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When Tokyo was preparing for the 1964 Olympics

Japan had won 18 medals at the previous Olympics. For 1964, it was aiming to claim 57 of them. But Canadian athletes were also getting ready for the Games.

When a metric mix-up led to the 'Gimli Glider' emergency

In 1983 an Air Canada Boeing 767 ran out of fuel and was forced to make an emergency landing in Gimli, Man.

The computer system that stumbled at the 1996 Olympics

Three business giants -- IBM, Xerox, and Swatch -- teamed up to supply the data journalists needed at the Summer Games in Atlanta. It didn't quite work.

When Banff had lots of tourists, but too many elk visiting town

In 1998, some 500 elk were hanging out in Banff, Alta. That was a problem for the people who lived there and for the nearby national park.

Explainer: Why Japan 'rising sun' flag provokes Olympic ire

Sports Olympics July 23

Teepees, wigwams bring new life to Indigenous programming at Lower Fort Garry

News Canada Manitoba July 22

In Saskatchewan, the story of a Cold War-era Canadian-designed rocket comes to an end

News Canada Saskatchewan July 22

Taxes weren't helping sell U.S. tourists on Canada in 1991

'High-tech telephone fraud' that involved guessing 'simple passwords'

Sweet samples from the summer ice cream scene on CBC

Jazz legend Jerry Granelli, of Charlie Brown Christmas fame, dies at 80

Frances Willick

News Canada Nova Scotia July 21

100-year-old Treaty 11 coming to N.W.T. for 1st time since signing

News Canada North July 21

Dreams of treasure in N.S. that turned out to be Cheerios and lard

Big cars were back in 1982 — especially in Alberta

Clues from human waste could shed light on climate change and decline of Maya population

Jade Prévost-Manuel

News Science July 21

Classic car owners floored after garage strips parts, refuses to return beloved vehicles

Feleshia Chandler

News Canada Nova Scotia July 21

Community group hoping to make Shipwreck Point Lighthouse shine again

News Canada PEI July 21

When Charles Schulz told CBC he was 'mainly' Charlie Brown

Bringing the remains of Wabanaki ancestors home to rest

News Canada New Brunswick July 20

Canada's museums wrestle with history of residential schools

Jenna Benchetrit

News Entertainment July 20

Seven siblings revisit memories of "the best truck stop in town" in acclaimed doc

News Canada Manitoba July 19

As seen on CBC-TV: Snapshots of cross-border life before COVID-19

When Nova Scotia's 'Tancookers' had to get drivers' licences

When shiny quarters couldn't lure 'good pickers' to N.B. farms

Biz Markie, 'Clown Prince of Hip Hop,' dies at 57

News Entertainment July 17

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