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When Canada's national museum on the Ottawa River opened
Located on the Ottawa River in the capital region, the building that houses what is now known as the Canadian Museum of History began welcoming visitors on June 29, 1989.
A not very neighbourly arrangement at the U.S. border
Free trade was around the corner, but cross-border commerce didn't seem very frictionless to some Canadian businesses in the middle of 1988.
The many times the royals have jetted across the pond for Canada Day
July 1 is a day the Royal Family has often kept free for making a visit to Canada.
Hundreds of Mi'kmaw artifacts return home to Cape Breton
Museum looking for items to tell 'Windsor's Prohibition History'
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
London researcher studying city's hosiery history
When world leaders met in recessionary Venice
Scottish researcher scouring Maritimes for 'Holy Grail' of lost tartans
The hockey league that was literally ready to roll in 1993
The performers at Canada's 'first pop festival' in 1969
The cat who looked like 'a big elephant' compared to other felines
Car phones helped get the job done in 1990
Not a good time for newspapers: The 1992 edition
Watergate 50 years later: Last guy to turn out the lights before burglars arrived recalls infamous break-in
Black Ark, a 12-ft structure modelled after slave ships, asks us to see Canadian history differently
