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  1. Download the printable and editable calendar templates with 2022 regional and statutory holidays of Canada. Print and download multiple copies of these calendar templates in Excel, Word, and pdf format. You can effortlessly design your own calendar free of cost with our Online Calendar Designer Tool.

  2. CBC launches its first online services. CBC took part in an experimental project led by the Communications Research Centre Canada, an agency of the federal department of industry. In 1995, CBC launched radio.cbc.ca, which provided schedules, transcripts and audio excerpts from programs.

    • Organization and Operation
    • Founding of The CBC/Radio-Canada
    • Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission
    • Canadian Broadcasting Act (1936) and Early Growth
    • Early Programming
    • Canadian Drama
    • Advent of Television
    • Radio Revolution
    • Growth of Television
    • Television Programming

    CBC/Radio-Canada’s programming is broadcast on the 88 radio stations, 27 TV stations and one digital-only station that the broadcaster operated across Canada as of February 2024. Canadian content makes up over 80 per cent of prime-time schedules on both TV and radio. The radio service airs 99 per cent Canadian content over the full course of its br...

    The CBC/Radio-Canada was created as a crown corporation on 2 November 1936. This followed two earlier experiments with public broadcast ownership in Canada. During the 1920s, the Canadian National Railways (CNR) developed a radio network. It had stations in Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, Moncton and Vancouver. Its schedule included concerts, comic oper...

    The newly elected Conservative government of R.B. Bennett responded to the appeals of the CRL by passing the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Act(1932). It established a publicly owned Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (CRBC). Its mandate was to provide programs and extend coverage to all settled parts of the country. The CRBC took over the radio f...

    A new Canadian Broadcasting Act in 1936 created the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)/Radio-Canada as a crown corporation. Compared to the CRBC, the CBC/Radio-Canada was better organized and less vulnerable to political pressure. It also had more assured funding via a $2.50 licence fee on receiving sets. The corporation assumed the assets, li...

    The development of programmingproceeded more slowly than the extension of service coverage. At first, entertainment, music and talk programs produced in the US and the UK were used heavily. Following a program survey to determine the extent and location of Canadian talent, the CBC slowly created its own distinctive service. This included variety pr...

    After the war, public affairs programming was expanded. Programs on the arts, such as Critically Speaking, and drama programs also increased. In 1940, the CBC introduced Canadian Theatre of the Air. In 1944, Andrew Allan's greatly admired Stageseries made its debut. But the heyday of Canadian radio drama came during the early post-war period. A rep...

    In 1947, CBC/Radio-Canada's assistant chief engineer, J. Alphonse Ouimet, issued a study called Report on Television. Ouimet had built and tried to market his own TV network in Montreal in the early 1930s. His report was a springboard for the broadcaster to begin its own TV network. Ouimet was appointed coordinator of television. He later replaced ...

    During the 1960s, a few steps were taken to reclaim radio audience loyalty. Some new current affairs programs were introduced. Canadian-produced drama and serious music was increased. But it was in 1970s that the CBC’s radio service underwent the revolution that made it the pride of the corporation. In 1970, an exhaustive radio study was released. ...

    CBC/Radio-Canada's TV service adapted less successfully to its own problems in this period. During the 1950s, a new generation of producers responded to the challenge of developing programs for the medium with energy, enthusiasm and great creativity. They included Ross McLean, Norman Campbell, Norman Jewison, Bob Allen, Jean-Paul Fugere, Sydney New...

    Internationally recognized personalities have long been featured on CBC/Radio-Canada's TV services. Jim Carrey's first movie, Introducing…Janet (1983), was made for CBC TV. Alex Trebek hosted CBC TV’s Music Hop (1963–64) and Reach for the Top (1966–73) before becoming the host of Jeopardy! Actor Michael J. Fox began his acting career on the CBC TV ...

  3. May 13, 2021 · Greyhound Canada is shutting down all of its remaining bus routes in Canada, permanently. The bus company says all of its remaining routes will cease operations as of midnight Thursday.

  4. May 15, 2021 · Now, Johnson says Greyhound's departure could be the catalyst for a new coast-to-coast bus network formed by an interlocking group of domestic bus companies from both east and west — provided...

  5. Dec 30, 2023 · TTC and GO Transit service will be free this New Year's Eve, with trains and buses running late to get you around safely. Free TTC service begins at 7 p.m. on Dec. 31 until 8 a.m. on Jan. 1,...

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  7. The CBC and Radio-Canada channel signals can also be obtained free of charge, over-the-air, through antenna receivers in Canada's largest markets as well as in some border states along the Canada–U.S. border; however, CBC is not obtainable as a "free-to-air" (FTA) channel on FTA satellites.