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When new home buyers couldn't get enough grant money from Ottawa
A grant program aimed at promoting the sale of new homes in 1983 cost Ottawa twice as much as it had planned to spend.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.Tina Turner, powerhouse singer dubbed the queen of rock 'n' roll, dead at 83
Tina Turner, the American-born singer who left a hardscrabble farming community and abusive relationship to become one of the top recording artists of all time, has died at age 83.The power outage that ended a tie game in the 1988 Stanley Cup final
The loss of Owen Hart and the family, friends and fans who loved him