Historica Minutes and Radio Minutes

From Canadian History Portal - HCO

Jump to: navigation, search

Lucille Teasdale - Historica Minute - One of the first female surgeons in Canada, Lucille Teasdale devoted her life to health care in Africa.
Laura Secord - Historica Minute - Dramatizes Secord's journey to warn of an American attack during the War of 1812, and portrays the role of the Kahnawake Mowhawks in repelling the invasion
Peacemaker - Historica Minute - Dramatizes the Iroquois legend of the Tree of Great Peace which explains the origins of the Iroquois Confederacy.
Vikings - Historica Minute - The destruction and the rediscovery — nine centuries later — of a Norse settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland.
John Cabot - Historica Minute - Voyaging from England to North America in 1497, Captain John Cabot and his sailors enter the Grand Banks off Newfoundland and encounter cod fish so thick they slow the ship.
Jacques Cartier - Historica Minute - One explanation of how Canada may have got its name during Jacques Cartier's first meeting with Iroquoian peoples.
Jean Nicollet - Historica Minute - Jean Nicollet's futile search for the Asian Sea which instead added Lake Michigan to European maps.
Syrup - Historica Minute - A family of Attikamek Indians show a French-Canadian family how to harvest the syrup of the sugar maple.
Governor Frontenac - Historica Minute - The fortitude of Governor Frontenac and the people of New France as they repel an Anglo-American invasion in 1690.
Hart & Papineau - Historica Minute - The path toward religious tolerance laws in Québec and the Commonwealth.
Étienne Parent - Historica Minute - This Minute looks into the young journalist's prison cell in 1838, where the future political economist writes an editorial calling for mutual tolerance between French and English Canadians.
Baldwin & LaFontaine - Historica Minute - Two politicians from Upper and Lower Canada demonstrate French/English cooperation when LaFontaine seeks election in Toronto and goes on to help shape democratic reforms for all of Canada.
Responsible Government - Historica Minute - This Minute imagines a discussion between the Queen and Lord Melbourne on the question of Responsible Government in Canada.
Orphans - Historica Minute - Many French-Canadian families adopted Irish children orphaned during their voyage to Canada in the 1850s.
Underground Railroad - Historica Minute - The escape of African Americans from slavery to freedom in Canada during the 1850s.
Joseph Casavant - Historica Minute - Looks at young Joseph Casavant, as he builds the first of what would be thousands of world renowned musical organs.
The Paris Crew - Historica Minute - Recaptures the day in July, 1867 when four unheralded oarsmen from Saint John, New Brunswick, electrified Canadians with their victory in the world rowing championship in Paris.
Saguenay Fire - Historica Minute - Recounts the tenacity of one family as they save themselves and their farm animals from the devastating fire of 1870.
Jennie Trout - Historica Minute - Portrays Jennie Trout's struggle against prejudice to become the first woman licensed to practice medicine in Canada.
Sitting Bull - Historica Minute - Confident that the North-West Mounted Police will respect him and his people, the great Sioux Chief chooses to remain in Western Canada rather than return to the United States.
Les Voltigeurs de Québec - Historica Minute - Watches the band of this famous French-Canadian regiment rehearse Calixa Lavallée's O Canada! for its first public performance at the St. Jean-Baptiste celebrations.
Joseph Tyrrell - Historica Minute - The Canadian geologist's astounding discovery of dinosaur bones in the Alberta Badlands in 1884.
Sir Sandford Fleming - Historica Minute - The incredible career of the nineteenth-century engineer who planned three railways and played a pivotal role in the adoption of Standard Time.
Rural Teacher - Historica Minute - Brings to life the famous Robert Harris painting, as a P.E.I. teacher confronts her school board.
Soddie - Historica Minute - Depicts prairie settlers building their first home from the same sod they break to grow their crops.
Midwife - Historica Minute - Dramatizes the importance of a skilled midwife in a Canadian rural community in the late nineteenth century.
Basketball - Historica Minute - The sport's inventor, James Naismith of Almonte, Ontario, instructs players in one of the first experimental games.
Sam Steele - Historica Minute - A chastened American gambler recalls his eviction from the Yukon by Superintendent Sam Steele during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898.
Frontier College - Historica Minute - Volunteer teachers from across the country brought basic literacy and mathematical skills to the lumber and work camps of the Canadian bush.
Marconi - Historica Minute - Revisits Signal Hill in St. John's, Newfoundland, on December 12, 1901, as Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio message.
Grey Owl - Historica Minute - Englishman Archie Belaney was the best-known 'Red Indian' of his day.
Valour Road - Historica Minute - Valour Road became the name of Winnipeg's Pine Street after three of its young men won the Cross during the First World War.
Winnie - Historica Minute - Recounts the true story of a Canadian soldier's bear, the object of adoration and inspiration for a young boy and his father, A.A. Milne.
Nitro - Historica Minute - In a CPR construction site in 1880's British Columbia, a young Chinese worker volunteers to set a dangerous nitroglycerine charge in return for his wife's boat fare to Canada.
