Show Notes | Saint John Nothing H

Except for the Fenian Threat of 1865/1866

In this episode, we discuss the Fenian movement of the 1860s and its effects on Saint John during security scares in late 1865 and the...

Mar 173 min read

This episode, released close to International Women’s Day (March 8), recalls an important political reform cause in Saint John’s past...

Mar 33 min read

Two weeks before Great Britain declared war on Germany in 1914, the Saint John central business district was the site of another type of...

Feb 173 min read

Part 1: In 1968, Saint John made aviation history as the starting point for Canada’s first skyjacking: an Air Canada Vickers Viscount...

Jan 205 min read

In Saint John, as in other cities, residents’ sense of geography is based on streets and neighbourhoods, but few stop to ponder why...

Jan 63 min read

In this last episode of 2024, we explore how Christmas was celebrated in Saint John in during the Victorian era (1837-1901). In this...

Dec 22, 20243 min read

Little remains to show that the controversial American military leader, Benedict Arnold (1741-1801), lived in Saint John for several...

Nov 25, 20244 min read

In this episode, Mark and Greg have a conversation with Saint John author, Heather McBriarty, on the subject of underaged soldiers in the...

Nov 10, 20242 min read

Listeners have already learned that Saint John, a city founded by American Loyalists in the 1780s, was transformed by British immigration...

Oct 28, 20243 min read

The York Point Riot of 1849 This episode examines one of the darker chapters in the history of New Brunswick and what would become...

Oct 14, 20243 min read

In the summer of 1854, Saint John and the neighbouring town of Portland were hit by cholera, which ended up killing between 1100 and 1500...

Sep 30, 20242 min read

Initially settled as Parrtown in 1783 by several thousand Loyalists who emigrated from British-controlled New York City, Saint John was...

Sep 15, 20243 min read