British Reaction To Heritage Minutes | Part 4 (12 Videos) | Canadian History

British Reaction To Heritage Minutes | Part 4 (12 Videos) | Canadian History
This is my reaction to Heritage Minutes showing important moments in Canadian History
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Historica Canada - / @historicacanada
Subtitles are available in French (and English)

[@michaeljamesstewart1000]

My husband and I have been married (in our eyes)for 57 joyous years. Immediately after marriage was made legal in the Province of Ontario in June of 2003, on our 37th Anniversary, we became the third legally married LGBTI couple by a dear friend, who was a Supreme Court Justice. We are looking forward to our 60th when we will receive a Certificate of Congratulations from Canada's Sovereign, His Majesty King Charles III.

[@Ozziecatsmom]

That’s amazing!

[@VeryCherryCherry]

Wow.😊 ❤❤❤

[@michaeljamesstewart1000]

Thank you so much for taking the time to read my very personal comment and giving it a 'like'. Chimo

[@shoknifeman2mikado135]

Congrats, from a straight man who believes in rights for all.

[@ninemoonplanet]

Believe it or not our family pharmacist was gay in the 1950's and 1960's and we just accepted the fact he lived with the man he loved. It definitely wasn't easy for them, or the other women who built lives together, but they did build businesses, homes. I just wish they could have been married, with the benefits and drawbacks of marriage.

[@easternns1]

These stories show the good, bad and the sometimes ugly parts of Canadian history. And I have always been happy that the Minutes do not shy away from the bad.

[@dax9431]

Perhaps the reason we ALL Canadians can say SORRY so automatically? Sorry.

[@thecynic9232]

We are miles away from the new U.S. model of denying history and removing parts of it altogether from the education system.

[@cheryla7480]

Marconi, the Italian inventor of the wireless radio. In 1901 he received the first trans Atlantic wireless signal. The letter “S “ was transmitted from Cornwall across 3500 km. to Signal Hill in Nfld. The site is still there.

[@pillylamb]

I believe the main point of these Heritage Minutes was to keep Canada’s history alive to Canadians. We tend to have more of an understanding of the context of these clips. In the one about Cabot on the coast of Newfoundland, this clip was a focus on the resources and they said the cod were so plentiful you could walk on water on the backs of the fish. Cabot saw the cod fishery as an unlimited resource. The bitter irony most Canadians are aware of is that very cod fishery almost completely collapsed in the 1960-70s.

[@pillylamb]

@@curmudgeonaf Yup it’s a poignant example of every resource in this resource-rich country. Do we, will we learn from history?

[@claytonberg721]

@@curmudgeonaf It wasn't even just the Canadian fisheries that depleted the cod stocks. There were a lot of foreign actors continued to fish the international waters after we stopped. Not that we were perfect.

[@amandagraham4254]

My Scottish and Irish family left during the "Clearings " we landed in Nova Scotia and traveled into Ontario. During Covid my neighbours and I looked after each other during lockdown. My neighbours are Native American, Jamaican, Sudanese and Arab. We pulled together as a tiny little townhouse complex in London Ontario Canada 🇨🇦. Our children play together we have potluck dinners together. None of this was ever a big deal ❤ I am so happy that my Great Grandparents settled here. Peace and love from Canada 🇨🇦

[@jenniferwouters2496]

Hey fellow Londoner!

[@rcguy1087]

I'm another.

[@kf9346]

I have lived in 4 countries; travelled to about 40. My immediate family members are Polish, Jamaican, Ukrainian, German, Swiss and Canadian, live in 4 countries and carry 5 passports... but he more I travel, the older I get, the deeper the understanding and respect for the multiculturalism we have built here. Not perfect and still learning, but no where in the world does this as well as Canada. Strange that something seems so natural and I grew up with should eventually become something to be in awe of.

[@leslenehart8997]

This story is the special thing about Canada 🇨🇦 ❤

[@ferociousfil5747]

Maurice Richard is a legend in Montreal, he was the first to score 50 goals, 50 goals in 50 games and the scoring trophy is named after him. He was the heart and would of the French Canadians back in the day where they where oppressed by the English. There was even a riot because he got an excessive suspension and the only way to stop it was Richard going on the radio to plead with everyone to stop. He was part of one of the biggest dynasty in pro sports.

[@fugitiveunknown7806]

Maurice Richard passes to Maurice Richard! I remember almost no French, but the Sweater story stuck with me.

[@claytonberg721]

Sorry, but not really. The Richard suspension was warranted. Richard got high sticked in the head, an injury that required 5 stitches (a serious incident). The ref saw it, but montreal had possession so a delayed penalty was upcoming. Richard skated up to the guy who hit him who knew what was coming so he dropped his stick and gloves for the ensuing fight but Richard slashed him across the face/shoulders with his stick and continued to bash him with his stick until it broke. He didn't stop until the linesman pulled him off. Richard broke free, then went after the linesman who stopped the assault and hit him twice knocking him unconscious. The incident happened in Boston and Boston PD even tried to arrest Richard but the team ran interference and Richard got away somehow. Honestly if that happened today, the suspension would be counted in seasons. Richard was suspended for the balance of the season and ensuing playoffs. General consensus was he actually got off light. In hockey when someone drops their gloves for a fight you don't hit him with a two handed swing with your stick to his head. And you certainly don't keep hitting him with your stick when he's on the ice. And you NEVER strike an official. Put the two together... What caused the riot was NHL president Clarence Campbell's actions. The very next game, which was a battle with Detroit at home in the Montreal Forum with a full house of 15,000 and thousands outside protesting the suspension sometime after the first period NHL president Clarence Campbell (the man who suspended Richard) actually went into the crowd and sat down. Once the fans realized that Campbell was there they started booing, and throwing things like eggs and garbage at him. Someone assaulted him, then it's not known who (if it was the cops or someone else) detonated a tear gas bomb. The game was called, the fans evacuated the building and a riot ensued. Some 100 businesses were looted. In the ensuing days Richard to his credit made a public statement that he was in the wrong and had deserved the suspension and called for calm. Campbell, being the dick that he was never apologized. Nobody feels Campbell was right to attend the game, but a lot of people feel the riot would have happened regardless. Nobody goes to a hockey game carrying eggs unless they plan on throwing them. It wasn't just about 'hockey'. It was also about the Quebecois people being oppressed. I don't think it's like this anymore, but in places like Montreal there were Anglophones who were rich with old money, who did everything they could to oppress the French people. Scratch that, there still are wealthy anglophone families (the Molson family being one example) but I don't know if the oppression is as bad now as it was then. French Canadians were denied jobs, and were often not allowed to rent property in certain neighborhoods. Anglophones referred to them as 'white N words' (I think you can extrapolate what N stands for). In the 60's when the FLQ were bombing and kidnapping people francophones were saying they had it as bad as black people in the south. Malcolm X went there and spoke to them, and he agreed. So in a lot of ways the Richard Riots weren't even about hockey. Montreal at the time was a powder keg. Richard was a folk hero who could do no wrong (even though he really could, he had a wicked temper) and his suspension was like lighting a match next to a puddle of gasoline.