John McCrae - Historica Minute - Outside a field hospital in Belgium, Canadian Army surgeon John McCrae solemnly pens the country's most often recited poem.
J.S. Woodsworth - Historica Minute - Political pressure from opposition parties, led by J.S. Woodsworth, led to the creation of the Old Age Pension in 1927.
Halifax Explosion - Historica Minute - One man's heroism during this 1917 disaster in Halifax Harbour which killed or injured thousands of people.
Joseph-Armand Bombardier - Historica Minute - Glimpses the boyhood beginnings of Joseph-Armand's career as innovator and entrepreneur.
Emily Murphy - Historica Minute - Recounts how Murphy and a group of Canadian women secured the rights of women as persons throughout the Commonwealth.
Superman - Historica Minute - Toronto cartoonist Joe Shuster explains the comic book hero he created.
Myrnam Hospital - Historica Minute - The struggle of one small Alberta community to care for its residents during the 1930s marks a tiny step in the evolution of Canada's universal health care system.
La Bolduc - Historica Minute - Depicts the first recording session of Mary Travers, the young woman whose songs cheered les Québécois during the bitter Depression of the 1930's.
Inukshuk - Historica Minute - An RCMP officer watches a group of Inuit build one of these remarkable Northern landmarks.
Wilder Penfield - Historica Minute - The Montréal neurosurgeon's path-breaking advances in the treatment of seizure disorders.
Agnes Macphail - Historica Minute - Canada's first female MP contributed to the reform of the Canadian penal system.
Bluenose - Historica Minute - A 17 year old Nova Scotian schooner — the undefeated champion of the International fisherman's Trophy — is pitted against an American ship in the last and most dramatic sailing race of her glorious career.
Emily Carr - Historica Minute - The artistic evolution of the British Columbia painter and her lifelong commitment to her muse.
Pauline Vanier - Historica Minute - Features one of Canada's most remarkable families, their efforts to aid displaced persons and refugees during World War II and their lifelong contributions to charitable endeavours.
Marion Orr - Historica Minute - The ferry command pilot delivers fighter planes to Britain during World War II, and plans her post war career as Canada's first female flight school operator.
Maurice "Rocket" Richard - Historica Minute - The legendary hockey star, after working 8 hours moving his family from one end of Montréal to the other, scores 8 points (5 goals and 3 assists) toward a 9-1 victory against the Detroit Red Wings.
Jackie Robinson - Historica Minute - In 1946, Montréal Royals players and fans welcome the first African-American player, marking the beginning of the end of major-league baseball's colour barrier.
John Humphrey - Historica Minute - A Montréal lawyer drafts and wins support for the United Nations' Declaration of Human Rights.
Avro Arrow - Historica Minute - Canadian aerospace scientists design and test the world's fastest and most advanced interceptor aircraft.
Stratford - Historica Minute - The Shakespearean Stratford Festival is part of a long tradition of vibrant arts and cultural festivals in Canada.
Paul Émile Borduas - Historica Minute - In his Paris studio, Paul-Émile Borduas, Québec's voice of the Quiet Revolution, reflects on the impact of his writing and his art.
Le Réseau - Historica Minute - Recalls the vision of Bell Canada's Thomas Eadie, whose determination led to the trans-Canadian microwave network, which began to carry television broadcasts and telephone calls across the country.
Maurice Ruddick - Historica Minute - An Afro-Canadian collier describes how he and his fellow workers survived eight days trapped underground during the 1958 Springhill, Nova Scotia mining disaster.
Jacques Plante - Historica Minute - Portrays the goalie's challenge to hockey's conventions by wearing his invention, the hockey mask, during an NHL game.
Marshall McLuhan - Historica Minute - Peeks into a 1960s University of Toronto classroom as the world-renowned communications theorist fascinates students with his insights about mass media
Flags - Historica Minute - MP John Matheson, a member of the 1965 parliamentary committee to choose a national flag, surveys the many designs proposed for consideration.
Expo '67 - Historica Minute - Montréal's Expo literally rises from the depths of the St. Lawrence River to give Canada a dazzling one hundredth birthday party.
Nat Taylor - Historica Minute - An enterprising Canadian cinema operator invents the modern multi-screen movie theatre.
Water Pump - Historica Minute - Mennonite communities in Southwestern Ontario serve as the inspiration in the design of tools and practices of sustainable development for developing countries.
Nellie McClung - Historica Minute - Depicts Nellie McClung's confrontation with Premier R.P. Roblin to win the right to vote for Manitoban women. (1916)
Louis Riel - Historica Minute - Joins the Metis leader on the gallows, as Riel recalls his struggle for his people in the moments before his execution in November, 1885.
Jean Nicollet - Radio Minute - Jean Nicollet's futile search for the Asian Sea which instead added Lake Michigan to European maps.
Agnes Macphail - Radio Minute - Canada's first female MP contributed to the reform of the Canadian penal system.
