Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new podcast wafting in on the smell of burnt toast and nostalgia is aiming to tackle the full Canadian history behind iconic ...

TORONTO, July 1, 2026 /CNW/ - Historica Canada is marking the 35th anniversary of its iconic Heritage Minutes with the launch of a new video series featuring celebrated Canadians reflecting on their ...

A new Heritage Minute honouring battlefield artist Mary Riter Hamilton serves as a reminder to Canadians that “things can get better” in uncertain times, says the head of the non-profit behind the ...

TORONTO, June 26, 2025 /CNW/ - There are perhaps no more iconically Canadian things than the Heritage Minutes and the music of The Tragically Hip. This Canada Day, Historica Canada presents a salute ...

The smell of burnt toast leading to a cure for seizures. Cutting the bottom out of peach baskets during the invention of basketball. Jacques Cartier coining the name "Canada" based on wrong ...

Heritage Minutes, also known officially as Historica Minutes: History by the Minute, are a series of sixty-second short films, each illustrating an important moment in Canadian history. They appear ...

Recently the Heritage Minutes, some 80 one-minute films described as “dramatized vignettes that recreate events of great importance, accomplishment and bravery in our country’s history,” celebrated ...

A new short from the popular Heritage Minutes series commemorates the 100th anniversary since the Canadian discovery of insulin. Jeff Topham Any Canadian who went channel surfing any time during the ...

Produced by Historica Canada, Heritage Minutes are 60-second shorts that tell the stories of pivotal people and events in Canadian history. The latest video, which launched Tuesday to mark Remembrance ...

The head of Historica Canada takes us behind the scenes of a Minute marking the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy A shot list of the Heritage Minutes used in the clip, which splices ...