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When Canada was 'just too cold' for playoff baseball

Forty years ago, the Montreal Expos were facing chilly temperatures at home during a playoff run for baseball's National League championship.

Set in stone: Ontario man turns the clock back at ancestral farm

An eastern Ontario author and archivist has created nearly 500 metres of dry-stacked stone fencing around his property in an homage to generations of Irish immigrants.

News Canada Ottawa October 20

For COVID-19 archivists, history's happening now

The City of Ottawa Archives is documenting this period in history by asking residents for their photos, correspondence, artwork and any other records that might show future generations what it was really like to live through a pandemic.

Alistair Steele

News Canada Ottawa October 20

Mural depicting colonial history of Prince George to be demolished

The image has been criticized for its depiction of Indigenous people, but Lheidli T'enneh First Nation chief Dolleen Logan has asked for it be preserved to remind people of Canada's colonial past.

News Canada British Columbia October 19

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Ancient Crusades-era sword found by diver off coast of Israel

News Science October 19

When princes Harry and William visited Canada with their parents

Former U.S. secretary of state Colin Powell dies of complications from COVID-19

News World October 19

Why kids and farmers favoured the New Brunswick 'potato break'

Knife found beneath Parliament to be returned to Algonquin nations in historic move

News Politics October 17

The Canadian concert that kicked off Greenpeace

Music October 15

The political attack ad that backfired badly in 1993

When Brian Mulroney hoped the PM's Oktoberfest fun was a political 'last waltz'

Owner of Toronto property with 250-year-old oak must sell to city at agreed-upon price, judge rules

News Canada Toronto October 17

When Tomson Highway found success with The Rez Sisters

The town that wanted people to leash their cats

Canada Post reveals Christopher Plummer stamp featuring his iconic roles

News Entertainment October 13

Lawrence Hill reflects on dealing with literary criticism and winning Canada Reads twice

Books October 13

Van Gogh considered this among his most important works. Everyone else thought it was trash

Radio As It Happens October 13

The little company that promised shopping via the TV in 1985

Despite being a national heroine, Maud Lewis has long been on the margins of the Canadian art world

Arts October 12

Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law

Radio Cost of Living October 12

Thanksgiving's roots in Canada can be found in Indigenous cultures and food, chef says

Thandiwe Konguavi

News Canada Edmonton October 12

Manitoba First Nations leaders urge return to culture on 50th anniversary of Wahbung: Our Tomorrows

News Indigenous October 10

Americans grapple with legacy of Columbus and newly proclaimed Indigenous Peoples' Day

News World October 11

The costume that Meryl Streep said was "evil, evil"

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