Alice Munro - Radio Minute - Heartbreak opens a new door for Edie in Alice Munro's "How I Met My Husband."
Baseball Glove - Radio Minute - Toronto-born Foxy Irwin gave the world the baseball glove, the modern scoreboard and padded bases.
Baseball Heroes - Radio Minute - One hundred and twenty-five years before the Blue Jays won their pennant the London Tecumsehs defeated the Chicago Black Stockings in the international event that would later be named The World Series. (1877)
Basketball - Radio Minute - The sport's inventor, James Naismith of Almonte, Ontario, instructs players in one of the first experimental games.
Joseph-Armand Bombardier - Radio Minute - Glimpses the boyhood beginnings of Joseph-Armand's career as innovator and entrepreneur.
John Cabot - Radio Minute - Voyaging from England to North America in 1497, Captain John Cabot and his sailors enter the Grand Banks off Newfoundland and encounter cod fish so thick they slow the ship.
Canadian Horse - Radio Minute - These resilient little horses worked hard to help settle Canada.
Joseph Tyrrell - Radio Minute - The Canadian geologist's astounding discovery of dinosaur bones in the Alberta Badlands in 1884.
J.S. Woodsworth - Radio Minute - Political pressure from opposition parties, led by J.S. Woodsworth, led to the creation of the Old Age Pension in 1927.
Lucille Teasdale - Radio Minute - One of the first female surgeons in Canada, Lucille Teasdale devoted her life to health care in Africa.
Bluenose - Radio Minute - A 17 year old Nova Scotian schooner — the undefeated champion of the International fisherman's Trophy — is pitted against an American ship in the last and most dramatic sailing race of her glorious career.
Louis Riel - Radio Minute - Joins the Metis leader on the gallows, as Riel recalls his struggle for his people in the moments before his execution in November, 1885.
Superman - Radio Minute - Toronto cartoonist Joe Shuster explains the comic book hero he created.
Valour Road - Radio Minute - Valour Road became the name of Winnipeg's Pine Street after three of its young men won the Cross during the First World War.
Emily Carr - Radio Minute - The artistic evolution of the British Columbia painter and her lifelong commitment to her muse.
Emily Murphy - Radio Minute - Recounts how Murphy and a group of Canadian women secured the rights of women as persons throughout the Commonwealth.
Étienne Parent - Radio Minute - This Minute looks into the young journalist's prison cell in 1838, where the future political economist writes an editorial calling for mutual tolerance between French and English Canadians.
Expo '67 - Radio Minute - Montréal's Expo literally rises from the depths of the St. Lawrence River to give Canada a dazzling one hundredth birthday party.
Stratford - Radio Minute - The Shakespearean Stratford Festival is part of a long tradition of vibrant arts and cultural festivals in Canada.
Flags - Radio Minute - MP John Matheson, a member of the 1965 parliamentary committee to choose a national flag, surveys the many designs proposed for consideration.
John McCrae - Radio Minute - Outside a field hospital in Belgium, Canadian Army surgeon John McCrae solemnly pens the country's most often recited poem.
Governor Frontenac - Radio Minute - The fortitude of Governor Frontenac and the people of New France as they repel an Anglo-American invasion in 1690.
Orphans - Radio Minute - Many French-Canadian families adopted Irish children orphaned during their voyage to Canada in the 1850s.
Grey Owl - Radio Minute - Englishman Archie Belaney was the best-known 'Red Indian' of his day.
Halifax Explosion - Radio Minute - One man's heroism during this 1917 disaster in Halifax Harbour which killed or injured thousands of people.
Jackie Robinson - Radio Minute - In 1946, Montréal Royals players and fans welcome the first African-American player, marking the beginning of the end of major-league baseball's colour barrier.
Jacques Plante - Radio Minute - Portrays the goalie's challenge to hockey's conventions by wearing his invention, the hockey mask, during an NHL game.
Juno Beach - Radio Minute - On the evening of D-Day, musician and broadcaster Johnny Lombardi boosts morale on the edge of a Normandy beach. (1944)
La Bolduc - Radio Minute - Depicts the first recording session of Mary Travers, the young woman whose songs cheered les Québécois during the bitter Depression of the 1930's.
Laura Secord - Radio Minute - Dramatizes Secord's journey to warn of an American attack during the War of 1812, and portrays the role of the Kahnawake Mowhawks in repelling the invasion.
Lighting Up - Radio Minute - Discoveries by University of Toronto inventors Henry Woodward and Matthew Evans led directly to Thomas Edison's invention of the light bulb (1879) .
Syrup - Radio Minute - A family of Attikamek Indians show a French-Canadian family how to harvest the syrup of the sugar maple.
Marconi - Radio Minute - Revisits Signal Hill in St. John's, Newfoundland, on December 12, 1901, as Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio message.
Margaret Laurence - Radio Minute - Rachel Cameron reflects about life while on a bus to Vancouver in Margaret Laurence's novel A Jest of God.
