May 14, 2026
A Fugitive in the Frost
The unstoppable pursuit across the Arctic that gripped Canada in 1931-1932
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The Dominion Files
Narrative nonfiction and strange Canadian histories, reported and reconstructed as standalone longform documents.
May 2, 2026
The Wrong House on a Tuesday Afternoon
In 2018, two cleaners walked into an unlocked house in Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, and left it better than they found it. They just had the wrong address.
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The Blind Side of the Hooghly
How a Drunken Sea Captain, a Stolen Pair of Spectacles, and a Parliamentary Trick Decided the Capital of British Columbia
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The Government Report That Put Vampires in a Canadian Town
How an American folklorist, a federal museum, and a seventy-word question destroyed a community’s identity for half a century
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What the Water Won't Give Back
A century of ships, planes, and people that vanished in Canadian waters — from the Bannockburn in 1902 to the Chief William Saulis in 2020.
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Operation Ivy Bells
How American Divers Tapped Soviet Cables on the Ocean Floor, and the Bankrupt Spy Who Sold It All for the Price of a Used Car
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The Driest Man in British Columbia
How the Man Paid to Kill the Booze Ran the Biggest Booze Ring in the Province
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The Night Shift
The True Story of a Stolen Goat, an Automatic Door, and the Longest Sunday Morning in RCMP History
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The Coldest Show On Earth
How 288 Canadians Froze Their Hair Into Art
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The Last Laugh of Charlie Millar
How a Dead Man Proved That Every Soul in Toronto Had a Price Tag
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