Valley that Peguis arrived into was one already marked with the scars of the fur trade, and he quickly established himself as a skilled leader, hunter, and warrior in the area. Over his summers spent at his camp near Kildonan Park, Peguis would witness the comings and goings of countless new arrivals: Cuthbert Grant, returned home after m...2023-04-131h 55One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryHanukkah in WinnipegHappy Hanukkah! This December, we explore some historic Hanukkah celebrations in Winnipeg, including a potato-grating contest and a questionable fruit salad. We are also joined by Belle Jarniewski from the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada, who tells us a little bit about the history of the holiday and its significance for Winnipeg's Jewish community. 2022-12-2054 minOne Great HistoryOne Great HistoryWinnipeg Free Press 150Alex and Sabrina look back at the history of Winnipeg's paper of record and some of the journalists who helped make it what it is today. They also convince Nick to do a skit! 2022-11-161h 42One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryManipogoAlex tells Sabrina and Nick all about Manipogo, Manitoba's very own sea monster! Future doctor Kimber joins us to explain how this cannot exist. 2022-10-191h 20One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryDeanna Durbin, Winnipeg’s SweetheartWe've got a special guest today, folks! Musician and author Melanie Gall joins us to talk about movie star Deanna Durbin. In the 1930s and '40s, one movie star above all had captured Winnipeggers hearts: Deanna Durbin. Born Edna Mae Durbin at Winnipeg's Grace Hospital, Durbin skyrocketed to fame in the late 1930s with a stint on Eddie Cantor's radio program Texico Town and the film Three Smart Girls. She'd go on to save Universal Studios from bankruptcy and become the highest paid woman in America - before abruptly retiring to France. 2022-09-141h 14One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryGrand BeachIt's time for another beach episode - this time, to the other side of Lake Winnipeg! Explore the history of Grand Beach from the first ill-fated tourist excursion to the 'grand old days' as a Canadian Northern Railway Resort. 2022-08-1750 minOne Great HistoryOne Great HistoryThe Burton Cummings EpisodeSo, there's this guy. You used to see him around town, but he keeps moving away. His name is Burton Cummings. They named a theatre after him, and a community centre, and probably a few other things. He owns Salisbury House, got into a fight at a North End 7-Eleven, and even wrote a song or two that got played on the radio. He used to play these songs for royalty and presidents, and sometimes for kids at rec centers. Some of these songs he wrote by himself, and some he wrote with Randy Bachman, and they played in...2022-07-142h 09One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryWilde TimesJoin Sabrina, Alex and Nick on a journey through the development of Winnipeg's 2SLGBTQ+ across the 1970s - from the early days of the Mardi Gras and the Marlborough all the way to the creation of Giovanni's Room (better known to some as Gio's). Thanks to Danielle with the Brandon General Museum & Archives for joining us for Collecting Conversations! Visit brandongeneralmuseum dot ca for more information. 2022-06-151h 23One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryWilliam BealWhen homesteaders were coming to Canada by the tens of thousands in the late 19th century, William Beal was one of a small number of black pioneers who staked his claim in Manitoba. Though by all accounts he was never much of a farmer, Beal made his mark as a booklover and autodidact in the community at Swan River Valley. In this episode, we explore the life of William Beal as well as the history of black immigration to Canada, and the tactics used by white Canadians and the Laurier government to prevent African-Americans from crossing the border.2022-05-181h 19One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryLord Gordon Gordon AKA Winnipeg’s Anna Sorokin On the evening of July 2nd, 1873, a visiting Scottish lord, Lord Gordon Gordon, was kidnapped from James McKay's Silver Heights home and rushed towards the American border. The events that followed would spiral into a full-scale international incident involving both the Canadian and American governments and the discovery that Lord Gordon Gordon was not who he seemed. A huge thank you to Jon Benson with The WRENCH for joining us for Collecting Conversations! Visit thewrench.ca/archive-project/ to learn more about The WRENCH's efforts to build a cycling archive. 