Le Réseau - Radio Minute - Recalls the vision of Bell Canada's Thomas Eadie, whose determination led to the trans-Canadian microwave network, which began to carry television broadcasts and telephone calls across the country.
Myrnam Hospital - Radio Minute - The struggle of one small Alberta community to care for its residents during the 1930s marks a tiny step in the evolution of Canada's universal health care system.
Jacques Cartier - Radio Minute - One explanation of how Canada may have got its name during Jacques Cartier's first meeting with Iroquoian peoples.
Nat Taylor - Radio Minute - An enterprising Canadian cinema operator invents the modern multi-screen movie theatre.
Nellie McClung - Radio Minute - Depicts Nellie McClung's confrontation with Premier R.P. Roblin to win the right to vote for Manitoban women. (1916)
Les Voltigeurs de Québec - Radio Minute - In Quebec City in 1880, "O Canada" is performed in public for the first time on St. Jean Baptiste Day.
Oil in Alberta - Radio Minute - William Herron's discovery of oil in Turner Valley started Alberta on the road to a major industry.
Pacemaker - Radio Minute - In a basement laboratory at the Banting Institute in Toronto, Dr. Wilfred Bigelow conceived of a device to keep the human heart alive by regulating the cardiac rhythm. (1949)
The Paris Crew - Radio Minute - Recaptures the day in July, 1867 when four unheralded oarsmen from Saint John, New Brunswick, electrified Canadians with their victory in the world rowing championship in Paris.
Pauline Vanier - Radio Minute - Features one of Canada's most remarkable families, their efforts to aid displaced persons and refugees during World War II and their lifelong contributions to charitable endeavours.
Recall the Premier - Radio Minute - Premier William Aberhart of Alberta would have lost his job if he did not repeal his legislation for the popular recall of an elected legislator. (1937)
Saguenay Fire - Radio Minute - Recounts the tenacity of one family as they save themselves and their farm animals from the devastating fire of 1870.
Sam Steele - Radio Minute - A chastened American gambler recalls his eviction from the Yukon by Superintendent Sam Steele during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898.
Sir Sandford Fleming - Radio Minute - The incredible career of the nineteenth-century engineer who planned three railways and played a pivotal role in the adoption of Standard Time.
Saving Children - Radio Minute - Dr. Alan Brown helped stop the spread of bovine tuberculosis by convincing Premier Mitchell Hepburn to pass a pasteurization law in Ontario. (1938)
Seeing Outerspace - Radio Minute - Canadian astronomers found they could effectively create a radio telescope of vast diameter, by using two fragments of a virtual dish thousands of miles across. (1963)
Shaping the Future - Radio Minute - Alexander Graham Bell's inventions at Baddeck, Nova Scotia and Brantford, Ontario helped build the technology of the modern world.
Small Pox - Radio Minute - When Montréal was seized by a deadly small pox epidemic, Mayor Honoré Beauregard realized he had no choice but to enforce public vaccination. (1885)
Susanna Moodie - Radio Minute - Susanna Moodie's book Roughing it in the Bush is one of the most compelling records of Canada's pioneer period.
Ted Rogers - Radio Minute - Ted Rogers' battery-less radio transformed the world of broadcasting. (1925)
Nitro - Radio Minute - In a CPR construction site in 1880's British Columbia, a young Chinese worker volunteers to set a dangerous nitroglycerine charge in return for his wife's boat fare to Canada.
Peacemaker - Radio Minute - Dramatizes the Iroquois legend of the Tree of Great Peace which explains the origins of the Iroquois Confederacy.
Vikings - Radio Minute - The destruction and the rediscovery — nine centuries later — of a Norse settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland.
Winnie - Radio Minute - Recounts the true story of a Canadian soldier's bear, the object of adoration and inspiration for a young boy and his father, A.A. Milne.
Wop May - Radio Minute - Canadian aviator Wop May became a national hero when he risked his life delivering vaccine during a diphtheria outbreak in Little Red River.
John Humphrey - Radio Minute - A Montréal lawyer drafts and wins support for the United Nations' Declaration of Human Rights.
Hart & Papineau - Radio Minute - The path toward religious tolerance laws in Québec and the Commonwealth.
Jennie Trout - Radio Minute - Portrays Jennie Trout's struggle against prejudice to become the first woman licensed to practice medicine in Canada.
Mary Ann Shadd - Radio Minute - Newspaperwoman, educator, lawyer, abolitionist, suffragette and integrationalist, Mary Ann Shadd’s model of tolerance paved the way for the Canadian mosaic. (1893)
Home from the Wars - Radio Minute - Vancouver 1946 — After World War II, veterans confront a politician about the lack of shelter, launching the construction of 10,000 units of Veterans' Housing.
Avro Arrow - Radio Minute - One of the finest achievements in Canadian aviation history, the Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow was never allowed to fulfill its mission. The program was cancelled by the Diefenbaker government on February 20, 1959.
Vimy Ridge - Radio Minute - France 1917 — Canadian General Arthur Currie leads Allied forces to Canada's most significant victory of World War I.