[@ferociousfil5747]

@@claytonberg721 I did not say he did not deserve a suspension, retold the story as it was. Don’t forget that as a French Canadian, he was unfairly treated by his anglophone peers and the officials. He was always being taunted, slashed, cheap shot because not only was he French but he was also the best. That was mostly why a riot happened. Some say it was the start of the quiet revolution in Quebec. Richard is a huge legend in Quebec because he would stand up to the English. It’s a very well discussed incident in Quebec and the actual punching the ref is not the focal point but how much influence Maurice had in hockey and especially in French speaking Montreal.

[@ferociousfil5747]

Almost forgot, the linemen where holding Richard while Laycoe was punching him, Richard warn the lineman to let him go like 3 times, Laycoe, the instigator only got 5 and a game misconduct for his actions…The league was a lot more violent back then..Getting Richard out of the way also open the door for the Wings to win the cup that year in 7 against the Habs. The Montreal Canadiens went on to win 5 consecutive cups after that, a record probably that will never be broken.

[@claytonberg721]

@@ferociousfil5747 5 and a game for a high sticking incident is actually fairly stiff for that era. Richard always gave as well as he received. The riot wasn't just about Richard being high sticked and then suspended. The quebecois people were the subject of a great deal of prejudice and they made Richard the symbol of that prejudice. And that was not how Richard recounted the story. He said he thought linesman was a member of the boston bruins. Nor were the linesman holding Richard while Laycoe was hitting him. Richard leveled laycoe with a stick to the head and kept hitting him with his stick while he was on the ice. Richard broke his stick on Laycoe's head. Laycoe was in no position to hit anyone after that. Richard is lucky he didn't kill the guy. That is a lot different than just a high stick or an elbow. Also while the game was more violent then, it's always been if you hit an official, all bets are off. You're going away for a long time. Most people say if Richard wasn't a big star he might not have been allowed back into the league. Richard was hardly the only francophone in the league. The habs were hated for a lot of reasons. yes some of it was prejudice. Alot of it stems from the fact they had an unfair advantage in that they had first right of refusal of any quebec born player. quebec being the second largest province in Canada meant that they had first right of refusal of about 40 percent of the best players in the world. Of course they held dynasties. They should have won more with that advantage. The franchise finally came down to earth when they lost that advantage in the late 60's. The great hab teams of the 70's were the last hayday of them getting every great francophone player born. Also teams targeted Richard because if you pissed him off he would take penalties and take himself off the ice. Especially that year because Dick Irvin was allowing Richard to do what he wanted on the ice instead of keeping him on a leash. Irwin was blamed in part for it and was dismissed.

[@echobeefpv8530]

@ 9:55 My great uncle Chokie was one of the Japanese / Canadians that was sent to internment camps. He had his fishing boat taken by the Canadian Government, and his large family and my great aunt were thrown into poverty. After the war, they never gave him anything back. I'm a proud Canadian, be we have very many dark parts to our history, as do most countries. The best we can do is learn from them, and not repeat our destructive behavior.

[@MarcSherwood]

The town that I live in was one of the largest fishing ports in the world in the past, and the town was made up of mostly Japanese families. The internment was obviously a terrible event, but when these families came home they found their "neighbours" had taken their land and they did not get it back. I knew about the event, but not until I was having some drinks with a neighbour, who was Japanese, did I learn just how bad it was when they came back.

[@shoknifeman2mikado135]

Gomen nasai, glad things have *mostly* changed!

[@claytonberg721]

It was a travesty what happened to the Japanese/Canadians. Japan was at the time a terrifying enemy yes. But for example 850 German/Canadians were interned vs 12,000 Japanese/Canadians.

[@dxannh8704]

When he commented that "these measures were harsh, but ...," I wanted to yell at my screen "not but, these measures were harsh full stop." The internment of Italian and Japanese Canadians during World War II was just wrong. I'm glad that is what we teach our children in school. We can love our country and still acknowledge that we messed up and real people got hurt. The internments were just wrong. They were bad. Residential schools and the attitudes that led to those policies were wrong and they were bad. The way the content of the treaties were communicated to the First Nations' leaders? Wrong. Bad. We need to know they were wrong and admit that we did those things so that we can want to do better. I love Canada with all my heart and soul. I love Canada so much that when I find out that she has done something wrong and bad, I still love her and I want to support her getting better.

[@MarcSherwood]

@@dxannh8704 I've learned that using "but" almost always makes things worse. It invalidates any other views. When I used it above, I meant that even after the internment ended things just got worse for our Canadians of Japanese background. To come through that to only find your neighbors have taken your land and boats would have been unbelievable.

[@carolmurphy7572]

I live in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Signal Hill is visible from my front window! Guglielmo Marconi received the first Trans-Atlantic wireless signal here in 1901; the beginning of modern communications. My great uncle drove the taxi (horse and buggy) that brought Marconi and his strange equipment up to the top of very windy Signal Hill! The stone building shown in the clip, Cabot Tower (named for explorer John Cabot, the "discoverer" of Newfoundland in 1497, from the other Heritage Moment in this video), is still there, a part of the Parks Canada National Historic Site, and contains a museum to Marconi's achievement.

[@fippodegyeoolies3629]

Grey Owl: Beaver pelts were in high demand. Because of over-trapping, the beaver became an endangered speicies. Grey Owl started out as a trapper, himself, did a 180 and became a beaver conservationist. He succeeded in making people aware of the beaver's plight and in petitioning the government to declare the beaver a protected species.

