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When CBC viewers met Buffy Sainte-Marie

As a young folksinger in 1966, Buffy Sainte-Marie made some of her earliest appearances to talk and perform on CBC-TV.

Alberta separatism was a thing in the early 1980s

Fed up with the federal government, some Albertans wanted out.

'The second coming of the ice age' in St. John's in 1984

The toppled trees and power lines demonstrated how intense the ice storm had been.

When comic books weren't the bargains they used to be

Many superheroes still wore tights and still got into fights, but their adventures were becoming more expensive to consume in 1990.

Retail giant W. Galen Weston has died at age 80

News Business April 13

How the citizens' band made the airwaves more accessible

Why Air Canada's summer seat sale was a first in 1982

How France opened its door to Mickey Mouse in 1992

When Ontario Place was under construction and over budget

The Saskatchewan city with a competing mail service in 1982

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Why Ontario ended happy hour in 1984

How Walter S. Allward's Monument at Vimy marked a turning point in the nation's art history

Philip Dombowsky

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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, dead at 99

News World April 9

Rapper DMX dead at 50 after several days on life support

News Entertainment April 9

When it looked as if Toronto would get a Major League Baseball team

The birth of the Chicken McNugget and the ensuing demand for poultry

When CBC was going to finally live under one roof in Toronto

Why author Stephen King tried becoming a movie director in 1986

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The generic beer that was too cheap for Saskatchewan

How the 'information highway' made working from home possible

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When Pierre Trudeau heckled the hecklers

The day the Blue Jays first took flight

Harry Hibbs's music evoked memories of N.L. Now his accordion is making its way home

Radio The Current April 5

A 'stupid' blast of winter for Windsor, Ont., in spring in 1982

A drawer to the past: 1960s P.E.I. train logs found in desk at old Emerald Junction Station

Jessica Doria-Brown

News Canada PEI April 6

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