Major Gustave Bieler - Radio Minute - Gustave Bieler, unassuming, thoughtful and cultured, but with a will of steel, was one of Canada’s greatest World War II saboteurs. (1942)

George Seymour Lyon - Footprint - An outstanding all-round athlete, Lyon won an Olympic gold medal in golf.
Bluenose - Footprint - The Bluenose is Canada's most famous sailing ship and the pride of Nova Scotia.
'76 Montréal Olympics - Footprint - The pride of the nation was evident as Canada hosted its first Olympic games.
The Calgary Stampede - Footprint - With the rodeo at its heart, the Calgary Stampede is held every year in July.
Lionel Conacher - Footprint - His power, stamina and speed were particularly suited to lacrosse and football while his aggressive, determined play made him one of the best defencemen in hockey.
Jack Kent Cooke - Footprint - Throughout his career, this Canadian businessman owned many professional sports teams.
Terry Fox - Footprint - Fox's "Marathon of Hope" raised money and generated publicity for cancer research.
Rick Hansen - Footprint - A world-class competitor in wheelchair sports, Hansen's "Man in Motion" tour was inspired by Terry Fox’s "Marathon of Hope."
Montréal Expos - Footprint - The Expos were the first Canadian baseball team admitted to the National League.
Blue Jays - Footprint - In 1992, Toronto's baseball team beat Atlanta in six games to win the World Series, Canada's first world championship.
Fergie Jenkins - Footprint - Known as a strike-throwing machine throughout his career, Jenkins was the first Canadian baseball pitcher to win the Cy Young Award.
Larry Walker - Footprint - Walker became the first Canadian-born baseball player to win a batting title in the 20th century.
Cliff Thorburn - Footprint - This snooker player competed in 33 different countries and won numerous championships.
James Naismith - Footprint - James Naismith invented basketball to keep his young students out of trouble.
George Chuvalo - Footprint - Chuvalo is remembered internationally for his remarkable ability to hold his own against the world's highest-ranked boxers.
Jimmy McLarnin - Footprint - McLarnin started boxing at age 12 and went on to win the world welterweight title.
Donny LaLonde - Footprint - Climbing to the top of the boxing world, he won the light-heavyweight Canadian and world championships.
Miss Supertest - Footprint - Their power boating quest led the Thompsons to build three versions of Miss Supertest, making each model faster that the last.
Gary Beck - Footprint - After a successful drag racing career, Beck stayed active in the sport as a test driver.
The Brier - Footprint - One of the most prestigious trophies in Canadian sport, the Brier is sought after by curling's best clubs.
Sandra Schmirler - Footprint - She led her foursome to the first-ever Olympic gold medal for curling in 1998.
Eddie Werenich - Footprint - Werenich led his team to victory in the world championship of curling and the Brier.
Steve Bauer - Footprint - An Olympic and world championship medalist, Bauer stunned long distance bicycle racing enthusiasts with a top 10 Tour de France finish.
Torchy Peden - Footprint - Peden was a crowd favourite during the heyday of Six-Day bicycle racing.
Jocelyn Lovell - Footprint - Lovell was almost unbeatable in bicycle racing in the 1970s.
Ian Millar & Big Ben - Footprint - Ian Millar and Big Ben were show jumping's longest and most successful partnership.
Northern Dancer - Footprint - Northern Dancer became the greatest stud horse in history after an accomplished race history of his own.
Sandy Hawley - Footprint - One of the world's most successful jockeys, Sandy Hawley became the first rider to win over 500 races in a single year.
The Jelineks - Footprint - Maria and her brother Otto were a competitive figure skating duo who represented Canada at world championships and Olympic games.
Wilson & McCall - Footprint - Tracy Wilson and Rob McCall were silver medalist in pairs figure skating at the 1988 Olympic Winter Games.
Toller Cranston - Footprint - Toller Cranston inspired a more artistic style in men's figure skating.
Karen Magnussen - Footprint - Her silver medal figure skating performance at the Sapporo, Japan, Olympics was the only Canadian medal that year.
Wagner & Paul - Footprint - Barbara Wagner and Robert Paul were one of Canada’s most decorated figure skating duos.
Barbara Ann Scott - Footprint - Her exquisite figure skating sparked admiration throughout the country.
Elizabeth Manley - Footprint - Her brilliant freestyle skating performance won her a silver medal at the 1988 Calgary Olympics.
Kurt Browning - Footprint - A figure skating great, Browning stunned the world when he executed the first successful quadruple toe loop in a competition.
Petra Burka - Footprint - At age 15, Burka became the first woman figure skater to complete the triple salchow jump in competition.
Normie Kwong - Footprint - A Canadian Football League all-star and winner of many awards, Kwong managed and owned sports teams after retiring from the field.
Russ Jackson - Footprint - As a gritty football quarterback, Jackson led the Ottawa Renegades to three Grey Cup victories.
Angelo Mosca - Footprint - He was a successful Canadian Football League player, winning 5 Grey cups over 15 seasons.
