Heritage Minutes: Le Réseau
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Heritage Minutes
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Episode 11 min1993-04-30
Laura Secord
Canadian heroine Laura Secord aids the British in the War of 1812 with an overland trek to warn of an American military advance.
Episode 21 min1993-04-30
Marshall McLuhan
Philosopher of communication theory Marshall McLuhan coins the phrases "the medium is the message" and "global village."
Episode 31 min1993-04-30
Marconi
Inventor Guglielmo Marconi receives the first trans-Atlantic radio signals in Newfoundland and is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.
Episode 41 min1993-04-30
Les Voltigeurs de Québec
The band of this famous French Canadian regiment rehearses for the first performance of O Canada in 1880 at Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day celebrations.
Episode 51 min1993-04-30
Louis Riel
What thoughts ran through Louis Riel's mind as he stood on the scaffold, waiting for the trap door to open to his death?
Episode 61 min1993-04-30
Étienne Parent
Journalist and government official Étienne Parent demands equality for French and English.
Episode 71 min1993-04-30
Nitro
A young Chinese Canadian risks his life helping to build the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Episode 81 min1993-04-30
Sir Sandford Fleming
Engineer and inventor Sir Sandford Fleming develops the system of international standard time.
Episode 91 min1993-04-30
Maple Leaf Gardens
Considered one of the "cathedrals" of ice hockey, the construction and history of the Maple Leaf Gardens is featured.
Episode 101 min1993-04-30
Le Réseau
Engineer Thomas Wardrope Eadie develops the Trans Canada Microwave telecommunications network.
Episode 111 min1993-04-30
Joseph-Armand Bombardier
Inventor Joseph-Armand Bombardier and the beginnings of his passion for engineering.
Episode 121 min1993-04-30
Maurice Ruddick
Miner Maurice Ruddick recounts the 1958 Springhill mine disaster.
Episode 131 min1993-04-30
Inukshuk
An Inukshuk a stone landmark or cairn is built on Baffin Island.
Episode 141 min1993-04-30
La Bolduc
The story of how Mary Travers becomes a famed popular singer in Quebec.
Episode 151 min1993-04-30
Sam Steele
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.
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