My guest will be Darcie von Axelstierna, Manitoba Chair of the Monarchist League of Canada. We'll find out more about the woman who reigned during Manitoba's early development. (We might even chat about the upcoming Royal visit to Winnipeg.)

Hear the King George VI's Victoria Day speech that was broadcast to the British Empire from Government House on Kennedy Street in 1939.

I'll also look back at the life of city father A.G.B. Bannatyne, who died 125 years ago today, and Russell Saunders, a well-known local athlete who went on to become a Hollywood actor and stuntman.

- the first ship to pass through the one-of-a-kind St. Andrews Lock and Dam;

- the dismantling of Brandon's streetcar system, (the last known Brandon streetcar is awaiting restoration in Edmonton.);

- how Peter Mansbridge got his broadcasting start in Manitoba, (photo spoiler);

- Expo '67 opens in Montreal. here's a photo of the pavilion shared by the four Western provinces;

- Manitoba's name is explained on the floor of the House of Commons by Georges Etienne Cartier as he introduces the Manitoba Act, 1870. (More about Manitoba's name.)

- happy 50th birthday to Brandon's Ron Hextall, a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame !

The first World AIDS Day was held in 1988. For United Nation's 2012 statistics on the HIV / AIDS epidemic. For the latest statistics from Manitoba.

The U of M and some Manitoba-based physicians were on the front lines in Kenya in the early 1980s, Portage la Prairie's Dr. Alan Ronald and Winnipeg's Dr. Frank Plummer to name just two. The U of M still has research faculties in Nairobi - take a tour here !

We are joined in-studio by Susan Algie from the Winnipeg Architecture Foundation to talk about upcoming events and initiatives.

Segment Three: Crime and Politics

The infamous Bloody Jack Krawchenko pulls his last bank robbery in Plum Coulee, Manitoba on December 3, 1913. A botched diamond heist at Porte and Markle on Portage Avenue leads to the arrest of a gang of notorious North American jewel thieves.

Women feature big in Manitoba's political history next week as Audrey McLaughlan is elected the first woman to lead a Canadian federal political party at the NDP's convention in Winnipeg on December 2 1989. Turn the clock back to 1921 and Jessie Kirk is the first woman elected to Winnipeg's city council.

Segment Four: BIG Art and Showbiz

In BIG art anniversaries... First World War II Soldier is unveiled at Portage and Main. The second portrait of the Queen is unveiled in the old Winnipeg Arena on December 7, 1979. Artist Giorgio Barone dies. He was responsible for many of the town mascots around the province including the Boissevain Turtle, Transcona's Hi Neighbour Sam and Gimli's Viking.

Three notable actors were born next week in Manitoba history. Donald Woods, born Ralph Zink in Brandon in 1904. Donnelly Rhodes, of Soap and DaVinci's Inquest fame, in Winnipeg in 1937. "Winnipeg's Sweetheart" Deanna Durbin was born in Winnipeg on December 4 1922. She went on to become Hollywood's highest paid star in the late 1930s and early 1940s until she suddenly retired for a life of seclusion in France.