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Heritage Minutes
Heritage Minutes, also known officially as Historica Minutes: History by the Minute, are a series of sixty-second short fi....
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Heritage Minutes: Paris Crew
The surprise victory of the Paris Crew, a group of unheralded Canadian rowers, at the 1867 World Championships.....
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Heritage Minutes: Kenojuak Ashevak
A founding member of Cape Dorset’s famed printmaking co-op, Kenojuak Ashevak introduced Inuit art to the world.....
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Heritage Minutes: Marshall McLuhan
Philosopher of communication theory Marshall McLuhan coins the phrases "the medium is the message" and "global village."....
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Heritage Minutes: Naskumituwin (Treaty)
The making of Treaty 9 from the perspective of historical witness George Spence, an 18-year-old Cree hunter from Albany, J....
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Heritage Minutes: Nitro
A young Chinese Canadian risks his life helping to build the Canadian Pacific Railway.....
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Heritage Minutes: Acadian Deportation
The Acadians are descendants of early French settlers who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1604 and built a distinct culture and ....
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Heritage Minutes: Jacques Plante
Jacques Plante becomes the first NHL player to wear a goaltender mask in regular play.....
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Heritage Minutes: Paul-Émile Borduas
Paul-Émile Borduas, Québec's voice of the Quiet Revolution, reflects on the impact of his writing and art in his Paris s....
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Heritage Minutes: D-Day
On June 6, 1944, Canadian Forces landed on Juno Beach. D-Day, as this day would become known, was the largest amphibious i....
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Heritage Minutes: Nursing Sisters
Nursing Sisters serve at the No. 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital in France during the First World War.....
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Heritage Minutes: Stratford
Tom Patterson’s vision transforms a quiet railway town into a world-renowned cultural destination.....
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Heritage Minutes: Syrup
A First Nations family teaches early settlers how to make maple syrup.....
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Heritage Minutes: Superman
Toronto cartoonist Joe Shuster describes the comic book hero he created.....
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Heritage Minutes: Peacekeepers
Canadian peacekeepers are stationed in Cyprus to help diffuse tension between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.....
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Heritage Minutes: Orphans
French Canadian families adopt Irish orphans in the 1850s while allowing them to maintain part of their Irish heritage.....
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Heritage Minutes: Marconi
Inventor Guglielmo Marconi receives the first trans-Atlantic radio signals in Newfoundland and is awarded the Nobel Prize ....
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Heritage Minutes: Inukshuk
An RCMP officer watches an Inuit family build the Northern landmark, a sign of human activity on the vast arctic landscape....
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