[@valerieyamashita3493]

In regards to the Asahi minute. My husband is Japanese Canadian, 4th generation (yonsei). Three of his four biological grandparents were born in Canada. His one grandfather was in Japan visiting family when war was declared and they were trapped there until the end of the war. His other two Canadian grandparents were placed in the Internment camps (Tashme and Greenwood). I had never heard of these camps until I met my husband, it was not taught in our schooling. I learned about it because there is a yearly conference in Toronto where these memories are shared by the survivors. These citizens, many of which were born in Canada, were rounded up for "public safety" as there "might be Japanese sympathizers" among them. I think more telling is the fact that Japanese-Canadians owned a large portion of the fishing industry in BC. When these people were interred all of their properties and assets were seized. The men were separated from their families, first to build the camps and then later to do manual labour on roads and farms. When the war ended they were given a choice: move eastward or repatriate to Japan (a country decimated by the war). They were left with nothing. Only the people of one camp, Greenwood , were allowed to stay in BC because it had been run by the local Catholic church and they petitioned the government to allow them to stay. The US also interred their Japanese-American citizens however unlike Canada the men were allowed to join the military to fight in Europe. They were only allowed in one unit (442nd Infantry Regiment) and it is the most decorated in US military history. George Takei wrote a musical which premiered in 2012 called "Allegiance" about the US internment.

[@communisticus191]

At least that's been rectified a bit. It was taught multiple years (expanding on it each time) when I was in primary school in the 2000s (in a small rural town which is probably the most likely to want to gloss over details like that)

[@darcymartin7608]

Hi Mert: A few things - Yes, Pierce Brosnan portrayed Gray Owl in the Heritage Minute. I believe Paldi is now a ghost town. It was located on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. After the Battle of the Little Big Horn, Sitting Bull and his warriors crossed the border into Alberta. Walsh and McLeod were with the North West Mounted Police, the RCMP precursors. Basically, Walsh and McLeod told Sitting Bull (in my vernacular) - Listen guys, you can stay here but you have to behave yourselves or we'll have to send you back to the States. Kind of funny really considering Sitting Bull and his warriors were known for being fierce warriors. And these 2 men are telling them to obey our rules! Anyway, Sitting Bull became very good friends with McLeod and before he went back to the U.S. he gave him a grizzly bear claw necklace as a gift. The grandmother that Sitting Bull referred to was Queen Victoria. The aboriginals didn't have a word for the "crown", so they called her the Grandmother with the hat. Greatest Canadian Athletes of All Time is a KZbin Video you could react to. Some great Canadian hockey players are Gordie Howe, Maurice and Henri Richard, Stan Mikita, Bobby and Dennis Hull, Phil and Tony Esposito, Bobby Orr, Ken Dryden, Paul Henderson and Hayley Wickenheiser. There are so many, many more though.

[@shoknifeman2mikado135]

Actually, the US Govern forced Canada to send the Lacota people back, threatening war if Canada so much as fed or housed them.

[@claytonberg721]

I believe Walsh road into Sitting Bull's camp, which was near the cypress hills with 20 of his best men. Fun fact, Charles Dickens' son was one of those men. Sitting Bull had 5000 at his command, many of which were warriors. Sitting Bull knew what the tactical situation was, the NWMP had only like 1000 men or so, and they were spread all throughout western canada from manitoba to the ocean. He liked how Walsh treated him with respect so Sitting Bull treated him in kind. Sitting Bull's hope was that the Canadian Government would grant him a reserve. Ottawa fearing an uprising from the first nations people and worried that the Sioux would shift the balance of power turned him down. Starving, and with no support from the Canadian Government the sioux slowly went back to the states and surrendered. Sitting Bull and the Sioux arrived in 1877. The North-West Resistance occurred in 1884. Riel appealed to Chief Crowfoot, who was known as a great warrior who was leader of the blackfoot nations (or at least one of the most prominent leaders of the blackfoot confederacy) for troops and Crowfoot refused. He knew with his warriors they could probably have some early success but that it would have only had been a matter of time before they lost. He wanted to spare his people all that suffering, which he knew would be for nothing. Crowfoot, who rose to fame amongst his people for his victories in battle is best known for twice refusing calls to arms, first by sitting bull who wanted him to help the sioux against the americans and later by riel. Those actions probably saved tens of thousands of lives and years of war. I'm of the opinion that Crowfoot should be seen as one of our greatest sons. A warrior who loved peace. A man who helped build the west but was ultimately betrayed by it. I've been to Fort Walsh. It's a fascinating place. If you're ever driving down the transcanda highway at the alberta/saskatchwan boarder check it out.

[@claytonberg721]

And yes, that's Pierce Brosnan. I don't know much about Grey Owl, but Brosnan at the height of his fame played Grey Owl directed by Attenborough in a movie of the same name at the height of his james bond fame. And then reprised the roll for this heritage minute.

[@rjcurrie61]

@@claytonberg721 I think the heritage minute simply used footage from the movie. Just like the Avro Arrow minute used footage from the The Arrow miniseries. Several of the minutes seem to have been made from existing TV and film footage.

[@obelisk21]

If you are interested in Canadian history the thing you should check out is the "The Greatest Canadian: Tommy Douglas". He is the person probably most responsible for the shaping progressive modern Canada that it is today. He was literally voted in a national pole to be the greatest Candian ever.

[@sirdavidoftor3413]

Tommy actually immigrated to Canada from Glasgow Scotland, when he was 10, and his family settled in Winnipeg. He actually witnessed the Winnipeg General Strike. There is a picture of him, watching one of the marches, and witnessing a policeman shooting a worker, and killing him. Stay safe, stay sane, stay strong Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@shoknifeman2mikado135]

@@sirdavidoftor3413 poll, not pole

[@davidwhite6617]

Grey Owl was a British national who came to Canada and adopted a way of life in the wilderness. He was recognized by the native people and given the name Grey Owl by the natives. He later went on world lecture tours talking about the Canadian wilderness and the need to save and preserve it for future generations. He never claimed to be native.

[@jenniferneil8455]

Fun fact: Tommy Douglas is Kiefer Sutherland's maternal grandfather.

