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

An enterprising Canadian cinema operator invents the modern multi-screen movie theatre.

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...

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Engineer Thomas Wardrope Eadie develops the Trans Canada Microwave telecommunications network.

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

Montréal's Expo rises from the depths of the St. Lawrence River to give Canada a dazzling 100th birthday party.

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

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

Montréal Royals players and fans welcome the first African American player, marking the beginning of the end of baseball's colour barrier.

An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.

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

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