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Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.

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

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

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

French coureur des bois and explorer Jean Nicolet becomes the first European to reach Lake Michigan, but thinks it's the Pacific.

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

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

L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland is settled by Norsemen (Vikings) around the year 1000 CE.

One family's quick thinking helps them to survive the 1870 fire in Saguenay, Quebec.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Prairie settlers build a house of sod.

After moving his family from one end of Montréal to the other, the hockey legend scores 5 goals toward a 9–1 victory against the Detroit...

Sports coach James Naismith's invention of Basketball is tested by a group of young students in Springfield Illinois.

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

Author, artist and physician during World War I John McCrae pens In Flanders Fields.