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Reign Maker

January 30, 2012October 6, 2018 - by Smithsonian Channel

David Johnston, Canada’s twenty-eighth Governor General, possesses impeccable credentials and old-fashioned charm. Plus he is the government’s secret weapon in restoring the power of the monarchy

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Kidnapped

December 30, 2011October 16, 2019 - by Smithsonian Channel

In December 2008, al Qaeda captured two Canadian diplomats and their driver in Niger. Robert Fowler recalls 130 days trapped in the Sahara

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The Meaning of Hockey

November 30, 2011October 16, 2019 - by Smithsonian Channel

Our game is like no other. Nor is its history

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Life after Death

September 30, 2011October 16, 2019 - by Smithsonian Channel

Thirty years after HIV/AIDS was first identified—after it decimated gay communities across the country—a new generation comes of age in its long shadow

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Portraits of the War

July 30, 2011October 16, 2019 - by Smithsonian Channel

Remembering the Canadians lost in the Afghanistan war

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Arrival of the Fittest

June 30, 2011October 16, 2019 - by Smithsonian Channel

Canada’s crime rate is dropping as immigration increases. Is there a connection?

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April 30, 2011October 16, 2019 - by Smithsonian Channel

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