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In 1891 at a YMCA Training School in Springfield, Mass., a Canadian athletic instructor invented a simple game involving a ball tossed into a peach basket. It would take nearly a...

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One hundred years ago, Anne of Green Gables introduced readers to one of the most enduring characters in fiction and launched Canada's most lucrative literary...

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With more than 800,000 people slaughtered in 100 days the Rwandan genocide stands as one of the most horrific mass murders of the past century. In the middle of the horror was a...

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A half-century later, a Canadian diplomat is remembered for his contribution to the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Canadian drafts human rights declaration

Radio, 6min 06s

Radio 27:16

Wartime rationing rules could pose challenges as cooks plan their menus for Christmas on the home front.

Wartime rations, Christmas 1943

Radio, 6min 06s

A sports historian looks back on the history of basketball in Canada, from an Ottawa-area boy to an Edmonton girl's team.

Basketball, 'the invention of a Canadian'

Radio, 6min 06s

I want an iPod, a cellphone and a DVD player! How has the digital revolution changed gift-giving?

Christmas gifts in the digital age

Radio, 6min 06s

Radio 22:35

This Hour Has Seven Days is back for a second season, and is feisty from the start.

Seven Days: fertility drugs and pension plan ads

Television, 6min 06s

Television 47:11

The question that haunted pro wrestling for almost a century is answered over burgers at Harvey's.

So... is it fake?

Television, 6min 06s

Television 8:11

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Television

Close-Up

It tackled difficult subjects like divorce, drug addiction and racism. CBC-TV's program Close-Up was never one to shy away from controversy.

Al Purdy on quitting his day job

Radio
4:08

Al Purdy on quitting his day job

The poet discusses the prospect of making money from writing poetry and how a poem makes its way from his head to the blank sheet.

John and Yoko's Montreal bed-in

Television,
11:46

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Lester B. Pearson reflects on a life in politics

Radio,
5:09

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All Great Interviews

A Real�Life Spy Story

9-10,

A Real�Life Spy Story

Put students into groups of four to six and have each group brainstorm what characteristics make a good spy thriller.

Use this activity in the classroom

Canada's last executions

Dec. 11, 1962

Canada's last executions

Pickets protest double hanging at Toronto's Don Jail.

Television
1:14

Check the calendar


	Canadian troops depart for Europe Radio 8:20


	Life at the camps Radio 8:30


	Eyewitness accounts Radio 2:55

Who is discussing fame and kids in this 1969 clip?

Who is discussing fame and kids in this 1969 clip?

Hints: He was just a bartender telling funny stories until Johnny Carson gave him a big break. Then he became one of TV's favourite fathers.

Television
26:12

Canadian Heritage. Made possible by Canadian Culture Online Program

Canada. A People's History