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Arts & Entertainment
Architecture
Moshe Safdie: Hero of Habitat
Architects and Buildings
Dance
Karen Kain, Prima Ballerina
Dancers
Film
Bright Lights, Political Fights: The Canadian Film Industry
Action Heroes of Hollywood
Leading Ladies of Hollywood
Canada Goes to the Oscars
Filmmakers and Film Actors
Front Row Centre: The Toronto International Film Festival
Master Storyteller Norman Jewison
Prairie Visionaries: Guy Maddin and the Winnipeg Film Group
The Birth of Bond
Humour
April Fool's Day: The Joke's on Us!
Humour and Comedians
Laughs from the Past
Literature
Margaret Atwood: Queen of CanLit
Beyond Green Gables: The Life of Lucy Maud Montgomery
Antonine Maillet, Acadian Avenger
Canada Reads: Authors, Advocates and Awards
Other Books and Authors
Margaret Laurence: Canada's Divine Writer
Mordecai Richler Was Here
The Lives of Alice Munro
Media
Canada Tunes In: The Early Years of Radio and TV
Barbara Frum: Pioneering Broadcaster
Bringing the World Home: International Correspondents
Child’s Play: Popular CBC Children’s Show Hosts
David Suzuki: Scientist, Activist, Broadcaster
Joe Schlesinger Reports
June Callwood: Canada's Conscience
Marshall McLuhan, the Man and his Message
Other Media
Peter Gzowski: Voice of Canada
Radio Canada International: Canada's Voice to the World
Ruling the Airwaves: The CRTC and Canadian Content
The Arcade Age
Waking Up With Andy Barrie
Music
Glenn Gould: Variations on an Artist
And the Juno Went to…
60 Years with the Canadian Opera Company
Banding Together: Singing Out for Disaster Relief
Gordon Lightfoot: Canada's Folk Laureate
Hip Hop North: Canadian Rappers
Joni Mitchell: All Sides Now
Leonard Cohen: Canada's Melancholy Bard
Maple Twang: Saluting Canadian Country Music
More Musicians
Oscar Peterson: A Jazz Giant
Punk Rock Comes to Canada
The Rolling Stones: Canada Gets Satisfaction
Woodstock Remembered
Poetry
Al Purdy, An Uncommon Poet
Other Poets and Poetry
Sculpture
The Life and Legend of Bill Reid
Other Sculpture
Television
Pierre Berton: Canadian Icon and Iconoclast
Other Television
Theatre
The Stratford Festival: The First 50 Years
Michel Tremblay: L'enfant Terrible of Canadian Theatre
Robert Lepage: Canada's Renaissance Man
Other Theatre
Visual Arts
The Group of Seven: Painters in the Wilderness
Artists Busted: Censorship in Canada
Le Refus global: Revolution in the Arts
The Comics in Canada: An Illustrated History
Painters and Artists
Economy & Business
Agriculture
Genetically Modified Food: A Growing Debate
Farming and Agriculture
Hog Wild: Canada's Pork Industry
What's Happening to the Family Farm?
