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Canada's Wine Renaissance Topic timespan: 1811-2003 Eaton's: A Canadian Institution Topic timespan: 1869-1999 Think of the great wine-producing regions of the world... France, Italy, California... but what about Canada? Challenged by climate... (9 TV Clips, 8 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic T. Eaton Company was formed shortly after Canadian Confederation and soon became rooted in the country's cultural landscape. The... (16 TV Clips, 9 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Alberta @ 100 Topic timespan: 1905-2005 June Callwood: Canada's Conscience Topic timespan: 1926-2004 Named after Queen Victoria's fourth daughter, the province of Alberta — the land of the Rockies, cattle and oil... (7 TV Clips, 7 Radio Clips) No one is excluded in the world of June Callwood. The celebrated journalist/activist with a "just fix it" attitude... (8 TV Clips, 7 Radio Clips) Sewing Seeds: Clothing Workers Fight For Better Conditions Topic timespan: 1930-1993 Much Ado About Christmas: Toys, Traditions and Holiday Fun Topic timespan: 1936-2002 It was known as the rag trade: a vibrant "patchwork" of textile shops in downtown Montreal and Toronto in... (8 TV Clips, 5 Radio Clips) Toys, leftover fruitcake, department store Santas, toy store mobs, last minute shoppers, enormous light displays and faith restored —... (10 TV Clips, 12 Radio Clips) Their Majesties in Canada: The 1939 Royal Tour Topic timespan: 1939 Who Cares For Our Kids?: The Changing Face of Day Care in Canada Topic timespan: 1942-2005 In the spring of 1939, a new King and his gracious Queen captured the hearts of Canadians. As war... (1 tv clip, 14 Radio Clips) Day care is now a fact of life for many Canadian families but for most of the past century... (12 TV Clips, 9 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Welcome home soldier! Life in postwar Canada Topic timespan: 1944-1958 A Woman's Place: Programming for the Modern Homemaker Topic timespan: 1945-1969 War is over, victory savoured. Now what to do with jobless soldiers streaming home? And how to get women... (3 TV Clips, 12 Radio Clips) What do women want? In 1945, CBC broadcasters were asking that question — at least in terms of radio... (8 TV Clips, 8 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Our Voice to the World: 60 Years of Radio Canada International Topic timespan: 1945-1996 So long city. Hello suburbs! Topic timespan: 1949-2003 In February 1945, the "Voice of Canada" spoke to the world for the first time. The CBC International Service... (8 TV Clips, 12 Radio Clips) From the construction of the first bungalow in Don Mills, Ont. in 1953, the debate went one way or... (9 TV Clips, 4 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Toronto's Infamous 'Boyd Gang' Topic timespan: 1949-2002 The St. Lawrence Seaway: Gateway to the world Topic timespan: 1951-2001 It's the early 1950s, and banks are popping up all over "Toronto the Good." So too is a daring... (9 TV Clips, 4 Radio Clips) In 1535, Jacques Cartier stood on Mount Royal looking down in despair at the Lachine Rapids that barred his... (17 TV Clips, 6 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Canada's New Queen Topic timespan: 1951-1964 Celebrating Canada Day Topic timespan: 1954-2002 On Feb. 6, 1952, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was proclaimed Queen of Canada. Her spectacular coronation in Westminster Abbey... (8 TV Clips, 10 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic In honour of Canada's 139th birthday, CBC Digital Archives presents some of our favourite clips from coast to coast... (7 TV Clips, 6 Radio Clips) Quebec Winter Carnival Topic timespan: 1955-2001 The Drive To Survive: Reducing Road Deaths in Canada Topic timespan: 1955-2004 It was a merry fête celebrating pea soup and tourtière. Revellers rejoiced in the culture of les habitants... (6 TV Clips, 6 Radio Clips) With nearly 20 million cars and trucks on our roads, the automobile has long become a fact of life... (16 TV Clips, 9 Radio Clips) Saskatchewan @ 100 Topic timespan: 1955-1999 Monsters, Myths