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You know Jayne Eastwood's face, if not her name

She became a familiar sight on small and big Canadian screens starting in 1970, and since then Jayne Eastwood has rarely fallen out of view.

The Newfoundland sealers who got stranded on the ice for weeks

They were trapped in a dangerous situation, but they couldn't go anywhere to escape it.

'Like comfort food': Trailer Park Boys cast reflects on 20 years of life in Sunnyvale

Twenty years after the Trailer Park Boys debuted, the show about a foul-mouthed bunch of petty criminals from the Sunnyvale Trailer Park has become a part of Canadiana. CBC News spoke with some of the cast members to learn about the origins of the unlikely hit.

Richard Woodbury

News Canada Nova Scotia May 9

DNA used to ID sailor from doomed 1845 Franklin Expedition with living relative

The 1845 Franklin Expedition to find the fabled Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic resulted in the deaths of nearly 130 sailors, and left more questions than answers. But 176 years later, a DNA match has identified the skeletal remains of a sailor aboard HMS Erebus.

News Canada Thunder Bay May 7

From 1999: How 'surfing the net' could help you find a job

The election that everyone saw coming in Canada in 1974

Homesteading lifestyle making a comeback in New Brunswick

Alexandre Silberman

News Canada New Brunswick May 6

How history forgot a 20th century pandemic

Radio Ideas May 4

How Trivial Pursuit launched the board game rush of the 1980s

From 1996: Who will buy the Sun chain? (In the end, the Sun)

The Liberal backbenchers they called the Rat Pack

'It's powerful': London, Ont., woman finds 2 ancient weapon tips in her garden

Sofia Rodriguez

News Canada London May 5

The last months of Bobby Sands' life, as seen from afar and up close

New Russian film on Chornobyl nuclear disaster skips the coverup, focuses on heroes

News World May 4

These camping innovations of 1970 had all the comforts of home

The 'denim-clad army' that fought changes to Quebec's grading policy

The GST, a broken promise and a lot of drama for Sheila Copps

In 1964, tattoos weren't just for sailors anymore

N.S. cabin designed by iconic Canadian artist Alex Colville sells for $15K over asking price

News Canada Nova Scotia May 2

Lauded and loathed: Why the French still can't get enough of Napoleon — 200 years after his death

News World May 2

Olympia Dukakis, who won an Academy Award for Moonstruck, dies at 89

News Entertainment May 1

6 Black Prairie trailblazers who broke barriers

Orinthia Babb and Nadia Thompson

News Canada Manitoba April 27

Car parts and parking spots: why the Soviet-made Lada made news in 1980

How 'old-timers' said goodbye to the roller rink they loved

The CBC was too American for prime time in 1979

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