[@SomeGuyFromOttawa]

The story of Grey Owl, was turned into a movie starring Pierce Brosnan. Not a movie I saw back in 1999, but something I'd be interested in seeing now. I never saw that particular Heritage Minute

[@cupguin]

That's also excerpts from The Rocket with Roy Dupuis playing Maurice.

[@Vitalabyss]

My Mother's Grandmother was the first native woman of her tribe to go to university. It was a proud family moment. She became a nurse but because of racism she couldn't find work. She suffered lots of racism in university as well. Then they made the Japanese concentration camps and she found work on one of them. That is where she met my Great Grandfather.

[@MrYoup11]

Rocket Richard was legendary, especially in Quebec, The province shut down for his funeral. Something we would see for Kings and Queens.

[@davedowling8469]

Because of Richard hitting a linesman on March 13 1955 he was suspended for the season. In reaction to the ban, and perceived anti French feelings, Montrealers rioted on March 17th. Thirty seven people were injured and 100 arrested after much damage. Richard’s plea for calm quieted the situation.

[@majbrat]

I always loved these clips and was proud that they reminded us of our failures as a people as well as our victories. It taught me to teach my own daughter to be a good human and good Canadian.

[@buutich1]

I knew Jackie Shane in 1967, in Toronto. She was a wonderful entertainer. I've heard that they are doing a documentary about her to be released next year. Sadly, she died last year. Grey Owl was an Englishman. There is a movie about him, I believe starring Pierce Brosnan.

[@philpaine3068]

If you have any particular memories of Jackie Shane, please get them recorded somewhere, or write something for publication. There's a 2SLGBT+ historical archive in the village, and I'm sure they would be happy to have any info you can contribute. I'll keep an eye out for the documentary.

[@cupguin]

I was really grateful when the Asahi minute was released. Years ago a friend's daughter did a presentation in class about her grandmother's interment. She brought her grandmother's diaries from the time along with other family momentoes. The teacher said it was a very nice presentation but Canada didn't intern Japanese Canadians, that was something the Americans did. She wasn't just unaware of something that happened in recent Canadian history but dismissed facts supported by first hand documentation. It's also understandable, American history and culture is everywhere so it's easy to ignore any Canadian history if you didn't learn about in school. A lot of heritage minutes are similar about less known parts of Canadian history but that one in particular I think made appreciate how important they are.

[@glennstach4439]

Boy , hurts as much learning that such a Teacher existed in Canada . Obviously she succumbed to the Propaganda of that time as many did !!! 👎🏿👎🏽👎✌🏼🖖🍁🌻💛💙🇺🇦

[@bobprentice4854]

Mert, you've got to seek out "The Sweater" from Canada's National Film Board. An animated short based on the short story by Roch Carrier. It tells of the youngster's admiration of Maurice "Rocket" Richard and his hockey prowess.

[@dorothyfielding8209]

It was Pierce Brosnan. Another famous actor in actor in these Heritage minutes is the man who played Sitting Bull, Graham Greene, probably the most famous First Nations actor of his generation. He was in the movie, “Dances with Wolves” and was nominated for an academy award for Best Supporting Actor. Every kid learns about John Cabot, putting the baskets in the water off the coast of Newfoundland and bringing up all the cod. The fishing area is called the Grand Banks. I’ve never heard Palidi even though I’ve lived in British Columbia my whole life and it is very near me! However, the lumber industry in British Columbia brought many South Asians here.

[@Taeolas]

The Cabot story is more about the Grand Banks off of Newfoundland, some of the richest fishing grounds in the world. They could literally dip a bucket into the waters and fill it with fish. But like many similar stories across the world and across the ages, this "infinite supply" was not so infinite, and as commercial fishing got better and better, the Grand Banks grew more and more depleted. It got to the point that in the 90's, the federal government had to close the cod fishery in Newfoundland, crippling that aspect of the provincial economy and turning Newfoundland against the government of the time as is often the case when the Feds have to make hard decisions. The Wikipedia entry describes the shutdown as a trigger to a collapse similar to the Dust Bowl in the 30's, where communities across Newfoundland and Nova Scotia's coasts collapsed from people having to move elsewhere to find work. The problem is, Canada does not fully control ALL the Grand Banks, there are two parts (the nose and the tail) that extend beyond Canada's Commercial Economic Zone, and so they were out of Canada's control and open for International fishing. Spain and other European fishermen would come over and fish the nose and tail with impunity, which did nothing to help the recovery. This lead to what is known as the Turbot War, where Canadian Coast Guard ships fired warning shots and impounded a Spanish fishing trawler in International Waters because the trawler was overfishing with illegal gear (nets with a small mesh). The Fisheries Minister at the time, Brian Tobin, was a Newfie and became a hero for "sticking it to the foreign fishers", and rode the fame to becoming Newfoundland Premier. He's still quite popular today even though he's retired now. The Cod stocks have never really recovered, though I think a small portion of the fishery has been reopened in Canada. It will probably be generations if it ever even becomes a ghost of what it used to be.

[@ChrisB-xm3mg]

Not only was Rocket Richard one of the greatest hockey players ever, so was his brother Henri. I've heard it said that the only thing Henri did wrong was not be the best player in his family. The two of them on the ice together were almost unstooppable.

[@markastoforoff7838]

I don't know much about Sitting Bull but the actor who portrayed him is Oneida-Canadian who was nominated for an Oscar for his role in Dances With Wolves and he also had a role in The Green Mile amongst other movies. He also did a true crime show about Canadian crimes. The hockey player Maurice "the Rocket" Richard was suspended for the remainder of a season in the playoffs in the 1950's because he hit a linesman which caused a riot in Montreal. His brother also played hockey and was dubbed "the Pocket Rocket". Both of them are legends in Canada. A player you should definitely check out if your interested in hockey is a guy named Bobby Orr, he was a defenceman during the 60s and 70's, his career was cut short because of knee injuries but some people consider him the greatest hockey player of all time. He is the only dman to ever win the scoring title. All three of them were retired by the time I started watching hockey but they are very legendary. Rocket Richard won 8 Stanley Cups as a player for the Montreal Canadiens. The most famous hockey photo is generally considered a photo of Bobby Orr flying through the air after he scored a goal that won the Bruins the Stanley Cup. In Nova Scotia they have a popular trail named after John Cabot called the Cabot Trail, it's almost 300 km's in length. I was there when I was a kid and don't really remember it that well but it is a very beautiful province.

