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Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.

Canadian heroine Laura Secord aids the British in the War of 1812 with an overland trek to warn of an American military advance.

Engineer Thomas Wardrope Eadie develops the Trans Canada Microwave telecommunications network.

Jacques Plante becomes the first NHL player to wear a goaltender mask in regular play.

Lawyer, judge, and politician John Matheson looks at candidates for Canada's new flag.

Train dispatcher Vince Coleman sacrifices his own life to save a train from the Halifax Explosion.

Three men from Pine Street in Winnipeg win the Victoria Cross in World War I, and the street's name is changed to Valour Road in their honour.

Philosopher of communication theory Marshall McLuhan coins the phrases "the medium is the message" and "global village."

Italian navigator and explorer John Cabot discovers the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and runs "aground" on a bounty of fish.

Women's rights activist, jurist, and author Emily Murphy's quest for equal rights for women.

The surprise victory of the Paris Crew, a group of unheralded Canadian rowers, at the 1867 World Championships.

Queen Victoria decides to grant Canada responsible government after the crushing of the Rebellions of 1837.

French coureur des bois and explorer Jean Nicolet becomes the first European to reach Lake Michigan, but thinks it's the Pacific.

Mennonite communities in Southwestern Ontario serve as inspiration in the design of tools and practices of sustainable development for developing...

Lawyer and politician Robert Baldwin and Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine build inter-lingual cooperation.

Legal scholar, jurist, and human rights advocate John Humphrey drafts the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

After moving his family from one end of Montréal to the other, the hockey legend scores 5 goals toward a 9–1 victory against the Detroit...

A one-minute vignette on renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Wilder Penfield's pioneering procedure to cure epilepsy.

A First Nations family teaches early settlers how to make maple syrup.

Author, artist and physician during World War I John McCrae pens In Flanders Fields.