Ron Lancaster - Footprint - A pioneering Canadian Football League quarterback, Lancaster rewrote the playbook for the position.
Marlene Stewart-Streit - Footprint - Canada's greatest women's amateur golfer, Stewart-Streit’s game was marked by fierce pride and will to win.
George Knudson - Footprint - Knudson's reliable and efficient swing was called the finest swing in golf.
Moe Norman - Footprint - Although a great competitor, Norman preferred exhibition golf and became a crowd-pleasing golf legend.
Sandra Post - Footprint - Post's determination, coupled with her success, encouraged more Canadian women to try professional golf.
Elfi Schlegel - Footprint - Elfi Schlegel won Canada's first medal in a World Cup gymnastic event.
Father David Bauer - Footprint - Priest, educator and hockey coach, Father Bauer dedicated his life to the ideals of amateur sport.
The Forum - Footprint - The hockey temple at the foot of Mont-Royal in Montreal hosted 72 years of sports and entertainment memories.
'76 Canada Cup - Footprint - It ushered in a new era of world championship hockey and was the first time the world's best wore home colours.
'02 Men's Hockey Gold - Footprint - With talent on the ice and behind the bench, this hockey team captured the heart of the nation and Olympic gold at Salt Lake City.
Maurice Richard - Footprint - The Rocket was the most exciting hockey player of his generation and a national hero.
Wayne Gretzky - Footprint - The Great One's mastery of hockey owes much to his agility, speed and accurate shot.
Howie Morenz - Footprint - A swift skater, deft stickhandler and prolific scorer, Morenz was a popular idol as a Montreal Canadien.
Teeder Kennedy - Footprint - Although he lacked skill as a skater, Kennedy was a resourceful playmaker and high scoring hockey player.
Gordie Howe - Footprint - This legendary hockey great racked up records while playing a remarkable 32 seasons.
Newsy LaLonde - Footprint - A member of the very first Montreal Canadien hockey team in 1910, Lalonde was an even better lacrosse player.
Jacques Plante - Footprint - When Plante started wearing the mask he'd developed, his new confidence made him a more formidable goalie
Bobby Hull - Footprint - A powerful skater and scoring leader, Hull earned the nickname "Golden Jet" for his headlong rushes down the ice.
King Clancy - Footprint - Though light for a hockey player, Clancy’s speed and nerve earned him popularity among fans.
Foster Hewitt - Footprint - His play-by-play descriptions and famous phrase, "He shoots! He scores!" became familiar to fans from coast to coast.
Terry Sawchuk - Footprint - Sawchuk was hailed as the greatest hockey goalie of his era.
Jean Béliveau - Footprint - Béliveau was a high scoring, idolized hockey player in Quebec.
Bobby Orr - Footprint - Orr is renowned for having scored the overtime goal that brought the Stanley Cup to Boston in 1970.
Lester Patrick - Footprint - Responsible for the first artificial ice rink, Patrick dominated the early development of hockey.
Jack Bionda - Footprint - Big Jack Bionda was lacrosse's first superstar.
Jeff Adams - Footprint - Six-time World Champion and four-time Paralympian, wheelchair racer Adams' 800 m gold in Sydney was a record-breaker.
Silken Laumann - Footprint - Laumann began her rowing career in the doubles event, and eventually moved to the single scull.
Hungerford & Jackson - Footprint - Roger Jackson and George Hungerford were long shots to win but they left the Tokyo Olympics with gold in pairs rowing.
McBean & Heddle - Footprint - Rowers Marnie McBean and Kathleen Heddle are Canada’s most decorated summer Olympians.
The Crazy Canucks - Footprint - Crazy to the limit, Canadian to the bone, these four alpine ski racers gained respect in Europe’s great ski valleys.
Steve Collins - Footprint - He ranked in the top 20 at several ski jumping events and represented Canada in the 90 m and team jump at the 1988 Calgary Olympics.
Nancy Greene - Footprint - The winner of multiple World Cup races and Olympic medals, Greene's style became refined over the course of her training to make her one of Canada's best-known alpine skiers.
Lucile Wheeler - Footprint - Her Olympic and world championship successes sparked a new enthusiasm for Canadian alpine skiing.
Kerrin Lee-Gartner - Footprint - Lee-Gartner skied the race of her life at the 1992 Albertville Olympics and captured Canada's first-ever Olympic gold medal in downhill skiing.
Waldo & Cameron - Footprint - Carolyn Waldo and Michelle Cameron won gold at the 1992 Olympic Games in the synchronized swimming duet competition.
Marilyn Bell - Footprint - Her swim across Lake Ontario at the age of 16 ignited the imagination of the country.
Sylvie Fréchette - Footprint - Although the favourite to win, a judging error placed synchronized swimmer Sylvie Fréchette second at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.
Victor Davis - Footprint - Davis was known for his fiercely competitive approach to swimming, specializing in 100 m and 200 m breaststroke and relay racing.
