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| | Leaders and dreamers | Commerce | Homegrown innovation |
 | | Elijah McCoy, born in Colchester, Ont., in 1843 to escaped slaves from Kentucky, registered more than 50 patents in his lifetime, including ones for a lawn sprinkler, an ironing board and a train-wheel lubricator that came to be known as "the real McCoy." |
 | | In 1957, Steve Pasjack of Vancouver invented a beer case with a handy tuck-away handle. |
 | | Olivia Poole, a mother of seven who grew up on a reservation in Minnesota, was living in Vancouver with her family in 1954 when she invented the baby harness, combining traditional Native design and modern technology. |
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