Banks
Canadian Financial Forecasters
Banking and Money
Personal Debt in Canada
Business
Pelts, Pups and Protest: The Atlantic Seal Hunt
Other Business
Selling Suds: The Beer Industry in Canada
Stranger than Fiction: The Bre-X Gold Scandal
Turbulent Skies: The Air Canada Story
Consumer Goods
The Resilience of Canadian Tire
'Buy Canadian'
Consumers & Products
Eaton's: A Canadian Institution
The Joy of Toys and Games
Tim Hortons: Coffee, Crullers and Canadiana
Employment
On the Dole: Employment Insurance in Canada
Other Employment
Energy
Striking Oil in Alberta
Other Energy
The 'Great Northeastern Blackout' of 1965
Labour & Unions
Sewing Seeds: Clothing Workers Fight For Better Conditions
Labour & Unions
Manufacturing
Bombardier: The Snowmobile Legacy
Boom and Bust at General Motors
Cars in Canada
Chrysler in Crisis
Natural Resources
Clearcutting and Logging: The War of the Woods
Fished Out: The Rise and Fall of the Cod Fishery
Natural Resources
Springhill Mining Disasters
The 1936 Moose River Mine Disaster
Stock Market
The Stock Market: Bulls, Bears, Booms and Busts
The Media
Business of Media
Concentration to Convergence: Media Ownership in Canada
Trade Agreements
At Loggerheads: The Canada-U.S. Softwood Lumber Dispute
Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement
The Auto Pact: En Route to Free Trade
Transport
Breaking the Ice: Canada and the Northwest Passage
The Confederation Bridge: P.E.I. Connects
The St. Lawrence Seaway: Gateway to the World
Other Transport
Environment
Climate Change
Turning Up the Heat: Four Decades of Climate Change
Endangered Species
Endangered Species in Canada
Environmental Protection
Earth Day: Greening the Globe
Environmental Protection
Greenpeace: Always Bearing Witness
Extreme Weather
Deadly Skies: Canada's Most Destructive Tornadoes
Devastating Dry Spells: Drought on the Prairies
Other Extreme Weather
Red River Rising: Manitoba Floods
The Ice Storm of 1998
The Ocean Ranger Disaster
The Saguenay Flood
The Wrath of Hurricane Hazel
Natural Disasters
Canada's Earthquakes and Tsunamis
Avalanche!
Fighting Forest Fires
Other Natural Disasters
What's Eating Canada's Trees?
Pollution
Acid Rain: Pollution and Politics
Death on Tap: The Poisoning of Walkerton
Mercury Rising: The Poisoning of Grassy Narrows
Pollution
The Sinking and Raising of the Irving Whale
Troubled Waters: Pollution in the Great Lakes
Health
Disease
Influenza: Battling The Last Great Virus
Tuberculosis: Old Disease, Continuing Threat
Other Diseases
Health Care System
The Birth of Medicare
Medical Research
Cancer Research: The Canadian Quest for a Cure
Chasing a Cure for Diabetes
More Medical Research
Medicine
'Comrade' Bethune: A Controversial Hero
Medicine
Public Health
Butting Out: The Slow Death of Smoking in Canada
Asbestos: Magic Mineral or Deadly Dust?
Polio: Combating the Crippler
Public Health
Thalidomide: Bitter Pills, Broken Promises
The Early Years of the AIDS Crisis
The Fluoride Debate
The Krever Report: Canada's Tainted Blood Disaster
Reproductive Issues
Dr. Henry Morgentaler: Fighting Canada's Abortion Laws
Fighting Infertility
Other Reproductive Issues
The Birth Control Pill
Lifestyle
Etiquette
Etiquette
Fashion & Beauty
Fashion & Beauty
Fitness
Getting Physical: Canada's Fitness Movement
Other Fitness
Food and Drink
My Canada Includes Tourtière
Canada's Wine Renaissance
More Food and Drink
Last Call: Canadians and Alcohol
Homemaking
A Woman's Place: Programming for the Modern Homemaker
Other Homemaking
Welcome Home, Soldier! Life in Postwar Canada
Leisure
A Passion for Paddling: Canoeing in Canada
Sun, Swimming and S'mores: Summer Camp in Canada
Other Leisure
Living
Living
So Long City, Hello Suburbs!
