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The similarities between Ernie Coombs and Mr. Dressup
In 1985, Ernie Coombs talked to CBC News about Mr. Dressup, the famous role he'd played on TV for many years.
When there was still no clear winner in the 2000 U.S. election
"What happens if both sides dig in and fight?" CBC wanted to know two days after the undecided contest between George Bush and Al Gore.

The 'light truck' was 'the 1980s equivalent of the sports car'
Women and professionals were increasingly buying sporty, fun light trucks in 1987.

When backbenchers felt a 2-cent postal rate hike was too much

When Front Page Challenge had never heard of the Barenaked Ladies

The secret button you didn't want a French taxi driver to press

The break-in that occurred at 24 Sussex Drive while the PM was sleeping

When CBC began inviting hopeful entrepreneurs into the Dragons' Den

When Canadians stayed up late to watch the 2000 U.S. election

Daylight Time in January? Why Canada considered it in the 1970s

Interest rates made home buyers look beyond their comfort zone in 1979

Who will the U.S. elect as president? The 1992 edition

How Jacques Plante made the goalie mask a must-have in the NHL
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The year Santa Claus visited Toronto the day after Halloween

Why Malabar wasn't banking on Halloween anymore in 1986

New exhibit explores bygone era of medical care in Newfoundland
News -Canada -Nfld. & Labrador ||

How a giant floor map is helping students confront Canada's colonial history

Thinh Nguyen
News -Canada -PEI |

On Halloween, a slasher film shot in Sydney Mines 4 decades ago is remembered fondly

Vernon Ramesar
News -Canada -Nova Scotia |

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Halloween costumes stored in the metaphorical CBC Archives basement

The day we heard what Vincent Price liked to do on Halloween

That time Halloween was moved from a Sunday to a Saturday
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How Haligonians took Halloween to work in 1985
Here's what we know about Ontario's oldest European cemetery
News -Canada -Windsor ||

Toronto residents fight for changes to plan to build Ontario Line station on historic downtown site

Samantha Beattie
News -Canada -Toronto ||
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