Level 30 History
Videos are listed chronologically by date added, beginning with the most recent
100th Anniversary of the Saskatchewan Legislative Building
This video outlines Saskatchewan's political history and how the legislature came to be built in Regina. Historical photographs, documents and interviews with politicians and historians enrich this documentary and shed light on what the legislative building represents in Saskatchewan's history an...
Titanic. The Canadian Story
Series: News in Review: May 2012
It's been 100 years since the giant passenger liner Titanic hit an iceberg and sank in the North Atlantic off the coast of Newfoundland. This video looks at the impact of the disaster, particularly people in Halifax, where many of the dead are buried.
Canada and the Jobless Crisis
Series: News in Review: February 2012
Canada's unemployment rate rises to 7.5 per cent, its highest level since April 2011. Canada's economy appears to be stalling, and the situation is particularly bleak in the country's two largest provinces, Quebec and Ontario. This video examines the situation and look at how two Ontario cities a...
The Struggle to Save Canada's Farmland
Series: News in Review: December 2011
Every year Canada loses thousands of acres of farmland by farmers giving up farming or selling their land to developers. A group of Ontario farmers thought they were selling their land to a large company so it could grow potatoes, only to discover it was to be turned into a quarry.
The Rise of the Occupy Movement
Series: News in Review: December 2011
A group called Occupy Wall Street begins a series of demonstrations in New York City. The movement starts as a public protest against social and economic inequality and what the protestors call corporate greed. The movement spreads to several Canadian cities.
Parliament and the Election Question
Series: News in Review: March 2011
When Parliament returned after a winter break, the big question is "would there be a spring election?" The government and the opposition parties claim they did not want one. This video looks at some of the issues that could determine whether that election is called.
The Great Soul Rush. Episode 44
Series: Looking Back
Anglican and Catholic missionaries rush to convert Aboriginal peoples in northern Saskatchewan to their particular brand of Christianity.
Sitting Bull's Mountie. Episode 43
Series: Looking Back
The famed Sioux Chief seeks refuge in Canada and is befriended by the Mountie assigned to watch over him.
The Regina Riot. Episode 42
Series: Looking Back
This is an eyewitness account of the 1935 On-to-Ottawa trek and the Riot that ended it.
The Debden Miracle. Episode 41
Series: Looking Back
Every single soldier from Debden who left to fights in World War II returns safely after the parish priest makes a deal with God.
The French Counts of Whitewood. Episode 40
Series: Looking Back
French aristocrats flock to Whitewood and try to recreate their extravagant lifestyles, but their farms and businesses fail miserably.
The Welwyn Massacre. Episode 39
Series: Looking Back
One of the "home children" who comes over from England commits a brutal crime of passion in a small Saskatchewan hamlet in 1910. (Content caution)
The Accidental MLA. Episode 38
Series: Looking Back
Saskatchewan's first female MLA is elected to replace her late husband in the legislature and ends up doing nothing to promote the women's movement.
The White Man Governs. Episode 37
Series: Looking Back
The Federal Government executes eight Indians in Canada's largest mass hanging in order to teach Indian people a lesson.
The Missing Recipe. Episode 36
Series: Looking Back
People in Saskatchewan do not know what to do with the salt cod that the Maritimes sent as relief supplies during the Depression.