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How some lucky ducks got jobs in 1980
When a world-renowned Chinese acrobatic troupe arrived in Toronto in 1980, they required eight local ducks to perform in their shows there.
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When Yann Martel's Life of Pi won the Man Booker Prize
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How Canada's blandest brand became an icon and a muse
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Leah Collins
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Whitney Houston, Notorious B.I.G. nominated for rock hall of fame
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Some like model trains, but this guy had his own railway
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All-female spacewalk will happen this week, NASA says
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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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