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When No. 99 became the official No. 1 scorer
Wayne Gretzky's jersey identified him on the ice as No. 99, but the goals he scored made him the number-one all-time scorer.
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When Yann Martel's Life of Pi won the Man Booker Prize
Yann Martel's Man Booker Prize win made the Canadian author feel as though he'd won the lottery.
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Whitney Houston, Notorious B.I.G. nominated for rock hall of fame
Late musical icons Whitney Houston and Notorious B.I.G. are joining the nominee list for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020, alongside Dave Matthews Band, Motorhead, Pat Benatar, Soundgarden, The Doobie Brothers, T. Rex, Thin Lizzy Houston and others.
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Some like model trains, but this guy had his own railway
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1981 was a year when cats topped the bestseller lists
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Robert Forster, Oscar nominee for Jackie Brown, dead at 78
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Lindsey Bahr
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The deadly hotel bombing that Margaret Thatcher survived 35 years ago
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When Canadian elections entered the internet age
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For decorative gourd season, CBC was ready in 1992
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Alexei Leonov, 1st person to walk in space, dies at 85
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Impress your Thanksgiving guests with this (literal) pumpkin hack
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When police paid little mind to P.E.I.'s illegal bars
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The Alberta-shot samurai epic and the epic costume sale that followed
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Ka-ching! How elections made for good business in 1988
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The sweet but unfulfilled dream of a chocolate amusement park
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The man who literally wrote the book on vintage glass bottles
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In 1980, Winnipeg wasn't a one-newspaper town for long
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Canadians' long-term gripes about wine and Concord grapes
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Debate 2000 had all the signs of a memorable event
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Secrets of the Soviet hockey system of 1974
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Ginger Baker, drummer for Cream, dead at 80
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When Pierre Trudeau wanted the Liberals to stick to the middle
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Animating the Saddledome scoreboard of the 1980s
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