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Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.

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

An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Prairie settlers build a house of sod.

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