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

What thoughts ran through Louis Riel's mind as he stood on the scaffold, waiting for the trap door to open to his death?

After moving his family from one end of Montréal to the other, the hockey legend scores 5 goals toward a 9–1 victory against the Detroit...

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

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

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

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

French coureur des bois and explorer Jean Nicolet becomes the first European to reach Lake Michigan, but thinks it's the Pacific.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Joseph Casavant, world renowned organ maker, builds his first organ.

Prairie settlers build a house of sod.

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