2022-04-131h 12One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryMilk!Once a year, in ye olde days of the late 90s, children across Manitoba would dress their teachers as cattle, wear their best milk moustaches to school, and go to bed dreaming of winning a giant, inflatable cow. In this episode, Alex interrogates the historical origins of this somewhat unusual childhood tradition known as Milk Spirit Week. Listen to find out: Were six spilled cans of milk coincidence or conspiracy? How did pants settle a milk delivery strike? And just why do North Americans drink so much milk, anyway? All that and more in this...2022-03-161h 47One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryVirginia Vane SaysIt's February, which means it's time for another deep dive into advice columns of years past! For Valentine's Day 2022, we're focusing on Virginia Vane Says (briefly called The Women's Forum) - a column that ran in the Winnipeg Tribune from 1933-1944. Pressing issues include: how do I stop my husband from wearing a hat I hate, should I tell my mother I secretly married a soldier, and how do I convince my first love to leave her husband for me (and do I kidnap her)? 2022-02-091h 15One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryAssiniboine Park and ZooOn this episode we take a leisurely stroll through the history of Assiniboine Park and the Zoo. Alex tells us about decades of underfunding, a crooked gardener, a completely unsurprising fire, and the German animal-lover who made our zoo what it is today. 2022-01-191h 42One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryMore Christmas in WinnipegAlex, Sabrina and Nick dust off their sleigh bells, pointe shoes, and bottles of (non-alcoholic) champagne to talk about more festive Winnipeg stories. Sabrina talks about the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's The Nutcracker and it's lengthy legacy, while Alex takes us on a pub crawl through New Years party's past. 2021-12-151h 37One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryBuilding the Gingerbread City HallWinnipeg's Gingerbread City Hall was, for many years, a distinctive local landmark. It was demolished in 1962 amidst safety concerns and a larger push to modernize Winnipeg. Sabrina's not here to talk about that, though. Instead, we're talking about the construction of the Gingerbread City Hall and the many, many scandals that plagued it throughout the 1880s. 2021-11-171h 32One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryA Mystery at Falcon LakeIn May of 1967, amateur geologist Stefan Michalak was looking for quartz in the Whiteshell when he saw something bizarre. Was it an alien spacecraft? An experimental rocket ship? A hoax? In this episode, Alex interviews UFOlogist Chris Rutkowski and we talk through the UFO sighting known as the Falcon Lake Incident as well as its aftermath and a few theories. Plus: a special guest who may or may not be Alex's dad.   Support us on Patreon and receive exclusive bonus content! patreon.com/OneGreatHistory 2021-10-131h 26One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryHarlequin Romance Novels: A HistoryAfter almost a year out of the studio, Sabrina, Alex and Nick are back to recording in person! To kick us off, Sabrina recaps the unusual and unpredictable story of Harlequin Romance - a publishing house founded in Winnipeg that is now one of the largest romance publishers in the world. Their start, as it turns out, was not nearly as romantic.  Also of note - One Great History will now be released MONTHLY! 2021-09-171h 28One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryPolio in ManitobaIn an attempt to be topical, Sabrina goes through the storied history of polio in Manitoba - from the early epidemic era, through bizarre treatment ideas and wonky science, to one of Canada's largest vaccination initiatives. We promise, we didn't want this episode to feel quite as relevant as it does.   Content Warning: This episode was recorded over a month ago, before the discovery of the bodies of 215 children at the former Kamloops Residential School. We are all heartbroken by the discovery, and unfortunately this episode contains a similar incident on a smaller scale. It i...2021-06-151h 33One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryAll About ArchivesWhat even is an archive? Do we even really need them? Sabrina and Alex tackle these questions and talk to archivist Tom Nesmith and filmmakers Jesse Green and Vanda Fleury-Green about the importance of the City of Winnipeg archives and the less-than-ideal situation they're in. 2021-06-081h 06One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryWhoa Nellie - The Mock ParliamentIn 1914, Nellie McClung and a delegation of her fellow suffragettes went to the provincial legislature to be heard on the topic of women voting. While they presented their best arguments in favour of suffrage, McClung found herself half-hoping that Premier Roblin would not be swayed. If he somehow changed his mind, after all, it would make her biting impression of him the very next night somewhat awkward. In this episode we talk about the Manitoba suffrage movement's most famous piece of campaigning: the mock parliament presented at the Walker Theatre, a role-reversal in which women debated whether...2021-06-011h 13One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryThe Battle At Market Square Sabrina and Alex explore an uglier side of Winnipeg's history in this episode, namely, the rise of fascism and Nazism in Winnipeg in the 1930s. We discuss the rise and fall of the various parties (yes, there were more than one) and the countless ways Winnipeggers fought back against them, including a large riot called the Battle At Market Square. Warning: this episode does contain discussion of antisemitism. 