Rewind takes a look at the dear-departing penny. Goodbye to the sweaty, metallic smell of the smallest of coins.Goodbye to a pocket full of change messing up the lines of our fancy pants. Goodbye to a coin with which you could buy nothing.

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An hour of music from the program Morningside with Peter Gzowski. Morningside aired stories from across Canada, talked to prime ministers and premiers, economists and politicians. But there was always room for music- whether it was recorded, live or a conversation with a musician. In the winter of 1991 the show hosted a hootenanny- a live sing- a- long of favourite songs with five of the best folk musicians in the country. It was so successful that the following fall they did it again.

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It's Valentine's Day, and we really had no choice, did we? We had to give you a program about love. We'll have children, old people, lovers, music and poetry this hour, all appropriate to the day.

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Two fascinating, slightly weird and often combative interviews from Michael Enright. The first one is with the veteran actor Mickey Rooney. He calls it one of the most challenging of his career. The other is with two Tibetan monks who barely spoke any English. 

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A portrait of the longtime CBC broadcaster Bill McNeil. His work on the programs Assignment and Voice of the Pioneer made him a household name for more than 40 years. 

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Beginning in the 1940's, quiz shows were a regular part of programming on CBC Radio.  On this Rewind, a four-decade tour that will have you shouting out the answers as you listen.

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Barack Obama's official inauguration as President is on January 20. To mark it, Rewind presents an hour of U.S. presidents who have visited Canada.

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A look back 15 years ago to the great ice storm of Eastern Canada.

It started in early January 1998 as freezing rain and mild temperatures, but before long, millions were huddled in the dark by their fireplaces. Heavy ice sheets had toppled huge power pylons and in just six days an electrical system that took decades to create was in tatters.

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A New Year- must be time for New Year's Resolutions! On today's Rewind, we help you help yourself. We look at our past efforts to make ourselves happier, healthier and more successful. 

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An hour of one of the most popular of the arts and entertainment programs of the 1940s and 50s- The Happy Gang. With its signature opening and upbeat tone, it aired for more than twenty years every weekday at lunch on CBC Radio.

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