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Valentine's Day, 1982: a terrible storm rages off the coast of Newfoundland. On the Grand Banks, the Ocean Ranger, the world's mightiest drilling rig, is pounded by waves more than...

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Valentine's Day, 1982: a terrible storm rages off the coast of Newfoundland. On the Grand Banks, the Ocean Ranger, the world's mightiest drilling rig, is pounded by waves more than...

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No one was excluded in the world of June Callwood. The celebrated journalist/activist with a "just fix it" attitude worked tirelessly for countless causes. She helped...

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One spewing geyser of oil at Leduc, Alta., on Feb. 13, 1947, transformed the province's economy. Until the oil strike Alberta struggled as a have-not province. Leduc "blowing...

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Agnes Macphail on the lack of women in Parliament.

Canada's first female MP elected

Radio, 6min 06s

A brutal winter storm closes in on Newfoundland's Grand Banks, threatening oil rigs and ships in the area.

The storm that started the Ocean Ranger disaster

Television, 6min 06s

Television 2:20

Former SCTV cast member Dave Thomas tries to stump the Front Page Challenge panel with the story of SCTV's Emmy award win.

Dave Thomas on SCTV success

Television, 6min 06s

Television 9:27

Canadian humorist Stephen Leacock lives on in this audio recording. Leacock reads "My Old College," about a man trying to raise three dollars for the McGill Graduates' Society.

Stephen Leacock reads 'My Old College'

Radio, 6min 06s

An esteemed panel chooses the greatest Canadians of (the first half of) the 20th century.

Citizens' Forum: The century's greatest Canadians... so far

Radio, 6min 06s

Radio 39:19

Front Porch Al reads the Stephen Leacock classic The Great Election in Missinaba County, from Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town.

Stephen Leacock's The Great Election in Missinaba County

Radio, 6min 06s

Radio 19:13

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Callwood and Frayne: a storybook marriage

Television
10:30

Callwood and Frayne: a storybook marriage

The secrets of a strong marriage are revealed in this interview with journalist June Callwood and her sportswriter husband Trent Frayne.

Who is discussing fame and kids in this 1969 clip?

Television,
26:12

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Geddy Lee's 'bonus years'

Television,
6:20

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Extracting Oil

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Extracting Oil

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Disaster strikes the Ocean Ranger

Feb. 14, 1982

Disaster strikes the Ocean Ranger

As the storm rages, something goes terribly wrong aboard the Ocean Ranger.

Radio
3:59

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Who is this young lawyer?

Who is this young lawyer?
Guess who's speaking up for justice in this clip.

Television
1:39

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