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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.

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

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

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

Prairie settlers build a house of sod.

The first woman licensed to practice medicine in Canada faces prejudice in the classroom.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Geologist and cartographer Joseph Tyrrell discovers a plethora of dinosaur bones in Alberta.

Tom Patterson’s vision transforms a quiet railway town into a world-renowned cultural destination.

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

A volunteer teacher brings basic literacy and mathematical skills to a lumber and work camp in the Canadian bush.

Journalist and government official Étienne Parent demands equality for French and English.