and Mystery: Great Canadian Legends Topic timespan: 1955-1992 In celebration of Saskatchewan's centennial, CBC Archives pays tribute to some of the province's most interesting politicians, artists, athletes... (8 TV Clips, 5 Radio Clips) Have you ever spied on Sasquatch or ogled Ogopogo? Do you ponder the buried treasure on Oak Island or... (9 TV Clips, 9 Radio Clips) Calgary Stampede: Celebrating Canada's Western Heritage Topic timespan: 1956-1999 Halloween and Tales of Canadian Ghosts Topic timespan: 1957-1994 For 10 days in July, mild-mannered Calgarians don skin-tight wranglers, big shiny belts and even bigger Stetsons and go... (9 TV Clips, 6 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic It was the Irish pagan festival of worship to Samhain, Lord of the Dead, whence came Halloween. On the... (4 TV Clips, 9 Radio Clips) An Inuit Education: Honouring a past, creating a future Topic timespan: 1957-2002 The Miracle on Mount Royal: 100 Years of St. Joseph's Oratory Topic timespan: 1957-2003 While Inuit parents were being moved from igloos to houses in the 1950s, their children were being assimilated into... (10 TV Clips, 4 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic In 1904 a humble Montreal monk named Brother André realized a dream: to build a shrine to St. Joseph.... (9 TV Clips, 5 Radio Clips) A Tale of Perseverance: Chinese Immigration to Canada Topic timespan: 1957-2004 A Taste of Canada: Our Homegrown Cuisine Topic timespan: 1957-2003 They risked their lives to help build Canada's railroad in the 1880s. But as soon as the work was... (13 TV Clips, 8 Radio Clips) Is there such a thing as Canadian cuisine? The idea of ordering "Canadian" may have some scratching their... (10 TV Clips, 6 Radio Clips) Gay and Lesbian Emergence: Out in Canada Topic timespan: 1959-1981 Splitting Up: Canadians Get Divorced Topic timespan: 1960-1998 It was a time of protests, legal fights and backlash. With a growing sense of solidarity, gays and lesbians... (7 TV Clips, 8 Radio Clips) Having concrete proof of adultery was once the only way to get a divorce in Canada. That meant a... (6 TV Clips, 10 Radio Clips) Marshall McLuhan, the Man and his Message Topic timespan: 1960-1980 Religion in the Classroom Topic timespan: 1960-2002 He was a man of idioms and idiosyncrasies, deeply intelligent and a soothsayer. He had prescient knowledge of the... (9 TV Clips, 9 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Canada has struggled with the role of religion in public schools throughout the past half-century. The debate in... (4 TV Clips, 3 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic 1960s a GoGo Topic timespan: 1960-1969 The Birth Control Pill Topic timespan: 1960-2001 Cosmopolitan, outrageous and sexy. Pop, protest and pills. The counterculture and the global village. Canada changed in the... (28 TV Clips) One tablet, once a day: that routine is followed by as many as 80 million women worldwide to prevent... (12 TV Clips, 1 radio clip) Educational activities about this topic The Spirit of Hockey Topic timespan: 1961-2004 Butting Out: The Slow Death of Smoking in Canada Topic timespan: 1961-1998 In a vast and often frozen land, they are rituals that bind. Dark drives to a chilly hockey arena.... (10 TV Clips, 8 Radio Clips) Not too long ago, Canadians could smoke virtually anywhere they pleased: at work, in theatres, restaurants and even hospitals.... (15 TV Clips, 8 Radio Clips) Selling Suds: The Beer Industry in Canada Topic timespan: 1961-2005 Close Encounters of the Canadian Kind Topic timespan: 1962-2000 Canadians love their beer. And from the time Canada's first brewery opened in the 1600s, the history of our... (15 TV Clips, 8 Radio Clips) It can border on the outrageous, the credible and even the entrepreneurial. For centuries people claimed to have boarded... (11 TV Clips, 6 Radio Clips) Expo 67: Montreal Welcomes the World Topic timespan: 1962-1985 Hippie Society: The Youth Rebellion Topic timespan: 1964-1971 Expo 67 was the most spectacular of Canada's 100th anniversary celebrations. When the Montreal Universal and International Exposition of... (11 TV