Canada

Canada's Sam the Record Man, not to be confused with U.S.-bases Sam Goody, was founded in 1937 by Sam Sniderman. Originally it was the phonograph records department of his parents store on Yonge St. in Toronto. It grew to become the country's largest music...

Each week, starting in the late '60s and going through the '70s, listeners to Detroit's CKLW, many as far away as Cleveland, anxiously awaited to see where their favorite songs ranked on the station's Big 30 countdown.

The??1967 International and Universal Exposition??or??Expo 67, as it was commonly known, was a World's Fair held in Montreal??from April 27 to October 29, 1967. It is considered to be the most successful World's Fair of the 20th century??with the most attendees to that date...

Soccer Bowl '83 was the penultimate championship game played by the original North American Soccer League (NASL). The NASL was??formed in 1967 when the competing United Soccer Association and the National Professional Soccer League decided to join forces. For the next 12 seasons, it...

Charter members of the World Football League (WFL) in 1974, the Memphis Southmen began as the Toronto Northmen. However, before the team could play a down, the Canadian government passed legislation to block any U.S.-based football league from operating in Canada. Unwilling to undergo...

Founded in 1959, A&B Sound??was a??home electronics retailer based in Vancouver.??Its flagship store was downtown. Over the years, it??expanded to other cities in B.C. and western Canada, but the company began struggling in the early 2000s and went out of business in 2008.

The Aces were founded in Quebec City in 1928 as an amateur hockey club. They joined the American Hockey League in 1959. In 1967, the became the minor league affiliate of the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers. In 1971, the Flyers decided to move the team...

The Rafales played in the International Hockey League starting in 1996, the year following the departure of the beloved Quebec Nordiques. From 1992 to 1996, the team was the Atlanta Knights.??? However, fans never warmed to the Rafales and the team folded in 1998.

The Montreal Concordes were a continuation of the original Montreal Alouettes. The name change was necessitated when the Alouettes' owner folded the team in 1982 but asserted his rights to the name and logo. The team reverted back to the Alouettes name in 1986.

The Ottawa Rough Riders were established in 1876 and were one of the longest running professional sports teams in North America. They adopted the Rough Riders nickname in 1931, they were charter members of the Canadian Football League (CFL) formed in 1958. The club...

The Edmonton Drillers played in the original North American Soccer League from 1979 to 1982. The team was owned by Peter Pocklington, who also owned the Edmonton Oilers hockey team. The franchise was previously known as the Oakland Stompers and the Hartford Bicentennials.

The Toronto Metros joined the old North American Soccer League (NASL) in 1975 after the Croatian National Sports Club Toronto Croatia (C.N.S.C.T.C) purchased the then National Soccer League (NSL) team. The Toronto Metros won the Soccer Bowl in 1976. In 1979, C.N.S.C.T.C., sold a...

Encouraged by the initial success of his American Basketball Association (ABA), which challenged the National Basketball Association (NBA), Gary Davidson and his cohorts turned their attention to hockey. On November 1, 1971, Davidson announced the formation of the World Hockey Association (WHA) to challenge...

Montreal Royals?? was the name of two minor league baseball teams that played in Quebec. The first incarnation of the the team played from 1897 until 1917. In 1928, the team was??resurrected and joined the International League. They are best remembered as the team...

The??1986 World Exposition on Transportation and Communication, or simply??Expo 86, was a World's Fair held in Vancouver??from May 2 until October 13, 1986. The fair's theme was "Transportation and Communication: World in Motion ??? World in Touch." It coincided with Vancouver's centennial and was...

The original Jets were charter members of the World Hockey Association (WHA) in 1972. They caused quite a stir when they signed superstar Bobby Hull to a million dollar contract. They were runners-up in the league's first championship final, but won in 1975 and...

The original Jets were charter members of the World Hockey Association (WHA) in 1972. They caused quite a stir when they signed superstar Bobby Hull to a million dollar contract. They were runners-up in the league's first championship final, but won in 1975 and...

SkyDome opened in 1989 as the new home of Toronto's baseball and football teams. The city's basketball team played there from 1995 to 1999 while a new arena was being built downtown. The football team got the boot in 2015, leaving the baseball team...

The Ottawa Rough Riders were established in 1876 and were one of the longest running professional sports teams in North America. They adopted the Rough Riders nickname in 1931, they were charter members of the Canadian Football League (CFL) formed in 1958. The club...

The Ottawa Renegades were a Canadian Football League (CFL) expansion team established in 2002. The city's previous team, the Rough Riders, folded after the 1996 season. The new team only lasted four seasons before being suspended. After two years the franchise was awarded to...