Speaking with Brian Ennis yesterday, he told me again of the CBC special The Greatest Canadian and the name that emerged at the top after Canadians voted fore their choices. I had not heard of TD before Brian mentioned him, so I make a note here for other newcomers to Canada who, like me, are playing catch-up on Canadian history.

Skip to 5:25 ⬇

See the list here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greatest_Canadian

Heritage Minutes

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(September 23, 2024) Government of Canada recognizes Won Alexander Cumyow as a person of national historic significance
https://www.canada.ca/en/parks-canada/news/2024/09/government-of-canada-recognizes-won-alexander-cumyow-as-a-person-of-national-historic-significance.html

Won Alexander Cumyow played a leadership role in fighting for voting rights for Chinese Canadians
Born in 1861 at Port (Fort) Douglas in the colony of British Columbia, Won Alexander Cumyow was the first known person of Chinese descent to be born in what would become known as Canada. While he had hoped to become a lawyer, and articled at two law firms, he was barred from voting and the legal profession due to discriminatory laws. As a community broker and court interpreter in the justice system, he championed the rights of persons of Chinese origin and descent in Canada in the early 20th century. He fought to end racist voting laws and cast his first vote in 1949 at the age of 88, two years after Chinese Canadians regained the right to vote.

See The Canadian Encyclopedia: Won Alexander Cumyow

In 2016, there were calls for a new Vancouver school to be named after him, but ultimately the name Crosstown was retained.
In 2020, Won was shortlisted by the Bank of Canada for the new redesigned five-dollar bill alongside seven other important historical figures: Francis Pegahmagabow, Fred Loft, Isapo-muxika, Lotta Hitschmanova, Pitseolak Ashoona, Robertine Barry, and Terry Fox. In the end, in December 2024, the government of Canada decided to have Terry Fox on the new bill.

Vive le Canada!
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HMCS Chicoutimi (SSK 879)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Chicoutimi_(SSK_879)

The British government was looking to discontinue the operation of diesel-electric boats and offered to sell Upholder and her sister submarines to Canada in 1993. The offer was accepted in 1998.
- Problems were discovered with the piping welds on all four submarines, which delayed the reactivation of Upholder and her three sisters. Upholder was the last to be restored. When work commenced on the submarine, internal steelwork was found to be corroded, hull valves were cracked, air turbine pumps were defective, and equipment was missing that had been used to refit sister boat HMCS Corner Brook (ex-Ursula)
On 5 October 2004, Chicoutimi was running on the surface, through heavy seas 100 miles (160 km) north-west of County Mayo, Ireland. Both hatches in the bridge fin lock-out chamber were left open and an estimated 2,000 litres (440 imp gal; 528 US gal) of seawater entered the vessel.
The RNLI lifeboat Sam and Ada Moody, stationed on Achill Island, County Mayo was put on standby to assist, but was later stood down. An Irish Navy ship, LÉ Róisín, responded to the submarine’s mayday signal and set out to assist it, but was seriously damaged by the rough seas and forced to return to harbour. The only other Irish Navy ships available to help, LÉ Aoife and LÉ Niamh were patrolling off Ireland’s southern coast. At 2 p.m. local time, the Royal Navy frigate HMS Montrose and the auxiliary vessel RFA Wave Knight reached the crippled Chicoutimi, with an additional three British ships en route. LÉ Aoife later reached the area and took over coordination of the rescue and salvage efforts.
The board of inquiry concluded that “a combination of human, technical and operational factors … led to a tragic death”