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When Just For Laughs started small in Montreal
Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival became a must for aspiring standup comedians almost from its beginnings in 1983.
Bargain hunter sought mixer, bought medieval manuscript at estate sale in Maine
A bargain hunter who went to an estate sale in Maine to find a KitchenAid mixer, a bookshelf or vintage clothing walked away with a 700-year-old treasure.
Booker Prize-winning author Hilary Mantel dead at 70
Hilary Mantel, the best-selling British author known for her award-winning Wolf Hall historical trilogy, died on Thursday at the age of 70, her publisher said on Twitter on Friday.
When CBC's Front Page Challenge met singer Ella Fitzgerald in 1970
ORAL HISTORY
The '72 Summit Series, 50 years later: Part II
From 2002: Should Canada ban drivers from using cellphones?
From 1983: Could Newfoundland's unemployment be double its double digits?
When the Toronto Sun started publishing on Sundays
From acting to directing: Sarah Polley's career shift at TIFF
A labour dispute devolved into mass murder in N.W.T. in 1992. 30 years later, the scars still linger
When Abba chose to launch their North American tour in ... Edmonton
Influential French film director Jean-Luc Godard dead at 91
Lost to history, Saint John's silent movie is barely a memory a century later
The day Brian Mulroney made his debut in Parliament as an MP
Only in Toronto was a wild garden this big of a concern
The Queen in Canada: 22 visits during her reign
When prime ministers met the Queen
Watch: 6 musicians on Oscar Peterson's lasting legacy
The politician who said job creation was 'old politics' in 1993
When Calgary was hit with a 'surprise' snowfall after Labour Day
When student housing was hard to come by in Vancouver
Flashback, the CBC game show that wasn't Front Page Challenge
A condominium? What's that?