[@simones-lf7ss]

Graham Greene...national treasure!

[@anufoalan]

Graham Greene is a legend, but Bobby Orr wasn’t that great, he got taken out by a 70 woman with no teeth, and beaten against the boards. But then again Aunt Dolly was also a legend

[@blanewilliams5960]

@@anufoalan Get a grip.

[@anufoalan]

@@blanewilliams5960 no that’s what Aunt Folly had on Booby Orr’s neck before she took him down

[@ShuffleUpandDeal32]

@@simones-lf7ss He recently appeared on the Last of Us series with his Northern Exposure co-star. And of course voiced a character in Red Dead Redemption II

[@Ruprect44]

Like the Avro Arrow Heritage Minute where you marked the appearance of Dan Aykroyd, the Grey Owl one was an edited version of an actual movie starring Pierce Brosnan.

[@canadian_tabarnak]

12:32 growing up watching hockey, rocket richard is one if those guys you heard as one of the greats, especially in that time era holding many streaks to this day. His main accomplishments being the leading goal scorer 5 years in a row in the 40s-50s, which the NHL created a trophy that the player with most goals earns in his name each year, the Rocket Richard Trophy

[@Keiji555]

Maurice Richard... Every person in Canada who speaks French knows his name. He was French Canadian, and the biggest Hocky legend before Wayne Gretzky. In fact, he still is known in French circles, and why the Montreal Canadians is such a beloved team in French Canadian circles.

[@TeamonD]

You don't have to be French to be a Habs fan, nor do you have to be from Quebec. Anyway, I met Maurice Richard at an Old-Timers game in Dorval, and got his autograph! Really nice man. I've met other members of the Canadiens, too, and was one of those standing on the roof of Dorval airport when Team Canada came back from the Canada/Russia series! What a memory that is!

[@Keiji555]

@@TeamonD Awesome! Glad you enjoyed that!

[@annearchbold6127]

Everyone in Canada from that era, not just Quebec, know Maurice Richard!!!

[@MegMakesCrafts]

If you’re interested in learning more about the Montreal Canadiens and Maurice Richard specifically, there’s a great movie called ‘The Rocket’ that you might enjoy. Bobby Orr is another well known Canadian hockey player, and in current times Sydney Crosby.

[@philpaine3068]

Time to add Connor McDavid to the list.

[@theeteecee]

Indigenous cultures are alive & well in Canada - not thriving as they once were, but celebrated & revered. There is a free course on the history of Indigenous peoples of Canada ( I can't be certain it's still offered for free) online through University of Saskatchewan. Excellent course The 2 Quebec referendums were held in 1980 & 1995

[@ShawnHCorey]

I love the one about Governor Frontenac. Notice how the french man got the envoy to divulge information about his forces.

[@shoknifeman2mikado135]

That sword fight was fictitious, added for drama. (Many of the early ones were more legend than truth; for instance, when Lois sees Joe Shuster (Co-creator of Superman) off at the train station, as he heads for the USA and they have a semi-romantic goodbye... In reality, she, as he once said, was a girl in his class, that he had a crush on, who likely did not know that he even existed!)

[@barbarae-b507]

His brother also played for the Canadiens. His name was Henri. His nickname was Tne Pocket Rocket.

[@janinas.5965]

I have only watched one other video of yours and I already feel you can be an honourary Canadian. I love these video's and they make me feel prouder to be a Canadian than I ever did!! Thank you kindly.

[@JT.Pilgrim]

He’s been great to watch and seems like a great guy.

[@ryanwilson_canada]

Its not a heritage minute. Its actually a CCAC (Concerned childrens advertisers Canada), but my favourite ones are from them, and particularly the house hippo one. I used to see it all the time in the 90's. Lol Hope everyone is taking care Edit: im relatively new to the channel. So im not sure you've seen that one or not yet.

[@bartwilson2513]

The Hippo! LOL. Fond memories.

[@curtisberard7831]

I would LOVE to have a house hippo for a pet.

[@ryanwilson_canada]

@@bartwilson2513 remember to leave some peanut butter toast crumbs and lost socks out for them. Lol

[@ryanwilson_canada]

@@curtisberard7831 starting to find my fellow canadians of the same era here. My son has no idea what those are. Haha

[@curtisberard7831]

@@ryanwilson_canada So THAT'S where my socks jeep disappearing! Lol

[@pvdogs2]

I don't know if there are any videos about this or not but in WW2, the Canadian government built a secret munitions plant in the east end of Toronto Ontario. Women from across Canada worked there building bombs. They became known as the Bomb Girls. Wartime homes were built near by for them to live in. They also built them a community hall, a theatre, convenience store, post office etc and created sports teams, had dances etc. Their community was surrounded by barbed wire fencing. They were doing a very secretive, high risk job. A few years ago there was a Canadian TV series that aired based on their lives. It is very interesting.

[@visaman]

Yes, I believe there is one.

[@annearchbold6127]

I live there (Ajax, Ontario). Evidently there are tunnels under the town that they used to move the bombs and munitions around. Those tunnels still affect how and where we can build.

[@visaman]

The TV show was inspired by the Heritage Minute about them.

[@leah-wp3dx]

What I really appreciate about these videos is the honesty. There is good and bad in our history and it's important to know it all. I heard more graves may have been found this week at a residential school.

[@Qikdraw]

EVERY residential school needs to be searched, and any other place that catholic ran. I saw a video on how unwed pregnant women were treated in Ireland. The catholic church "took them in" fed the starvation levels of food, while getting them to work for the church to make a profit. Then the babies were taken from them and put in an "orphanage", where many were sold, and many more starved. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYilqJ2Ia7aDnqs That's the link, it's a tough watch, even more when you know that the nun and priests that did this, that are still living, they're never going to go to trial. The government just sweeps everything about that away.

[@timstarkes173]

@@Qikdraw Half the population of everyone were starving back then. Those were brutal times.

[@marilynhoward380]

I believe all countries have shining moments and moments of disgraceful behaviour. The best we can do is to acknowledge the bad and strive to be better so we have more to be proud of than we have to be ashamed.

[@NS_first]

Marconi was the first successful transatlantic signal. He’s quite celebrated in NS. A college campus was named after him, and there’s a fascinating museum about it (I know it’s in NS, but I don’t remember where)

[@Ottawajames]

Great Canadian athlete: Clara Hughes. She is the first and only human ever to win multiple medals in both the Summer and Winter Olympics.

