Reimagining Franklin's quest for the Northwest Passage

Data centers are a problem for Alberta Premier Daniel Smith. I'm Kathleen Petty, host of West of Center, and on this week's show, new polling shows deep disapproval for the government's plan to attract AI investment. As an Albertan, I don't have a lot of faith in the government, and so whatever they tell us about this plant, I'm skeptical. Could a big data push shake up support in conservative strongholds? Join us for a deep dive into the politics of data centers.

Find and follow West of Center wherever you get your podcasts. This is a CBC podcast. One of the most interesting things about HS Erebus Welcome to Ideas. I'm Nala Ayed. Is that along with HMS Terror, it was one of the first two ships to be modified to have a screw propeller for polar navigation?

Ryan Harris is a senior underwater Archaeologist with Parks Canada. Here he's scuba diving in the Arctic Ocean at the wreck site of the ship Erebus. So what we see in here is the mechanism by which the propeller can be raised and lowered in and out of position. The Erebus was lost in the 1840s during the Franklin expedition, which had set out to find the Northwest Passage.

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