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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.

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

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.

A young Chinese Canadian risks his life helping to build the Canadian Pacific Railway.

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.

Toronto cartoonist Joe Shuster describes the comic book hero he created.