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Longtime CBC radio producer Michael Finlay dies after random assault in Toronto
Longtime CBC radio producer Michael Finlay died Tuesday from medical complications following a random assault in Toronto's east end, his family has confirmed.
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When a Canadian brought McDonald's fast food to Moscow
On Jan. 31, 1990, George Cohon got out the gigantic scissors and cut the ribbon to open the first-ever McDonald's restaurant in Moscow.
Cindy Williams, who played Shirley on TV's Laverne & Shirley, dead at 75
Actor Cindy Williams, who played the straitlaced Shirley to Penny Marshall's more libertine Laverne on Laverne & Shirley, died in Los Angeles on Wednesday after a brief illness, her family said. She was 75.
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
Barrett Strong, Motown hitmaker and co-writer of I Heard It Through The Grapevine, dead at 81
Like vinyl, but for photos: Why film cameras are back in focus
Past in peril: Manitoba heritage agencies say they're being choked by chronic underfunding
Roadside History
'What happened?' Long forgotten Dorchester wharf was once heart of shire town
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
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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American beer not even worthy to flush: Newfoundland's 'Son of Critch' tells the truth
What a visitor found inside the Diefenbunker in 1994
Grab some milk on your way home: An ode to the bygone neighbourhood grocery store
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Rare, recovered 1930s footage of steamship offers glimpse of Okanagan's past
Family remembers former CBC documentarian and cinematographer Bob Crone, dead at 90
Why Canadian homeowners were seeking out wood stoves in 2001
Musician David Crosby dead at 81
When extremely cold weather was making news in Atlantic Canada in 1982
The long struggle for cigarette warnings has lessons for alcohol labels, experts say
