Episodes

  • Episode 1 - Money Place

    Episode 1 - Money Place
    Sep 21 2022
    How did Canada’s deadliest labour dispute begin? By the 1990s the once-booming ‘Giant’ Gold Mine in Yellowknife is nearing the end of its lifespan. It’s bought by an ambitious American woman named Peggy Witte who is determined to make a profit with what remains — but the union’s convinced she’s out to bust them.
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    37 mins
  • Episode 2 - The Lockout

    Episode 2 - The Lockout
    Sep 20 2022
    The hostility between the union and the company boils over when union members vote to go on strike, but are locked out by the company first. Peggy Witte brings in replacement workers, infuriating strikers who resort to escalating levels of violence, that spills into the city.
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    41 mins
  • Episode 3 - The Explosion

    Episode 3 - The Explosion
    Sep 19 2022
    On September 18th, 1992, nine men showed up for work at Giant Mine, but never made it out. Grief and anger spread throughout the city as investigators try to piece together how a fatal explosion happened underground.
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    31 mins
  • Episode 4 - The Investigation

    Episode 4 - The Investigation
    Sep 18 2022
    Police begin what still stands as one of the most labour intensive murder investigations in RCMP history. Investigators hone in on two suspects. Union members believe the police are on the side of the company and unfairly targeting them.
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    48 mins
  • Episode 5 - The Interrogation

    Episode 5 - The Interrogation
    Sep 17 2022
    The RCMP make a huge breakthrough when outside polygraph expert Greg McMartin suspects an overlooked miner set the blast. McMartin flies to Yellowknife to interview the man face-to-face, convinced he’ll be sharing the room with a murderer.
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    36 mins
  • Episode 6 - Judgement

    Episode 6 - Judgement
    Sep 16 2022
    With a murder suspect in jail, and two of the unions top agitators also behind bars, the table is set for the Canada Labour Relations Board to bring an end to this increasingly hostile labour dispute. Community members long for a return to normal, but hanging over everyone’s head is a murder trial.
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    39 mins
  • Episode 7 - The Fallout

    Episode 7 - The Fallout
    Sep 15 2022
    Thirty years have passed since the labour dispute and explosion at Giant Mine but the feelings from that time are not far from the surface, and some still question whether enough has been learned to prevent it from happening again.
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    28 mins
  • Introducing Giant

    Introducing Giant
    Sep 12 2022
    Enter one of the most bitter labour disputes in Canadian history. On September 18, 1992, nine workers crossed the picket line at the ‘Giant’ Gold Mine in Yellowknife. Minutes later all were killed in a horrific explosion. This 7 episode series explores the lingering impact on a divided city and asks: how does a labour dispute spiral in to murder?
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    2 mins