From Unionest to Now: Lessons in Prairie Separatist Movements

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Separatist talk continues in Alberta, with some groups looking to our neighbours down south for support. But a Saskatchewan historian says this isn’t the first time the Prairies have dealt with something like this. Bill Waiser, historian, volunteer for Foundations Learning (formerly Read Saskatoon) and author of Saskatchewan: A New History and A World We Have Lost: Saskatchewan Before 1905, joins the show to share what Alberta could learn from a piece of Saskatchewan history.
17 Mar 11AM English Canada News Commentary

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