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Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.

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

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.

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.

Geologist and cartographer Joseph Tyrrell discovers a plethora of dinosaur bones in Alberta.

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).

Mennonite communities in Southwestern Ontario serve as inspiration in the design of tools and practices of sustainable development for developing countries.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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