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

Prairie settlers build a house of sod.

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.

The ferry command pilot delivers fighter planes to Britain during the Second World War, and plans her post-war career as Canada's first female flight...

The town of Myrnam, Alberta forms a non-denominational hospital.

Inventor Joseph-Armand Bombardier and the beginnings of his passion for engineering.

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

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

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

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

The explorer's first meeting with Iroquoian peoples provides one story of how Canada got its name.

The formation of the Iroquois Confederacy presented by a First Nations grandfather explaining the significance of the Great Peace to his...

A Canadian soldier's bear becomes the object of adoration and inspiration for a young boy and his father, A.A. Milne.

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

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

Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.

Paul-Émile Borduas, Québec's voice of the Quiet Revolution, reflects on the impact of his writing and art in his Paris studio.

Two decades after Ezekiel Hart is denied his seat in the assembly, Louis-Joseph Papineau's government enacts religious tolerance laws in Lower Canada.

Teacher Kate Henderson sways school trustees to embrace new methods, and the event is represented in the famous painting by Robert Harris: A Meeting...

Montréal Royals players and fans welcome the first African American player, marking the beginning of the end of baseball's colour barrier.