Från CRB Foundation (CA) Studios
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1991
Heritage Minutes: Soddie
Heritage Minutes: Soddie1 1991 HD
Prairie settlers build a house of sod.
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1993
Heritage Minutes: Sam Steele
Heritage Minutes: Sam Steele1 1993 HD
Major General and police official Sam Steele of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police bars an unruly American from entering the Yukon with pistols,...
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1992
Heritage Minutes: Governor Frontenac
Heritage Minutes: Governor Frontenac1 1992 HD
New France, under the leadership of French governor Louis de Buade de Frontenac, repels the British invasion at the Battle of Quebec
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1993
Heritage Minutes: Sir Sandford Fleming
Heritage Minutes: Sir Sandford Fleming1 1993 HD
An engineer who planned three railways plays a pivotal role in the creation of Standard Time (1885).
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1991
Heritage Minutes: Valour Road
Heritage Minutes: Valour Road1 1991 HD
Three men from Pine Street in Winnipeg win the Victoria Cross in World War I, and the street's name is changed to Valour Road in their honour.
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1993
Heritage Minutes: Laura Secord
Heritage Minutes: Laura Secord1 1993 HD
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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1993
Heritage Minutes: Étienne Parent
Heritage Minutes: Étienne Parent1 1993 HD
Journalist and government official Étienne Parent demands equality for French and English.
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1995
Heritage Minutes: Water Pump
Heritage Minutes: Water Pump1 1995 HD
Mennonite communities in Southwestern Ontario serve as inspiration in the design of tools and practices of sustainable development for developing...
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1997
Heritage Minutes: Marion Orr
Heritage Minutes: Marion Orr1 1997 HD
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...
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1995
Heritage Minutes: Sitting Bull
Heritage Minutes: Sitting Bull1 1995 HD
Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.
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1993
Heritage Minutes: Nitro
Heritage Minutes: Nitro1 1993 HD
A young Chinese Canadian risks his life helping to build the Canadian Pacific Railway.
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1993
Heritage Minutes: Marshall McLuhan
Heritage Minutes: Marshall McLuhan1 1993 HD
Philosopher of communication theory Marshall McLuhan coins the phrases "the medium is the message" and "global village."
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1992
Heritage Minutes: Baldwin & LaFontaine
Heritage Minutes: Baldwin & LaFontaine1 1992 HD
Lawyer and politician Robert Baldwin and Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine build inter-lingual cooperation.
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1997
Heritage Minutes: Winnie
Heritage Minutes: Winnie1 1997 HD
A Canadian soldier's bear becomes the object of adoration and inspiration for a young boy and his father, A.A. Milne.
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1991
Heritage Minutes: Wilder Penfield
Heritage Minutes: Wilder Penfield1 1991 HD
A Montreal neurosurgeon makes ground-breaking advances in the treatment of seizure disorders.
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1991
Heritage Minutes: Halifax Explosion
Heritage Minutes: Halifax Explosion1 1991 HD
Train dispatcher Vince Coleman sacrifices his own life to save a train from the Halifax Explosion.
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1991
Heritage Minutes: Jacques Plante
Heritage Minutes: Jacques Plante1 1991 HD
Jacques Plante becomes the first NHL player to wear a goaltender mask in regular play.
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1993
Heritage Minutes: Le Réseau
Heritage Minutes: Le Réseau1 1993 HD
Engineer Thomas Wardrope Eadie develops the Trans Canada Microwave telecommunications network.
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1991
Heritage Minutes: Jennie Trout
Heritage Minutes: Jennie Trout1 1991 HD
The first woman licensed to practice medicine in Canada faces prejudice in the classroom.
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1995
Heritage Minutes: Myrnam Hospital
Heritage Minutes: Myrnam Hospital1 1995 HD
The town of Myrnam, Alberta forms a non-denominational hospital.