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As It Didn't Happen: When Anne Murray tried to buy the Maple Leafs
Anne Murray, a music superstar and lifelong hockey fan, once tried to become the owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

When a lack of job ads hinted at high unemployment rates
There was a recession on in January 1991, and newspapers seemed to show evidence of that even before the government statistics did.

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The time a wayward Canadian balloon caused an international stir — and thwarted 3 air forces
China isn't the only country to face questions about a curious balloon. Back in 1998, a giant runaway weather balloon proved to be an international headache for Canada.

Catharine Tunney
News -Politics ||

The cheaply priced cars that drew North Dakotans to Canada in 1979

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Paco Rabanne, celebrated fashion designer and perfumer, dead at 88
News -Entertainment ||

Video rental store in small Sask. town still going because 'I'm stubborn,' says owner

Courtney Markewich
News -Canada -Saskatoon ||

When St. John's supposedly had too much fog to spot the groundhog

A tale of two winters in Alberta and N.L. in 2001

The 'premium' booze that upset some Canadian whisky-makers in 1985

Longtime CBC radio producer Michael Finlay dies after random assault in Toronto
News -Canada -Toronto |

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When a Canadian brought McDonald's fast food to Moscow

Cindy Williams, who played Shirley on TV's Laverne & Shirley, dead at 75
News -Entertainment ||

Why Toronto considered turning off its highway lights in 1996

Bobby Hull, the first NHLer to score over 50 goals in a season, dies at 84

Scott Edmonds
Sports -Hockey -NHL ||

Barrett Strong, Motown hitmaker and co-writer of I Heard It Through The Grapevine, dead at 81
News -Entertainment ||

Like vinyl, but for photos: Why film cameras are back in focus
Kyle Bakx
News -Canada -Calgary |

Past in peril: Manitoba heritage agencies say they're being choked by chronic underfunding

Darren Bernhardt
News -Canada -Manitoba |

Roadside History
'What happened?' Long forgotten Dorchester wharf was once heart of shire town
Vanessa Blanch
News -Canada -New Brunswick ||

Flashback: The comet that flamed out

Newsletters: the publishing niche of the 1980s

From 2004: Talking about what a potential pandemic could look like
Retired teacher finds mammoth shoulder blade bone while walking dogs west of Edmonton

Madeleine Cummings
News -Canada -Edmonton ||

Haggis has always been kind of mysterious to Canadians

Why some Alberta ski resorts faced their 'worst season ever' in 1982
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