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Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.

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.

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

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.

One of Canada's most remarkable families works tirelessly to aid displaced persons and refugees during the Second World War.

Canadian aerospace scientists design and test the world's fastest and most advanced interceptor aircraft.

An engineer who planned three railways plays a pivotal role in the creation of Standard Time (1885).

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

Major General and police official Sam Steele of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police bars an unruly American from entering the Yukon with pistols,...

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

An enterprising Canadian cinema operator invents the modern multi-screen movie theatre.

New France, under the leadership of French governor Louis de Buade de Frontenac, repels the British invasion at the Battle of Quebec

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

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

Feminist, politician, and social activist Nellie McClung demands the right to vote in Manitoba.

An RCMP officer watches an Inuit family build the Northern landmark, a sign of human activity on the vast arctic landscape.

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

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

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