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In the '70s and '80s, some wanted Alberta to separate from Canada
The recent talk of Alberta separating from Canada isn't the first time some have spoken about separation. It goes back decades, to the early 1970s, and ramped up in 1980.
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Spanish dictator Francisco Franco's remains exhumed from state mausoleum, moved to cemetery
Spanish authorities finalized preparations on Thursday morning and removed Gen. Francisco Franco's remains from a state mausoleum, seeking to exorcise the ghost of a dictator whose legacy still divides the country more than four decades after his death.
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What election night used to look like on CBC
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When princes Harry and William visited Canada with their parents
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Looming election reminiscent of 1972 race that elected minority government and no one knew who won for weeks
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From 1977: The House of Commons enters the TV era
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The attack ad that backfired badly in 1993
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When No. 99 became the official No. 1 scorer
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All-female spacewalk will happen this week, NASA says
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The deadly hotel bombing that Margaret Thatcher survived 35 years ago
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Alexei Leonov, 1st person to walk in space, dies at 85
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When Canadian elections entered the internet age
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When Pierre Trudeau wanted the Liberals to stick to the middle
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The attack that wounded a pope and two of the faithful
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An escape from the Titanic that a young survivor couldn't remember
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The days when election advertising rules were strict (at least on paper)
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Not many women were taking a run at federal politics in 1972
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How PMs kept us guessing before fixed election dates
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The day Brian Mulroney made his debut in Parliament as an MP
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Many writs, no 'dropping': What the election call actually means
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Haydn Watters
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How Newfoundland became a place of refuge on 9/11
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9/11 attacks in U.S. remembered with ceremonies, appeals to 'never forget'
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