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It was a hardscrabble climb to the top for Jean Chrétien. "The little guy from Shawinigan" surprised everyone - except himself - by finding his way to the summit...

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It was a hardscrabble climb to the top for Jean Chrétien. "The little guy from Shawinigan" surprised everyone - except himself - by finding his way to the summit...

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11 radio clips

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With more than 800,000 people slaughtered in 100 days the Rwandan genocide stands as one of the most horrific mass murders of the past century. In the middle of the horror was a...

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It had all the elements of a great novel: a dramatic rags to riches story, a mysterious suicide (or was it murder?) and a scandalous international fraud. But the Bre-X saga wasn't...

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Canadians are stunned as the Great Gretzky is sold to the Americans.

The shocking trade

Radio, 6min 06s

Radio 14:54

African-American sprinter Jesse Owens remembers winning in Games that were touted as a showcase of Aryan athletic superiority.

Jesse Owens triumphs at Nazi Games

Radio, 6min 06s

Colonial Lunenburg is feted by the United Nations and praised by visitors in 1996.

Lunenburg: a World Heritage Site

Television, 6min 06s

Television 6:56

Canoeing into the wilds of Algonquin Park still means roughing it, but new innovations make tripping more simple, and tasty.

No neon for Canada's oldest sport

Radio, 6min 06s

A Canadian doctor treats the poor at his mission hospital in Ratlam, India.

Dr. Bob McClure: medical missionary

Television, 6min 06s

Television 20:02

Troupe members Bruce McCulloch and Dave Foley describe the process of writing and performing their comedy stage show Graverobbers from Hipsville in 1986.

Meet the Kids in the Hall

Television, 6min 06s

Television 6:02

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Impressions

Television

Impressions

A summer series from the early 1970s, each week of Impressions featured Ramsay Cook in conversation with a prominent Canadian.

Barbara Frum to Sandra Good: 'I am a man!'

Radio
8:38

Barbara Frum to Sandra Good: 'I am a man!'

The CBC's Barbara Frum tries to make sense of Sandra Good, member of the Manson gang. Listen for Frum telling Good: "I am a man."

Hiroshima survivor: 'Like a ghost out of hell'

Radio,
6:12

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David Suzuki, my new best friend

Television,
4:06

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All Great Interviews

Interning Japanese Canadians: A Blight on Canadian History

All Grades,

Interning Japanese Canadians: A Blight on Canadian History

Write the term “internment” on the board and have students discuss what they think it means.

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Canada gets its own Bill of Rights

Aug. 10, 1960

Canada gets its own Bill of Rights

The Canadian Bill of Rights has just become law. But how effective will it be?

Television
10:22

Check the calendar


	End of the road Television 3:53


	A psychiatric 'problem' Television 26:40


	1961 census counts Canadians Television 14:25

Who is this would-be rapper?

Who is this would-be rapper?
Hints: He grew up in suburban Ottawa. He has a parrot named Rex Murphy, and he had a wife named Drew.

Television
2:37