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The day Midday said goodbye after more than 4,000 episodes on CBC
For 15 years, CBC's Midday brought viewers a daily dose of news, current affairs and everything Canada.

When rumours sent Newfoundlanders running to the banks in 1982
The rumours greatly worried some Newfoundlanders, including those who weren't willing to wait to find out if those rumours were true.

Jim Pappin, 1967 Stanley Cup hero for the Maple Leafs, dead at 82
The Toronto Maple Leafs announced Wednesday that Jim Pappin, who scored the winning goal in the 1967 Stanley Cup final, has died at age 82.
Sports -Hockey -NHL ||

When Canada's national museum on the Ottawa River opened

A not very neighbourly arrangement at the U.S. border

The many times the royals have jetted across the pond for Canada Day
Hundreds of Mi'kmaw artifacts return home to Cape Breton

Erin Pottie
News -Canada -Nova Scotia |
Museum looking for items to tell 'Windsor's Prohibition History'
News -Canada -Windsor ||

When 'a flood of free newspapers' washed over Toronto

How TV's The Raccoons went from a one-time special to a long-running cartoon

The sunken destroyer that didn't sink as it was supposed to

When Alan Maitland retired from CBC's As It Happens

The Canada geese that rode a truck from the 416 to the 506

Lettuce show you how we really feel: When fed-up farmers dumped produce in protest

When Canadian tourists were paying more to visit Britain

There wasn't enough Canada on Canadian TV in 1988

London researcher studying city's hosiery history
News -Canada -London |

When world leaders met in recessionary Venice

Scottish researcher scouring Maritimes for 'Holy Grail' of lost tartans

Erin Pottie
News -Canada -Nova Scotia ||

The hockey league that was literally ready to roll in 1993

The performers at Canada's 'first pop festival' in 1969

The cat who looked like 'a big elephant' compared to other felines

Car phones helped get the job done in 1990

Not a good time for newspapers: The 1992 edition
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