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Who is Alex Trebek?
This beloved game show host, pop culture icon and sesquicentennial ambassador—plus newly inducted officer of the Order of Canada—is a lifelong champion of his home country.
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Cross-country couch surfing
The Red Couch Tour, a Canada 150 Signature Project, invited Canadians from coast to coast to coast to sit down and say what this country means to them.
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The Trailer Park Boys' favourite things
The boys have charmed audiences across the country as the foul-mouthed, low-brow trio behind Trailer Park Boys—a comedic mockumentary turned mini-empire that now spans 11 television seasons.
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They were five: the Dionne quintuplets
Revisiting the shameful treatment of the world's first surviving quints—who were made wards of the Ontario government, and put on public display as tourist attractions.
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Master of puppets
Mr. Dressup taught generations of kids to keep their crayons sharp, their sticky tape untangled and to always put the tops back on their markers.
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Double-Double forever
Don't hide your love, Canada: the non-guilty pleasure of Tim Hortons coffee.
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Beautiful losers
In defence of the Trailer Park Boys, progressive Canadian heroes.
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Life as a Lunatic
Monthly coping skills and lessons gleaned from life as a lunatic.