This week, Kate talks about a new display being created for the Haliburton Highlands Museum. It's all about winter sports, particularly curling that started in the early 1940's. Plus, Paul has the story of Frank Pickersgill and Ken Macalister - 2 young regular Canadians who found themselves teamed up and trained as SOE (Britain's Special Operations Executive) agents. The pair were parachuted into France to work with the Resistance, but were betrayed with tragic results.

Unlikely Soldiers: How Two Canadians Fought the Secret War Against Nazi Occupation, by Johnathan Vance (HarperCollins, 2008)

Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. You can contact us at timewarp@canoefm.com

This week, Kate brings some reminisces from a child's view of a Minden landmark - the Dominion Hotel in Minden. This time it's comes from Mildred Mortimer memories from around 1915 when her parents owned the hotel. It shows some insights into life at the turn of the 20th century. Her memories are recorded in Susan Wilson's book 'Explore Haliburton'. Plus, Paul has a very brief history of the origins of the Boer War and Canada's involvement. It took place only 32 years of Canada's birth as a country and roughly a decade before WW1. Canada punched above their weight in the Boer War with mounted soldiers, artillery and 12 nurses and earning numerous medals including 5 Victoria Crosses and raising the young country in the world's view.

Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. You can contact us at timewarp@canoefm.com

This week, Kate talks about winter activities for kids 120 years ago in the Haliburton Highlands - especialy that iconic winter activity of ice skating. Plus, Paul has the story of Sable Island - a lonely, desolate sandbar of an island in the Atlantic Ocean over 300 km from land. It has a fascinating history going back to the 1500's including a failed colony of convict settlers, an estimated 350 shipwrecks, and the famous Sable Island wild horses. Today it's a tourist destination and nature reserve.

Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. You can contact us at timewarp@canoefm.com

This week, Kate has the story of some of the ways that the Canadian Land and Immigration Company tried to entice early pioneering settlers to Haliburton County in the late 1860's and early 1870's. Plus Paul has the tale of how escaped slaves in Jamaica fled to the interior and mountains, set up farms and communities, and collectively came to be called Maroons (from a Spanish word that roughly translates to castaways or runaways). After a century of being a thorn in the side of the British colonial government, it was decided to deport one of the Maroon factions to Halifax in the British colony of Nova Scotia. In 2022 the event and it's aftermath was designated a Canadian national historic event.

Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. You can contact us at timewarp@canoefm.com

This week, Kate muses about some miscellaneous matters that impacted on Christmas traditions in early Haliburton. Plus, we lost Donald Sutherland in 2024 - an actor who's been called the best in his craft never to have won an Oscar. So, Paul brings a brief story of Donald's background and carrer, including the time that he and his wife's residence in LA was raided because of suspected activist activity with the Black Panthers - including allegations of buying hand grenades for the group.

Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. You can contact us at timewarp@canoefm.com

Based on: Toronto History Weekly blog by Adam Brunch (June 27, 2024)

This week, tells the story of making the most of winter in the Highlands and how in the 1960's and 70's there was a huge winter festival, including the festival's mascot - ToquePic. Plus, Canadians tend to downplay our history and it often seems to pale when compared to our colleagues from south of the border in the US. It may surprise our listeners to hear that Canada had its share of great train robberies in the late 1800's and early 1900's featuring dramatic heists, man-hunts, and shootouts.

Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. You can contact us at timewarp@canoefm.com

This week, Kate has the story of the Golden Slipper Dance Hall just outside Haliburton Village from the mid-1930's to the late 1970's. It was a happening place with live music and open late 7-days a week. Plus, Paul has a brief history of bodysnatching in Canada in the 1800's. There was a catch-22 at the time. Medical students were required to do dissections of cadavers in order to learn to be surgeons, but the law meant they could be punished for dissections except for bodies of executed criminals - and they were in short supply. Enter the 'resurrection men' aka bodysnatchers who found ways to fill the need and outrage the public.

Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. You can contact us at timewarp@canoefm.com

This week, as Kate explains, a momentous event happened on November 26, 1878 - the building of the railway finally reached its destination - Haliburton village. But it seemed to take forever to actually get there and anticipation had been building for a couple of years. So here's some of the behind-the-scenes happening. Plus, Paul has the story of the day in Sptember in 1925 when a huge crowd attended a seance at a hall in downtown Toronto where officers from the Morality Squad arrested a ghostly apparition.

Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. You can contact us at timewarp@canoefm.com

Bad Religion and Bad Business: The History of the Canadian Withcraft Provision; Riley Klassen-Molyneaux; May 2024 Canadian Journal of law and society

Article by Adam Brunch; The Toronto History Weekly