Heritage Minutes — Season 1

Mar 19911m

An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.

Mar 19911m

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.

Mar 19911m

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

Mar 19911m

Jennie Trout becomes Canada's first woman doctor.

Mar 19911m

Comic book artist Joe Shuster, en route to visit his cousin, Frank Shuster, creates Superman.

Mar 19911m

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

Mar 19911m

Queen Victoria decides to grant Canada responsible government after the crushing of the Rebellions of 1837.

Mar 19911m

Prairie settlers build a house of sod.

Mar 19911m

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

Mar 19911m

French Canadian families adopt Irish orphans in the 1850s while allowing them to maintain part of their Irish heritage.

Mar 19911m

French navigator and explorer Jacques Cartier misunderstands some Natives resulting in the name Canada.

Mar 19911m

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

Mar 19911m

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