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Heritage Minutes: Frontier College 1997
A volunteer teacher brings basic literacy and mathematical skills to a lumber and work camp in the Canadian bush.

Heritage Minutes: Stratford 1997
Tom Patterson’s vision transforms a quiet railway town into a world-renowned cultural destination.

Heritage Minutes: Jackie Robinson 1997
Montréal Royals players and fans welcome the first African American player, marking the beginning of the end of baseball's colour barrier.

Heritage Minutes: John Humphrey 1997
Legal scholar, jurist, and human rights advocate John Humphrey drafts the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Heritage Minutes: Marion Orr 1997
The ferry command pilot delivers fighter planes to Britain during the Second World War, and plans her post-war career as Canada's first female flight school operator.

Heritage Minutes: Syrup 1997
A First Nations family teaches early settlers how to make maple syrup.

Heritage Minutes: Nat Taylor 1997
An enterprising Canadian cinema operator invents the modern multi-screen movie theatre.

Heritage Minutes: Expo '67 1997
Montréal's Expo rises from the depths of the St. Lawrence River to give Canada a dazzling 100th birthday party.

Heritage Minutes: Avro Arrow 1997
Canadian aerospace scientists design and test the world's fastest and most advanced interceptor aircraft.

Heritage Minutes: Winnie 1997
A Canadian soldier's bear becomes the object of adoration and inspiration for a young boy and his father, A.A. Milne.

Heritage Minutes: Paris Crew 1995
The surprise victory of the Paris Crew, a group of unheralded Canadian rowers, at the 1867 World Championships.

Heritage Minutes: John McCrae 1995
Author, artist and physician during World War I John McCrae pens In Flanders Fields.

Heritage Minutes: Myrnam Hospital 1995
The town of Myrnam, Alberta forms a non-denominational hospital.

Heritage Minutes: Sitting Bull 1995
Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.

Heritage Minutes: Flags 1995
Lawyer, judge, and politician John Matheson looks at candidates for Canada's new flag.

Heritage Minutes: Water Pump 1995
Mennonite communities in Southwestern Ontario serve as inspiration in the design of tools and practices of sustainable development for developing countries.

Heritage Minutes: Pauline Vanier 1995
One of Canada's most remarkable families works tirelessly to aid displaced persons and refugees during the Second World War.

Heritage Minutes: Paul-Émile Borduas 1995
Paul-Émile Borduas, Québec's voice of the Quiet Revolution, reflects on the impact of his writing and art in his Paris studio.

Heritage Minutes: Hart & Papineau 1995
Two decades after Ezekiel Hart is denied his seat in the assembly, Louis-Joseph Papineau's government enacts religious tolerance laws in Lower Canada.

Heritage Minutes: Sam Steele 1993
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.

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