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When a recession left fewer people flying home for the holidays
Fewer people were flying home for Christmas in 1982, though that wasn't by choice.
Mired in disputes about its fate, historic St. John's cottage destroyed by fire
The 115-year-old home was destroyed by fire. It had been abandoned and boarded up for several years, and there was no power going to the house.
How celebrating the ugly Christmas sweater went from a B.C. house party to a global phenomenon
Twenty years ago this Christmas season, two university students tried on matching penguin sweaters in a Coquitlam, B.C., mall and exchanged glances. Thus was a legend born.
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
That time Halifax hosted a heavy metal show (and nobody rioted)
'Keep a language alive': CBC Cree unit celebrates milestone anniversaries
When Planes, Trains and Automobiles reached the cinema
I knew about the Holodomor but I struggled to illustrate this dark chapter of Ukraine's history
Montreal losing 'little bit more than history' with demolition of Expo 67 minirail: historian
Sydney Newman and the beginnings of TV's Doctor Who
