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While few people remember it now, Canada was home to thousands of German and Italian prisoners during the Second World War. With Britain fearful of a possible invasion, more than...

8 television clips

5 radio clips

While few people remember it now, Canada was home to thousands of German and Italian prisoners during the Second World War. With Britain fearful of a possible invasion, more than...

8 television clips

5 radio clips

With nearly 20 million cars and trucks on our roads, automobiles have become a fact of life for Canadians. But our reliance on them comes at a cost. Over the past 50 years nearly...

16 television clips

9 radio clips

Swimming, canoeing, campfires and making new friends: these summer camp activities have been a rite of passage for countless Canadian children for more than a century. In recent...

6 television clips

2 radio clips

Former German PoWs gather for an unlikely reunion beneath Alberta's Rocky Mountains.

PoW reunion at Camp 130

Television 2:05

A pair of orphaned polar bear cubs found in northern Ontario finds a new home in 2001.

Polar bear cubs debut at Toronto zoo

Television 2:34

After 122 years of provincehood, Manitoba officially recognizes Louis Riel's instrumental role in its founding.

Louis Riel, founder of Manitoba

Television 3:28

"How can history explain such apparent madness?" asks CBC's Brian Stewart.

Somalia: culture, chaos and clans

Television 8:06

Quebec becomes the first province in Canada to introduce a universal government subsidized day care system.

Quebec's $5 day care revolution

Television 2:47

Fluoride debate passionately divides the country.

No happy medium in fluoride debate

Television 11:16

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Tabloid

It was a public affairs show with a variety feel. Tabloid's jovial first host Dick MacDougal and weatherman Percy Saltzman cracked so many jokes that some...

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14:49

Alan Rickman: how to create a villain

In 1991 the British actor recalls how he broke into Hollywood movies and created the memorable villain of Die Hard.

John Candy: 'A very happy guy'

Radio,
28:21

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Friendly Giant Bob Homme steps out of costume

Television,
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Putting Out Fires

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July 15, 1983

Cruise missile testing coming to Canada

American cruise missile testing to take place on Canadian soil.

Television
3:10

Check the calendar


	Training for an odyssey Television 2:15


	Tracking the sasquatch Television 15:00


	'I'll never stop sniffing gas' Television 15:50

Who is this pint-sized sports prodigy?
He signed with his first agent at age 15. And he met his future bride on the set of the television show Dance Fever in 1984. He was a judge, she a contestant.

Television
1:52

Can you guess?