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Two decades after Ezekiel Hart is denied his seat in the assembly, Louis-Joseph Papineau's government enacts religious tolerance laws in Lower Canada.

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

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.

Inventor Guglielmo Marconi receives the first trans-Atlantic radio signals in Newfoundland and is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.

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

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

Journalist and government official Étienne Parent demands equality for French and English.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Prairie settlers build a house of sod.

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

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

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

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

Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.

An engineer who planned three railways plays a pivotal role in the creation of Standard Time (1885).