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How critics greeted the film adaptation of Dune in 1984

One reviewer said he was "impressed" by director David Lynch's take on the science-fiction novel. Another said he found Dune "repulsive."

The 1984 NDP campaign slogan that was oddly familiar

With "Now more than ever," the federal NDP had chosen a campaign slogan already used by both the Alberta Progressive Conservatives and U.S. Republicans.

When garage sales were trending in Canada in the '70s

Garage sales, when done right, offered a win-win situation -- bargains for the buyer and money for the seller.

When Canada was falling behind in 'the race to build thinking computers'

In the mid-1980s, young Canadians who wanted to study artificial intelligence had to leave home to do that.

Willy Wonka, Matilda series to launch at Netflix as it acquires Roald Dahl catalogue

News Entertainment September 22

Heather O'Neill reflects on what it was like when her debut novel won Canada Reads 2007

Books Canada Reads September 21

Philanthropist, media magnate Allan Slaight dead at 90

Victoria Ahearn

News Entertainment September 21

When Front Page Challenge met Ella Fitzgerald

Fossil reveals giant new penguin species that lived 27 million years ago

Radio As It Happens September 20

Why Sigourney Weaver gave herself a new name

The group of seven billion: This art was made by bacteria from the Group of Seven's paint palettes

Arts September 20

From 2002: Should Canada ban drivers from using cellphones?

Bite me: New study of dinosaur scars sheds light on prehistoric, in-your-face battles for dominance

News Canada Edmonton September 20

Final puck to drop at Gatineau's Robert Guertin arena

News Canada Ottawa September 18

1913 Alberta licence plate unearthed near downtown Calgary bridge

News Canada Calgary September 18

How Canada's oldest town held a 'rural renaissance' to save itself

News Canada Nova Scotia September 17

When Vancouver's dining options expanded to French cuisine

'The old computer' that was to blame for issues with the phone book

Boomtown blues: when Fort McMurray got too big too fast

Rare caribou coat returned to Innu Nation after being found in freezer across a river

News Canada Nfld. & Labrador September 15

When the Toronto Sun started publishing on Sundays

Alanis Morissette blasts documentary Jagged as 'salacious'

News Entertainment September 16

How PMs kept us guessing before fixed election dates

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Comedian and actor Norm Macdonald dead at 61

News Entertainment September 15

Forgotten Nelson school storage yields treasure trove of history

News Canada British Columbia September 14

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