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To celebrate the festive season, Grace and Linnea present to you: the 12 Days of Minute Women Non-Denominational Christmas! Everyday from December 14th to December 25th, the Minute Women will be releasing a new minisode every single day. We're reviewing the old, new, and downright weird holiday traditions you can find across Canada! Is Santa Claus Canadian? What is Sinck Tuck? Was Martin Luther a stoner? These and other very important questions might be answered!Happy Holidays!Make sure you rate and review the podcast and visit our website: minutewomenpodcast.ca

Timbiebs: are they worth the hype? Should you rush out and spend your hard earned cash on the latest timbiebs merch? Don't waste your precious pennies Minute Women listeners because Grace and Linnea have got you covered. We reviewed all three new timbit flavours and let you know our honest, critical, timbitty opinions. Also, we have a very festive announcement! Starting December 14th and running until Christmas day (December 25th) we will be releasing a new holiday-themed minisode EVERY SINGLE DAY! That's right: it's the 12 Days of Minute Women Christmas. It's our gift to all of you!Minute Women Podcast

"O Canada" was far from destined to become our national anthem. This underdog composition, however, swept the country and stole our hearts. This week, we cover what drove Calixa Lavalle and Adolphe-Basile Routhier to write "O Canada" in 1880 and how it was adopted by the Canadian government as the official national anthem 100 years later. That's right. 100 years later. And if you've always felt kinda mild about "O Canada" like Linnea... let's just say it could have been a whole lot worse. Les Voltigeurs de QuebecMinute Women PodcastEditor's Note: Hi, it's Grace (I'm wearing my editor hat right now). We recorded this in Linnea's apartment instead of at the studio and my mic decided to record my voice too slowly (how rude). So after some rage and anguish, I managed to sync the audio to the point where it is listenable. However, it is not our typical super-high-quality sonic experience. Apologies for that but please enjoy! We love this episode!

In 1920, the Winnipeg Falcons hockey team represented Canada at the Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium. The rest of the world was not prepared for the Falcon's display of dominance as they breezed to first gold medal ever awarded in hockey. 80 years later, this story of not only hockey, but immigration, bravery, and sacrifice was all but forgotten to Canadians until it resurfaced due to the love of some devoted fans in 2002. This week, we are looking at the incredible story of the Winnipeg Falcons and what makes their team one of the greatest Canadian sports stories of all time. Winnipeg Falcons Heritage Minuteminutewomenpodcast.ca

BREAKING NEWS! Justin Bieber is teaming up with Tim Horton's to release three new Timbit flavours, or should we say Timbiebs flavours. Well, the Minute Women have to discuss and go over the hilarious press release that came with the announcement. This week, we also discuss the new (sorta?) Taylor Swift album, our celebrity drinking buddy of choice, and the invention of Para Hockey! Please rate and review the show! It is the best way to support Minute Women.minutewomenpodcast.ca

"In those few moments, I witnessed the birth of a nation." The Canadian victory at Vimy during the First World War was a defining moment for Canada, when the country emerged from under the shadow of Britain and felt capable of greatness. Canadian troops also earned a reputation as formidable, effective troops because of the stunning success. But it was a victory at a terrible cost, with more than 10,000 killed and wounded.This week, the Minute Women discuss the Battle of Vimy Ridge.Vimy Ridge Heritage Minuteminutewomenpodcast.ca

Where did the Last Post come from? And why do we wear plastic poppies to commemorate our fallen soldiers? Well, we have the answers folks! This week, Linnea uncovers the history of the Last Post. Then, Grace goes into the life and work of Madame E. Guérin, the French woman responsible for popularizing poppy-wearing campaigns around the world!For all your Minute Women needs, visit minutewomenpodcast.ca

Grace and Linnea are covering the Heritage Minute classic (and one of Grace's favourites): Expo 67! The 1967 International and Universal Exposition or Expo 67, as it was commonly known, was a general exhibition, Category One World's Fair held in Montreal, Canada, from April 27 to October 29, 1967. It is considered to be the most successful World's Fair of the 20th century with the most attendees to that date and 62 nations participating. Island building, nationalist movements, and Newfoundland buying Czechoslovakian pavilions? Yep, we cover it all.minutewomenpodcast.ca

Whatever happened to those orange boxes? The Minute Women have been busy over the last few weeks! We received an awesome email from a listener who helps fill in some details about the Dr. Lucille Teasdale Corti story. We also share some clips from our recent features on the North of Normal Podcast and the InTALKSicated Podcast. And (eventually) we get around to talking about Halloween in Canada, the iconic Unicef collection boxes, and the mystery of whatever happened to them!minutewomenpodcast.ca

New favourite badass alert! This week we dive into the life of totally under-rated badass Dr. Lucille Teasdale Corti. A Canadian physician who dedicated her life to running a Uganda hospital from 1961 to 1996. Her work was constantly threatened by political upheaval and war, not to mention she worked throughout the height of the AIDS epidemic. Long story short, she was amazing and we love her. Listen to learn about Lucille's incredible life.minutewomenpodcast.ca