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The Canadian Pacific Steamship Company

Greg Scott7 months ago7 months ago013 mins

Forging Canada’s Pacific Gateway “The sea, more than the land, was the crucible in which Canada’s western destiny was forged. The Canadian Pacific Steamship Company was more than a fleet of ships—it was a bridge between continents, a projection of Canadian ambition into the vastness of the Pacific.” — Barry Gough, Fortune’s a River (2007)…

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1972 – The Watershed Election

Greg Scott1 year ago7 months ago012 mins

By Greg Scott W.A.C. Bennett’s reign over British Columbia, which had commenced in 1952, was not merely a political tenure; it was an era, one characterized by grand ambition and relentless drive toward modernization. His Social Credit Party, initially an outlier in Canadian politics, emerged from the fringes under Bennett’s guidance to become a formidable…

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The Railway Building Boom in BC

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