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An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.

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

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

Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.

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

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

A one-minute vignette on renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Wilder Penfield's pioneering procedure to cure epilepsy.

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

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

Queen Victoria decides to grant Canada responsible government after the crushing of the Rebellions of 1837.

Prairie settlers build a house of sod.

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

Canadian heroine Laura Secord aids the British in the War of 1812 with an overland trek to warn of an American military advance.

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

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.

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

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

Train dispatcher Vince Coleman sacrifices his own life to save a train from the Halifax Explosion.

A volunteer teacher brings basic literacy and mathematical skills to a lumber and work camp in the Canadian bush.

The ferry command pilot delivers fighter planes to Britain during the Second World War, and plans her post-war career as Canada's first female flight school operator.