Heritage Minutes — Season 3

Apr 19931m

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

Apr 19931m

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

Apr 19931m

Inventor Guglielmo Marconi receives the first trans-Atlantic radio signals in Newfoundland and is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.

Apr 19931m

The band of this famous French Canadian regiment rehearses for the first performance of O Canada in 1880 at Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day celebrations.

Apr 19931m

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

Apr 19931m

Journalist and government official Étienne Parent demands equality for French and English.

Apr 19931m

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

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Engineer and inventor Sir Sandford Fleming develops the system of international standard time.

Apr 19931m

Considered one of the "cathedrals" of ice hockey, the construction and history of the Maple Leaf Gardens is featured.

Apr 19931m

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

Apr 19931m

Inventor Joseph-Armand Bombardier and the beginnings of his passion for engineering.

Apr 19931m

Miner Maurice Ruddick recounts the 1958 Springhill mine disaster.

Apr 19931m

An Inukshuk a stone landmark or cairn is built on Baffin Island.

Apr 19931m

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

Apr 19931m

Major General and police official Sam Steele (portrayed by Alan Scarfe) of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police bars an unruly American (portrayed by Don S. Davis) from entering the Yukon with pistols, despite being threatened at gunpoint.