Elaine Tanner - Footprint - Nicknamed "Mighty Mouse," Tanner’s swimming abilities attracted world attention when she won several medals at the Commonwealth and Olympic Games.
Mark Tewksbury - Footprint - A premier backstroker, Tewksbury had Commonwealth Games and world championship successes, but his crowning glory was a gold at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
Helen Vanderburg - Footprint - She was the first Canadian to dominate international synchronized swimming.
Alex Baumann - Footprint - Specializing in the individual medley (a combination of butterfly, breaststroke, backstroke, freestyle), Baumann’s swimming abilities captured many medals.
Carling Bassett - Footprint - Beginning her professional tennis career at 15, Bassett quickly emerged as Canada's premier tennis player.
'96 4x100m Relay Team - Footprint - Anchored by Donovan Bailey, the 4 x 100 m relay team won gold at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
Bobbie Rosenfeld - Footprint - A track and field legend, Rosenfeld competed in standing broad jump, discus, 100 m dash and 4 x 100 relay.
Tom Longboat - Footprint - His spectacular finishing sprints made Longboat a celebrated pre-WWI long-distance runner.
Debbie Brill - Footprint - Originator of the reverse jumping style, the "Brill bend," this track and field star was the first North American woman to clear the 6-ft (1.83 m) barrier.
Hilda Strike - Footprint - Recognized in the world of track and field as the fastest woman alive, sprinter Hilda Strike was unbeatable from 1929 to 1932.
Harry Jerome - Footprint - A three-time Olympic representative, Jerome's sprint won many medals.
Ethel Catherwood - Footprint - Catherwood, who was known as "The Saskatoon Lily," was a record-breaking high jumper in the late 1920s.
Diane Jones Konihowski - Footprint - As a pentathlete and track and field coach, she has spoken for Canada, for athletes in general and for women in sport.
Percy Williams - Footprint - He blazed to victory in the 100m and 200m sprints at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics and went on to be unbeaten in a series of indoor races.
Bill Crothers - Footprint - Silver-medalist at the 1964 Olympics, Bill Crothers dominated the 1000-yd (914 m) event in North American indoor track in the 1960s.
Donovan Bailey - Footprint - Bailey's heroics were the highlight of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, where he won the 100 m race in world record time.
'88 Calgary Olympics - Footprint - The first financially successful Olympics of the modern era, the Calgary games left a legacy for all future Olympic organizers.
Vic Emery Bobsled - Footprint - Team Emery led his four-man bobsled team to gold-medal victories at the 1964 Innsbruck Olympics and 1965 world championships.
Gaétan Boucher - Footprint - He was Canada's first great speed skater, bringing home medals from two Olympic games.
Myriam Bédard - Footprint - Bédard surprised the biathlon establishment by winning a bronze medal at the Olympic Games in 1992.
Whipper Billy Watson - Footprint - It is claimed that Watson won 99 percent of his 6300 matches during a 30-year professional wrestling career.
Edmonton Grads - Footprint - Beginning as a high-school team, the Grads ruled women's Basketball.
Maple Leaf Gardens - Historica Minute - Built in the depths of the Great Depression, this grand old stadium hosted thousands of sporting and arts events.
Andrew Mynarski - Historica Minute - A young Canadian gunner stays behind to save his friend in a flaming Lancaster Bomber and dies in the attempt. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery. (1944)
Mona Parsons - Historica Minute - Mona Parsons is sentenced to a Nazi prison camp for helping downed Allied airmen escape. (1941)
Tommy Prince - Historica Minute - Tommy Prince of the Brokenhead Ojibway Nation, Canada's most-decorated Aboriginal war veteran, is honoured and remembered at his funeral by the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. (1944)
Vimy Ridge - Historica Minute - Canadian General Arthur Currie leads Allied forces to Canada's most significant victory of World War I. (1917)
Osborn of Hong Kong - Historica Minute - In World War II, the troops in Hong Kong were the first Canadians to see combat. During an attack, Sergeant Major John Osborn of Winnipeg protected his company by throwing himself on a live grenade. (1941)
Home from the Wars - Historica Minute - After World War II, veterans confront a politician about the lack of shelter, launching the construction of 10,000 units of Veterans' Housing. (1946)
Dextraze in the Congo - Historica Minute - General Jacques Dextraze of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force rescues a group of hostages from Katangan rebels. (1963)
Juno Beach - Historica Minute - On the evening of D-Day, musician and broadcaster Johnny Lombardi boosts morale on the edge of a Normandy beach. (1944)
Battle of Ortona - Radio Minute - Farley Mowat’s And No Birds Sang describes the heavy loss endured by Canadian soldiers during their week-long battle to take Ortona. (1943)
Dr. Moses Coady - Radio Minute - A strong believer in education, hard work and cooperation as an answer to poverty, Dr. Moses Coady’s work resulted in the Coady International Institute, which took his message to the world.
Yousuf Karsh - Radio Minute - Yousuf Karsh’s 1941 photograph of Winston Churchill secured his fame as one of the world's foremost portrait photographers.