[@fredae.mcdermott]

I can't tell you how much we've enjoyed your videos. We came to B.C. Canada from Manchester in 1974 with our 2 small boys and have lived on the Sunshine Coast for 41 years. If you Google it you will find it is a 40 minute ferry ride from Vancouver on the coast of the Georgia Strait, with a population of approx. 35,000, and it's a a very popular tourist destination. My background is Scots and Irish, and my husband's is half Irish, half English. There is a large community of British ExPats here, all of us very proud ExPats and Canadians. We've watched 4 of your videos up to now, with a mixture of laughter, tears and pride. Thank you so much for the effort you have put in and your great presentation, and yes, it is an amazing Country in which to live.

[@stephenmccormack5272]

Stirring Bull was in a large part responsible for defeating General Custer and whiping out his entire command. It was mostly a defensive posture, but the natives were aware of Custer's attack. Sitting Bull and his followers then fled to Canada to escape the American retaliation.

[@launchedathousand]

The Agnus Macphail Heritage Minute has always been my favourite!

[@JosephJamesScott]

The Americans killed the buffalo, the main food source of the plains natives. Also, you probably missed this, but Sitting Bull calls it the grandmother's medicine house, that grandmother was Queen Victoria. They were in Canada keeping the Grandmother's peace.

[@standing0]

Joe Malone, Howie Morenz, Rocket Richard, Jean Beliveau, Guy Lafleur....all miles above the rest and all generational legends of the Montreal Canadiens historic franchise. Quite like Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Derek Jeter of the NY Yankees

[@thecynic9232]

The actor playing the native chief is Graham Greene. One of our many great indigenous actors. ❤️🇨🇦

[@vaudreelavallee3757]

The Richard Riot likely reflected the feelings that contributed to the Quiet Revolution rather than amplified them. It became a symbol of the mistreatment of the French workers by the British bosses. Ron Hynes's Sawchuk is sort of like a hockey heritage minute about a famous goalie. Speaking of hockey heritage minutes, you need to watch the Jacques Plante one. Rick Mercer did a spoof of the Plante one on the fictional Jacques Trappe (inventor of the jock strap)

[@RG-lr4pk]

Hockey: A People's History is a series that covers hockey's history in Canada. It covers Maurice Richard for a significant part of it.

[@lizrobins85]

I am really impressed by your desire to learn more about Canada' s history. Sadly, I have to take issue with your comment that Sitting Bull's experience of being starved out of Canada is so far removed from modern ways of doing things. If you care to explore the wealth of information on the Indian Residential School system, you will find that starvation and abuse as a way of solving 'the Indian problem' continued until the last one closed in 1996.

[@jwhyte0427]

Agnes Macphail Heritage Minute is very powerful!Highly recommend.

[@cheryla7480]

The vignette “ Grey Owl “ was taken from the movie. About an Englishman who lived with Canadian First Nations people and claimed to be aboriginal. The reason the chief felt his cheek and laughed was that he could feel stubble. First Nations men have very little facial and body hair. Métis men can grow beards because they are mixed aboriginal and usually European peoples.

[@somethingsomething404]

9:40 No! these were NOT (just) Japanese people, the people in the video were not immigrants it clearly states they were BORN IN CANADA. They were Canadians and we still treated them like that. One is not an immigrant if born here, some may call them a 2nd generation "immigrant" but most Canadians would correct you and say they are a 1st generation Canadian. (not to be confused with first nations)We feel strongly about our cultural mosaic and not calling people immigrants if that person never immigrated anywhere. We don't throw them in a "melting pot" either, their culture is to be respected without question and celebrated.

[@LindsayKeys-tl6zb]

My grandfather, an American from Kentucky and a Marine Corps veteran from WWII, came to Canada to play football in the CFL in the late 1940s (the CFL was bigger than the NFL in those days!). He played for the Montreal Alouettes, and the football and hockey boys would often go out drinking together. He was friends with Maurice Richard, and one night a few of them got really drunk and wound up stealing a milk truck to take for a joyride around 5:00 AM. They didn’t get far and were soon stopped by the police - the police didn’t know who my grandpa was (though he went on to eventually be inducted into the CFL Hall of Fame) but once they saw he was with Maurice Richard, they let the boys off because “they couldn’t lock up the Rocket”. It was a different time!

[@Dimcle]

FYI, the treaties were between the Indigenous and the crown. The "grandmother"was Queen Victoria.

[@57kevy33]

you need to see "Canada Vignettes: Log Driver's Waltz by John Weldon - NFB" and any of the National Film Board of Canada productions

[@cherylross2718]

I don’t know if you have heard of David Suzuki, a wonderful Canadian. He and his family were put in interment camps from 1942-45. David was only 6 at the time. When they were released, they no longer had a home, and his fathers business was also lost, all sold when they were away.

[@davedowling8469]

Suzuki is a climate hypocrite. Burning tons of fossil fuels while chastising everyone else about saving the planet.

[@margaretjames6494]

Kaye Kaminishi is the man featured in the Vancouver Asahi minute. He turned 102 years old a couple of days ago and is the last surviving member of the team. The City of Vancouver declared "Thursday, Jan. 11, Vancouver Asahi Day to honour the legendary team that played in the city from 1914 to 1941 before being disbanded due to the internment of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War.?

[@krisprepolec5616]

In the late 80’s my family vacationed at Lemon Creek Lodge in southern British Columbia. It was originally a Japanese internment camp, and they had a mini-museum with pictures and artifacts from that time. We must remember the things we are not proud of so that we honour those people who were wronged and do better in the future.

[@caroljollymore7345]

Hello Mert, Carol in Halifax here. The Telegraph was the first direct link to Europe for communication . In the Heritage Minute about the Halifax Explosion Patrick Vincent Coleman used to signal the approaching train. It preceded telephones. But Guglielmo Marconi an Italian invented the wireless telegraph that crossed the ocean on a wire in minutes. Sort of the first wifi.

[@rschrader]

Maurice ‘The Rocket’ Richard was one of the greatest goal scorers in NHL history and won 8 Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens. His little brother Henri ‘Pocket Rocket’ Richard was also a member of the Canadiens. Henri won the Stanley Cup 11 times as a player, the most in NHL history and is tied with Bill Russell of the NBA for the record of the most championships won by an athlete in a North American sports league.

