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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.

Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.

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

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

Paul-Émile Borduas, Québec's voice of the Quiet Revolution, reflects on the impact of his writing and art in his Paris studio.

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

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

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

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.

Major General and police official Sam Steele of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police bars an unruly American from entering the Yukon with pistols, despite being threatened at gunpoint.

Prairie settlers build a house of sod.

Women's rights activist, jurist, and author Emily Murphy's quest for equal rights for women.

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.

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

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

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

Feminist, politician, and social activist Nellie McClung demands the right to vote in Manitoba.

Teacher Kate Henderson sways school trustees to embrace new methods, and the event is represented in the famous painting by Robert Harris: A Meeting of the School Trustees.