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Dianna Boileau, a trailblazer in receiving gender-affirming surgery in Canada, honoured in Fort Frances, Ont.
Fort Frances, Ont., is commemorating Dianna Boileau, one of the first Canadians to receive gender-affirming surgeries in 1969 and April 1970, and the doctor who provided counsel to Boileau and her family and supported the transition. The Ontario Heritage Trust plaque was unveiled on the International Trans Day of Visibility.

Jasmine Kabatay
News -Canada -Thunder Bay |

Flashback: hip-hop history
The latest edition of the CBC Archives newsletter Flashback looks at a new genre of music in 1990, new technology in 1993 and a tale of two new TV channels in 1984.

Why sending Toronto seagulls to Saskatchewan sounded like a solid plan
Throngs of screeching seagulls were a headache in Toronto in 1984. But they could be just the thing Saskatchewan's organic farmers needed to keep grasshoppers at bay.

When a trend toward making your own beer was brewing

Awkward moments between Canadian & U.S. leaders from 1965 to 2019
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This family-owned grocery store has been serving the Linwood community for 165 years

Carmen Groleau
News -Canada -Kitchener-Waterloo ||

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Pro hockey once had two leagues, and that couldn't last
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When Voice of Fire drew flames of criticism from (some) Canadians
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When the Reform Party was still getting used to the spotlight

Vancouver's city archives aims to preserve history. It has a colourful past of its own

Jon Azpiri
News -Canada -British Columbia ||

How the director of the new MuchMusic documentary found gold in a treasure trove of archives

Sydney Urbanek
Arts |

The late-winter blast that blew through the Prairies in 1982

The 1977 Iggy Pop TV performance that never happened

The beer lockout that led to long lineups in 1985

Topol, icon of Fiddler on the Roof, dead at 87
News -Entertainment ||

Signs, slogans and seals on International Women's Day in 1975

When Victorians didn't want 'eastern people' building a mall downtown
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See what New Brunswick life was like around 1940, in the digitized work of a film pioneer

Jennifer Sweet
News -Canada -New Brunswick ||

My Favourite Season
From Mary Pickford to Brendan Fraser, here's every Canadian actor ever nominated at the Oscars

Peter Knegt
Arts |

When Ontario tried out health insurance for pets in 1973

Why 1983 was 'one of the worst years' for university students

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Joni Mitchell honoured with Gershwin Prize at star-studded gala
News -Entertainment ||

When the ice just kept building up around Newfoundland in 1983

How Toronto encouraged butting out on the job in 1988
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