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It can border on the outrageous, the credible and even the entrepreneurial. For centuries people claimed to have boarded UFOs, encountered aliens and even sipped on Crop Circle...

12 television clips

6 radio clips

It can border on the outrageous, the credible and even the entrepreneurial. For centuries people claimed to have boarded UFOs, encountered aliens and even sipped on Crop Circle...

12 television clips

6 radio clips

One spewing geyser of oil at Leduc, Alta., on Feb. 13, 1947, transformed the province's economy. Until the oil strike Alberta struggled as a have-not province. Leduc "blowing...

9 television clips

6 radio clips

Have you ever spied on Sasquatch or ogled Ogopogo? Do you ponder the buried treasure on Oak Island or sob over suicidal lemmings? You're not alone. Canada is full of stories about...

9 television clips

9 radio clips

A meteorologist explains the impact an atomic bomb might have on local weather.

The Atom Bomb

Radio 2:18

A fitness expert demonstrates some easy exercises to help women stay fit and trim after the holidays.

Slimming down and toning up

Television 7:03

Shortly after his death on Aug. 5, 1960, the two-time prime minister is remembered for his intellect and his spellbinding speaking abilities.

Arthur Meighen, parliamentary powerhouse, dies

Radio 4:13

From menace to moneymaker: a northern Manitoba town adjusts its view of polar bears in 1981.

The polar bears of Churchill

Television 14:01

Brian Mulroney receives death threats for his work on the Cliche Commission in the 1970s.

Taking on organized crime

Radio 2:18

A young Mario Lemieux eyes respect and admiration amidst a hockey season for the ages.

Mario Lemieux on becoming magnificent

Television 7:00

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Radio

Kate Aitken

For busy housewives in postwar Canada, Kate Aitken's singsong voice was a welcome diversion from their everyday duties.

All Programs

Television
4:06

David Suzuki, my new best friend

Famed environmentalist and broadcaster David Suzuki pals around with reporter Jordan Kawchuk, taking him to the gym and displaying a light, fun side.

Margaret Atwood, closet cartoonist

Television,
14:32

Ne pas deleter c'est un fix IE6

Fidel Castro: after the revolution

Television,
11:10

Ne pas deleter c'est un fix IE6

All Great Interviews

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Qualities of a Good Broadcaster

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Aug. 5, 1964

Jean Vanier opens first L'Arche house

The son of Canada's governor general has created an innovative living 'experiment' for the mentally challenged.

Television
6:27

Check the calendar


	1987 Edmonton tornado Television 4:38


	End of the road Television 3:53


	Can a girl go into space? Television 1:42

Can you identify this shy reporter?
Hints: His first job in newspapers, at age 19, was in ad sales for the Timmins Daily Press. And he wrote a book about thoroughbred racing in 1983.

Television
4:04

Can you guess?