Clips, 14 Radio Clips) Flowers and free love. Antiwar marches and acid tests. In the mid to late 1960s, youth across North... (14 TV Clips, 8 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Peter Gzowski: Voice of Canada Topic timespan: 1966-2002 Their Christian Duty: Canadian Missionaries Abroad Topic timespan: 1966-1998 For three hours a day, five days a week – for 15 years – millions tuned in to CBC... (14 TV Clips, 9 Radio Clips) The risks are great, but so are the rewards. For over 100 years Canadian Christians have been building schools,... (7 TV Clips, 5 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Dr. Henry Morgentaler: Fighting Canada's Abortion Laws Topic timespan: 1969-1989 The Confederation Bridge: P.E.I. Connects Topic timespan: 1969-2002 In 1969 Dr. Henry Morgentaler emerged as one of Canada's most controversial figures when he broke the law and... (16 TV Clips, 2 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Almost since Confederation, a link between Prince Edward Island and the rest of Canada was a lively possibility. But... (10 TV Clips, 4 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Pot and Politics: Canada and the Marijuana Debate Topic timespan: 1969-2003 James Bay Project and the Cree Topic timespan: 1971-2002 In 1923 it became illegal for Canadians to possess marijuana. But the laws have always been flouted, by recreational... (19 TV Clips, 8 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic In 1971 northern Quebec became a political battleground as the provincial government and the James Bay Cree faced off... (11 TV Clips, 3 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Greenpeace: Always Bearing Witness Topic timespan: 1971-2003 What's Happening to the Family Farm? Topic timespan: 1972-2000 From its humble beginnings in Vancouver, Greenpeace has grown into the world's leading environmental action watchdog. For more... (11 TV Clips, 8 Radio Clips) Whether they raise wheat, peaches, beef or potatoes, the Canadians who run our family farms have sometimes struggled to... (15 TV Clips, 6 Radio Clips) Africville: Expropriating Nova Scotia's blacks Topic timespan: 1973-2002 Celebrating CBC's As It Happens Topic timespan: 1973-1998 When dump trucks roared in to ship Africville residents out, it seemed like a good idea. By the 1960s,... (4 TV Clips, 7 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic From coast to coast and around the world on shortwave, As It Happens has been informing and entertaining listeners... (4 TV Clips, 6 Radio Clips) Boat People: A Refugee Crisis Topic timespan: 1975-1980 Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope Topic timespan: 1980-1981 They were prepared to risk everything. In the years following the Vietnam War, over one million refugees fled... (10 TV Clips, 11 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic The night before his right leg was amputated, Terry Fox read about an amputee who ran the New York... (12 TV Clips, 7 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Terry Fox 25: Reliving the Marathon of Hope Topic timespan: 1980 The 1984 Papal Visit Topic timespan: 1984-1987 This is how it all began. On April 12, 1980, Terry Fox began an epic cross-country journey to raise... (11 TV Clips, 15 Radio Clips) It was one of the biggest events in Canadian history. On Sept. 9, 1984 Pope John Paul II... (16 TV Clips, 6 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Generation X: Lives on Hold Topic timespan: 1985-2001 Sue Rodriguez and the Right-To-Die Debate Topic timespan: 1991-1995 It wasn't supposed to be like this. Young people born from the early 1960s to late 1970s believed that... (11 TV Clips, 7 Radio Clips) "Whose body is this?" With those four words Sue Rodriguez single-handedly catapulted the right-to-die debate onto the public stage.... (10 TV Clips, 7 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic The Eve of the Millennium Topic timespan: 1999-2000 The CBC rang in the new millennium across all six Canadian time zones with star-studded performances, fantastic fireworks and... (8 TV Clips, 6 Radio Clips) "On This Day" 1927 Diamond