Pastimes
Handmade in Canada: The Art of Craft
Kid Lit: Morningside Children's Book Panels
Pastimes
Travel
Supersized Sights of Canada
UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Canada
Travel
Whistler’s Uphill Ascent
Politics
Civil Unrest
The October Crisis: Civil Liberties Suspended
The Oka Crisis
Other Civil Unrest
Elections
Campaigning for Canada
Federal Elections
Fumbles and Stumbles: Great Election Gaffes
Leaders' Debates 1968-2011: Arguing for Canada
Leaders' Debates 1968-2011: Highlights
Outside Looking In: Small Parties in Federal Politics
Federal Politics
Addressing the Nation: Prime Ministers of Canada
Jeanne Sauvé, a Woman of Firsts
Scandals, Boondoggles and White Elephants
Other Federal Politics
Separation Anxiety: The 1995 Quebec Referendum
Their Excellencies: Canada's Governors General Since 1952
À la prochaine fois: The 1980 Quebec Referendum
International Politics
At the Summit: Canada Welcomes the G8
Swearing In: U.S. Presidential Inaugurations
Revolution in Iran
Revolution and Evolution in Modern China
Protest Silenced in Tiananmen Square
Nelson Mandela: Prisoner, President, Peacemaker
Mr. President Goes to Ottawa
More International Politics
Canada and the Fight Against Apartheid
India: Colonial Past, Global Future
The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall
Language & Culture
Fighting Words: Bill 101
Making the Mosaic: Multiculturalism in Canada
Other Language & Culture
The Great Canadian Flag Debate
The Road to Bilingualism
Parties & Leaders
Ed Broadbent: A Voice from the Left
Phil Fontaine: Native Diplomat and Dealmaker
Other Parties & Leaders
René Lévesque's Separatist Fight
Rethinking Riel
Tommy Douglas and the NDP
Prime Ministers
Brian Mulroney: The Negotiator
Interview with a Prime Minister
Jean Chrétien: From Pool Hall to Parliament Hill
John Diefenbaker: Dief the Chief
Kim Campbell: First and Foremost
Lester B. Pearson: From Peacemaker to Prime Minister
Louis St-Laurent and Canada's Golden Age
Mackenzie King: Public Life, Private Man
Paul Martin: Prime Minister in Waiting
Pierre Elliott Trudeau: Philosopher and Prime Minister
Other Prime Ministers
Sir John A. Macdonald: Architect of Modern Canada
The Long Run: The Political Rise of John Turner
The Man from High River: Joe Clark
Trudeaumania: A Swinger for Prime Minister
Provincial & Territorial Politics
Creation of Nunavut
Electing Dynasties: Alberta Campaigns Since 1935
Friendly Rivalries: Manitoba Elections Since 1966
Has Confederation Been Good for Newfoundland?
How The East Was Won: Nova Scotia Elections Since 1949
How the West is Won: B.C. Elections, 1952-2005
Maurice Duplessis
N.B. Elections: Colourful Characters, Pivotal Points
Newfoundland and Labrador Elections
Northwest Territories: Voting in Canada's North
On the Nunavut Campaign Trail
Ontario Elections: 25 Tumultuous Years
P.E.I. Elections: Liberal Landslides and Tory Tides
Provincial & Territorial Politics
Quebec Elections, 1960-2007
Robert Bourassa: Political Survivor
Showdown on the Prairies: A History of Saskatchewan Elections
Territorial Battles: Yukon Elections, 1978-2006
The 'Other Revolution': Louis Robichaud's New Brunswick
Rights & Freedoms
Equality First: The Royal Commission on the Status of Women
Gay and Lesbian Emergence: Out in Canada
Georges Erasmus: Native Rights Crusader
Pot and Politics: Canada and the Marijuana Debate
Rights & Freedoms
Sue Rodriguez and the Right-To-Die Debate
The Berger Pipeline Inquiry
Trudeau's Omnibus Bill: Challenging Canadian Taboos
Voting in Canada: How a Privilege Became a Right
Security
National Security
The Constitution
Canada's Constitutional Debate: What Makes a Nation?
