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Episode 201: On October 14, 2007, after a gruelling 20-hour journey from Poland, Robert Dziekanski, arrived at the YVR airport’s international terminal in Richmond, B.C. Dziekanski, who spoke nor read any English, was unable to read the signs directing him to what he should do next or where he should go. The confused man spent ten hours in the airport wandering around the secure customs area. His mother was waiting for him with a friend only a few meters away in the public waiting area. Had the two been able to connect this story would have had a very different conclusion, but they did not. She left the airport, frustrated, hours before her son’s final moments.Sources:Commissioner’s Statement - Incident at Vancouver Airport - Canada.caReport Following a Public Interest Investigation into a Chair-Initiated Complaint Respecting the Death in RCMP Custody of Mr. Robert Dziekanski | Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMPBraidwood InquiryBraidwood Commission ReportVancouver Sun — YVR Robert Dziekanski 2007 Taser incident — YouTubeVancouver Airport Tragedy - Canada — YouTube (song)Rundel v. British Columbia – Braidwood Commission, 2009 BCSC 814 (CanLII), Taser International, Inc. v. British Columbia, 2010 BCSC 1120 (CanLII), R. v. Bentley, 2013 BCSC 1125 (CanLII), R. v. Bentley, 2013 BCSC 1364 (CanLII), R. v. Millington, 2014 BCSC 756 (CanLII), R. v. Millington, 2015 BCSC 143 (CanLII), R. v. Bentley, 2015 BCCA 251 (CanLII), R. v. Robinson, 2015 BCSC 433 (CanLII), R. v. Millington, 2015 BCSC 515 (CanLII), R. v. Rundel, 2015 BCSC 1090 (CanLII), R. v. Millington, 2015 BCSC 1380 (CanLII), R. v. Millington, 2015 BCSC 1426 (CanLII), R. v. Robinson, 2015 BCSC 1535 (CanLII), R. v. Millington, 2016 BCCA 293 (CanLII), R. v. Robinson, 2017 BCCA 6 (CanLII), Criminal Law: Perjury | CanLII ConnectsFinal report from Braidwood Commission finds Taser use unjustifiedOsoyoos First Nation Mountie still trying to clear his name 12 years after the Robert Dziekanski died - APTN NewsMother of Robert Dziekanski dies during visit to Poland | Watch News Videos OnlineBlamed and Broken: The Mounties and the Death of Robert Dziekanski eBook : Petrovich, Curt: Amazon.ca: Kindle StoreCBA British Columbia - In Memoriam: Thomas BraidwoodCoroner’s ReportSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 132: In this episode we take a look at a topic not spoken of often, slavery in colonial Canada and its aftermath. As well, we learn a little about the Black Loyalists in Nova Scotia and the shameful destruction of the community of Africville near Halifax, beginning in 1966. Sources and further information: [Africville Museum] [Africville] [The story of Africville | CMHR] [Remember Africville by  - NFB] [Transmopolis  » Wild Reports   » Eddie Carvery and Africville] [2020 Honouree: the community of Africville | NS Heritage Day] [Nova Scotia Archives - Gone but Never Forgotten] [Black History in Canada | The Canadian Encyclopedia] [Black History in Canada Education Guide | Canadian Encyclopedia] [CDC: Black Loyalists] [Code Noir - Wikipedia] [Africville: A Community Destroyed | CBC Radio] [Stolen From Africville - Broken Homes, Broken Hearts - Documentary] [Remembering Black Loyalists - Who were Black Loyalists?] [The story of slavery in Canadian history | CMHR] [The Atlantic slave trade: What too few textbooks told you - | TED-Ed] [Slave Voyages] [The transatlantic slave trade: introduction] [Heritage Minutes: Underground Railroad — YouTube] [Africville — Children’s Book Reading — YouTube] [Africville | GlobalNews.ca] [Africville sources | Source Guide | Halifax] [HRM: Africville - Apology] [Fundraiser: Eddie Carvery - 50 Years of Africville Activism] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine