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During wartime, Canadians had less fruit for the fruitcake
As Canadian bakers prepared for the fifth Christmas during the Second World War, butter and sugar were rationed and dried fruit was in short supply.
Award-winning singer-songwriter Shirley Eikhard dead at 67
Singer-songwriter Shirley Eikhard, who won two Juno Awards and helped Bonnie Raitt to comeback success by penning one of her biggest hits, Something To Talk About, has died. She was 67.
Opinion
Tradition be damned: these Christmas treats are way past their best-before date
Christmas cake, mincemeat and booze-filled chocolates are monstrosities that need to be trashed, not eaten.
The American appetite for Canadian Christmas trees
Fir real: finding 'the right tree' at Christmas
The Beachcombers made Pat John an Indigenous icon. When fame faded, his journey home began
A Christmas tree stand that just might work
When a recession left fewer people flying home for the holidays
Mired in disputes about its fate, historic St. John's cottage destroyed by fire
How celebrating the ugly Christmas sweater went from a B.C. house party to a global phenomenon
Why a Cape Breton post office handled a lot of mail every December
Bob McGrath, original cast member on Sesame Street, dead at 90
Roadside History
A ghost town in N.B. was the site of an infamous axe murder — for which a man was tried 3 times
How the driverless car of 1971 worked
When Canada's men's soccer squad was dubbed 'Team Hopeful'
George W. Bush's long-delayed, first 'official' visit to Canada
Friends remember Donnie Tucker, whose accordion was the live soundtrack for downtown St. John's
Christine McVie, co-lead singer of Fleetwood Mac, dead at 79
How an Alberta town encouraged shopping locally in 1989
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He spent years collecting vintage gas station memorabilia. It all sold for over $700K
When the world's biggest McDonald's was told to close in China
How electronic toys made manufacturers think about older 'kids'
The N.B. police officer who was also a world authority on worms
Sask. company finds new uses for province's old grain elevators
