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When collecting old comic books was a new idea
A store devoted to antique comic books drew serious collectors who appreciated their artwork and their rarity.

Why Ottawa wanted songwriters to earn more than 2 cents a song
Canadian songwriters were singing a happy tune when the Canadian government proposed a change to copyright law in 1987 that would mean they earned more.

Andy Fletcher, Depeche Mode keyboardist, dead at 60
Andy Fletcher, the unassuming, bespectacled, red-headed keyboardist who for more than 40 years added his synth sounds to Depeche Mode hits like Just Can't Get Enough and Personal Jesus, has died at age 60.
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The fires, the fans and the unfazed coach when the Canadiens won their 23rd Cup

Ray Liotta, Goodfellas and Field of Dreams star, dead at 67
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When new home buyers couldn't get enough grant money from Ottawa

The Group of Seven, the Toronto church and a problematic leak

How one stone gave a Halifax-area park heritage status

Will McLernon
News -Canada -Nova Scotia ||

The hotel that waged a 'weenie war' on hotdog stands
Asian Heritage Month
One of Cambridge's early Chinese settlers survived the sinking of the Titanic

Carmen Groleau
News -Canada -Kitchener-Waterloo ||

Fans of rare art deco Edmonton building raise money to preserve its history

Madeleine Cummings
News -Canada -Edmonton |

Highlights from the Battle of Alberta in the '80s

The 'pretty' albino lobster that made a P.E.I. couple say 'holy hell'

The last Battle of Alberta was in 1991. Here's how Calgary is different — and how it remains the same

Joel Dryden
News -Canada -Calgary ||

That time the Stanley Cup final would include the Canucks or Leafs

When the CRTC decided the internet couldn't be regulated

When Toronto's mayor planned to make Yonge and Bay one-way streets

The first flight of Top Gun (and two other reasons to visit the cinema) in 1986
A life 'defined by something he didn't do': David Milgaard, wrongfully convicted of murder, dies at 69

Meghan Grant
News -Canada -Calgary |

1990 was the year of the tire fire in Canada

The top chef who came to taste the lobster nouveau in N.B.

Character actor Fred Ward, known for role in The Right Stuff, dead at age 79
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When the 1982 Vancouver Canucks made it to the Stanley Cup final

When 'spoiled' Torontonians lost twice-a-week garbage pickup
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