Heritage Minutes: Paris Crew

Heritage Minutes: Paris Crew 1995

1

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

1995

Heritage Minutes: Valour Road

Heritage Minutes: Valour Road 1991

1

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.

1991

Heritage Minutes: Sam Steele

Heritage Minutes: Sam Steele 1993

1

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.

1993

Heritage Minutes: Stratford

Heritage Minutes: Stratford 1997

1

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

1997

Heritage Minutes: Flags

Heritage Minutes: Flags 1995

1

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

1995

Heritage Minutes: Winnie

Heritage Minutes: Winnie 1997

1

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

1997

Heritage Minutes: Nitro

Heritage Minutes: Nitro 1993

1

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

1993

Heritage Minutes: John Cabot

Heritage Minutes: John Cabot 1991

1

Italian navigator and explorer John Cabot discovers the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and runs "aground" on a bounty of fish.

1991

Heritage Minutes: Hart & Papineau

Heritage Minutes: Hart & Papineau 1995

1

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

1995

Heritage Minutes: Laura Secord

Heritage Minutes: Laura Secord 1993

1

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

1993

Heritage Minutes: Water Pump

Heritage Minutes: Water Pump 1995

1

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

1995