Charting the Future: Canada's New Constitution
Constitutional Discord: Meech Lake
The Constitution
Science & Technology
Applied Science
Applied Science
Astronomy: Canadian Stargazers
Aviation
The Avro Arrow: Canada's Broken Dream
Other Aviation
Pioneers in the Sky: Bush Pilots of Canada
Biotechnology
Canada Enters the Clone Age
Stem Cells: Scientific Promise, Ethical Protest
Computers
Computer Invasion: A History of Automation in Canada
Computers & Computing
Inventing the Internet Age
Meet the Macintosh
Energy Production
Candu: The Canadian Nuclear Reactor
Developing the Alberta Oilsands
Other Energy Production
Hydroelectricity: The Power of Water
Engineering
Going Underground: Toronto's Subway and Montreal's Metro
Other Engineering
Measurement
For Good Measure: Canada Converts to Metric
Other Measurement
Natural Science
Charles Darwin and the Origins of Evolution
Other Natural Science
Polar Bears: On Thin Ice
Year of the Gorilla
Space
Launching the Digital Age: Canadian Satellites
Marc Garneau: Canadian Space Pioneer
One Giant Leap: The Moon Landing
Space & Astronauts
Stephen Hawking
Technology
Canada Says Hello: The First Century of the Telephone
Canadarm: A Technology Star
Other Technology
The Unexplained
Close Encounters of the Canadian Kind
Monsters, Myths and Mystery: Great Canadian Legends
Other Unexplained Phenomena
Transportation
Swissair 111: 'Joined to the sea and the sky'
The Drive To Survive: Reducing Road Deaths in Canada
Trans-Canada Highway: Bridging the Distance
Other Transportation
Society
Celebrations
1967: Canada's Centennial Year
Calgary Stampede: Celebrating Canada's Western Heritage
Canada's Nobel Laureates
Celebrating Black History
Celebrating Canada Day
Other Celebrations
Eve of the Millennium
Expo 67: Montreal Welcomes the World
Halloween and Tales of Canadian Ghosts
Holiday Treats
Much Ado About Christmas: Toys, Traditions & Fun
Quebec City: 400 Years of History
Quebec Winter Carnival
Trick or Treat! Halloween Across the Years
Crime & Justice
The Wrongful Conviction of David Milgaard
The Montreal Massacre
Cold Cases: Unsolved Crimes in Canada
The Long Lens of the Law
The Death Penalty Debate
The Air India Investigation
Solar Temple: A Cult Gone Wrong
Pushing Past Borders: Canada & International Drug Trafficking
Mounties on Duty: A History of the RCMP
Other Crime & Justice
Toronto's Infamous 'Boyd Gang'
Education
A Lost Heritage: Canada's Residential Schools
An Inuit Education: Honouring a Past, Creating a Future
Other Education
Family
Splitting Up: Canadians Get Divorced
Who Cares For Our Kids? The Changing Face of Daycare in Canada
Other Family
Immigration
Boat People: A Refugee Crisis
Chinese Immigration to Canada: A Tale of Perseverance
Other Immigration
Indigenous
The Battle for Indigenous Treaty Rights
Other Indigenous
The James Bay Project and the Cree
Poverty
Davis Inlet: Innu Community in Crisis
Other Poverty
Racism
Africville: Expropriating Black Nova Scotians
Racism
Religion & Spirituality
The Miracle on Mount Royal: St. Joseph's Oratory
A Pope is Chosen
Other Religion & Spirituality
Religion in the Classroom
The 1984 Papal Visit
Their Christian Duty: Canadian Missionaries Abroad
Seniors
Seniors
The Monarchy
Their Majesties in Canada: The 1939 Royal Tour
Canada's New Queen
Canada Welcomes Prince Charles
Modern-day Fairy Tales: British Royal Weddings Since 1947
Other Royalty
Youth
Generation X: Lives on Hold
Hippie Society: The Youth Rebellion
The Duplessis Orphans
Other Youth Issues
Sports
Athletics
Running Off Track: The Ben Johnson Story
Other Athletics
Baseball
Major League Baseball Comes to Canada
Other Baseball
Boxing
Still Standing: The People's Champion George Chuvalo
Business of Sports
