Heritage Minutes - Season 1
1 - Underground Railroad
Air Date: March 31, 1991
An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.
2 - Valour Road
Air Date: March 31, 1991
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.
3 - Jacques Plante
Air Date: March 31, 1991
Jacques Plante becomes the first NHL player to wear a goaltender mask in regular play.
4 - Jennie Trout
Air Date: March 31, 1991
Jennie Trout becomes Canada's first woman doctor.
5 - Superman
Air Date: March 31, 1991
Comic book artist Joe Shuster, en route to visit his cousin, Frank Shuster, creates Superman.
6 - Peacekeepers
Air Date: March 31, 1991
Canadian peacekeepers are stationed in Cyprus to help diffuse tension between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.
7 - Responsible Government
Air Date: March 31, 1991
Queen Victoria decides to grant Canada responsible government after the crushing of the Rebellions of 1837.
8 - Soddie
Air Date: March 31, 1991
Prairie settlers build a house of sod.
9 - Nellie McClung
Air Date: March 31, 1991
Feminist, politician, and social activist Nellie McClung demands the right to vote in Manitoba.
10 - Orphans
Air Date: March 31, 1991
French Canadian families adopt Irish orphans in the 1850s while allowing them to maintain part of their Irish heritage.
11 - Jacques Cartier
Air Date: March 31, 1991
French navigator and explorer Jacques Cartier misunderstands some Natives resulting in the name Canada.
12 - Halifax Explosion
Air Date: March 31, 1991
Train dispatcher Vince Coleman sacrifices his own life to save a train from the Halifax Explosion.
13 - Wilder Penfield
Air Date: March 31, 1991
A Montreal neurosurgeon makes ground-breaking advances in the treatment of seizure disorders.