Alberta @ 100
Topic timespan: 1905-2005
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June Callwood: Canada's Conscience
Topic timespan: 1926-2004
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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) |
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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) |
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Canada's New Queen
Topic timespan: 1951-1964
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Celebrating Canada Day
Topic timespan: 1954-2002
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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) |
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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) |
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Quebec Winter Carnival
Topic timespan: 1955-2001
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The Drive To Survive: Reducing Road Deaths in Canada
Topic timespan: 1955-2004
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It was a merry fête celebrating pea soup and tourtière. Revellers rejoiced in the culture of les habitants... (6 TV Clips, 6 Radio Clips) |
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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) |
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Saskatchewan @ 100
Topic timespan: 1955-1999
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Monsters, Myths and Mystery: Great Canadian Legends
Topic timespan: 1955-1992
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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) |
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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) |
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Gay and Lesbian Emergence: Out in Canada
Topic timespan: 1959-1981
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Splitting Up: Canadians Get Divorced
Topic timespan: 1960-1998
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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) |
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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) |
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1960s a GoGo
Topic timespan: 1960-1969
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The Birth Control Pill
Topic timespan: 1960-2001
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Cosmopolitan, outrageous and sexy. Pop, protest and pills. The counterculture and the global village. Canada changed in the... (28 TV Clips) |
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The Spirit of Hockey
Topic timespan: 1961-2004
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Butting Out: The Slow Death of Smoking in Canada
Topic timespan: 1961-1998
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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) |
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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) |
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Selling Suds: The Beer Industry in Canada
Topic timespan: 1961-2005
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Close Encounters of the Canadian Kind
Topic timespan: 1962-2000
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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) |
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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) |
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Greenpeace: Always Bearing Witness
Topic timespan: 1971-2003
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What's Happening to the Family Farm?
Topic timespan: 1972-2000
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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) |
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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) |
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The Eve of the Millennium
Topic timespan: 1999-2000
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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) |
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