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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.

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

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

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

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.

Paul-Émile Borduas, Québec's voice of the Quiet Revolution, reflects on the impact of his writing and art in his Paris studio.

Prairie settlers build a house of sod.

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

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.

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

Women's rights activist, jurist, and author Emily Murphy's quest for equal rights for women.

Lawyer and politician Robert Baldwin and Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine build inter-lingual cooperation.

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

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

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

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

A Montreal neurosurgeon makes ground-breaking advances in the treatment of seizure disorders.

Canadian peacekeepers are stationed in Cyprus to help diffuse tension between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.