Heritage Minutes: Valour Road 1991
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.
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.
Paul-Émile Borduas, Québec's voice of the Quiet Revolution, reflects on the impact of his writing and art in his Paris studio.
Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.
Geologist and cartographer Joseph Tyrrell discovers a plethora of dinosaur bones in Alberta.
Mennonite communities in Southwestern Ontario serve as inspiration in the design of tools and practices of sustainable development for developing countries.
Lawyer, judge, and politician John Matheson looks at candidates for Canada's new flag.
An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.
Italian navigator and explorer John Cabot discovers the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and runs "aground" on a bounty of fish.
Queen Victoria decides to grant Canada responsible government after the crushing of the Rebellions of 1837.
A Montreal neurosurgeon makes ground-breaking advances in the treatment of seizure disorders.
The surprise victory of the Paris Crew, a group of unheralded Canadian rowers, at the 1867 World Championships.
Canadian aerospace engineers design and test the world's fastest, most advanced interceptor aircraft.
The town of Myrnam, Alberta forms a non-denominational hospital.
An engineer who planned three railways plays a pivotal role in the creation of Standard Time (1885).
Prairie settlers build a house of sod.
The first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons Agnes Macphail fights for penal reform.
The explorer's first meeting with Iroquoian peoples provides one story of how Canada got its name.
The formation of the Iroquois Confederacy presented by a First Nations grandfather explaining the significance of the Great Peace to his granddaughter.
An enterprising Canadian cinema operator invents the modern multi-screen movie theatre.
Train dispatcher Vince Coleman sacrifices his own life to save a train from the Halifax Explosion.