[@naMnivraM]

My mom is from Six Nations Reserve. Check out Tom Longboat. Hes from Six Nations as well. The Actor playing Sitting Bull is Graham Greene. Hes from Six Nations as well. He started in Dances With Wolves and is the most recognized Indigenous actor is North America. Both amazing individuals!

[@Dieselsdog3]

Heritage Minutes are the cure to ADHD. You get important information in bite sized portions so even those who have no attention span can absorb some history. Thank you for your reactions to this amazing series.

[@donnaogorman4935]

You interest and knowledge of history is wonderful. It is important to know where we all came from and where everyone else came from. 👍🇨🇦

[@LeiaBranagh]

Thanks again for sharing these videos. I hadn't seen them all and had no idea they were still producing them 😮😁

[@fluttergirl75]

We are so fortunate to have Heritage Minutes.

[@Stewart682]

Sitting Bull came to Canada after wiping out the 7th Cavalry at Little Big Horn and surrendered to 1 RCMP officer!

[@timtwoface]

11:22 - If you ever are able, you can watch an entire movie called "The Rocket" (2006) about the history of hockey legend Maurice "The Rocket" Richard (pronounced "Rishard" as he is french); he is even played by the same actor found in the one minute short movie here. It's an excellent movie and some other current NHL players play other roles in the film, too. It features this night in the sport and leads right up to the "Rocket Richard Riots" of 1955. Like Wayne Gretzky that followed him, Rocket Richard was the best player of his era, hands down.

[@elvishemeon389]

Marconi transmitted the very first signal across the Atlantic from what is called "Signal Hill" in St John's Newfoundland. After the laying of the first trans atlantic cable. Marconi is known to many Canadians.

[@JT.Pilgrim]

Point to note, that although Canada had internment camps they were treated humanely. In fact German POWs were held in canada. That’s an interesting story with a real Canadian twist.

[@adrianmcgrath1984]

Germans and Italians were also held in the UK. I had an Uncle who was interned on the Isle Of Man.

[@Ozziecatsmom]

I work in a nursing home and we used to have a gentleman that had been a German POW in Alberta and a little after the war returned to Canada. It’s sad that most of the WWII vets are gone, the few that I knew in the home and would talk about their experience were fascinating to listen to.

[@TeamonD]

@@Ozziecatsmom My parents would only ever mention minor things about the war, never anything detailed. My father's cousin, however, wrote a book about his experiences as a POW in Germany. Very informative read, not to mention funny, but sadly difficult to come by. It's called "No Time Off for good behaviour" by H. E. Woolley. He even talks about teaching the German guards how to play hockey.

[@Ozziecatsmom]

@@TeamonD That would be wonderful to read! I love reading about WW11, especially books by “regular” people. There was a woman in our home, she was one of the first women to work as a newspaper writer in our province, she wrote a book about her time in Europe as a journalist during the war. Unfortunately I can’t remember the name of it. So many interesting stories.

[@mikeaveling5802]

As a Canadian I can say Canada is not perfect, but I think we have tried the hardest to make it a perfect place for all people. I'm so glad to have grown up in a country with such different cultures around me 🇨🇦♥️

[@fugitiveunknown7806]

All the REALLY crazy stuff is about hockey. Love of hockey isn't quite universal, but people take it very seriously in Canada. There have been like two riotsI can remember in Vancouver in my lifetime (94 and 11), and both were about hockey (seriously).

[@carmium]

Paldi is about 5 miles inland from Duncan on Vancouver Island's east coast. There's a Sikh temple and a few other buildings, but mostly empty streets. Today there are still enclaves of Sikh and other south Asian culture, but not entire villages, and SA immigrants and new generations comprise a substantial part of BC's population everywhere.

[@North-of-the-49th]

The "Sitting Bull" (actor) also played in the film "Dancing with Wolves" ("Kicking Bird" / Graeme Greene).

[@TonyStarkRadio]

Hey, really enjoying the channel. For the next Heritage Minutes episode watch the Louis Riel one. When I was a kid, the ending really shocked me when I watched it. The fact that these commercials showed each side of Canada's history, good and bad is really important. Keep up the great content

[@wryalways985]

Can't find the Louis Riel hm on YT. I guess it is too graphic.

[@TonyStarkRadio]

@@wryalways985 Found it. Still as powerful today as it was when I first saw it kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zpevn32mYredpdk

[@bencracknellCA]

For hockey look up Gordie Howe. He was the highest goal scorer and total point scorer until his record was broken by Gretzky. He has a term in hockey named after him too. A hat trick is when you score three goals in a game, a Gordie Howe hat trick is when you get a goal, an assist and get in a fight in the same game.

[@bluebird1239]

I seem to remember hearing that Gordie Howe's nickname was 'elbows', lol

[@rosilindschroeder1880]

Given how little history is taught these days, the Heritage Minutes are a wonderful tool for learning Canadian History. They tend to cause further Investigating.

[@MeatBall57]

John Cabot - The water was so thick with fish ( cod ) it stopped the forward movement of their ship.

[@michaelsikora3030]

In my younger days, the mid 1990' s, I lived in the town of New Denver, B.C. This was once a Japanese interment camp during WWII. To this day, some of the tiny little shacks those internees were forced to live in, still stand to this day. The town is one of the most beautiful places in all of Canada.

[@denisegreene8441]

There is a movie about Grey Owl. They were showing clips from it and yes, Pierce Brosnan played him.

[@loncaselton]

As an extremely proud Canadian, I would just like to say thank you and you are welcome..

[@mitch019850]

Heritage minutes that you haven't reacted to, but I remember in the 90's Water Pump Soddie Vikings Laura Secord Bluenose Paris Crew Also, that was 100% Pierce Brosnan in Grey Owl, I didn't even notice until a couple years ago when I was going through the heritage minutes when I realized they put them all on youtube.

[@beverlynorris557]

He did Laura Secord a while back.

[@mitch019850]

@@beverlynorris557 crap, I must have missed it

[@beverlynorris557]

@@mitch019850 go to his previous heritage minutes video. I think it was the 2nd one.

