Nostalgia Canadiana

09/12/2024

09/11/2024

Citizen Q: One of Canada’s most nostalgic snack brand is making a return, 20 years after disappearing from shelves.
Munchies, the Hostess chips that will be familiar to those who grew up in the ’80s and ’90s, are finally making a comeback, along with its iconic characters, Red, Yellow and Orange.
Munchies are launching six permanent flavours, two of which nod to some of the snack brands’ most famous flavours…Tangy Ketchup and Old School BBQ.
Munchies is launching four brand-new snacks, including popcorn and tortilla chips, to the Canadian market.

Today on Citizen Q, what food throwback would you like to see make a comeback?

09/09/2024

08/29/2024

So excited for the Retrokid_TO Ready or Not collection. Don’t forget it drops tonight! Which items are you looking to get?

08/24/2024

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08/20/2024

07/11/2024

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07/03/2024

05/31/2024

05/25/2024

I can remember the flavours just looking at these! The ultimate summer beverage in the 90s. ☀️🧃

04/20/2024

This is the story of the trailblazing Dini Petty.

Petty was born on Jan. 15, 1945 and at 22, she became the first female traffic reporter in the world to pilot her own helicopter.

Wearing a trademark pink jumpsuit, she clocked 5,000 hours as a pilot-in-command while giving traffic reports for CKEY.

Later in life, she moved to CityTV Toronto and became a reporter and anchor. She also hosted the show Sweet City Woman and then CityLine.

In 1989, she moved to CFTO and hosted The Dini Petty Show until 1999. Her show won a Can-Pro Award in 1997.

In the 2000s, she hosted Weekends with Dini Petty, a radio show that focused on health and wellness.
She also wrote a children's book, The Queen, The Bear and the Bumblebee.
In 2014, the book was staged at the Banff Centre.

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03/19/2024

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02/19/2024

90's Canadian Commercials - City Tv Summer 1994 - Part 2 📺🇨🇦

More commercials that aired during Woodstock documentary airing on City Tv August 1994. Contents:City Tv Ident, City Tv Late Great Movies, Andre trailer, Tas...

02/05/2024

01/19/2024

Rogers Television Commercials - 2003 during the Gemini Awards News, Sports, and Documentary Gala.

Commercials that aired on Roger's Television Toronto during the 2003 Gemini awards Documentary, News, and Sports Gala. I do not own the rights to any of this...

01/19/2024

RIP Nerene. Today’s Special was, and still is the show that I see people get the most excited about reminiscing with each other about. You will never be forgotten. Thought to her family & friends along with many fans over the years. ❤️🕊️

01/18/2024

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01/15/2024

Sunday Scaries could be worse.

01/12/2024

New Commercial Compilation!

Early 80’s CHCH Channel 11.

How many do you remember?

Aired on CHCH Hamilton sometime during 1982-1983 during an airing of "Hollywood: The gift of laughter" tv special. Contents: CHCH Channel 11 Sulphur Springs ...

01/04/2024

This Ad Campaign.

01/02/2024

News is out! Tim Hortons plans on bringing back 4 of its classic Canadian favourites. Alongside the Dutchie will be Cinnamon Sugar Twist, Walnut Crunch and Blueberry Fritter. In select stores January 10.

Which one are you most excited to enjoy again? 🍩

12/06/2023

12/01/2023

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It is probably the most famous postal code in Canada, and it is how generations of children have written to Santa Claus.

This is the story of H0H 0H0 and how it came to be!

Everything started back in 1973 when a few Canada Post employees began to answer the letters that were sent in to Santa.
These letters went to Canada Post's undeliverable mail office headquarters for each region. Vancouver was the headquarters for Western Canada, and they received 4,000 letters in 1973.

There was nowhere for the letters to go, so the Canada Post employees decided to bring some joy to the lives of Canadian children with replies.
Typically the letters were simply addressed to “Santa Claus, North Pole”.

This continued to be a small local effort to start with but it soon began to spread across Canada.

In 1982, it became a nationwide project through Canada Post and quickly grew in scope at that point.

Postmaster Roy Debolt stated in 1982 that the idea was to make Christmas a little warmer and more complete for children who write to Santa Claus.
Many of the first volunteers at this point were individuals who had retired from Canada Post.

Between 1982 and 2006, thousands of postage workers, both current and retired, volunteered their time to answer 14 million letters from Canadian children.
By 2010, that number of letters had grown to 18.5 million. Today, over 25 million letters have been received since 1982 and answered by volunteers.

Letters don't just come from Canada, but from across the world.
As a result, letters arrive in many different languages and they are answered in the language they are written in, including braille.

The postal code is further proof that Santa Claus is Canadian :)

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