Heritage Minutes

Season 3

1993 · 15 episodes · 0h 15m in all · 7.5/10

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Laura Secord

   30 Apr 1993 · 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.

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   2. Marshall McLuhan

   30 Apr 1993 · 1 min

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

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   3. Marconi

   30 Apr 1993 · 1 min

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

4. 4

   4. Les Voltigeurs de Québec

   30 Apr 1993 · 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.

5. 5

   5. Louis Riel

   30 Apr 1993 · 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?

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   6. Étienne Parent

   30 Apr 1993 · 1 min

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

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   7. Nitro

   30 Apr 1993 · 1 min

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

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   8. Sir Sandford Fleming

   30 Apr 1993 · 1 min

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

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   9. Maple Leaf Gardens

   30 Apr 1993 · 1 min

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

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    10. Le Réseau

    30 Apr 1993 · 1 min

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

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    11. Joseph-Armand Bombardier

    30 Apr 1993 · 1 min · 8.0/10

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

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    12. Maurice Ruddick

    30 Apr 1993 · 1 min

    Miner Maurice Ruddick recounts the 1958 Springhill mine disaster.

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    13. Inukshuk

    30 Apr 1993 · 1 min

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

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    14. La Bolduc

    30 Apr 1993 · 1 min

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

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    15. Sam Steele

    30 Apr 1993 · 1 min · 7.0/10

    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.