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The vote that toppled Paul Martin's minority government in 2005
It was a lump of coal that was delivered to Paul Martin's Liberals a month before Christmas and it ended the control the party had held over Parliament for 12 years.
The 'fast and ruthless' $46M Brink's-Mat gold robbery of 1983
It was a heist of gold bullion unlike almost any other that came before it, though it involved greedy men with guns and violent actions.
When Nova Scotia decided to go with both metric and Imperial
By 1983, Canada had driven well down the road toward metric conversion, but Nova Scotia tried to give its motorists the option of taking a slight detour.
When a Saskatchewan cold snap was national news
From 1981: What should the TTC do with all its extra cash?
