January in the 1970's Highlands plus the Fruit Machine
A glimpse of January in the Highlands from the 1972 Echo newspaper. Plus, Canada's cold war gay purge and the Fruit Machine.
A glimpse of January in the Highlands from the 1972 Echo newspaper. Plus, Canada's cold war gay purge and the Fruit Machine.
This week, Kate has gone down another rabbit hole in an issue of the Haliburton Echo newspaper and tells us about some of the things that happened from a January 1972 issue. Plus, Paul talks about the cold war, Russian espionage in Canada, and the the resulting discriminatory attempt to purge gays and lesbians from the federal civil service, the RCMP and the armed forces.
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
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