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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.

The story of how Mary Travers becomes a famed popular singer in Quebec.

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.

Inventor Joseph-Armand Bombardier and the beginnings of his passion for engineering.

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

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

Prairie settlers build a house of sod.

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

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.

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.