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The 1977 Iggy Pop TV performance that never happened
Iggy Pop was booked to perform with his band on Peter Gzowski's late-night talk show, but an interview would have to do instead.

The beer lockout that led to long lineups in 1985
A labour dispute in Ontario had beer drinkers queuing at a small Hamilton brewer and left a Toronto tavern owner in trouble.

Topol, icon of Fiddler on the Roof, dead at 87
Chaim Topol, a leading Israeli actor who charmed generations of theatregoers and movie-watchers with his portrayal of Tevye, the long-suffering and charismatic milkman in Fiddler on the Roof, has died in Tel Aviv, Israeli leaders said Thursday. He was 87.
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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
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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
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When the ice just kept building up around Newfoundland in 1983

How Toronto encouraged butting out on the job in 1988

When Pac-Man just didn't cut it anymore for 'arcade addicts'

Canada's Cold War fallout shelters would have excluded most of us. These women had other plans

Andrew Sampson
News -Canada -Nova Scotia ||

When Pierre Trudeau left the Liberals and political life behind

Gordon Pinsent, Canadian acting icon, dead at 92

John Mazerolle
News -Entertainment ||

Bill and Hillary Clinton's excellent Ottawa adventure

The last days of Toronto's 'low-rent haven' on Queen Street

Want to see some of Winnipeg's most kitschy TV furniture ads? Well then, 'C'mon down!'

Darren Bernhardt
News -Canada -Manitoba ||

When everything is digital, why we long for media we can hold in our hands

Natalie Stechyson
News -Canada ||

The fuel protest truckers hauled to Canadian highways
After decades of resentment over Churchill Falls, N.L. hopes for a 'fair deal'

Patrick Butler
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200 years of Sikh-Canadian history on display in Woodstock, Ont., museum exhibit

Isha Bhargava
News -Canada -London |

Iraq didn't want these cars, but thrifty Nova Scotians did
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