The most memorable 1996 absurdities

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Some of the absurd and amusing news of 1996, are recounted. They include two submarine crew members in Halifax who waterskied behind their boat, pilots flying over the Falklands who noticed that the Penguins were watching them, and John Wayne Bobbitt's ordination as a minister.

Popular culture, Wit and humor, Humor, 1996 AD, Humour

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Raising the Arrow: a TV miniseries conjures up a stratospheric dream

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Canadian-born actor Dan Aykroyd will star in CBC's 'The Arrow,' a miniseries that tells the story the Canadian Arrow jet fighter, which was built and then destroyed in the 1950s. Aykroyd will play A.V. Roe Canada Crawford Gordon, president of the company that created the Arrow.

Cover Story, Portrayals, Performances, Fighter planes, Aykroyd, Dan, Arrow (Aircraft), The Arror (Motion picture)

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Thumbs down to Izzy Asper's national dream

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The Chretien government should reverse the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunication's decision to reject the application of Izzy Asper's CanWest Global Communications Corp for the last available Calgary-Edmonton TV license.

Canada, Television broadcasting industry, Television broadcasting, Licensing agreements, CanWest Global Communications Corp., Television broadcasting policy, Craig Broadcasting

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