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Miner Maurice Ruddick recounts the 1958 Springhill mine disaster.

Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Prairie settlers build a house of sod.

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

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

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

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.

The first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons Agnes Macphail fights for penal reform.

French Canadian families adopt Irish orphans in the 1850s while allowing them to maintain part of their Irish heritage.

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

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

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