[@kathylitwin591]

the crazy Canucks, the Canadian World Cup Alpine ski racing team of the 1970 - 1980's. Ken Reid, Steven Podborski, Dave Irwin, Dave Murray and Jim Hunter.

[@adrianmcgrath1984]

Sitting Bull was just one of many who have taken refuge in Canada over the years. The Underground Railway ran into Canada. In many rural areas close to the border you will find small towns or communities of religious groups who fled the states in the World Wars, as the U.S. did not accept them as conscientious objectors. They were treated brutally and imprisoned. Nobody knows how many Americans fled here during Vietnam, but it’s agreed that it was tens of thousands. Quite a few never went home, even after the US declared an amnesty. Some US soldiers also came to Canada during the invasion of Iraq. - nowhere near as many as Vietnam, but it wasn’t a conscripted war. Those that came here using the correct channels had been to Iraq and believed what they were doing was wrong. When Trump won the election, there was another pretty significant influx of refugees who had been in the US, but believed that Trump would deport them. They made their way here. ‘The Handmaids Tale' by Canadian without Margaret Atwood, uses Canada as the place that people escape too - making it one of the few shows that use Toronto as a backdrop but also as a setting. Since the lunacy surrounding women’s health services in the US, if you look on online noticeboards or market places, you will find Canadian women and families offering spare rooms, cabins etc at no charge of they want to come and do some 'fishing' or 'hiking' or whatever. It’s clear enough that what they are offering. The Prime Minister also issued a notice to border patrols/customs etc. that women who show up a the border looking for help, must be given entry.

[@cloudstone123]

Jeanie Trout's heritage minute I always found amusing for one reason. It illustrated something in the household I grew up in and around when I was a kid. In every way the man was considered the person in charge of the house and the family. But, if the man did something that was embarrassing or improper, the way you punish him is tell the wife who gives him a hard time over it. That is why the kids would always be told 'Don't tell your mother about this' by dad because he knew he'd catch hell for it if mom found out about it.

[@LeiaBranagh]

Just a quick note about Grey Owl. That Heritage Minutes is actually taking some footage of a movie with Pierce Brosnan. It's a 1999 film called Grey Owl. 😊

[@claireball9355]

Thank you for your videos…sometimes being Canadian means learning something new every day….I am thankful for that and that your videos show that.

[@billwolfe3207]

thank you to all nurses past and present!

[@Dimcle]

Most of the Asahi ball players were not immigrants. They were born in Canada.

[@GlasgowCelticFan25]

Bobby Orr was one of the greatest Canadian players. When I was a kid my dad and I had season tickets to the Oshawa generals which is where he played before moving to the NHL. We were right in front of the press box and he would sometimes talk to us when he visited to watch a game with the commentators.

[@Barbwheel]

The comment section here is so rich with our connections to Canadian history show in the heritage minutes. Love the viewers!

[@catherinemackley]

The Cabot trail, named after John Cabot, is an amazing drive with truly beautiful scenery.

[@North-of-the-49th]

Guy Lafleur was a huge hockey star in the 1970s. Sadly, he died not too long ago and highway 50 (Quebec) was dedicated with his name. "The Flower" (Lafleur). 🍁

[@jasonm8017]

I grew up in Steveston, a fishing village SW of Vancouver. I was in HighSchool when Canada gave reparations to the Japanese (50yrs later) not sure how how much💰 they are a ppl we should all aspire to be

[@elvishemeon389]

Rocket Richard ... an Icon in the NHL ... a hockey hero. I watched him play on tv when I was a young boy.

[@wryalways985]

Roy Dupuis, a great actor, portrayed Richard and Riel.

[@karenramstedt4614]

I really love your presentation and feedback of the videos about Canada. I'm born in and live in B.C. Do you feel a connection with Canadians. You likely know, that there's a lot of people with Scottish ancestry in Canada, and which I believe has influenced the way we are - often described as "very nice people". I have some Scottish ancestry. I'm not sure how much.

[@bluebird1239]

My understanding is that the ethnically Japanese people that were interned into camps during the 2nd world war (including those of Japanese heritage that were born in Canada, for example Dr. David Suzuki), had their houses, property and possessions taken from them and never returned but sold off to 'Canadians'. That included things like the fishing boats that they had used to make a living.

[@MWish999]

Some Heritage Minutes videos: Tommy Prince; Paris Cres; Maurice Ruddick; Bluenose; Naskumituwin (Treaty); Home from the Wars; Edmonton; Marion Orr; Queenston Heights; Mona Parsons; Juno Beach; Jackie Robinson. There are at least 90 videos and I plan on eventually watching them all.

[@damonx6109]

There's actually a movie about the Vancouver Asahi that came out in 2014.

[@adrianmcgrath1984]

Paldi is pretty much gone. It was one of a number of resource based communities in the Cowichan Valley that have either changed drastically or faded into non existence. It was also not big enough to have the facilities that people have come to rely on in the last 100yrs, like hospitals and secondary schools etc. About 25 years ago, changes to the logging export laws meant that 'raw lumber' could be shipped to the USA - and other destinations. Raw lumber means that the logs are shipped whole, they are not stripped of bark or sawn. With that piece of legislature several towns in the valley saw jobs almost wiped out. The ones that survived are around Cowichan Lake, a 25km long lake that is popular with tourists. - about 15 minutes further up the valley. The Asian community still have strong ties to logging in BC. One of the biggest logging exporters is Asian owned, and Asian companies own a great deal of the log trucking industry.

[@CraigShifflet]

I am from the States. What I am seeing through my education, via these snippets, of Canadian history is every country has its share of inventors, artists, and heroes who did great things but the one thing that seems to be a common thread is the atrocities and horrors our governments acted upon the indigenous people. I am proud for Candadians that you are open about these events. Here, we bury them and never speak of them. It was only within the last couple years I learned about the Tulsa Massacre and the serial murder of the Osage tribe members for their oil rights. If you are interested in an overview of hockey, Wayne Gretzky wrote a book called 99: Stories of the Game. Covers more than just Canadian hockey but it's hockey soooooo it's mostly Canadian.

[@bl_leafkid4322]

In Cape Breton NS you can drive on the Cabot Trail

[@TheDopekitty]

It's lovely to see they're still producing new heritage minutes!

[@demonixxgaming5309]

I’m really enjoying your channel sir. Subscribed.