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You know Jayne Eastwood's face, if not her name

She became a familiar sight on small and big Canadian screens starting in 1970, and since then Jayne Eastwood has rarely fallen out of view.

How Trivial Pursuit launched the board game rush of the 1980s

Inventing a board game led to riches for two Montreal inventors, and a lot of Canadians tried to repeat their success in the years that followed.

When Calgary musicians Tegan & Sara were still in high school

Identical twins Tegan and Sara Quin had been playing music together for over two years when they won a battle of the bands competition in 1998.

Inside the SCTV writers' room with Eugene Levy

'You just laugh ... we have a really fine time,' said Levy, describing a typical workday with his SCTV colleagues in 1982.

How Mike Myers created metalhead Wayne Campbell

Leonard Cohen's thoughts on his song Hallelujah

Christopher Plummer, Sound of Music star and oldest actor to win an Oscar, dead at 91

News Entertainment February 6

The romantic hit song that became Dan Hill's 'albatross'

When Fran Lebowitz was a guest on a CBC talk show in 1978

Cineplex offers slate of films for Black History Month, partners with The Black Academy

News Canada Toronto February 1

Saved by the Bell star Dustin Diamond dead of cancer at 44

News Entertainment February 1

How Daniel Day-Lewis got into acting

Tony and Emmy award winning actor Cicely Tyson dead at 96

News Entertainment February 1

Writers' Trust of Canada renaming fiction prize after Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson

Books January 27

Oscar and Emmy winner Cloris Leachman dead at 94

News Entertainment January 28

Jane Fonda to receive Golden Globes' Cecil B. DeMille Award

News Entertainment January 26

Larry King, renowned television and radio host, dies at 87

News Entertainment January 23

Siegfried Fischbacher of Vegas act Siegfried & Roy dies at 81

News Entertainment January 14

'Trailblazer' Ojibway musician Shingoose dies of COVID-19 at 74

News Canada Manitoba January 13

Why the classic Canadian novel Bear remains controversial — and relevant

Radio Ideas June 15

Alex Trebek's final Jeopardy! episode closes with heartfelt tribute

News Entertainment January 9

Seven Up, Coal Miner's Daughter director Michael Apted dead at 79

News Entertainment January 9

How winter forced a major gallery to wrap its art with plastic in 1989

When Midday launched and the news arrived earlier

When the Globe and Mail tried to get rid of the comics

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