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

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

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."

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tom Patterson’s vision transforms a quiet railway town into a world-renowned cultural destination.

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

Montréal Royals players and fans welcome the first African American player, marking the beginning of the end of baseball's colour barrier.

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

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

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