Playing Hardball: Sports Labour Disputes
The Rise and Fall of Alan Eagleson
Curling
Curling: Sweeping the Nation
Drugs in Sports
Going for Dope: Canada and Drugs in Sport
Other Drugs in Sports
Exploits
Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope
Other Exploits
Extreme Sports: Faster, Riskier, More Outrageous
Rick Hansen: Man In Motion
Terry Fox 25: Reliving the Marathon of Hope
Football
Grey Cup: The Fans and the Fanfare
Other Football
Golf
FORE! Canadians Tee Off
On The Ball: Canada's Golfing Greats
Hockey
Howie Meeker Hockey School
Top 10 NHL Playoff Moments
Canada-Soviet Hockey Series, 1972
The Spirit of Hockey
The Legendary #9: Maurice 'Rocket' Richard
The Great Wayne Gretzky
Montreal Canadiens at 100
Hockey at the Olympics
Other Hockey
Hockey Flight in Canada
Gordie Howe: Mr. Hockey
Foster Hewitt: Voice of Hockey
Don Cherry: A Coach, A Commentator, A Controversy
Toronto Maple Leafs
Lacrosse
Lacrosse: A History of Canada's Game
More Sports
The Arctic Winter Games
Basketball in Canada
Fair Game: Pioneering Canadian Women in Sports
Ice Rockets: Canada's Bobsledding Greats
Other Sports
Olympics
Golden Summers: Canada's Gold Medal Athletes 1984-2000
50 Years of Olympic Broadcasting
The Calgary Olympics: The Winter of '88
Security at the Olympics
Politics and the Olympics
Playing to Win: Canada at the Paralympics
Olympics and Olympians
Never Made it to the Podium
Canada's Gold Medal Athletes 1948-1968
Getting the Games: Canada's Olympic Bids
Funding of Amateur Sports
Cold Gold: Canada's Winter Winners 1984-2002
The Montreal Olympics: The Summer Games of '76
Racing
Gilles Villeneuve: Racing at the Speed of Light
Skating
Canada's Figure Skating Greats
Flying on Ice: Canada's Speedskating Greats
Skiing
Ski Queen Nancy Greene
Soaring on Skis: Canada's Alpine Skiing Greats
Other Skiers
The Crazy Canucks: Canada's Skiing Heroes
Soccer
Just For Kicks: Soccer in Canada
Other Soccer
Swimming
Swimming
Wrestling
Cross Country Smackdown: Pro Wrestling in Canada
War & Conflict
1991 Gulf War
The 1991 Gulf War
Cold War
Cold War Culture: The Nuclear Fear of the 1950s and 1960s
Politics, Sex and Gerda Munsinger
The Gouzenko Affair
Defence
Norad: Watching the Skies
Other Defence
One For All: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
First World War
Royal 22nd Regiment: Canada's Fighting 'Van Doos'
The First World War: Canada Remembers
The Halifax Explosion
Korean War
Forgotten Heroes: Canada and the Korean War
National Security
Dr. Gerald Bull: Scientist, Weapons Maker, Dreamer
Other Conflicts
Other Conflicts
Peacekeeping
Peacekeeper to the World
Peacekeepers and Peacemakers: Canada's Diplomatic Contribution
The Somalia Affair
Witness To Evil: Roméo Dallaire and Rwanda
Prisoners of War
Canada's Forgotten PoW Camps
Second World War
1939-1945: A Soldier's War
Countdown to Victory: The Last Days of War in Europe
D-Day: Canadians Target Juno Beach
Eyes Front: Peter Stursberg Reporting
Life after Auschwitz
Love and War: Canadian War Brides
On Every Front: Canadian Women in the Second World War
Propaganda and the Second World War
Relocation to Redress: The Internment of the Japanese Canadians
Reports from Abroad: Matthew Halton
Other Second World War
Shadows of Hiroshima
The Coming of the Second World War
The Contentious Legacy of Dieppe
The Italian Campaign
Victory! The End of the War in Europe
Terrorism
Sept. 11, 2001: Attack on America
Terrorism
Veterans
Continuing the Fight: Canada's Veterans
Lest We Forget: Remembrance Day
Vietnam War
Vietnam: Canada's Secret War
Seeking Sanctuary: Draft Dodgers
War Crimes
Fleeing Justice: War Criminals in Canada
War Crimes
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