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During wartime, Canadians had less fruit for the fruitcake
As Canadian bakers prepared for the fifth Christmas during the Second World War, butter and sugar were rationed and dried fruit was in short supply.

Award-winning singer-songwriter Shirley Eikhard dead at 67
Singer-songwriter Shirley Eikhard, who won two Juno Awards and helped Bonnie Raitt to comeback success by penning one of her biggest hits, Something To Talk About, has died. She was 67.

Chris Iorfida
News -Entertainment ||

Opinion
Tradition be damned: these Christmas treats are way past their best-before date
Christmas cake, mincemeat and booze-filled chocolates are monstrosities that need to be trashed, not eaten.

Craig Silliphant
News -Canada -Saskatoon ||

The American appetite for Canadian Christmas trees

Fir real: finding 'the right tree' at Christmas

The Beachcombers made Pat John an Indigenous icon. When fame faded, his journey home began
Radio -The Sunday Magazine |

A Christmas tree stand that just might work

When a recession left fewer people flying home for the holidays

Mired in disputes about its fate, historic St. John's cottage destroyed by fire

Ryan Cooke
News -Canada -Nfld. & Labrador |

How celebrating the ugly Christmas sweater went from a B.C. house party to a global phenomenon

Jason Proctor
News -Canada -British Columbia ||

Why a Cape Breton post office handled a lot of mail every December

Bob McGrath, original cast member on Sesame Street, dead at 90
News -Entertainment ||

Roadside History
A ghost town in N.B. was the site of an infamous axe murder — for which a man was tried 3 times
Vanessa Blanch
News -Canada -New Brunswick ||

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

Mike Moore
News -Canada -Nfld. & Labrador ||

Christine McVie, co-lead singer of Fleetwood Mac, dead at 79
News -Entertainment ||

How an Alberta town encouraged shopping locally in 1989

Video
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He spent years collecting vintage gas station memorabilia. It all sold for over $700K

Lane Harrison
News -Canada -New Brunswick ||

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

Dayne Patterson
News -Canada -Saskatchewan ||
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