Jubilee broadcast links Canadians 1929 Women become persons 1929 Guy Lombardo's New Year's tradition 1934 Birth of the Dionne quintuplets 1936 CBC Radio takes to the air 1939 1939 royal tour rolls through Winnipeg 1939 King George VI's Christmas message of 1939 1942 War effort spreads to butter 1943 Netherlands' Princess Margriet born in Ottawa 1944 Christmas dinner at the war front 1947 'Don't be a sucker! Don't buy 8-cent bars' 1947 Montreal hosts global 'magic carpet luncheon' 1947 Autumn leaves no match for sweeping machine 1948 Housewives save with margarine 1949 Nylon fur coats introduced 1949 Quick Freeze airline meals take flight 1951 Caribou slippers for Prince Charles 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II 1955 Canso Causeway links Cape Breton to mainland 1957 A meeting of the minds: The Pugwash Conference 1958 Canada broadcasts behind the Iron Curtain 1959 St. Lawrence Seaway is completed 1959 Queen opens St. Lawrence Seaway 1959 A royal Calgary Stampede 1960 Canada's two millionth immigrant since 1945 1960 Aluminum Christmas trees come to Canada 1961 Easter Bunny hopping mad! 1962 Home phones mark their 85th anniversary 1962 Canada's last execution 1963 Celebrating Canadian mothers on their own day 1963 Martin Luther King: 'I have a dream' 1965 Assassination of Malcolm X 1965 Free year of university for Newfoundlanders 1965 Toronto's new City Hall officially opens 1965 All Aboard the Rapido! 1967 Expo 67 opens to the public 1967 Expo hostesses talk about Canadian men 1967 The National Library of Canada opens new HQ 1967 First Order of Canada appointments announced 1967 NWT man jailed for being gay 1968 The Maple Leaf Forever... Patched 1968 A swinger for prime minister 1968 Znaimer 'irons out' a few things with Gloria Steinem 1969 Pierre causes a stir in London 1969 Acadians head south to help Cajun cousins 1969 Company of Young Cdns accused of terrorism 1970 Bill McNeil on life and career at CBC 1971 Trudeau marriage is 'groovy' 1971 Bluenose II donated to Nova Scotia 1971 Germaine Greer vs. Larry Zolf 1971 Canada's first successful plane hijacking 1972 Lombardo's trademark sound of New Year's Eve 1972 Yo ho ho... but no bottle of rum 1974 Jackpot! Canada's first national lottery winners 1974 RCMP welcomes first female officers 1975 Milk on tap in Ontario 1976 CN Tower opens to the public 1977 Remembering Bill Cameron 1980 Terry Fox's brush with death 1980 Terry Fox hits Toronto 1980 Terry Fox and Fred Walker, face to face 1980 10-year-old with cancer motivates Terry Fox 1980 Homage to Marshall McLuhan 1981 Pope John Paul II is shot 1981 Terry Fox dies 1981 Celebrating Terry Fox's 'Marathon of Hope' 1982 Finally, a woman on Canada's Supreme Court 1982 Around the world in 6 days 1982 Dictionary of Newfoundland English 1983 Ex-wife of Colin Thatcher murdered 1983 Charles and Diana charm Newfoundlanders 1983 'Gimli Glider' lands without fuel 1984 Orangemen's Day losing glory 1984 Ontario announces happy hour ban 1985 New Coke is it! 1985 An electrifying Christmas tradition 1986 Bon appetit at Expo 86 1986 Sri Lankan migrants rescued off Newfoundland 1986 Court says no to forced sterilization 1987 Keeping his promise: The Pope travels North 1988 'Inventor' of the Lobster Supper 1988 Nine-year-old flying ace soars into history 1988 United Church allows gay ministers 1989 Canada's first female fighter pilots cleared for takeoff 1989 Smoking banned on domestic flights 1990 Supreme Court accepts battered wife syndrome defence 1990 Graduation for Canada's oldest university student 1990 First Canadian-born saint is canonized 1991 No justice for aboriginal people, say judges 1992 Farewell, Miss Canada 1992 Cod moratorium protested 1995 Understanding McLuhan, finally 1995 Disney scores right to market Mountie products 1996 Leap year turns traditions topsy-turvy 1999 Toronto calls in troops to fight massive snowstorm 2000 Justin Trudeau's eulogy 2002 Official recognition for Halifax's oldest black community 2005 Pope John Paul II dies 2005 Activist and broadcaster Bob Hunter remembered 2006 Remembering Jane Jacobs
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