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When Canada was falling behind in 'the race to build thinking computers'
In the mid-1980s, young Canadians who wanted to study artificial intelligence had to leave home to do that.
Archives September 22
When garage sales were trending in Canada in the '70s
Garage sales, when done right, offered a win-win situation -- bargains for the buyer and money for the seller.
Archives September 22
From 2002: Should Canada ban drivers from using cellphones?
Drivers were making calls while behind the wheel, but only one province was making the call to restrict them from doing so.
Archives September 20
David Sobey, who helped transform Sobeys into national grocery juggernaut, dead at 92
A former president and CEO of Sobeys is being remembered today for his role in transforming the Stellarton grocer from a regional business into a multi-billion dollar company.
News Canada Nova Scotia September 19
When Pierre Trudeau did not (initially) want to talk about his new job
Archives September 19
Telegraph operator was the latest obsolete job in 1971
Archives September 19

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When the department store doubled as a dental office

Archives September 18

CMHC examines 1970s tax shelter as agency seeks solutions to rental crisis

News Canada Nova Scotia September 18

Whatever the weather, the Pope drew Canadian crowds in 1984

Archives September 15

Windsor Hotel's history began bright, ended in flames and blight

News Canada Manitoba September 14

Native Americans and land advocates say increase in visitors threatening sacred sites

News Indigenous September 14

Flashback: seeing red over Ontario's Greenbelt

Archives September 13

The cameraman who captured 'unforgettable' footage of the Hindenburg disaster

Archives September 14

London family who died in 1857 to be reburied today with their life story better understood

News Canada London September 13

When Abba chose to launch their North American tour in ... Edmonton

Archives September 13

Chilean Montrealers remember another 9/11 — the 1973 coup

News Canada Montreal September 13

When Montreal clamped down on unpaid parking tickets

Archives September 13

In search of Excalibur: A U.S. family's quest to solve a WW II mystery takes them to Newfoundland

News Canada Nfld. & Labrador September 13

The day Brian Mulroney made his debut in Parliament as an MP

Archives September 12

When a 'six-figure' garage was offered for sale in Toronto

Archives September 11

When a politician said promising jobs was 'old politics'

Archives September 8

When Canada opted out of the 'Star Wars' U.S. missile-defence plan

Archives September 7

Journalist and author Peter C. Newman, who chronicled Canada's power brokers, dead at 94

News Canada September 7

In a former monastery, dozens of boxes hold the hidden history of Quebec lesbians

News Canada Montreal September 7

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