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Avocados, kiwis, and 11 other foods that were new once
In the 1980s and '90s, Canadians began to expand their fruit and vegetable consciousness with the help of CBC's Midday.
More cowbell? That's not what these neighbours wanted
How much cowbell can you take? It was the question at the centre of a dispute between two neighbours in the 1980s.
The best song Fred Penner never wrote
The children's author is interviewed on CBC's Midday in 1985.
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In the 1990s Canadians (secretly) invaded America
Donald Sutherland is really, really Canadian
Don't read this before seeing Three Identical Strangers
7 Canadian books to read if you love Jane Austen
From 2002: Should Canada relax its pot laws?
Canadian food didn't impress Colonel Sanders much
The ingenious way Elvis Presley even made money off his haters
The unveiling of Mark Rothko's No. 16 in Ottawa
Hockey meets Hollywood: Gretzky gets married in 1988
From 35 years ago: The controversy over the cruise missile
Mr. Fix-It can help you build a plywood pool for your home
It ain't like it used to be at the drive-in theatre
The story of the Metros-Croatia soccer championship win
When big-top Shakespeare started in Stratford 65 years ago
That one time Canada made it to the World Cup
When Canadian outrage forced senators' hands in 1993
Colour consults and landline-less phones in 1980s Canada
Gordon Pinsent's long career with CBC -- and beyond
Sandra Oh on the importance of 'being true to yourself' in Hollywood
The end of a 150-year-old tradition on Cross Island, N.S.
