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Boat People: A Refugee Crisis

Boat People: A Refugee Crisis

They were prepared to risk everything. In the years following the Vietnam War, over one million refugees fled the war-ra...

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On the Dole: Employment Insurance in Canada

On the Dole: Employment Insura...

Employment insurance is a legacy of the Great Depression, and remains a pillar of Canada's social safety net. The system...

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Topic - The Group of Seven: Painters in the Wilderness

Topic - The Group of Seven: Pa...

Around 1912 a loosely knit group of artists began to paint Canada as they saw it. Sketch boxes in tow, they journeyed al...

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On This Day

1961: John F. Kennedy and wife Jackie visit Ottawa

1961: John F. Kennedy and wife Jackie visit O...

A crowd of 50,000 welcome U.S. President John F. Kennedy and his wife Jackie to Canada's capital.

CBC Programs

Our Native Land: Rise of the native rights movement

Our Native Land: Rise ...

Looking back at the rise of Canada's native rights movement beginning ...

Great Interviews

Leonard Cohen on the road to singing sensation

Leonard Cohen on the r...

Cohen leaves his blissful domestic life on Hydra with the intention of...

Guess Who?

Who is this youthful trio?

Who is this youthful t...

Do you know who these three boys are?