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Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.

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.

The first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons Agnes Macphail fights for penal reform.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What thoughts ran through Louis Riel's mind as he stood on the scaffold, waiting for the trap door to open to his death?

An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.

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

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