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Thanks for celebrating with us

On Nov. 2, 2011, CBC/Radio-Canada celebrated its 75th anniversary. Memories, birthday wishes, thanks and words of encouragement poured in from Canadians across the country and even around the world.

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CBC sparks star careers

Many famous actors, politicians and prominent figures in Canadian life got their start at CBC.

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A history of covering conflict

Peter Armstrong co-hosts the final episode of Rewind's 12-part 75th anniversary series, which looks at CBC's history of war coverage - spanning from the Second World War to Canada's role in Afghanistan.

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Our Native Land

After six years on the air Indian Magazine was ready to go "all-red, all-the-time" and re-launched under it's new title, Our Native Land. The show aimed to "give more air time to native peoples and ... limit non-natives to a minimum."

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Kids in the Hall

In 1988 the Kids in the Hall taped a TV pilot, which aired on HBO in the United States and CBC in Canada that fall. More episodes of the program, which was produced by the CBC and Lorne Edwards's Broadway Video, began airing on both networks in 1989.

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