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When Toronto's mayor planned to make Yonge and Bay one-way streets
Mayor Art Eggleton had an idea to address traffic flow in downtown Toronto, but it got no buy-in from merchants on the two city streets.

The first flight of Top Gun (and two other reasons to visit the cinema) in 1986
As the Tom Cruise movie gets a followup in 2022, revisit a review of the original version and two more memorable movies from the summer of ’86.
A life 'defined by something he didn't do': David Milgaard, wrongfully convicted of murder, dies at 69
David Milgaard died in a Calgary hospital this weekend, a source close to the family has confirmed.

Meghan Grant
News -Canada -Calgary |

1990 was the year of the tire fire in Canada

The top chef who came to taste the lobster nouveau in N.B.

Character actor Fred Ward, known for role in The Right Stuff, dead at age 79
News -Entertainment ||

When the 1982 Vancouver Canucks made it to the Stanley Cup final

When 'spoiled' Torontonians lost twice-a-week garbage pickup
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From 1980: Will Ottawa set a precedent by helping Chrysler?

A look inside the Quebec City hat shop where 'it's as though time stopped'

Julia Caron
News -Canada -Montreal ||

The election everyone was ready for — except Pierre Trudeau

After 20 years, Apple is saying goodbye to the iPod
News -Business |

What The Kids in the Hall did after their CBC-TV show ended

In 1990, the 'lobster money' wasn't what it used to be out east

When beer and wine almost made it into Ontario corner stores
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The place to go for a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle haircut in 1990

From 1979: Will gas rationing come to Canada?

The Newfoundland sealers who got stranded on the ice for weeks

Memories of 1997 flood back for Manitobans 25 years later, though many want to move on

Darren Bernhardt
News -Canada -Manitoba ||

Trash talk: unparliamentary language has a long history in the House of Commons

Peter Zimonjic
News -Politics ||

The Liberal backbenchers they called the Rat Pack

When B.C. police hoped radio DJs could help them catch car thieves

From 1983: The minivan was great for families, but was it safe?

These camping innovations of 1970 had all the comforts of home
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