Air date: 1993-04-30

Runtime: 1 min

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

Air date: 1993-04-30

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

Air date: 1993-04-30

Runtime: 1 min

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

Air date: 1993-04-30

Runtime: 1 min

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

Air date: 1993-04-30

Runtime: 1 min

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

Air date: 1993-04-30

Runtime: 1 min

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

Air date: 1993-04-30

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

Air date: 1993-04-30

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

Air date: 1993-04-30

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

Air date: 1993-04-30

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

Air date: 1993-04-30

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

Air date: 1993-04-30

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Miner Maurice Ruddick recounts the 1958 Springhill mine disaster.

Air date: 1993-04-30

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

Air date: 1993-04-30

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

Air date: 1993-04-30

Runtime: 1 min

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.