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When George W. Bush welcomed 'Steve' Harper in Washington
Stephen Harper's first trip to the White House in 2006 was closely watched to see how the Canada-U.S. relationship was doing.

Canadian broadcasting legend Patrick Watson dead at 92
Through work as a producer, author, television host and more, Watson helped shape the face of Canadian journalism — while never shying away from controversy or difficult decisions.
News -Entertainment ||

The politics that brought photo radar to a halt in Ontario in 1995
The police liked photo radar, but some drivers in Ontario didn't.

How an 'act of neglect' put national treasures at risk in 1990

In '84 the Canadian dollar was down but July 4th tourism was up

RCMP spied on activists in early days of universal medicare planning in Sask., documents show

Dayne Patterson
News -Canada -Saskatchewan ||

Cricket in Hamilton: 175 years of history, lots of players, nowhere to play

Cara Nickerson
News -Canada -Hamilton ||

Why Canada's national holiday is no longer Dominion Day

The day Midday said goodbye after more than 4,000 episodes on CBC

When rumours sent Newfoundlanders running to the banks in 1982

Jim Pappin, 1967 Stanley Cup hero for the Maple Leafs, dead at 82
Sports -Hockey -NHL ||

When Canada's national museum on the Ottawa River opened

A not very neighbourly arrangement at the U.S. border

The many times the royals have jetted across the pond for Canada Day
Hundreds of Mi'kmaw artifacts return home to Cape Breton

Erin Pottie
News -Canada -Nova Scotia |
Museum looking for items to tell 'Windsor's Prohibition History'
News -Canada -Windsor ||

When 'a flood of free newspapers' washed over Toronto

How TV's The Raccoons went from a one-time special to a long-running cartoon

The sunken destroyer that didn't sink as it was supposed to

When Alan Maitland retired from CBC's As It Happens

The Canada geese that rode a truck from the 416 to the 506

Lettuce show you how we really feel: When fed-up farmers dumped produce in protest

When Canadian tourists were paying more to visit Britain

There wasn't enough Canada on Canadian TV in 1988
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