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How one stone gave a Halifax-area park heritage status
A hulking, rocking chunk of granite that's been attracting visitors for two centuries and is rumoured to have caught the attention of royalty has had its historical importance to the Halifax area set in stone.

Will McLernon
News -Canada -Nova Scotia ||

The hotel that waged a 'weenie war' on hotdog stands
A hotel manager seemed to relish underselling unsightly frankfurter vendors, who couldn't catch up to his cut-rate prices.
Asian Heritage Month
One of Cambridge's early Chinese settlers survived the sinking of the Titanic
Lee Bing was the manager of Galt's White Rose Cafe in the 1930s. Bing was also the subject of a documentary film, The Six, which tells the stories of the six Chinese men who survived the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.

Carmen Groleau
News -Canada -Kitchener-Waterloo ||

Fans of rare art deco Edmonton building raise money to preserve its history

Madeleine Cummings
News -Canada -Edmonton |

Highlights from the Battle of Alberta in the '80s

The 'pretty' albino lobster that made a P.E.I. couple say 'holy hell'

The last Battle of Alberta was in 1991. Here's how Calgary is different — and how it remains the same

Joel Dryden
News -Canada -Calgary ||

That time the Stanley Cup final would include the Canucks or Leafs

When the CRTC decided the internet couldn't be regulated

When Toronto's mayor planned to make Yonge and Bay one-way streets

The first flight of Top Gun (and two other reasons to visit the cinema) in 1986
A life 'defined by something he didn't do': David Milgaard, wrongfully convicted of murder, dies at 69

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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