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Character actor Fred Ward, known for role in The Right Stuff, dead at age 79
Veteran film and television actor best known for playing gruff, tough-guy roles in movies such as Tremors, Escape from Alcatraz, and The Right Stuff, died on Sunday, his publicist said on Friday. No cause or place of death was released, as per his family's wishes.
When the 1982 Vancouver Canucks made it to the Stanley Cup final
The fans figured their Vancouver team deserved its spot in the Stanley Cup final as the city prepared to host Game 3 in the series.
When 'spoiled' Torontonians lost twice-a-week garbage pickup
The complaints were piling up as quickly as the garbage bags were.
From 1980: Will Ottawa set a precedent by helping Chrysler?
A look inside the Quebec City hat shop where 'it's as though time stopped'
The election everyone was ready for — except Pierre Trudeau
After 20 years, Apple is saying goodbye to the iPod
What The Kids in the Hall did after their CBC-TV show ended
In 1990, the 'lobster money' wasn't what it used to be out east
When beer and wine almost made it into Ontario corner stores
The place to go for a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle haircut in 1990
From 1979: Will gas rationing come to Canada?
The Newfoundland sealers who got stranded on the ice for weeks
Memories of 1997 flood back for Manitobans 25 years later, though many want to move on
Trash talk: unparliamentary language has a long history in the House of Commons
The Liberal backbenchers they called the Rat Pack
When B.C. police hoped radio DJs could help them catch car thieves
From 1983: The minivan was great for families, but was it safe?
These camping innovations of 1970 had all the comforts of home
'I saw a rage': Anti-racism activists reflect on the Yonge Street uprising 30 years later
Analysis
Why Canada's Roe v. Wade didn't enshrine abortion as a right
When Harlequin tried to translate a romance novel into a movie
50 years ago, this Maud Lewis painting bought a grilled cheese sandwich. Now it's up for auction