2021-05-181h 17One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryThe Ladies of Rachel StreetBetween the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Winnipeg had not one, but three red light districts. Over and over, we debated over how best to deal with the existence of sex work. Create a "segregated district" for ease of policing? Shut down the district (again) to preserve the morality of the city? Find out what happened on this new episode of One Great History! 2021-05-041h 17One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryThe Ballad of Ginger SnooksIt's finally time for Sabrina to talk about her favourite garbageman: Robert "Ginger" Snook! From city scavenger, eccentric electoral candidate,  and absurd local celebrity, Ginger Snook was everywhere in the early 1900s and was remembered (not fondly, but remembered) by many who knew him. 2021-04-201h 16One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryBathtub Gin and Fighting Sin: Winnipeg's Prohibition PastProhibition is always a fun topic - speakeasies, Al Capone, bootlegging! Alex is here to tell you that none of that exciting stuff happened in Manitoba. Believe it or not, Manitobans demanded prohibition. And then we changed our mind. Were temperance-advocates just middle-class busybodies? Did bootleg liquor really taste like old boots? Listen to find out! 2021-04-061h 28One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryFamous Players - Winnipeg's Vaudeville History (Part 2)In part two of this episode, Sabrina continues to take Alex and Nick through the wonderful world of vaudeville in Winnipeg with the help of vaudeville performer Grant Simpson, focusing on performers young, old and famous! Learn all about how Charlie Chaplin was almost tricked into coming here, how Buster Keaton ran for his life from his own family, and so much more. 2021-03-2337 minOne Great HistoryOne Great HistoryFamous Players - Winnipeg's Vaudeville History (Part 1)Sabrina takes Alex and Nick through the wonderful world of vaudeville in Winnipeg with the help of vaudeville performer Grant Simpson. Vaudeville held a major place in Winnipeg's heart at the turn of the 20th century as one of North America's most popular forms of theatre, with a handful of theatres and hundreds of exciting acts - including Harry Houdini, Charlie Chaplin, and more! 2021-03-0959 minOne Great HistoryOne Great HistoryValentine's Day Special: Problems of The HeartIs it proper to walk arm-in-arm with your sweetheart? Should you sue a man for 'wasting your kisses'? You should probably tell you fiance about your secret child, right? Find out the answers to these not-so-pressing questions as Sabrina and Alex explore Problems of the Heart, a 1920s advice column published in the Winnipeg Tribune. 2021-02-091h 24One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryWinnipeg's Believe it Or NotIn our season one finale, Sabrina debunks and discusses some Winnipeg urban legends!  2021-01-121h 04One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryUnder the Boardwalk (at Winnipeg Beach)This week, Alex talks about how Winnipeg Beach became city-dwellers’ favourite summer spot – especially for dating – in the early 20th century. 2020-12-291h 00One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryChristmas in WinnipegSabrina and Alex were feeling so festive, they just couldn’t help themselves from recording this bonus Christmas episode! Alex goes through some charming and bizarre Christmas anecdotes through the years and traces the origins of the Eaton’s Fairytale Vignettes. Sabrina tells us a truly horrifying story about Santa’s reindeer, and then caps it off with the tale of Punkinhead, Rudolph’s less popular counterpart. 2020-12-1554 minOne Great HistoryOne Great HistoryEine Große GeschichteHow do you make a population care about something that is literally on the other side of the world? If you're Winnipeg, you stage a fake Nazi invasion. This week on One Great History: If Day. 2020-12-011h 01One Great HistoryOne Great HistoryThe Haunting of Hamilton HouseIs Winnipeg haunted? Alex and Sabrina take a spirited visit to Hamilton House to discuss staged seances, questionable photographs, and more! 2020-11-1749 minOne Great HistoryOne Great HistoryHockey Night in WinnipegSabrina and Alex go through Winnipeg's hockey history (it's more than just the Jets)! 2020-11-0358 minOne Great HistoryOne Great HistoryOne Great CityOccasionally employed historians Sabrina and Alex talk about Winnipeg's wonderful and weird history in broad strokes. A "thesis episode", if you will. 2020-10-1557 min