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Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.

An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.

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

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

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

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

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

Prairie settlers build a house of sod.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

French Canadian families adopt Irish orphans in the 1850s while allowing them to maintain part of their Irish heritage.

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

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

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

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