Chomeday de Maisonneuve - Radio Minute - Paul de Chomeday de Maisonneuve took possession of Ville-Marie, which eventually became Montréal, in 1642 and erected a cross to give thanks to God for saving the colony from flood.
Reginald Aubrey Fessenden - Radio Minute - On Christmas Eve, 1906, Reginald Aubrey Fessenden made the first radio broadcast in history when he beamed a Christmas concert to ships in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea.
Midwife - Radio Minute - The importance of a skilled midwife in a Canadian rural community in the late nineteenth century is dramatized.
Frontier College - Radio Minute - Volunteer teachers from across the country brought basic literacy and mathematical skills to the lumber and work camps of the Canadian bush.
Rural Teacher - Radio Minute - Robert Harris’ famous painting is brought to life as a P.E.I. teacher confronts her school board. (1885)
Responsible Government - Radio Minute - An imaginary discussion between the Queen and Lord Melbourne on the question of political reforms in Canada is presented. (1841)
Maurice "Rocket" Richard - Radio Minute - The legendary hockey star, after working 8 hours moving his family from one end of Montréal to the other, scores 8 points (5 goals and 3 assists) toward a 9-1 victory against the Detroit Red Wings. (1944)
Atlantic Fishery - Radio Minute - Fishing the north Atlantic has been a 500-year legacy of courage that still defines the regional culture and helped to build our nation.
Joseph Casavant - Radio Minute - Young Joseph Casavant builds the first of what would be thousands of world renowned musical organs. (1834)
Mona Parsons - Radio Minute - Mona Parsons is sentenced to a Nazi prison camp for helping downed Allied airmen escape. (1945)
Baldwin & LaFontaine - Radio Minute - Two politicians from Upper and Lower Canada demonstrate French/English cooperation when LaFontaine seeks election in Toronto and goes on to help shape democratic reforms for all of Canada. (1841)
Water Pump - Radio Minute - Mennonite communities in Southwestern Ontario serve as inspiration to engineers as they design a water pump for developing countries. (1980)
Jetliner - Radio Minute - The Avro Jetliner flew the first international commercial flight before the program was cancelled. (1956)
Cottage Hospitals - Radio Minute - Despite opposition from the medical establishment, Lady Minto raised funds for the creation of Cottage Hospitals to help provide health services in outlying areas. (1898)
Dr. Armand Frappier - Radio Minute - Armand Frappier’s pioneering research in the field of infectious disease helped save hundreds of thousands of lives around the world. (1938)
Dr. A.R. Abbott - Radio Minute - Anderson Ruffin Abbott was the first Canadian-born Black doctor and a friend to President Abraham Lincoln. (1861)
Blessing - Radio Minute - Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe invite a neighbouring Assiniboia family to their Friday night service.
The Polio Scare - Radio Minute - Health Minister Paul Martin Senior resisted pressure to cancel the use of the Salk vaccine for polio. (1953)
Dieppe - Radio Minute - Three-fifths of the Canadian soldiers were killed, wounded or taken prisoner at Dieppe, but without their heroism the planning for Normandy might not have been successful. (1942)
School Days - Radio Minute - The abuse of First Nations children in residential schools is one of the dark episodes in Canada’s history. (1904)
Madeleine Parent - Radio Minute - Textile Workers Union Organizer Madeleine Parent led 6000 textile workers to a victory, which signalled a turning point in the Canadian Labour Movement. (1946)
Soddie - Radio Minute - Prairie settlers build their first home from the same sod they break to grown their crops. (1890s)
Sitting Bull - Radio Minute - After defeating Custer at Little Big Horn, Sitting Bull and 5000 of his band sought refuge in Saskatchewan, but starvation eventually caused them to return to the U.S. (1881)
Sir Charles Saunders - Radio Minute - Sir Charles Saunders' discovery of frost-resistant Marquis Wheat helped Canada become known as the “granary of the world.” (1906)
Wilder Penfield - Radio Minute - A Montréal neurosurgeon makes path-breaking advances in the treatment of seizure disorders. (1934)
Marco Polo - Radio Minute - The “Fastest Ship in the World” ran ashore in PEI in 1883, inspiring a young Lucy Maud Montgomery to write “The Wreck of the Marco Polo.”
Two-Gun Cohen - Radio Minute - Morris “Two-Gun” Cohen became a general in the Chinese army and part of the inner circle of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the father of modern China. (1920s)
Tommy Prince - Radio Minute - Tommy Prince of the Brokenhead Ojibway Nation, Canada's most-decorated Aboriginal war veteran, is honoured and remembered at his funeral by the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. (1977)
Maurice Ruddick - Radio Minute - An Afro-Canadian collier describes how he and his fellow workers survived eight days trapped underground during the 1958 Springhill, Nova Scotia mining disaster.
Underground Railroad - Radio Minute - The escape of African Americans from slavery to freedom in Canada during the 1850s is dramatized.