Eliza Showell's family in the UK never knew what happened to her, after she was sent at the age of 12 to Cape Breton to work. That is, until a woman from Inverness came forward. Part detective story, part personal tale of the British Home Children scheme, that saw tens of thousands of children sent to Canada to work on farms and homes. This story first aired in 2025, and won a 2026 silver Atlantic Journalism Award.
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