Heritage Minutes

Season 1 Episode 7: Responsible Government

7 SeasonsMar 31, 1991NR1m8

Queen Victoria decides to grant Canada responsible government after the crushing of the Rebellions of 1837.

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Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 2 Valour Road

2. Valour Road

Aired: Mar 31, 1991

Three men from Pine Street in Winnipeg win the Victoria Cross in World War I,...

Episode 3 Jacques Plante

3. Jacques Plante

Aired: Mar 31, 1991

Jacques Plante becomes the first NHL player to wear a goaltender mask in regu...

Episode 4 Jennie Trout

4. Jennie Trout

Aired: Mar 31, 1991

Jennie Trout becomes Canada's first woman doctor.

Episode 5 Superman

5. Superman

Aired: Mar 31, 1991

Comic book artist Joe Shuster, en route to visit his cousin, Frank Shuster, c...

Episode 6 Peacekeepers

6. Peacekeepers

Aired: Mar 31, 1991

Canadian peacekeepers are stationed in Cyprus to help diffuse tension between...

Episode 8 Soddie

8. Soddie

Aired: Mar 31, 1991

Prairie settlers build a house of sod.

Episode 9 Nellie McClung

9. Nellie McClung

Aired: Mar 31, 1991

Feminist, politician, and social activist Nellie McClung demands the right to...

Episode 10 Orphans

10. Orphans

Aired: Mar 31, 1991

French Canadian families adopt Irish orphans in the 1850s while allowing them...

Episode 11 Jacques Cartier

11. Jacques Cartier

Aired: Mar 31, 1991

French navigator and explorer Jacques Cartier misunderstands some Natives res...

Episode 12 Halifax Explosion

12. Halifax Explosion

Aired: Mar 31, 1991

Train dispatcher Vince Coleman sacrifices his own life to save a train from t...

Episode 13 Wilder Penfield

13. Wilder Penfield

Aired: Mar 31, 1991

A Montreal neurosurgeon makes ground-breaking advances in the treatment of se...

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Network: CBC Television

Genres:Drama, History, Short